| 1665 Great plague of London  1666 Great Fire of London 1696 Peter the Great becomes Czar 1700 Britain's american colonies prosper 1707 Union Act unites England/Scotland  | 1618 Beginning of 30 Years War 1628 English curtail King's powers 1640 Portugal gains independence/Spain 1642 Civil war England/Scotland/Ireland 1660 Restoration of monarchy, Britain  | 1580 Drake completes voyage around world 1582 New Gregorian calendar introduced 1588 English defeat the Spanish Armada 1611 Authorized English Bible published 1613 Romanov dynasty begins in Russia  | 
|  Hugh SMERDON b.1696 Widecombe In T, England d.1772 Widecombe In T, England  | ![]()  | ![]()  |  Robert SMERDON b.1580 Widecombe In T, England d.1653 Ilsington, Devon, England  | |||||
|  Mary SMERDON b.1692 Widecombe In T, England d.1693 Widecombe In T, England  | ![]()  |  Robert SMERDON b.1631 Ilsington, Devon, England d.1713 St Pancras Church of Engl  |  Anne BURTE b.1590 Exeter, Devon, England d.1673 Ilsington, Devon, England  | |||||
|  Edward SMERDON b.1697 Widecombe In T, England d.  |  Hugh SMERDON b.1652 Widecombe In T, England d.  | |||||||
|  Elizabeth SMERDON b.1700 Widecombe In T, England d.  | ![]()  |  Elizabeth SMERDON b.1631 Devon, England d.  | ||||||
|  Jane SMERDON b.1699 Widecombe In T, England d.  | ![]()  | |||||||
|  Joan SMERDON b.1702 Widecombe In T, England d.1702 Widecombe In T, England  | ||||||||
|  Mary SMERDON b.1694 Widecombe In T, England d.1719 Widecombe In T, England  |  Mary NEACUMBE b.1653 d.1706 St Pancras Church of Engl  | |||||||
|  Martha SMERDON b.1705 Widecombe In T, England d.  | ||||||||
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