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 • Pocahontas marries English colonist John Rolfe in Jamestown, Virginia. |
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 ⇓ |
| 1631 • War of Mantuan Succession: The Treaty of Cherasco is signed, ending the War of Mantuan Succession. |
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
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 • 10 – Battle of Scheveningen: The final naval battle of the First Anglo-Dutch War is fought, between the fleets of the Commonwealth of England and the United Provinces off the Texel; the English navy gains a tactical victory over the Dutch fleet. |
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 • May 3 – Mary Rowlandson is released from captivity and returns to Boston. |
1690
Age: 75y
| 1690 • In India, the fort and trading settlement of Sutanuti - which later becomes Calcutta - is founded on the Hooghly River by the English East India Company following signing of an Anglo-Moghul treaty. |