Among the first in New London, John Elderkin kept the inn there. He built the first corn mills, and the first and second churches in New London and Norwich. In 1661 he constructed the very first merchant vessel ever built in New London, the “New London Tryall', for 200 pounds. Many mills, buildings, and bridges of the area were built by him.
1612
| 1612 • Treaty of Nasuh Pasha: Signed between Ottoman Empire and Safavid Empire |
1634
Age: 22y
| 1634 • Lord Leonard Calvert arrives in Maryland with Jesuit missionaries Andrew White, John Altham Gravenor and Thomas Gervase, establishing St. Mary's as the fourth permanent settlement in British North America. In this year they also establish an institution of higher learning here which later becomes Georgetown University, North America's oldest university. |
1635
Age: 23y
birth of childPaltiah Elderkin 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1635 • Boston Latin School, the oldest school in the United States of America, is founded in Boston, Massachusetts. |
1637
Age: 25y
immigrationUSA ⇓ He came first to Lynn and then to Dedham. |
| 1637 • The Blessed Virgin is proclaimed Queen of Genoa. |
1687
Jun 23
Age: 75y
| 1687 • Emperor Higashiyama succeeds Emperor Reigen on the throne of Japan. |