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John Irish the elder immigrated from Clisdon, Somerset, England as an indentured servant to Timothy Hatherly for five years in Plymouth. He would later become a planter in Duxbury, and volunteer in the Pequot War.
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1611
birthSomerset, England ⇓ He grew up in Clisdon, Somerset, England. This is an estimate based on the idea that he was at least eighteen years old the year he was indentured to Timothy Hatherly. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1611 • Jamestown: John Rolfe imports tobacco seeds from the island of Trinidad (Nicotiana tabacum); the native tobacco is Nicotiana rustica. |
1629
Age: 18y
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occupationPlymouth, Massachusetts, USA ⇓ He was indentured as an apprentice to Timothy Hatherly, to go to Plymouth. There he would "abide with Hatherly for five years, having meat, drink and lodging, and five pounds a year, and at the end of that time twelve bushels of wheat and twenty-five acres of land.” After getting this land, John Irish became a planter in Duxbury. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1629 • Emperor Go-Mizunoo of Japan abdicates the throne in favour of his daughter, who becomes Empress Meishō. |
1637
Age: 26y
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militaryA volunteer in the Pequot War, which was between the Pequot tribe and the English colonists of the Saybrook, Massachusetts Bay, and Plymouth colonies. The Pequot tribe also faced the Native American English allies, the Narragansett and Mohegan tribes. The war resulted in the near loss of the Pequot tribe, with only a handful of survivors. 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1637 • Plymouth Colony grants the "tenn menn of Saugust" a new settlement on Cape Cod, later named Sandwich, Massachusetts. |
1745
Age: 134y
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birth of childJohn Irish From 1641-44. 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1745 • Catherine the Great marries Peter III of Russia in Saint Petersburg. |
1677
Mar 5
Age: 66y
| 1677 • The John Roan School is established in Greenwich, London. |