BenGen Info Complete Index Genealogy Page
Blish Genealogy Formatting, Timeline Concept and Structure, Database Source and Structure
are all copyright © 1999-2006 Charles Benjamin Blish
Genealogy data is free of copyright restrictions

144
Silas Blish 5 [m]
5th Generation

Personal Details
Born April 17th, 1763 No Image On File
Birthplace Colchester, CT, USA
Baptized No Entry
Baptized at... No Entry
Baptized by... No Entry
Baptized in... No Entry
Occupation(s) Farmer
Died May 15th, 1853, aged about 90 years
Died at... No Entry
Cause of Death No Entry
Burial Place Clovesville Cemetery, Middletown, county of Delaware, New York, USA
Disposition No Entry

Parents
Father [44]Sylvanus Blish 4 No Image On File
Mother [44_sa]Esther (Way) Blish 4 No Image On File

Spouses, Mates & Children
Wife #1
[144_sa] - Hannah Eliza (Phelps) Blish 5

Married by: No Entry
Married at: No Entry

Children by this spouse:
I [295] Catharine (Blish) Townsend 6 b. May 18th, 1784 c. August No Image On File
II [297]+ John Blish 6 b. August 7th, 1792 c. November No Image On File
III [298]+ James Blish 6 b. July 19th, 1796 c. October No Image On File
IV [299]+ Asa Blish 6 b. May 19th, 1799 c. August No Image On File
V [300] Jane (Blish) Mills or "Milks"? 6 b. January 7th, 1801 c. April No Image On File
VI [296]+ Nicholas Blish 6 b. September 16th, 1808 c. December No Image On File
VII [301]+ Simon Blish 6 b. March 12th, 1812 c. June No Image On File
No Image On File

Immediate Family Tree
Gen. 5 Gen. 4 Gen. 3 Gen. 2 Gen. 1
Silas BlishSylvanus BlishTristham Blish, (***)Joseph Blish, (***)Abraham Blish, (***)
Anne (Pratt) Blish
Hannah (Hull) BlishTristham Hull
Agnes "Blanche" (?) Hull
Anne (Fuller) BlishMatthew FullerSamuel Fuller, Jr.
Anne (Fuller) Fuller
Patience (Young) FullerGeorge Young
Hannah (Pinson) Young
Esther (Way) BlishNo EntryNo EntryNo Entry
No Entry
No EntryNo Entry
No Entry
No EntryNo EntryNo Entry
No Entry
No EntryNo Entry
No Entry

