Personal Details

Born	April, 1699
Birthplace	West Barnstable, county of Barnstable, MA, USA
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Parents

Father	[3]	Joseph Blish, (***) 2
Mother	[3_sa]	Hannah (Hull) Blish 2

Spouses, Mates & Children none known

Immediate Family Tree

Gen. 3	Gen. 2	Gen. 1	Gen. 0	Gen. -1
Benjamin Blish	Joseph Blish, (***)	Abraham Blish, (***)	Joseph Blish, (***)	? Blish
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		Anne (Pratt) Blish	John Pratt	? Pratt
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	Hannah (Hull) Blish	Tristham Hull	Rev. Joseph Hull	? Hull
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		Agnes "Blanche" (?) Hull	No Entry	No Entry
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Personalized History Timeline, 1699 to 1799

1231-1808: Papal Inquisition from before birth until after line end 1478-1834: Torquemada's Spanish Inquisition from before birth until after line end 1689-1702: Reign of King William III and Queen Mary II (Stuart) from before birth until age 3 1700-1721: Great Northern War from age 1 to age 22 1701-1713: War of Spanish Succession from age 2 to age 14 1701: Captain William Kidd hung for piracy at age 2 1702-1714: Reign of Queen Anne (Stuart) from age 3 to age 15 1707: Mount Fujiyama erupts at age 8 1712: Last execution for witchcraft in England at age 13 1712: Slave revolts in New York at age 13 1714: Farenheit invents mercury thermometer at age 15 1714-1727: Reign of King George I (Hanover) from age 15 to age 28 1714: Witch trials abolished in Prussia at age 15 1716: Christian teaching forbidden in China at age 17 1718: Spain seizes Sicily (from Savoy) at age 19 1718: Peter the Great has son and heir murdered at age 19 1718: New Orleans founded at age 19 1721: Rifles brought to America by the Swiss at age 22 1722: Samoa and Easter island discovered by Dutch at age 23 1727: Quakers demand abolition of slavery at age 28 1727-1760: Reign of King George II (Hanover) from age 28 to age 61 1729: Opium smoking prohibited in China at age 30 1733-1735: War of Polish Succession from age 34 to age 36 1736: English statutes against witchcraft repealed at age 37 1740-1748: Austrian war of the succession from age 41 to age 49 1741: Slave revolt in New York, 2nd uprising at age 42 1742: Celsius invents Centigrade thermometer at age 43 1743: 1st settlement in S. Dakota at age 44 1745: Electrical Capacitor (Leyden Jar) at age 46 1749: Sign Language for deaf-mutes at age 50 1752: Britain and its colonies adopt Gregorian calender at age 53 1752: Benjamin Franklin invents the lightning rod at age 53 1754-1763: French-Indian war from age 55 to age 64 1755: Lisbon earthquake - 30,000 dead at age 56 1756-1763: Seven years war from age 57 to age 64 1758: Halley's Comet (1st predicted appearance) at age 59 1760: Bifocals at age 61 1760-1820: Reign of King George III (Hanover) from age 61 until after line end 1765: HMS Victory launched at age 66 1765: Steam Engine at age 66 1769: San Francisco bay discovered at age 70 1770: Boston Massacre - 5 people killed when British fire on mob at age 71 1772-1775: Antarctica circumnavigated by James Cook from age 73 to age 76 1772: Judge Murray decrees that slaves are free on landing in England at age 73 1773: Boston Tea Party at age 74 1774: 1st Continental Congress meets at age 75 1775-1782: British war in India from age 76 to age 83 1775-1783: American Revolutionary War against the British from age 76 to age 84 1776: Declaration of Independence at age 77 1778: France joins war against Britan at age 79 1778: Congress forbids import of slaves into America at age 79 1780: Benjamin Franklin discovers lightning is electricity at age 81 1781: Uranus discovered at age 82 1783: 1st working hot air balloon at age 84 1784: Thomas Jefferson's proposal to ban slavery defeated at age 85 1786: First attempts at indoor lighting with gas (UK, Germany) at age 87 1786: The Dollar is adopted at age 87 1787: Pennsylvania enters the union - 2nd at age 88 1787: Delaware enters the union - 1st at age 88 1787: Constitution is approved by the constitutional congress at age 88 1787: New Jersey enters the union - 3rd at age 88 1788: South Carolina enters the union - 8th at age 89 1788: Constitution goes into effect at age 89 1788: Virginia enters the union - 10th at age 89 1788: New Hampshire enters the union - 9th at age 89 1788: New York enters the union - 11th at age 89 1788: Massachusetts enters the union - 6th at age 89 1788: Georgia enters the union - 4th at age 89 1788: Maryland enters the union - 7th at age 89 1788: Connecticut enters the union - 5th at age 89 1789: North Carolina enters the union - 12th at age 90 1789-1796: George Washington selected 1st President from age 90 to age 97 1789: US Army Established at age 90 1790: 1st official US census at age 91 1790: Rhode Island enters the union - 13th at age 91 1790: Coast Guard Established at age 91 1791: Vermont enters the union -14th at age 92 1791: Federal Bill of rights adopted at age 92 1792: Denmark 1st to forbid trade in slaves at age 93 1792: Kentucky enters the union - 15th at age 93 1792-1815: Napoleonic war from age 93 until after line end 1793: Eli Whitney invents Cotton Gin (increases need for slaves) at age 94 1793: Marie Antoinette beheaded at age 94 1794: US Navy Established at age 95 1794: US Post Office Established at age 95 1794: Slavery abolished in French colonies at age 95 1796: France's presses get right of free speech at age 97 1796-1800: John Adams elected 2nd president of US from age 97 until after line end 1796: Tennesee enters the union - 16th at age 97 1796: Vaccination against Smallpox at age 97 1798: US Marine Corps Established at age 99 1798: Lithography at age 99 1798-1800: Undeclared war with France from age 99 until after line end 1798: Mississippi organized as a territory at age 99 1799: Rosetta Stone found at age 100

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