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1700 American colonies prosper
1720 Texas becomes Spanish possession
1735 Freedom of press established
1740 Colony population = 1.5 million
1754 - 1763 Anglo-French War
1607 Jamestown 1st permanent settlement
1620 Pilgrims to America on Mayflower
1638 Printing press reaches America
1664 English capture/rename New York
1681 La Salle explores Louisiana
1534 Cartier claims New France
1540 Spanish arrive in California
1540 Coronado travels through Midwest
1565 First colony St. Augustine
1584 - 1588 Roanoke Island Colony
 Edmund Bracewell
 b.1530 London, England
 d.1560
 Robert Bracewell
 b.1553 Grantham, England
 d.1613 London, England
 Alice
 b.         
 d.         







1789 George Washington first president
1803 Louisiana Territory Purchased
1805 Lewis and Clark reach Pacific
1812 - 1814 War of 1812 with Britain
1846 War w/Mexico,Calif & NM acquired
1740 Colony population = 1.5 million
1754 - 1763 Anglo-French War
1773 Boston Tea Party tax rebellion
1775 - 1783 Revolutionary War
1776 Declaration of Independence
1664 English capture/rename New York
1681 La Salle explores Louisiana
1700 American colonies prosper
1720 Texas becomes Spanish possession
1735 Freedom of press established
 Richard Bracewell
 b.1651 Isle of Wight Co., Va.
 d.1734 Isle of Wight Co., Va.
 Jacob Bracewell
 b.1684 Isle of Wight Co., Va.
 d.1762 Johnston , North Carolina
 Sarah
 b.         
 d.         
 Missing Braswell
 b.         
 d.         
 Elizabeth Ruffin
 b.          Isle of Wight or Surry, Va.
 d.         
 Jesse Braswell
 b.1754 Virginia
 d.1827 Brunswick Co., Va.
 
 
 







1754 - 1763 Anglo-French War
1773 Boston Tea Party tax rebellion
1775 - 1783 Revolutionary War
1776 Declaration of Independence
1789 George Washington first president
1681 La Salle explores Louisiana
1700 American colonies prosper
1720 Texas becomes Spanish possession
1735 Freedom of press established
1740 Colony population = 1.5 million
1584 - 1588 Roanoke Island Colony
1607 Jamestown 1st permanent settlement
1620 Pilgrims to America on Mayflower
1638 Printing press reaches America
1664 English capture/rename New York
 Robert Stokes
 b.         
 d.1677
 Richard Bracewell
 b.1575 London, England
 d.1641 London, England
 Robert Bracewell
 b.1611 St. Andrew Paris, England
 d.1667 Isle of Wight Co., Va.
 Lettyce Lettice
 b.          Salterforth, England
 d.         
 Jane Bracewell
 b.1645 Isle of Wight Co., Va.
 d.1713 Isle of Wight Co., Va.
 Rebecca
 b.         
 d.         







1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight
1908 Ford produces Model T
1913 Edison invents movies w/sound
1914 - 1919 World War I
1929 The Great Depression begins
1861 - 1865 Civil War, North vs. South
1867 Alaska Territory purchased
1869 Transcontinental Railroad complete
1879 Edison invents phono/light bulb
1898 Spanish-American War
1789 George Washington first president
1803 Louisiana Territory Purchased
1805 Lewis and Clark reach Pacific
1812 - 1814 War of 1812 with Britain
1846 War w/Mexico,Calif & NM acquired
 Blake William Braswell
 b.1780 Chatham Co., N.C.
 d.1835
 Edward Reed Braswell
 b.1806 Rockingham Co., N.C.
 d.1872 Simsboro, Louisiana
 Mary Ann Peeples
 b.         
 d.         
 Martha Peebles Braswell
 b.1877 Louisiana
 d.1917 Leinsburg, Louisiana
 Blake William Braswell
 b.1840 Louisiana
 d.1919 Ruston, Louisiana
 William Patterson Robison
 b.1789 Franklin Co, Pennsylvania
 d.         
 Euphemia Catherine Braswell
 b.1871 Ruston, Louisiana
 d.         
 Catherine Robison
 b.1822 Hempstead Co., Arkansas
 d.1893 Simsboro, Louisiana
 Elizabeth Nancy Madden
 b.1800 Laurens Co., S.C.
 d.         
 Llewllyn Braswell
 b.1867 Louisiana
 d.         
 Richard A. Braswell
 b.1869 Louisiana
 d.         
 Thomas Moody Grigsby
 b.         
 d.         
 Behethalon Rush Grigsby
 b.1844 Jackson Parish, Lousiana
 d.1911 Monroe, Louisiana
 Emily Euphemia Smith
 b.         
 d.         







1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight
1908 Ford produces Model T
1913 Edison invents movies w/sound
1914 - 1919 World War I
1929 The Great Depression begins
1861 - 1865 Civil War, North vs. South
1867 Alaska Territory purchased
1869 Transcontinental Railroad complete
1879 Edison invents phono/light bulb
1898 Spanish-American War
1789 George Washington first president
1803 Louisiana Territory Purchased
1805 Lewis and Clark reach Pacific
1812 - 1814 War of 1812 with Britain
1846 War w/Mexico,Calif & NM acquired
 Claiborne Madden
 b.         
 d.         
 Blake William Braswell
 b.1780 Chatham Co., N.C.
 d.1835
 Edward Reed Braswell
 b.1806 Rockingham Co., N.C.
 d.1872 Simsboro, Louisiana
 Mary Ann Peeples
 b.         
 d.         
 Martha P. Braswell
 b.1841 Vienna, Louisiana
 d.          Leinsburg, Louisiana
 William Patterson Robison
 b.1789 Franklin Co, Pennsylvania
 d.         
 Catherine Robison
 b.1822 Hempstead Co., Arkansas
 d.1893 Simsboro, Louisiana
 Elizabeth Nancy Madden
 b.1800 Laurens Co., S.C.
 d.