William Nelson, b: 1654 - Scarmind, Nfk.

^{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}


			^{Thomas Nelson}^{b.1580 London, Nfk. d.1608}

		^{Edmund Nelson}^{b.1610 Wending, Nfk. d.}	^Elizabeth^{b.1580 London. Nfk. d.}

^{Thomas Nelson}^{b.1683 Sporle, Fransham, Nfk. d.1762}	^{William Nelson}^{b.1654 Scarmind, Nfk. d.1713}

^{Edmund Nelson}^{b.1684 Sporle, Fransham, Nfk. d.1747 Hilborough, Norfolk.}		^Alice^{b.1631 Wending, Nfk. d.}

^{Alice Nelson}^{b.1687 Scarning, Nfk. d.}			^{Thomas Shene}^{b.1587 Gressenhall, Nfk. d.}

^{William Nelson}^{b.1688 Sporle, Fransham, Nfk. d.1775}		^{Thomas Shene}^{b.1621 Dunham, Parva, Nfk. d.1687}	^Mary Craske^{b.1591 Gressenhall, Nfk. d.}

	^Mary Shene^{b.1657 Sporle, Fransham, Nfk. d.1731}

		^Alice^{b.1625 Dunham, Parva, Nfk. d.}