Personalized History Timeline, 1763 to 1853
1231-1808:
Papal Inquisition from before birth until age 45
1478-1834:
Torquemada's Spanish Inquisition from before birth until age 71
1754-1763:
French-Indian war from before birth until age 0
1756-1763:
Seven years war from before birth until age 0
1760-1820:
Reign of King George III (Hanover) from before birth until age 57
1765:
HMS Victory launched at age 2
1765:
Steam Engine at age 2
1769:
San Francisco bay discovered at age 6
1770:
Boston Massacre - 5 people killed when British fire on mob at age 7
1772:
Judge Murray decrees that slaves are free on landing in England at age 9
1772-1775:
Antarctica circumnavigated by James Cook from age 9 to age 12
1773:
Boston Tea Party at age 10
1774:
1st Continental Congress meets at age 11
1775-1782:
British war in India from age 12 to age 19
1775-1783:
American Revolutionary War against the British from age 12 to age 20
1776:
Declaration of Independence at age 13
1778:
Congress forbids import of slaves into America at age 15
1778:
France joins war against Britan at age 15
1780:
Benjamin Franklin discovers lightning is electricity at age 17
1781:
Uranus discovered at age 18
1783:
1st working hot air balloon at age 20
1784:
Thomas Jefferson's proposal to ban slavery defeated at age 21
1786:
The Dollar is adopted at age 23
1786:
First attempts at indoor lighting with gas (UK, Germany) at age 23
1787:
Constitution is approved by the constitutional congress at age 24
1787:
Pennsylvania enters the union - 2nd at age 24
1787:
New Jersey enters the union - 3rd at age 24
1787:
Delaware enters the union - 1st at age 24
1788:
South Carolina enters the union - 8th at age 25
1788:
New York enters the union - 11th at age 25
1788:
Virginia enters the union - 10th at age 25
1788:
Massachusetts enters the union - 6th at age 25
1788:
Connecticut enters the union - 5th at age 25
1788:
Maryland enters the union - 7th at age 25
1788:
Constitution goes into effect at age 25
1788:
New Hampshire enters the union - 9th at age 25
1788:
Georgia enters the union - 4th at age 25
1789:
US Army Established at age 26
1789-1796:
George Washington selected 1st President from age 26 to age 33
1789:
North Carolina enters the union - 12th at age 26
1790:
Rhode Island enters the union - 13th at age 27
1790:
Coast Guard Established at age 27
1790:
1st official US census at age 27
1791:
Vermont enters the union -14th at age 28
1791:
Federal Bill of rights adopted at age 28
1792:
Denmark 1st to forbid trade in slaves at age 29
1792:
Kentucky enters the union - 15th at age 29
1792-1815:
Napoleonic war from age 29 to age 52
1793:
Marie Antoinette beheaded at age 30
1793:
Eli Whitney invents Cotton Gin (increases need for slaves) at age 30
1794:
US Navy Established at age 31
1794:
US Post Office Established at age 31
1794:
Slavery abolished in French colonies at age 31
1796:
Tennesee enters the union - 16th at age 33
1796:
Vaccination against Smallpox at age 33
1796-1800:
John Adams elected 2nd president of US from age 33 to age 37
1796:
France's presses get right of free speech at age 33
1798:
US Marine Corps Established at age 35
1798:
Mississippi organized as a territory at age 35
1798-1800:
Undeclared war with France from age 35 to age 37
1798:
Lithography at age 35
1799:
Rosetta Stone found at age 36
1800-1809:
Thomas Jefferson elected president of US from age 37 to age 46
1800:
US capital moves from Philadelphia to Washington DC at age 37
1800:
Russia annexes Georgia at age 37
1800:
1st Battery (Volta) at age 37
1802:
Babylonian cuniform deciphered at age 39
1803:
Ohio enters the union - 17th at age 40
1803:
Fulton propels vessel by steampower at age 40
1803:
Louisiana Territory Purchased at age 40
1804:
Haiti independent - 1st black country in West. Hemis. at age 41
1804-1806:
Lewis and Clark Expedition from age 41 to age 43
1805:
Thomas Jefferson re-elected president of US at age 42
1805:
Morphine isolated at age 42
1807:
Robert Fulton makes 1st practical steamboat voyage at age 44
1808:
Import of new slaves into US Is banned at age 45
1808:
Pompeii excavation begins in earnest at age 45
1809-1816:
James Madison elected president of US from age 46 to age 53
1809:
Charles Darwin born at age 46
1810:
Homeopathy founded at age 47
1810:
US pop. reaches 7.2 million at age 47
1812-1814:
War of 1812 from age 49 to age 51
1812:
Louisiana enters the union - 18th at age 49
1812:
Missouri organized as a territory at age 49
1815:
Sumbawa volcano (Indonesia) erupts; 50,000 killed at age 52
1815:
Battle of Waterloo at age 52
1815:
French outlaw slavery in France at age 52
1816:
Stethoscope at age 53
1816:
Indiana enters the union - 19th at age 53
1816:
Photographic Negative at age 53
1817:
Pentrich Revolution - England's last revolution at age 54
1817-1824:
James Monroe president of US from age 54 to age 61
1817:
Alabama organized as a territory at age 54
1817-1825:
Erie canal constructed from age 54 to age 62
1817:
Mississippi enters the union - 20th at age 54
1817-1823:
1st Cholera pandemic from age 54 to age 60
