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1607 Jamestown 1st permanent settlement
1620 Pilgrims to America on Mayflower
1638 Printing press reaches America
1664 English capture/rename New York
1681 La Salle explores Louisiana
1534 Cartier claims New France
1540 Spanish arrive in California
1540 Coronado travels through Midwest
1565 First colony St. Augustine
1584 - 1588 Roanoke Island Colony
1492 Columbus discovers West Indies
1507 The term America first used
1513 Ponce de Leon discovers Florida
1519 - 1538 Cortes conquers Mexico
 Hansli (Little John) Witschi
 b.1400 ?
 d.          ?
 Rudolf Witschi
 b.1735 ?
 d.1801 ?
 Johannas Witschi
 b.1776 ?
 d.          ??
 
 
 
 Samuel Witschi
 b.1781 ?
 d.          ?
 Jacob Witschi
 b.1783 ?
 d.          ?
 Cathriana Stotzer
 b.1746 ?
 d.1827 ?