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Benjamin Blish 4 [m]
4th Generation

Personal Details
Born May 9th, 1743 No Image On File
Birthplace Barnstable, county of Barnstable, MA, USA
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Parents
Father [8]Abraham Blish 3 No Image On File
Mother [8_sa]Temperance (?) Fuller 3 No Image On File

Spouses, Mates & Children none known

Immediate Family Tree
Gen. 4 Gen. 3 Gen. 2 Gen. 1 Gen. 0
Benjamin BlishAbraham BlishJoseph Blish, (***)Abraham Blish, (***)Joseph Blish, (***)
Agnes (?) Blish
Anne (Pratt) BlishJohn Pratt
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Hannah (Hull) BlishTristham HullRev. Joseph Hull
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Agnes "Blanche" (?) HullNo Entry
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Temperance (?) FullerNo EntryNo EntryNo Entry
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Personalized History Timeline, 1743 to 1843
1231-1808:
Papal Inquisition from before birth until age 65
1478-1834:
Torquemada's Spanish Inquisition from before birth until age 91
1727-1760:
Reign of King George II (Hanover) from before birth until age 17
1740-1748:
Austrian war of the succession from before birth until age 5
1743:
1st settlement in S. Dakota at age 0
1745:
Electrical Capacitor (Leyden Jar) at age 2
1749:
Sign Language for deaf-mutes at age 6
1752:
Britain and its colonies adopt Gregorian calender at age 9
1752:
Benjamin Franklin invents the lightning rod at age 9
1754-1763:
French-Indian war from age 11 to age 20
1755:
Lisbon earthquake - 30,000 dead at age 12
1756-1763:
Seven years war from age 13 to age 20
1758:
Halley's Comet (1st predicted appearance) at age 15
1760-1820:
Reign of King George III (Hanover) from age 17 to age 77
1760:
Bifocals at age 17
1765:
HMS Victory launched at age 22
1765:
Steam Engine at age 22
1769:
San Francisco bay discovered at age 26
1770:
Boston Massacre - 5 people killed when British fire on mob at age 27
1772:
Judge Murray decrees that slaves are free on landing in England at age 29
1772-1775:
Antarctica circumnavigated by James Cook from age 29 to age 32
1773:
Boston Tea Party at age 30
1774:
1st Continental Congress meets at age 31
1775-1782:
British war in India from age 32 to age 39
1775-1783:
American Revolutionary War against the British from age 32 to age 40
1776:
Declaration of Independence at age 33
1778:
Congress forbids import of slaves into America at age 35
1778:
France joins war against Britan at age 35
1780:
Benjamin Franklin discovers lightning is electricity at age 37
1781:
Uranus discovered at age 38
1783:
1st working hot air balloon at age 40
1784:
Thomas Jefferson's proposal to ban slavery defeated at age 41
1786:
The Dollar is adopted at age 43
1786:
First attempts at indoor lighting with gas (UK, Germany) at age 43
1787:
New Jersey enters the union - 3rd at age 44
1787:
Constitution is approved by the constitutional congress at age 44
1787:
Delaware enters the union - 1st at age 44
1787:
Pennsylvania enters the union - 2nd at age 44
1788:
Constitution goes into effect at age 45
1788:
Maryland enters the union - 7th at age 45
1788:
Connecticut enters the union - 5th at age 45
1788:
New York enters the union - 11th at age 45
1788:
Massachusetts enters the union - 6th at age 45
1788:
Georgia enters the union - 4th at age 45
1788:
New Hampshire enters the union - 9th at age 45
1788:
Virginia enters the union - 10th at age 45
1788:
South Carolina enters the union - 8th at age 45
1789-1796:
George Washington selected 1st President from age 46 to age 53
1789:
North Carolina enters the union - 12th at age 46
1789:
US Army Established at age 46
1790:
Rhode Island enters the union - 13th at age 47
1790:
Coast Guard Established at age 47
1790:
1st official US census at age 47
1791:
Federal Bill of rights adopted at age 48
1791:
Vermont enters the union -14th at age 48
1792:
Denmark 1st to forbid trade in slaves at age 49
1792-1815:
Napoleonic war from age 49 to age 72
1792:
Kentucky enters the union - 15th at age 49
1793:
Eli Whitney invents Cotton Gin (increases need for slaves) at age 50
1793:
Marie Antoinette beheaded at age 50
1794:
US Navy Established at age 51
1794:
US Post Office Established at age 51
1794:
Slavery abolished in French colonies at age 51
1796-1800:
John Adams elected 2nd president of US from age 53 to age 57
1796:
Vaccination against Smallpox at age 53
1796:
France's presses get right of free speech at age 53
1796:
