Joseph Josiah Hand, b: 1638 - Lynn, Massachusetts

^{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}


		^John Hand^{b.1611 Maidstone, Kent, England d.1660 Long Island City, New York}

	^{Joseph Josiah Hand}^{b.1638 Lynn, Massachusetts d.1724 Guilford, Connecticut}

		^{Alice Gransden}^{b.1613 Tunbridge Wells, England d.1662 East Hampton, New York}

^Sarah Hand^{b.1664 Guilford, Connecticut d.1761 Guilford, Connecticut}

		^{Benjamin Wright}^{b.1610 Bolton, Lancashire, England d.1677 Killingworth, Connecticut}

	^Jane Wright^{b.1644 Guilford, Connecticut d.1724 Guilford, Connecticut}		^{Vincent Meigs}^{b.1583 Dorchester, Dorset, England d.1658 Madison, Connecticut}

		^Jane Meigs^{b.1617 Axminster, Devon, England d.1684 Guilford, Connecticut}