Dorothy Elizabeth Burgess Gibson

Elizabeth (1533-1603) was Queen of England and Ireland. She was the last monarch of the House of Tudor and is sometimes referred to as the "Virgin Queen". She was the daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, his second wife

William Shakespeare was an English playwright, poet and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon" (or simply "the Bard"). His extant works, including collaborations, consist of some 39 plays, 154 sonnets, three long narrative poems, and a few other verses, some of uncertain authorship. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright.

James VI and I (James Charles Stuart; 19 June 1566 – 27 March 1625) was King of Scotland as James VI from 24 July 1567 and King of England and Ireland as James I from the union of the Scottish and English crowns on 24 March 1603 until his death in 1625. Although he wanted to bring about a closer union, the kingdoms of Scotland and England remained individual sovereign states, with their own parliaments, judiciaries, and laws, both ruled by James in personal union. James was the son of Mary, Queen of Scots

On September 6, the Mayflower departed from Plymouth, England, and headed for America. The voyage itself across the Atlantic Ocean took 66 days, from their departure on September 6, until Cape Cod was sighted on 9 November 1620. The colonists spent that first winter living onboard the Mayflower.

Of the 102 passengers on the ship, which was 80 feet long and 24 feet wide, only 53 passengers and half the crew survived. Women were particularly hard hit; of the 19 women who had boarded the Mayflower, only five survived.

The Plymouth Colony is formed until 1685 when it is split into three counties: Plymouth, Barnstable, and Bristol

Caleb Johnson's Mayflower History

In July of 1630, Sir Richard Saltonstall and Reverend George Phillips and others from the Winthrop fleet row up the river from Charlestown and settle Watertown. In September, the settlement is officially incorporated into the Massachusetts Bay Colony as Watertown.

In 1665 The Old Burying Ground is established on what is now modern day Arlington Street.

On July 19, 1776 the Treaty of Watertown is signed at the Edmund Fowle House. The treaty establishes a military alliance between the United States and the St. John’s Indians and some of the Mi’kmaw bands against Great Britain in the Revolutionary War.