Rabbit Hole/Reference for Fellow Writers and History Buffs and Genealogists

aka, I did a thing again.

I got my DNA back from Ancestry, which is a different topic for a different post, but on the other side, Ancestry has been serving me all these listicles of dates and events. Don't threaten me with a good time.

I figured combining them might be 1) fascinating or at least 2) helpful for my fellow writers and/or genealogists and/or history nerds.

So here's two lists: The first is the combination of the foundation of the first thirteen colonies of the United States combined with the first concurrent major epidemics. I carried it, but not the states, to the introduction of cholera, so we'd know not to write about it before that date. If anyone is interested, I can expand and insert the rest of the states' dates up to that major epidemic, and mayhems push it to the twentieth century? Let me know.

The second version of the list, following, includes the British rules at the time, for historical clarity.

Of course, this list is not exhaustive with regards to the epidemics and their devastating effect on the peoples of the First Nations. Here's more info, along with a couple of reading recommendations:

A Disability History of the United States by Kim E. Nielsen

Rotting Face: Smallpox and the American Indian by Roland G. Robertson

The Deadly Truth: A History of Disease in America by Gerald N. Grob

.I hope, if this doesn't at least help you with your work or hobby, it interests you.

Thirteen Colonies of British America:

New England:

1. New Hampshire
2. Massachusetts
3. Rhode Island
4. Connecticut

Middle Colonies:

1. New York
2. New Jersey
3. Pennsylvania
4. Delaware

Southern Colonies:

1. Maryland
2. Virginia
3. North Carolina
4. South Carolina
5. Georgia

The Thirteen Colonies and Major Epidemics Timeline

• 1607 Virginia Colony formation
• 1617-1619 Smallpox epidemic Massachusetts Bay Colony
• 1620 Massachusetts Colony formation
• 1633 Smallpox epidemic Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts
• 1634 Maryland Colony formation
• 1634 Smallpox epidemic Mohawk Nation
• 1635 Connecticut Colony formation
• 1636 Smallpox epidemic Lake Ontario tribes
• 1637 Rhode Island Colony formation
• 1638 Delaware Colony formation
• 1653 North Carolina Colony formation
• 1657 Measles epidemic Boston, Massachusetts
• 1663 South Carolina Colony formation
• 1664 New Jersey Colony formation
• 1664 New York Colony formation
• 1679 Smallpox epidemic Iroquois Nation
• 1682 Pennsylvania Colony formation
• 1690 Yellow fever epidemic New York City
• 1692 New Hampshire Colony formation
• 1698 Smallpox epidemic Quapaw Arkansas Nation
• 1713-1722 Measles epidemic New England
• 1721-1722 Smallpox epidemic Boston, Massachusetts
• 1729 Measles epidemic Boston, Massachusetts
• 1732 **Influenza epidemic all colonies**
• 1732 Georgia Colony formation
• 1737 Yellow fever epidemic Virginia
• 1738 Smallpox epidemic South Carolina
• 1739-1740 Measles epidemic Boston, Massachusetts
• 1747 Measles epidemic Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania, South Carolina
• 1756 Smallpox epidemic Lenape tribes
• 1763-1764 Smallpox epidemic Ohio Valley tribes
• 1775-1783 American War of Independence
• 1775-1782 Smallpox epidemic entire continent, from Alaska area to Mexico
• 1829 Cholera appeared in North America
• 1832 Cholera epidemic all of America, known as the "plague of the nineteenth century"

Expanded to include cocurrent British rulers

1603-1714: House of Stuart

• 1603-1625 Jacobean era: James I/VI (James Charles Stuart); English Civil War
• 1607 Virginia Colony formation
• 1617-1619 Smallpox epidemic Massachusetts Bay Colony
• 1620 Massachusetts Colony formation
• 1625-1649 Caroline era: Charles I (second son of James I/VI)
• 1633 Smallpox epidemic Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts
• 1634 Maryland Colony formation
• 1634 Smallpox epidemic Mohawk Nation
• 1649-1660 Interregnum era: period between execution of Charles I on 30 January 1649 and arrival of Charles II on 29 May 1660; Commonwealth governed by by Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell, then his son, Richard Cromwell
• 1635 Connecticut Colony formation
• 1636 Smallpox epidemic Lake Ontario tribes
• 1637 Rhode Island Colony formation
• 1638 Delaware Colony formation
• 1653 North Carolina Colony formation
• 1657 Measles epidemic Boston, Massachusetts
• 1660-1660 Restoration era: Charles II; James II/VII; William III/II and Mary II
• 1663 South Carolina Colony formation
• 1664 New Jersey Colony formation
• 1664 New York Colony formation
• 1679 Smallpox epidemic Iroquois Nation
• 1682 Pennsylvania Colony formation
• 1690 Yellow fever epidemic New York City
• 1692 New Hampshire Colony formation
• 1698 Smallpox epidemic Quapaw Arkansas Nation
• 1707 Acts of Union Anne I
• 1713-1722 Measles epidemic New England 1714-1837

House of Hanover/Georgian period

• 1714-1727 George I
• 1721-1722 Smallpox epidemic Boston, Massachusetts
• 1727-1760 George II (George Augustus)
• 1729 Measles epidemic Boston, Massachusetts
• 1732 **Influenza epidemic all colonies**
• 1732 Georgia Colony formation
• 1737 Yellow fever epidemic Virginia
• 1738 Smallpox epidemic South Carolina
• 1739-1740 Measles epidemic Boston, Massachusetts
• 1747 Measles epidemic Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania, South Carolina
• 1756 Smallpox epidemic Lenape tribes
• 1760-1820 George III (George William Frederick) and Queen Charlotte
• 1763-1764 Smallpox epidemic Ohio Valley tribes
• 1775-1783 American War of Independence
• 1775-1782 Smallpox epidemic entire continent, from Alaska area to Mexico
• 1800 Acts of Union UK
• 1829 Cholera appeared in North America
• 1832 Cholera epidemic all of America, known as the "plague of the nineteenth century"

Be extra kind to each other. It's how you find your cupcakes in this upside-down world right now. Be safe. Sending love.