William Blennerhassett, b: -

^{1534 Henry VIII controls English church}
^{1538 Cortes conquers Mexico}
^{1547 Ivan the Terrible rules Russia}
^{1558 Elizabeth I is England's queen}
^{1580 Drake completes voyage around world}

^{1488 Diaz rounds Cape of Good Hope}
^{1492 Columbus discovers West Indies}
^{1498 Vasco da Gama sails to India}
^{1503 Leonard da Vinci paints Mona Lisa}
^{1512 Michelangelo paints Sistine Chapel}

^{1427 Portuguese reach the Azores}
^{1434 Medici rules in Florence}
^{1440 Gutenberg, printing w/type}
^{1453 End of Hundred Years War}
^{1479 Formation of kingdom of Spain}


			^{John Blennerhassett}^{b.1424 Lowdham&Frenze, Suff. d.1510}

		^{Robert Blennerhassett}^{b.1452 Frenze, Nfk. d. Prynsthorpe, Warks.}	^{Margaret Higham}^{b.1425 Gazeley Parish, Suff. d.1473 Gazeley Parish, Suff.}

^{Sir-Edward Blennerhassett}^{b. d.1618 Horning&Layes, Nfk.}	^{William Blennerhassett}^{b. d. Norwich}		^Robert Kemp^{b. Gissinge, Nfk. d.}

^{Daniel Blennerhassett}^{b. d.}		^{Margaret Kemp}^{b.1463 Gissinge, Nfk. d.}

^{Thomas Blennerhassett}^{b. d.}

^{Rebecca Blennerhassett}^{b. d.}		^John Colby^{b. Brundish, Suff. d.}

^{Joane Blennerhassett}^{b. d.}	^Ann Colby^{b.1507 Brundish, Suff. d.}

^{Susan Blennerhassett}^{b. d.}