1818:
Illinois enters the union - 21st at age 55
1818:
Savannah 1st steamship to cross the Atlantic at age 55
1819:
Oersted discovers electro-magnetism at age 56
1819:
Alabama enters the union - 22nd at age 56
1819:
Arkansas organized as a territory at age 56
1820-1830:
Reign of King George IV (Hanover) from age 57 to age 67
1820:
Maine enters the union - 23rd at age 57
1821-1829:
Greek war of Independence from age 58 to age 66
1821:
US pop. reaches 9.2 million at age 58
1821:
1st US women's college at age 58
1821:
Missouri enters the union - 24th at age 58
1822:
Florida organized as a territory at age 59
1824:
Internal Combustion Engine at age 61
1824:
Erie canal finished at age 61
1824-1828:
John Quincy Adams president of US from age 61 to age 65
1826:
1st railroad tunnel (England) at age 63
1827:
Ohms Law formulated at age 64
1827:
Ship's propeller (screw) at age 64
1827:
1st Black newspaper Freedom's Journal at age 64
1828:
1st Webster's Dictionary at age 65
1828:
1st railroad in the US at age 65
1828-1836:
Andrew Jackson president of US from age 65 to age 73
1829-1851:
2nd Cholera pandemic from age 66 to age 88
1829:
1st US patent on a typewriter at age 66
1830-1860:
Underground railroad leads 100,000+ slaves to freedom in US from age 67 until after line end
1830-1837:
Reign of King William IV (Hanover) from age 67 to age 74
1830:
Mormons (Latter Day Saints) founded at age 67
1832:
Horse-drawn trolleys in New York at age 69
1833:
Telegraph at age 70
1833:
Slavery abolished in British Empire (home and colonies) at age 70
1834:
Modern computer conceived by Charles Babbage at age 71
1835-1842:
2nd Seminole War from age 72 to age 79
1835:
Halley's Comet at age 72
1835:
Mormon leader Joseph Smith prophesies of 'coming of lord' by 1891 at age 72
1836:
Battle of the Alamo at age 73
1836:
Texas war for independence from Mexico at age 73
1836:
Arkansas enters the union -25th at age 73
1837-1840:
Martin Van Buren president of US from age 74 to age 77
1837:
Michigan enters the union - 26th at age 74
1837:
Depression and Panic in the US - inflation, speculation at age 74
1837-1901:
Reign of Queen Victoria (Hanover) from age 74 until after line end
1838-1839:
Forced relocation of Cherokee from age 75 to age 76
1839-1842:
Opium war between China and the English from age 76 to age 79
1841-1844:
John Tyler president of US from age 78 to age 81
1842:
Chinese cede Hong Kong to the English at age 79
1844:
1st telegraph line message, Washington to New York at age 81
1845-1849:
Irish Potato Famine from age 82 to age 86
1845:
Florida enters the union - 27th at age 82
1845-1848:
James K Polk president of US from age 82 to age 85
1845:
Texas enters the union - 28th at age 82
1846-1848:
The Mexican-US War from age 83 to age 85
1846:
Iowa enters the union - 29th at age 83
1848:
Wisconsin enters the union - 30th at age 85
1848:
Oregon organized as a territory at age 85
1848-1856:
1st gold rush in California -- Sutters Mill from age 85 until after line end
1848:
NY allows women to own real estate at age 85
1849-1852:
Zachary Taylor president of the US from age 86 to age 89
1849:
Fizeau measures speed of light at age 86
1850:
World pop. est. at 1.1 billion at age 87
1850:
California enters the union - 31st at age 87
1850:
New Mexico organized as a territory at age 87
1850:
Utah (included Nevada) organized as a territory at age 87
1850:
US pop reaches 23 million at age 87
1851:
Gold rush in Australia at age 88
1852-1859:
3rd Cholera pandemic from age 89 until after line end
1853-1856:
Franklin Pierce president of US from age 90 until after line end
1853:
Washington (included pt. of Idaho) organized as a territory at age 90

Additional Information
It is not known just when Silas left Connecticut, but a deed from him to his brother Asa, dated 8 September 1791, locates him at Red Hook, Dutchess County, New York. His brother Reuben was also in Red Hook in 1792, as shown by a deed from him to Asa conveying a like interest. Silas later removed to Middletown, Delaware County, New York, and took up wild lands. He remained here the remainder of his life. His farm passed to his son, Simon. He is said to have lived to the age of 92 years, which would locate his death about 1855. Many of his descendants are now (1905, JKB/bb) living in Delaware County, New York, and in that Vicinity.

From the third compiler, Ben Blish:
The gravestone at Clovesville Cemetery, Middletown, New York, indicates Silas died May 15th, 1853, and that he lived to 90 years, 28 days. This exactly matches the birthdate we have for him, so this is taken to be the accurate date of death, superceding the 1855 JKB estimate.

Silas Blish served in the war of 1812.

References--- Colchester Town Record, Colchester Deed Record, Biographical History of Delaware County New York.


Blish Genealogy Formatting, Timeline Concept and Structure, Database Source and Structure
are all copyright © 1999-2006 Charles Benjamin Blish
Genealogy data is free of copyright restrictions
Generated by BenGen V0.R32