| 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  | 
|  William Balderstone b.1673 d.  | ![]()  | |||||||
|  John Balderstone b.1674 d.  | ||||||||
|  Richard Balderstone b.1677 d.  |  Richard Balderstone b.1640 Earlesthorpe, Lincs. d.  | |||||||
|  Thomas Balderstone b.1679 Cumberworth, Lincs. d.  | ||||||||
|  Christopher Balderstone b.1682 d.  | ![]()  | ![]()  |  Thomas Pocklington b.1579 Cumberworth, Lincs. d.1624  | |||||
|  Anne Balderstone b.1684 d.  | ![]()  |  Christopher Pocklington b.1612 d.1669  |  Unknown b. d.  | |||||
|  Elizabeth Balderstone b.1687 d.  |  Ann Pocklington b.1652 d.1712  | |||||||
|  Susanna Balderstone b.1690 d.  | ![]()  |  Ann Granger b.1620 d.  | ||||||
|  Richard Balderstone b.1693 d.  | ![]()  | |||||||