Personal Details

Born	March 26th, 1751
Birthplace	West Barnstable, county of Barnstable, MA, USA
Baptized	No Entry
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Occupation(s)	Hotelkeeper, farmer
Died	1803, aged about 52 years
Died at...	Vassalborough, ME, USA
Cause of Death	No Entry
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Parents

Father	[36]	John Blish 4
Mother	[36_sa]	Mary (Goodspeed) Blish 4

Spouses, Mates & Children

Wife #1 [112_sa] - Mary (Barker or "Baxter"?) Blish 5 Married by: No Entry Married at: No Entry Children by this spouse: I [240]+ Patience (Blish) Snow 6 b. July 13th, 1774 c. October II [241]+ Hannah (Blish) Ballard 6 b. December 29th, 1776 c. March III [242]+ Rebecca (Blish) Winslow 6 b. June 18th, 1778 c. September IV [243]+ John Blish 6 b. April 16th, 1780 c. July V [244]+ Betsey (Blish) Hoyt 6 b. April 24th, 1783 c. July VI [245] Daniel Blish 6 b. January 13th, 1785 c. April VII [246]+ Captain James Blish, ship-master 6 b. December 13th, 1787 c. March VIII [247] Winnifred Blish 6 b. October 12th, 1788 c. January IX [248] Samuel Blish 6 b. August 6th, 1792 c. November X [249]+ Captain William Blish 6 b. August 3rd, 1794 c. November XI [250] Mary "Polly" (Blish) Hallet 6 b. September 3rd, 1796 c. December XII [251]+ Sarah Blish 6 b. July 13th, 1798 c. October

Immediate Family Tree

Gen. 5	Gen. 4	Gen. 3	Gen. 2	Gen. 1
Stacey "grey eagle" Blish	John Blish	Reuben Blish	Joseph Blish, (***)	Abraham Blish, (***)
				Anne (Pratt) Blish
			Hannah (Hull) Blish	Tristham Hull
				Agnes "Blanche" (?) Hull
		Elizabeth (?) Bodfish	No Entry	No Entry
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	Mary (Goodspeed) Blish	Ebeneer Goodspeed, Jr.	No Entry	No Entry
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		? (?) Goodspeed	No Entry	No Entry
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Personalized History Timeline, 1751 to 1803

1231-1808: Papal Inquisition from before birth until after line end 1478-1834: Torquemada's Spanish Inquisition from before birth until after line end 1727-1760: Reign of King George II (Hanover) from before birth until age 9 1752: Benjamin Franklin invents the lightning rod at age 1 1752: Britain and its colonies adopt Gregorian calender at age 1 1754-1763: French-Indian war from age 3 to age 12 1755: Lisbon earthquake - 30,000 dead at age 4 1756-1763: Seven years war from age 5 to age 12 1758: Halley's Comet (1st predicted appearance) at age 7 1760-1820: Reign of King George III (Hanover) from age 9 until after line end 1760: Bifocals at age 9 1765: HMS Victory launched at age 14 1765: Steam Engine at age 14 1769: San Francisco bay discovered at age 18 1770: Boston Massacre - 5 people killed when British fire on mob at age 19 1772-1775: Antarctica circumnavigated by James Cook from age 21 to age 24 1772: Judge Murray decrees that slaves are free on landing in England at age 21 1773: Boston Tea Party at age 22 1774: 1st Continental Congress meets at age 23 1775-1783: American Revolutionary War against the British from age 24 to age 32 1775-1782: British war in India from age 24 to age 31 1776: Declaration of Independence at age 25 1778: Congress forbids import of slaves into America at age 27 1778: France joins war against Britan at age 27 1780: Benjamin Franklin discovers lightning is electricity at age 29 1781: Uranus discovered at age 30 1783: 1st working hot air balloon at age 32 1784: Thomas Jefferson's proposal to ban slavery defeated at age 33 1786: First attempts at indoor lighting with gas (UK, Germany) at age 35 1786: The Dollar is adopted at age 35 1787: New Jersey enters the union - 3rd at age 36 1787: Constitution is approved by the constitutional congress at age 36 1787: Delaware enters the union - 1st at age 36 1787: Pennsylvania enters the union - 2nd at age 36 1788: Connecticut enters the union - 5th at age 37 1788: Georgia enters the union - 4th at age 37 1788: Massachusetts enters the union - 6th at age 37 1788: Maryland enters the union - 7th at age 37 1788: Constitution goes into effect at age 37 1788: South Carolina enters the union - 8th at age 37 1788: New Hampshire enters the union - 9th at age 37 1788: Virginia enters the union - 10th at age 37 1788: New York enters the union - 11th at age 37 1789: North Carolina enters the union - 12th at age 38 1789-1796: George Washington selected 1st President from age 38 to age 45 1789: US Army Established at age 38 1790: Coast Guard Established at age 39 1790: 1st official US census at age 39 1790: Rhode Island enters the union - 13th at age 39 1791: Vermont enters the union -14th at age 40 1791: Federal Bill of rights adopted at age 40 1792: Kentucky enters the union - 15th at age 41 1792: Denmark 1st to forbid trade in slaves at age 41 1792-1815: Napoleonic war from age 41 until after line end 1793: Eli Whitney invents Cotton Gin (increases need for slaves) at age 42 1793: Marie Antoinette beheaded at age 42 1794: US Navy Established at age 43 1794: Slavery abolished in French colonies at age 43 1794: US Post Office Established at age 43 1796: Tennesee enters the union - 16th at age 45 1796: France's presses get right of free speech at age 45 1796-1800: John Adams elected 2nd president of US from age 45 to age 49 1796: Vaccination against Smallpox at age 45 1798: US Marine Corps Established at age 47 1798: Mississippi organized as a territory at age 47 1798-1800: Undeclared war with France from age 47 to age 49 1798: Lithography at age 47 1799: Rosetta Stone found at age 48 1800-1809: Thomas Jefferson elected president of US from age 49 until after line end 1800: 1st Battery (Volta) at age 49 1800: US capital moves from Philadelphia to Washington DC at age 49 1800: Russia annexes Georgia at age 49 1802: Babylonian cuniform deciphered at age 51 1803: Louisiana Territory Purchased at age 52 1803: Fulton propels vessel by steampower at age 52 1803: Ohio enters the union - 17th at age 52

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