The 1680s Timelines

Howell:
27 Oct 1682: Thomas Howell & children arrive at Newcastle aboard the Welcome.
Nov 1682: The Howells settle on the land Thomas purchased in 1677 on the north side of Cooper's Creek, Waterford [Delaware] Twp., Gloucester [Camden] Co., West Jersey.
4 Sep 1686: Son Daniel marries Hannah Lakin at Philadelphia.
8 Mar 1687: Daniel transfers his 250 acre portion of Cooper's Creek plantation to brother Mordecai & moves to Philadelphia.
1687: Son Mordecai returns to England & brings back mother, Katherine [Thomas] Howell.
Oct 1687: Thomas Howell dies at Cooper's Creek home.
c1690: Daniel moves to Solebury Twp., Bucks Co., PA.
Sep-Oct 1695: Widow Katherine dies at residence near Philadelphia.
c1700: Catherine [Daniel & Hannah] is born at Philadelphia.
c1719: Catherine Howell marries William Rittenhouse at Germantown, PA.
Sep 1739: Daniel Howell died in Solebury Twp., Bucks Co., PA. [Hannah preceded him in death.]

Bowater:
1682-83: Brothers John [1682] & Thomas [1683] Bowater arrive in Pennsylvania ahead of their half-sister Mary.
1705: Mary Bowater arrives at Philadelphia following the death of her parents.
28 June 1705: Mary joins Philadelphia MM.
28 Jun 1706: Mary Bowater marries James Wright in East Nottingham Twp., Chester Co., PA.

Goddard:
c1687: Henry Goddard settles in York, Massachusetts [now Maine].
1688: Henry buys 40 acres & erects a fulling mill, which he sells in 1690.
1690-92: Henry relocates to Jamestown, RI.
17 Aug 1693: Henry Goddard marries Quaker Mary Howland at  Jamestown, RI.
21 Jun 1696: Henry is made a freeman at Jamestown.
16 Feb 1701/2: Susannah [Henry & Mary] is born at Jamestown.
29 Jan 1741/2: Mary Howland Goddard dies at Eastham, Barnstable, Mass.
30 Aug 1744: Henry dies at Newport, RI.

Rittenhouse:
1688: Wilhelm Rittenhouse arrives at New Amsterdam with his wife & three children & migrates to Germantown, PA.
1690: Wilhelm leases 20 acres in Roxborough Twp., Philadelphia Co., PA for the purpose of building a paper mill.
1690-1710: Rittenhouses operate the only papermill in British colonial America.
7 May 1691: Rittenhouses are among 64 Germantown settlers to be naturalized as British citizens.
c1694: Son Gerhard/Garret marries Mary Schumacher? at Germantown.
c1695: Garret establishes a farm in Cresheim, Germantown Twp., PA.
c1695: William [Garret & Mary] is born in Cresheim.
c1701: Wilhelm is ordained as the 1st Menno Divisionnite minister in America.
1701: The papermill is destroyed by flood & rebuilt in 1702.
1703/4: Garret purchases tracts of 50 & 175 acres in Cresheim for farming & erecting a gristmill.
cFeb 1708: Wife Giertrude Pieters Rittenhouse dies at Germantown.
18 Feb 1708: Wilhelm Rittenhouse dies at Germantown, PA.
c1719: William moves to Hunterdon Co., NJ
c1719: Willam marries Catherine Howell in Hunterdon Co., NJ.
13 Jul 1726: Isaac [William & Catherine] is born at Rosemont.
c1728: Garret's wife Mary dies in Cresheim.
18 Nov 1734: William purchases 1000 acres [800 east of Rosemont, 200 along the Kings Highway] in Hunterdon Co.
1737: William builds a stone house in Rosemont & opens a tavern called "Crosskeys."
Feb 1742/3: Garret dies in Cresheim.
c1757: Isaac marries Susannah Baker in Hunterdon Co., NJ.
Apr 1767: William dies at Rosemont.
21 Feb 1771: Elizabeth Rittenhose [Isaac & Susannah] is born at Rosemont.
1778: Catherine Howell Rittenhouse dies following a fall into a well at Rosemont.
1789-97: Isaac is granted a license to operate a "puplic house" [tavern].
2 Jan 1791: Elizabeth marries Cornelius Prall Jr. in Hunterdon Co., NJ.
23 Feb 1809: Isaac Rittenhouse dies at Rosemont.
4 Jun `1824: Susannah Baker Rittenhouse dies at Rosemont.