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Timeline

Births and deaths along the main family lines, with some of the history happening around them.

Painted panorama reading left to right: a Devon village with a church tower, a sailing ship crossing the ocean, then a city skyline and a Michigan farm
Three centuries of family: from the Devon countryside, across the Atlantic, to Detroit and the Michigan farmland. AI-generated illustration; an artistic impression, not a picture of any real place.

Family event (from the family tree)Historical context

  1. 1520Sir Christopher Trychay becomes vicar of Morebath, Devon, serving until his death in 1574. The parish wardens' accounts from his time (1520-1573) were published in 1904.
  2. 1538English parishes are ordered to keep registers of baptisms, marriages and burials - the start of most English family records.
  3. 1599John Gater / Gaither born in England
  4. 1625Mareen Duvall born in Nantes, Departement de la Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire, France
  5. 1646Capt. John Gaither born
  6. 1649Maryland passes its Toleration Act.
  7. 1650Mareen Duvall, a French Huguenot, arrives in Maryland as an indentured servant (28 August 1650).
  8. 1652John Gater / Gaither died in Anne Arundel County, Maryland
  9. 1659Ruth Beard born in probably Maryland
  10. 1660Capt. John Duvall born in Laval, Mayenne, Pays de la Loire, France
  11. 1664John Gaither and Robert Proctor patent the land later known as Abington, Anne Arundel County, Maryland.
  12. 1677John Gaither born in Abington, Anne Arundel, Maryland, United States
  13. 1681Richard Beard died in Anne Arundel County, Maryland
  14. 1685Louis XIV revokes the Edict of Nantes, ending legal protection for French Protestants (Huguenots).
  15. 1687Elizabeth Duvall born in All Hallows, Anne Arundel, Maryland, United States
  16. 1694Mareen Duvall died in Middle Plantation, Anne Arundel, Maryland, United States
  17. 1702Capt. John Gaither died in All Hallows Parish, Anne Arundel County, Maryland
  18. 1709Christopher Norman born
  19. 1711Capt. John Duvall died in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States of America
  20. 1719Ruth Beard died in Anne Arundel County, Maryland
  21. 1720John Gaither born in Abington, Anne Arundel, Maryland, United States
  22. 1739John Gaither died in Abington, Anne Arundel, Maryland, USA
  23. 1744Benjamin Gaither born in Left Out, Anne Arundel Co, Maryland, USA
  24. 1745Edward Norman died
  25. 1750Christopher Norman born in Bampton, Devon
  26. 1751John Gaither died in Abington, Anne Arundel, Maryland, United States
  27. 1770Elizabeth Duvall died in Anne Arundel, Maryland, United States
  28. 1772Zachariah Gaither born in Leftout, Anne Arundel, Maryland, USA
  29. 1776The American colonies declare independence.
  30. 1776Christopher Norman died
  31. 1788Benjamin Gaither died in Leftout, Anne Arundel, Maryland, USA
  32. 1789Samuel Norman born in Stawley, Somerset, England
  33. 1798Christopher Norman died in Stawley, Somerset
  34. 1815George Norman born in Holcombe Rogus, Devon, England
  35. 1816Elijah Gaither born in Iredell County, North Carolina, USA
  36. 1824Peter Hartman born in Germany
  37. 1843Zachariah Gaither died in Rowan County, North Carolina, USA
  38. 1846Louis C Schrader born in Barton, Germany
  39. 1858John Benjamin Norman born in Bridgewater, Taunton, Somerset, England
  40. 1861The American Civil War begins (ends 1865).
  41. 1862William Henry Jackson Gaither born in Davie, North Carolina, United States
  42. 1863Elijah Gaither died in North Carolina, USA
  43. 1867George Johan Hartman born in Rockland Lake, New York, USA
  44. 1872Samuel Norman died in Holcombe Rogus, Devon, England
  45. 1887Frederica Marie Schrader born in Port Sanilac, Sanilac, Michigan, USA
  46. 1891John Benjamin Norman died in Aston, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England
  47. 1891James Norman born in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England
  48. 1895Gertrude Joyce Gaither born in Winston-Salem, Forsyth, North Carolina, USA
  49. 1899Charles Edward Hartman born in Nyack, Rockland, New York
  50. 1906Peter Hartman died in Nyack, Rockland County, New York, USA
  51. 1911James Norman arrived at Detroit, Michigan
  52. 1923Robert Charles Norman born in Livonia, Mich.
  53. 1927Joyce Oleana Hartman born in Durham, N.C.
  54. 1929Louis C Schrader died in Plymouth, Wayne, Michigan, USA
  55. 1932William Henry Jackson Gaither died in Middlefork, Forsyth, North Carolina, USA
  56. 1942George Johan Hartman died in Nyack, Rockland County, New York, United States of America
  57. 1947Donald Eugene Norman born in Plymouth, Wayne, Michigan, USA
  58. 1974James Norman died in Plymouth, Wayne, Michigan, USA
  59. 1975Charles Edward Hartman died in Durham, North Carolina
  60. 1976Frederica Marie Schrader died in Farmington Hills, Oakland, Michigan
  61. 1983Gertrude Joyce Gaither died in Durham, North Carolina
  62. 1984Abington Farm, Crownsville, Maryland, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (13 September 1984).
  63. 1986Joyce Oleana Hartman died in Elk Rapids, Mich.
  64. 2016Robert Charles Norman died in Kalkaska, Mich.
  65. 2026Donald Eugene Norman died in Tavares, Lake, Florida, USA