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146
Abraham Blish 5 [m]
5th Generation

Personal Details
Born 1769 No Image On File
Birthplace Colchester, CT, USA
Baptized No Entry
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Occupation(s) Farmer
Died July 29th, 1840, aged about 71 years
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Cause of Death of dropsy
Burial Place Colchester, CT, 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
[146_sa] - Alice (Fuller) Blish 5

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Children by this spouse:
I [302]+ Edmund Blish 6 b. No Entry c. ? No Image On File
II [306]+ Mary (Arnold) Blish 6 b. No Entry c. ? No Image On File
III [307]+ Nancy (Blish) Wickham 6 b. No Entry c. ? No Image On File
IV [308] Sarah (Blish) Arnold 6 b. No Entry c. ? No Image On File
V [310] Harriet (Blish) Breckenbridge 6 b. No Entry c. ? No Image On File
VI [303]+ Alice (Blish) Williams 6 b. July 14th, 1806 c. October No Image On File
VII [304]+ Daniel Blish 6 b. December 4th, 1810 c. March No Image On File
VIII [305] Benjamin C. Blish 6 b. 1817 c. ? No Image On File
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Immediate Family Tree
Gen. 5 Gen. 4 Gen. 3 Gen. 2 Gen. 1
Abraham 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
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Personalized History Timeline, 1769 to 1840
1231-1808:
Papal Inquisition from before birth until age 39
1478-1834:
Torquemada's Spanish Inquisition from before birth until age 65
1760-1820:
Reign of King George III (Hanover) from before birth until age 51
1769:
San Francisco bay discovered at age 0
1770:
Boston Massacre - 5 people killed when British fire on mob at age 1
1772:
Judge Murray decrees that slaves are free on landing in England at age 3
1772-1775:
Antarctica circumnavigated by James Cook from age 3 to age 6
1773:
Boston Tea Party at age 4
1774:
1st Continental Congress meets at age 5
1775-1782:
British war in India from age 6 to age 13
1775-1783:
American Revolutionary War against the British from age 6 to age 14
1776:
Declaration of Independence at age 7
1778:
Congress forbids import of slaves into America at age 9
1778:
France joins war against Britan at age 9
1780:
Benjamin Franklin discovers lightning is electricity at age 11
1781:
Uranus discovered at age 12
1783:
1st working hot air balloon at age 14
1784:
Thomas Jefferson's proposal to ban slavery defeated at age 15
1786:
First attempts at indoor lighting with gas (UK, Germany) at age 17
1786:
The Dollar is adopted at age 17
1787:
Constitution is approved by the constitutional congress at age 18
1787:
Delaware enters the union - 1st at age 18
1787:
Pennsylvania enters the union - 2nd at age 18
1787:
New Jersey enters the union - 3rd at age 18
1788:
Constitution goes into effect at age 19
1788:
New Hampshire enters the union - 9th at age 19
1788:
Georgia enters the union - 4th at age 19
1788:
Connecticut enters the union - 5th at age 19
1788:
Massachusetts enters the union - 6th at age 19
1788:
Maryland enters the union - 7th at age 19
1788:
South Carolina enters the union - 8th at age 19
1788:
New York enters the union - 11th at age 19
1788:
Virginia enters the union - 10th at age 19
1789:
North Carolina enters the union - 12th at age 20
1789:
US Army Established at age 20
1789-1796:
George Washington selected 1st President from age 20 to age 27
1790:
Coast Guard Established at age 21
1790:
Rhode Island enters the union - 13th at age 21
1790:
1st official US census at age 21
1791:
Vermont enters the union -14th at age 22
1791:
Federal Bill of rights adopted at age 22
1792:
Kentucky enters the union - 15th at age 23
1792-1815:
Napoleonic war from age 23 to age 46
1792:
Denmark 1st to forbid trade in slaves at age 23
1793:
Marie Antoinette beheaded at age 24
1793:
Eli Whitney invents Cotton Gin (increases need for slaves) at age 24
1794:
US Post Office Established at age 25
1794:
US Navy Established at age 25
1794:
Slavery abolished in French colonies at age 25
1796-1800:
John Adams elected 2nd president of US from age 27 to age 31
1796:
France's presses get right of free speech at age 27
1796:
Vaccination against Smallpox at age 27
1796:
Tennesee enters the union - 16th at age 27
1798:
Lithography at age 29
1798-1800:
