George was a fisherman on the coast of Maine for many years. His house was at the north end of Main Street, just north of the present Olney Street close to the junction of the West and Moshosick River. In 1663, he was allowed a small parcel between the two rivers.
1614
Mar 2
| 1614 • Scottish mathematician John Napier publishes Mirifici Logarithmorum Canonis Descriptio (Description of the Admirable Table of Logarithms), outlining his discovery of logarithms and incorporating the decimal mark. Astronomer Johannes Kepler soon begins to employ logarithms in his description of the solar system. |
1631
Feb 8
Age: 16y
immigrationBoston, Massachusetts, USA ⇓ George Way, according to Winthrop's journal..."a Mr. Way with five sons were passengers on the ship Lyon, Captain Pierce master, for the Massachusetts Bay Colony." During the voyage one son was lost overboard from the rigging during a hurricane. Roger Williams was also a passenger on the Lyon. 2 Sources ⇓ |
1649
Age: 34y
| 1649 • Dubhaltach MacFhirbhisigh completes Book VIII of Leabhar na nGenealach, in Galway, within days of an outbreak of the plague. |
1650
Age: 35y
marriageElisabeth Smith 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1650 • Claimant King Charles II of England, Scotland and Ireland arrives in Scotland, the only one of the three Kingdoms that has accepted him as ruler. |
1650
Age: 35y
movedCape Neddock, Maine, USA ⇓ And Winter Harbor. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1650 • Battle of Carbisdale: A Royalist army invades mainland Scotland from the Orkney Islands but is defeated by a Covenanter army. |
1653
Age: 38y
movedPemaquid, Maine, USA ⇓ A William Way is buried at Pemaquid. In February 1654 at Providence, George Way asked the town meeting "to grant me comodation to bee a inhabytant with you". At a town meeting 18 February 1661, "It hath this day been declared by sufficient witnesses in this court that John Steere and George Way were received into the town after the manner that John Browne was; town hath manifested themselves satisfied therewith". 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1653 • Marcello Malpighi becomes a doctor of medicine. |
1676
Mar 29
Age: 62y
eventKing Phillip and his warriors attack Providence on March 29 and 30, burning about 100 buildings at the north of town, probably including George's house. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1676 • The Wampanoags attack Taunton, Massachusetts, but are repelled by colonists. |
1690
Age: 75y
| 1690 • Arcangelo Corelli publishes his Concerti Grossi. |