Personal Details

Born	September 13th, 1762
Birthplace	Gastonbury, CT, USA
Baptized	No Entry
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Occupation(s)	Farmer
Died	April 15th, 1831, aged about 69 years
Died at...	No Entry
Cause of Death	No Entry
Burial Place	East cemetery, Gastonbury, CT, USA
Disposition	No Entry

Parents

Father	[49]	David Blish, (***) 4
Mother	[49_sa]	Zeruiah (Skinner) Blish 4

Spouses, Mates & Children

Wife #1 [169_sa] - Prudence (Hubbard) Blish 5 Married by: No Entry Married at: No Entry Children by this spouse: I [371]+ Aaron Hubbard Blish 6 b. July 31st, 1786 c. October II [372]+ Dorothy (Blish) Talcott 6 b. April 8th, 1789 c. July III [373]+ Colonel Sylvester Blish, (***) 6 b. December 31st, 1790 c. March IV [374]+ Adaline Pamelia (Blish) Cheney 6 b. August 7th, 1808 c. November

Immediate Family Tree

Gen. 5	Gen. 4	Gen. 3	Gen. 2	Gen. 1
Deacon Thomas Blish, (***)	David Blish, (***)	Tristham Blish, (***)	Joseph Blish, (***)	Abraham Blish, (***)
				Anne (Pratt) Blish
			Hannah (Hull) Blish	Tristham Hull
				Agnes "Blanche" (?) Hull
		Anne (Fuller) Blish	Matthew Fuller	Samuel Fuller, Jr.
				Anne (Fuller) Fuller
			Patience (Young) Fuller	George Young
				Hannah (Pinson) Young
	Zeruiah (Skinner) Blish	Deacon Nathaniel Skinner	? Skinner	No Entry
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			? (?) Skinner	No Entry
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		Mary (Gillett) Skinner	? Gillett	No Entry
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			? (?) Gillett	No Entry
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Personalized History Timeline, 1762 to 1831