Undeclared war with France from age 29 to age 31
1798:
Mississippi organized as a territory at age 29
1798:
US Marine Corps Established at age 29
1799:
Rosetta Stone found at age 30
1800:
1st Battery (Volta) at age 31
1800:
US capital moves from Philadelphia to Washington DC at age 31
1800:
Russia annexes Georgia at age 31
1800-1809:
Thomas Jefferson elected president of US from age 31 to age 40
1802:
Babylonian cuniform deciphered at age 33
1803:
Fulton propels vessel by steampower at age 34
1803:
Ohio enters the union - 17th at age 34
1803:
Louisiana Territory Purchased at age 34
1804:
Haiti independent - 1st black country in West. Hemis. at age 35
1804-1806:
Lewis and Clark Expedition from age 35 to age 37
1805:
Morphine isolated at age 36
1805:
Thomas Jefferson re-elected president of US at age 36
1807:
Robert Fulton makes 1st practical steamboat voyage at age 38
1808:
Pompeii excavation begins in earnest at age 39
1808:
Import of new slaves into US Is banned at age 39
1809-1816:
James Madison elected president of US from age 40 to age 47
1809:
Charles Darwin born at age 40
1810:
Homeopathy founded at age 41
1810:
US pop. reaches 7.2 million at age 41
1812-1814:
War of 1812 from age 43 to age 45
1812:
Louisiana enters the union - 18th at age 43
1812:
Missouri organized as a territory at age 43
1815:
French outlaw slavery in France at age 46
1815:
Battle of Waterloo at age 46
1815:
Sumbawa volcano (Indonesia) erupts; 50,000 killed at age 46
1816:
Photographic Negative at age 47
1816:
Indiana enters the union - 19th at age 47
1816:
Stethoscope at age 47
1817-1823:
1st Cholera pandemic from age 48 to age 54
1817:
Alabama organized as a territory at age 48
1817-1824:
James Monroe president of US from age 48 to age 55
1817:
Pentrich Revolution - England's last revolution at age 48
1817-1825:
Erie canal constructed from age 48 to age 56
1817:
Mississippi enters the union - 20th at age 48
1818:
Illinois enters the union - 21st at age 49
1818:
Savannah 1st steamship to cross the Atlantic at age 49
1819:
Arkansas organized as a territory at age 50
1819:
Oersted discovers electro-magnetism at age 50
1819:
Alabama enters the union - 22nd at age 50
1820-1830:
Reign of King George IV (Hanover) from age 51 to age 61
1820:
Maine enters the union - 23rd at age 51
1821:
US pop. reaches 9.2 million at age 52
1821:
Missouri enters the union - 24th at age 52
1821:
1st US women's college at age 52
1821-1829:
Greek war of Independence from age 52 to age 60
1822:
Florida organized as a territory at age 53
1824:
Erie canal finished at age 55
1824:
Internal Combustion Engine at age 55
1824-1828:
John Quincy Adams president of US from age 55 to age 59
1826:
1st railroad tunnel (England) at age 57
1827:
Ohms Law formulated at age 58
1827:
Ship's propeller (screw) at age 58
1827:
1st Black newspaper Freedom's Journal at age 58
1828-1836:
Andrew Jackson president of US from age 59 to age 67
1828:
1st Webster's Dictionary at age 59
1828:
1st railroad in the US at age 59
1829:
1st US patent on a typewriter at age 60
1829-1851:
2nd Cholera pandemic from age 60 until after line end
1830-1837:
Reign of King William IV (Hanover) from age 61 to age 68
1830-1860:
Underground railroad leads 100,000+ slaves to freedom in US from age 61 until after line end
1830:
Mormons (Latter Day Saints) founded at age 61
1832:
Horse-drawn trolleys in New York at age 63
1833:
Telegraph at age 64
1833:
Slavery abolished in British Empire (home and colonies) at age 64
1834:
Modern computer conceived by Charles Babbage at age 65
1835-1842:
2nd Seminole War from age 66 until after line end
1835:
Halley's Comet at age 66
1835:
Mormon leader Joseph Smith prophesies of 'coming of lord' by 1891 at age 66
1836:
Battle of the Alamo at age 67
1836:
Texas war for independence from Mexico at age 67
1836:
Arkansas enters the union -25th at age 67
1837-1840:
Martin Van Buren president of US from age 68 to age 71
1837-1901:
Reign of Queen Victoria (Hanover) from age 68 until after line end
1837:
Michigan enters the union - 26th at age 68
1837:
Depression and Panic in the US - inflation, speculation at age 68
1838-1839:
Forced relocation of Cherokee from age 69 to age 70
1839-1842:
Opium war between China and the English from age 70 until after line end

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