adam's 13 colonies timeline By sara.lemus 1607 Jamestown is founded. 1620 A group of people from England known as the Pilgrims arrive in what 1623 New Hampshire is settled by English colonists. It did not have that name until 1629. Starting in 1641, it was ruled by Massachusetts. 1634 Roman Catholics led by the Calvert family establish Maryland. 1638 Swedish (people from Sweden) settle what is now Delaware. It was part of New Sweden. 1663 The English settle the Carolinas. 1664 The English take over all Dutch lands, and they rename New Netherland as New York. 1679 New Hampshire becomes a separate colony. 1729 The Carolina territory is split into North and South Carolina. 1733 Georgia is settled.