Parents
Spouse
Children
1602
birthAshford, Kent, England ⇓ She had a brother Thomas, and two sisters, Joan and Mary. Thomas Baker in his will 26 May 1626 speaks of his "sister Joys Butler," and Nicholas Butler is a witness. She is mentioned in both her father and her grandfather Christopher Merry's will. Henry Vanner of Canterbury mentioned her in his will as "Cousin Joyce, daughter of Richard Baker" and married to "Nicholas Butler". 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1602 • Portuguese expelled from Bahrain. |
1602
May 30
Age: 6m
| 1602 • A private trading company is established in Copenhagen, with a monopoly on the trade with Iceland. |
1623
Jan 23
Age: 21y
|
marriageNicholas Butler Appledore Parish, Canterbury Diocese, Kent, England ⇓ 5 Sources ⇓ |
| 1623 • Richard Frethorne begins writing a letter to his parents from Jamestown, Virginia. |
about
Jan 2
Age: 22y
1624
Jan 2
Age: 22y
|
birth of childJohn Butler Ashford, Kent, England ⇓ 4 Sources ⇓ |
| 1624 • 14 – The King's Men perform Thomas Middleton's satire A Game at Chess at the Globe Theatre, London, until it is suppressed in view of its allusions to the Spanish Match. |
1637
Age: 35y
|
immigrationDorchester, Massachusetts, USA ⇓ On board the ship "the Hercules." Fellow passengers included Edward Johnson and his wife Susan, whose son Edward Johnson Jr. married a Catherine Baker in 1650. In 1630, will of Henry Vanner, Alderman of the City of Canterbury, mentions cousin Joyce wife of Nicholas Butler of Ashford, daughter of Richard Baker deceased, and her son Henry. Henry Vanner's wife, Ursula Rooke, had relations with the Butler family through her aunt's marriage John Baker, who was the uncle of Thomas Baker, married to Griselda. 5 Sources ⇓ |
| 1637 • France places a few missionaries in the Côte d'Ivoire, a country it will rule more than 200 years later. |
before
Age: 55y
1657
Age: 55y
|
eventDorchester, Massachusetts, USA ⇓ Signed a petition along with other wives in Dorchester. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1657 • Christiaan Huygens writes the first book to be published on probability theory, De ratiociniis in ludo aleae ("On Reasoning in Games of Chance"). |
1679
Age: 77y
willShe mentions her grand-daughter "Hannah Chadduck." (Hannah married James Chadwick.) 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1679 • The brigantine Le Griffon, commissioned by René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, is towed to the southern end of the Niagara River, to become the first ship to sail the upper Great Lakes. |