1231-1808: Papal Inquisition from before birth until age 46 1478-1834: Torquemada's Spanish Inquisition from before birth until after line end 1754-1763: French-Indian war from before birth until age 1 1756-1763: Seven years war from before birth until age 1 1760-1820: Reign of King George III (Hanover) from before birth until age 58 1765: Steam Engine at age 3 1765: HMS Victory launched at age 3 1769: San Francisco bay discovered at age 7 1770: Boston Massacre - 5 people killed when British fire on mob at age 8 1772: Judge Murray decrees that slaves are free on landing in England at age 10 1772-1775: Antarctica circumnavigated by James Cook from age 10 to age 13 1773: Boston Tea Party at age 11 1774: 1st Continental Congress meets at age 12 1775-1783: American Revolutionary War against the British from age 13 to age 21 1775-1782: British war in India from age 13 to age 20 1776: Declaration of Independence at age 14 1778: France joins war against Britan at age 16 1778: Congress forbids import of slaves into America at age 16 1780: Benjamin Franklin discovers lightning is electricity at age 18 1781: Uranus discovered at age 19 1783: 1st working hot air balloon at age 21 1784: Thomas Jefferson's proposal to ban slavery defeated at age 22 1786: First attempts at indoor lighting with gas (UK, Germany) at age 24 1786: The Dollar is adopted at age 24 1787: Constitution is approved by the constitutional congress at age 25 1787: Delaware enters the union - 1st at age 25 1787: Pennsylvania enters the union - 2nd at age 25 1787: New Jersey enters the union - 3rd at age 25 1788: Massachusetts enters the union - 6th at age 26 1788: Maryland enters the union - 7th at age 26 1788: South Carolina enters the union - 8th at age 26 1788: New Hampshire enters the union - 9th at age 26 1788: Virginia enters the union - 10th at age 26 1788: New York enters the union - 11th at age 26 1788: Connecticut enters the union - 5th at age 26 1788: Georgia enters the union - 4th at age 26 1788: Constitution goes into effect at age 26 1789: North Carolina enters the union - 12th at age 27 1789: US Army Established at age 27 1789-1796: George Washington selected 1st President from age 27 to age 34 1790: Coast Guard Established at age 28 1790: 1st official US census at age 28 1790: Rhode Island enters the union - 13th at age 28 1791: Federal Bill of rights adopted at age 29 1791: Vermont enters the union -14th at age 29 1792-1815: Napoleonic war from age 30 to age 53 1792: Kentucky enters the union - 15th at age 30 1792: Denmark 1st to forbid trade in slaves at age 30 1793: Eli Whitney invents Cotton Gin (increases need for slaves) at age 31 1793: Marie Antoinette beheaded at age 31 1794: US Navy Established at age 32 1794: Slavery abolished in French colonies at age 32 1794: US Post Office Established at age 32 1796: France's presses get right of free speech at age 34 1796: Vaccination against Smallpox at age 34 1796: Tennesee enters the union - 16th at age 34 1796-1800: John Adams elected 2nd president of US from age 34 to age 38 1798: US Marine Corps Established at age 36 1798: Lithography at age 36 1798-1800: Undeclared war with France from age 36 to age 38 1798: Mississippi organized as a territory at age 36 1799: Rosetta Stone found at age 37 1800: 1st Battery (Volta) at age 38 1800-1809: Thomas Jefferson elected president of US from age 38 to age 47 1800: US capital moves from Philadelphia to Washington DC at age 38 1800: Russia annexes Georgia at age 38 1802: Babylonian cuniform deciphered at age 40 1803: Louisiana Territory Purchased at age 41 1803: Ohio enters the union - 17th at age 41 1803: Fulton propels vessel by steampower at age 41 1804-1806: Lewis and Clark Expedition from age 42 to age 44 1804: Haiti independent - 1st black country in West. Hemis. at age 42 1805: Morphine isolated at age 43 1805: Thomas Jefferson re-elected president of US at age 43 1807: Robert Fulton makes 1st practical steamboat voyage at age 45 1808: Pompeii excavation begins in earnest at age 46 1808: Import of new slaves into US Is banned at age 46 1809-1816: James Madison elected president of US from age 47 to age 54 1809: Charles Darwin born at age 47 1810: US pop. reaches 7.2 million at age 48 1810: Homeopathy founded at age 48 1812: Louisiana enters the union - 18th at age 50 1812: Missouri organized as a territory at age 50 1812-1814: War of 1812 from age 50 to age 52 1815: Sumbawa volcano (Indonesia) erupts; 50,000 killed at age 53 1815: Battle of Waterloo at age 53 1815: French outlaw slavery in France at age 53 1816: Indiana enters the union - 19th at age 54 1816: Photographic Negative at age 54 1816: Stethoscope at age 54 1817-1824: James Monroe president of US from age 55 to age 62 1817: Pentrich Revolution - England's last revolution at age 55 1817-1825: Erie canal constructed from age 55 to age 63 1817: Mississippi enters the union - 20th at age 55 1817: Alabama organized as a territory at age 55 1817-1823: 1st Cholera pandemic from age 55 to age 61 1818: Illinois enters the union - 21st at age 56 1818: Savannah 1st steamship to cross the Atlantic at age 56 1819: Arkansas organized as a territory at age 57 1819: Alabama enters the union - 22nd at age 57 1819: Oersted discovers electro-magnetism at age 57 1820: Maine enters the union - 23rd at age 58 1820-1830: Reign of King George IV (Hanover) from age 58 to age 68 1821: US pop. reaches 9.2 million at age 59 1821-1829: Greek war of Independence from age 59 to age 67 1821: 1st US women's college at age 59 1821: Missouri enters the union - 24th at age 59 1822: Florida organized as a territory at age 60 1824: Internal Combustion Engine at age 62 1824: Erie canal finished at age 62 1824-1828: John Quincy Adams president of US from age 62 to age 66 1826: 1st railroad tunnel (England) at age 64 1827: Ship's propeller (screw) at age 65 1827: Ohms Law formulated at age 65 1827: 1st Black newspaper Freedom's Journal at age 65 1828-1836: Andrew Jackson president of US from age 66 until after line end 1828: 1st railroad in the US at age 66 1828: 1st Webster's Dictionary at age 66 1829: 1st US patent on a typewriter at age 67 1829-1851: 2nd Cholera pandemic from age 67 until after line end 1830-1860: Underground railroad leads 100,000+ slaves to freedom in US from age 68 until after line end 1830-1837: Reign of King William IV (Hanover) from age 68 until after line end 1830: Mormons (Latter Day Saints) founded at age 68

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