The first, Captain James Davis, arrived in America in 1607 as Master on the "Mary & John" with the Popham group which briefly settled in Sagadahoc, Maine (aka Northern Virginia at the time). John Alden & his soon-to-be wife, Priscilla Mullins were next, arriving at Plymouth on "The Mayflower" in 1620. In 1621, William Hilton came on the second ship to Plymouth, the "Fortune," which came to resupply and help out the first, starving group of Plymouth "Pilgrims." Thomas Ballard, Sr., who was born in 1630 in Virginia or possibly England, was an important resident of the early village of Middle Plantation, later to be known as Williamsburg.
Jane Dudley proclaimed Queen of England.
Mary I dethroned Jane and assumed title of Queen of England.
Mary I crowned Queen of England at Westminster Abbey by Stephen Gardiner, Bishop of Winchester.
Elizabeth I crowned Queen of England at Westminster Abbey by Owen Oglethorpe, Bishop of Carlisle.
Captain James Davis b. between 1575 and 1580, d. circa 1633/34
William Hilton b. circa 1589/90, d. between 30 June 1655 and 30 June 1656
John Alden b. 1598/99, d. 12 September 1687
James I crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey by John Whitgift, Archbishop of Canterbury. James was also James VI, King of Scots.
Charles I crowned King of England and Scotland at Westminster Abbey by Georg Abbot, Archbishop of Canterbury.
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Thomas Ballard Sr. b. 1630, d. 1689
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James II crowned King of England and Scotland at Westminster Abbey by William Sancroft, Archbishop of Canterbury.
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William III and Mary II proclaimed King and Queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland.
William III and Mary II crowned King and Queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland at Westminster Abbey by Henry Compton, Bishop of London.
William III rules as sole King.
Our Early Acestors in America
English Queens & Kings of the Period