Tennesee enters the union - 16th at age 53
1798-1800:
Undeclared war with France from age 55 to age 57
1798:
Lithography at age 55
1798:
Mississippi organized as a territory at age 55
1798:
US Marine Corps Established at age 55
1799:
Rosetta Stone found at age 56
1800-1809:
Thomas Jefferson elected president of US from age 57 to age 66
1800:
US capital moves from Philadelphia to Washington DC at age 57
1800:
1st Battery (Volta) at age 57
1800:
Russia annexes Georgia at age 57
1802:
Babylonian cuniform deciphered at age 59
1803:
Louisiana Territory Purchased at age 60
1803:
Fulton propels vessel by steampower at age 60
1803:
Ohio enters the union - 17th at age 60
1804:
Haiti independent - 1st black country in West. Hemis. at age 61
1804-1806:
Lewis and Clark Expedition from age 61 to age 63
1805:
Morphine isolated at age 62
1805:
Thomas Jefferson re-elected president of US at age 62
1807:
Robert Fulton makes 1st practical steamboat voyage at age 64
1808:
Pompeii excavation begins in earnest at age 65
1808:
Import of new slaves into US Is banned at age 65
1809:
Charles Darwin born at age 66
1809-1816:
James Madison elected president of US from age 66 to age 73
1810:
Homeopathy founded at age 67
1810:
US pop. reaches 7.2 million at age 67
1812:
Missouri organized as a territory at age 69
1812:
Louisiana enters the union - 18th at age 69
1812-1814:
War of 1812 from age 69 to age 71
1815:
Sumbawa volcano (Indonesia) erupts; 50,000 killed at age 72
1815:
Battle of Waterloo at age 72
1815:
French outlaw slavery in France at age 72
1816:
Stethoscope at age 73
1816:
Photographic Negative at age 73
1816:
Indiana enters the union - 19th at age 73
1817:
Pentrich Revolution - England's last revolution at age 74
1817-1823:
1st Cholera pandemic from age 74 to age 80
1817:
Alabama organized as a territory at age 74
1817:
Mississippi enters the union - 20th at age 74
1817-1824:
James Monroe president of US from age 74 to age 81
1817-1825:
Erie canal constructed from age 74 to age 82
1818:
Savannah 1st steamship to cross the Atlantic at age 75
1818:
Illinois enters the union - 21st at age 75
1819:
Alabama enters the union - 22nd at age 76
1819:
Arkansas organized as a territory at age 76
1819:
Oersted discovers electro-magnetism at age 76
1820:
Maine enters the union - 23rd at age 77
1820-1830:
Reign of King George IV (Hanover) from age 77 to age 87
1821:
Missouri enters the union - 24th at age 78
1821:
1st US women's college at age 78
1821:
US pop. reaches 9.2 million at age 78
1821-1829:
Greek war of Independence from age 78 to age 86
1822:
Florida organized as a territory at age 79
1824:
Internal Combustion Engine at age 81
1824:
Erie canal finished at age 81
1824-1828:
John Quincy Adams president of US from age 81 to age 85
1826:
1st railroad tunnel (England) at age 83
1827:
1st Black newspaper Freedom's Journal at age 84
1827:
Ohms Law formulated at age 84
1827:
Ship's propeller (screw) at age 84
1828:
1st railroad in the US at age 85
1828:
1st Webster's Dictionary at age 85
1828-1836:
Andrew Jackson president of US from age 85 to age 93
1829:
1st US patent on a typewriter at age 86
1829-1851:
2nd Cholera pandemic from age 86 until after line end
1830-1860:
Underground railroad leads 100,000+ slaves to freedom in US from age 87 until after line end
1830-1837:
Reign of King William IV (Hanover) from age 87 to age 94
1830:
Mormons (Latter Day Saints) founded at age 87
1832:
Horse-drawn trolleys in New York at age 89
1833:
Telegraph at age 90
1833:
Slavery abolished in British Empire (home and colonies) at age 90
1834:
Modern computer conceived by Charles Babbage at age 91
1835:
Halley's Comet at age 92
1835:
Mormon leader Joseph Smith prophesies of 'coming of lord' by 1891 at age 92
1835-1842:
2nd Seminole War from age 92 to age 99
1836:
Texas war for independence from Mexico at age 93
1836:
Arkansas enters the union -25th at age 93
1836:
Battle of the Alamo at age 93
1837-1840:
Martin Van Buren president of US from age 94 to age 97
1837-1901:
Reign of Queen Victoria (Hanover) from age 94 until after line end
1837:
Michigan enters the union - 26th at age 94
1837:
Depression and Panic in the US - inflation, speculation at age 94
1838-1839:
Forced relocation of Cherokee from age 95 to age 96
1839-1842:
Opium war between China and the English from age 96 to age 99
1841-1844:
John Tyler president of US from age 98 until after line end
1842:
Chinese cede Hong Kong to the English at age 99

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