Personal Details

Born	June 16th, 1718
Birthplace	West Barnstable, county of Barnstable, MA, USA
Baptized	No Entry
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Occupation(s)	Shoemaker
Died	No Entry
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Cause of Death	No Entry
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Parents

Father	[14]	Tristham Blish, (***) 3
Mother	[14_sa]	Anne (Fuller) Blish 3

Spouses, Mates & Children

Wife #1 [42_sa] - Mary (Adams) Blish 4 Married by: No Entry Married at: Colchester, CT, USA Children by this spouse: I [133] Jeremiah Blish 5 b. August 12th, 1745 c. November II [134] Daniel Blish 5 b. December 17th, 1747 c. March III [135] Rachel Blish 5 b. March 12th, 1749 c. June IV [136] Annah Blish 5 b. August 30th, 1751 c. November V [137]+ Benjamin Blish 5 b. February 11th, 1753 c. May

Immediate Family Tree

Gen. 4	Gen. 3	Gen. 2	Gen. 1	Gen. 0
Benjamin Blish	Tristham Blish, (***)	Joseph Blish, (***)	Abraham Blish, (***)	Joseph Blish, (***)
				Agnes (?) Blish
			Anne (Pratt) Blish	John Pratt
				? (?) Pratt
		Hannah (Hull) Blish	Tristham Hull	Rev. Joseph Hull
				? (?) Hull
			Agnes "Blanche" (?) Hull	No Entry
				No Entry
	Anne (Fuller) Blish	Matthew Fuller	Samuel Fuller, Jr.	Samuel Fuller
				Jane (Lothropp) Fuller
			Anne (Fuller) Fuller	Dr. Matthew Fuller
				Hanna (?) Fuller
		Patience (Young) Fuller	George Young	? Young
				? (?) Young
			Hannah (Pinson) Young	? Pinson
				? (?) Pinson

Personalized History Timeline, 1718 to 1818

1231-1808: Papal Inquisition from before birth until age 90 1478-1834: Torquemada's Spanish Inquisition from before birth until after line end 1700-1721: Great Northern War from before birth until age 3 1714-1727: Reign of King George I (Hanover) from before birth until age 9 1718: Peter the Great has son and heir murdered at age 0 1718: New Orleans founded at age 0 1718: Spain seizes Sicily (from Savoy) at age 0 1721: Rifles brought to America by the Swiss at age 3 1722: Samoa and Easter island discovered by Dutch at age 4 1727: Quakers demand abolition of slavery at age 9 1727-1760: Reign of King George II (Hanover) from age 9 to age 42 1729: Opium smoking prohibited in China at age 11 1733-1735: War of Polish Succession from age 15 to age 17 1736: English statutes against witchcraft repealed at age 18 1740-1748: Austrian war of the succession from age 22 to age 30 1741: Slave revolt in New York, 2nd uprising at age 23 1742: Celsius invents Centigrade thermometer at age 24 1743: 1st settlement in S. Dakota at age 25 1745: Electrical Capacitor (Leyden Jar) at age 27 1749: Sign Language for deaf-mutes at age 31 1752: Benjamin Franklin invents the lightning rod at age 34 1752: Britain and its colonies adopt Gregorian calender at age 34 1754-1763: French-Indian war from age 36 to age 45 1755: Lisbon earthquake - 30,000 dead at age 37 1756-1763: Seven years war from age 38 to age 45 1758: Halley's Comet (1st predicted appearance) at age 40 1760-1820: Reign of King George III (Hanover) from age 42 until after line end 1760: Bifocals at age 42 1765: Steam Engine at age 47 1765: HMS Victory launched at age 47 1769: San Francisco bay discovered at age 51 1770: Boston Massacre - 5 people killed when British fire on mob at age 52 1772: Judge Murray decrees that slaves are free on landing in England at age 54 1772-1775: Antarctica circumnavigated by James Cook from age 54 to age 57 1773: Boston Tea Party at age 55 1774: 1st Continental Congress meets at age 56 1775-1783: American Revolutionary War against the British from age 57 to age 65 1775-1782: British war in India from age 57 to age 64 1776: Declaration of Independence at age 58 1778: Congress forbids import of slaves into America at age 60 1778: France joins war against Britan at age 60 1780: Benjamin Franklin discovers lightning is electricity at age 62 1781: Uranus discovered at age 63 1783: 1st working hot air balloon at age 65 1784: Thomas Jefferson's proposal to ban slavery defeated at age 66 1786: The Dollar is adopted at age 68 1786: First attempts at indoor lighting with gas (UK, Germany) at age 68 1787: New Jersey enters the union - 3rd at age 69 1787: Constitution is approved by the constitutional congress at age 69 1787: Delaware enters the union - 1st at age 69 1787: Pennsylvania enters the union - 2nd at age 69 1788: New York enters the union - 11th at age 70 1788: Virginia enters the union - 10th at age 70 1788: New Hampshire enters the union - 9th at age 70 1788: South Carolina enters the union - 8th at age 70 1788: Massachusetts enters the union - 6th at age 70 1788: Connecticut enters the union - 5th at age 70 1788: Georgia enters the union - 4th at age 70 1788: Constitution goes into effect at age 70 1788: Maryland enters the union - 7th at age 70 1789: US Army Established at age 71 1789: North Carolina enters the union - 12th at age 71 1789-1796: George Washington selected 1st President from age 71 to age 78 1790: Rhode Island enters the union - 13th at age 72 1790: 1st official US census at age 72 1790: Coast Guard Established at age 72 1791: Vermont enters the union -14th at age 73 1791: Federal Bill of rights adopted at age 73 1792: Denmark 1st to forbid trade in slaves at age 74 1792: Kentucky enters the union - 15th at age 74 1792-1815: Napoleonic war from age 74 to age 97 1793: Marie Antoinette beheaded at age 75 1793: Eli Whitney invents Cotton Gin (increases need for slaves) at age 75 1794: US Navy Established at age 76 1794: Slavery abolished in French colonies at age 76 1794: US Post Office Established at age 76 1796-1800: John Adams elected 2nd president of US from age 78 to age 82 1796: Tennesee enters the union - 16th at age 78 1796: France's presses get right of free speech at age 78 1796: Vaccination against Smallpox at age 78 1798: US Marine Corps Established at age 80 1798-1800: Undeclared war with France from age 80 to age 82 1798: Lithography at age 80 1798: Mississippi organized as a territory at age 80 1799: Rosetta Stone found at age 81 1800-1809: Thomas Jefferson elected president of US from age 82 to age 91 1800: Russia annexes Georgia at age 82 1800: 1st Battery (Volta) at age 82 1800: US capital moves from Philadelphia to Washington DC at age 82 1802: Babylonian cuniform deciphered at age 84 1803: Louisiana Territory Purchased at age 85 1803: Ohio enters the union - 17th at age 85 1803: Fulton propels vessel by steampower at age 85 1804: Haiti independent - 1st black country in West. Hemis. at age 86 1804-1806: Lewis and Clark Expedition from age 86 to age 88 1805: Thomas Jefferson re-elected president of US at age 87 1805: Morphine isolated at age 87 1807: Robert Fulton makes 1st practical steamboat voyage at age 89 1808: Pompeii excavation begins in earnest at age 90 1808: Import of new slaves into US Is banned at age 90 1809-1816: James Madison elected president of US from age 91 to age 98 1809: Charles Darwin born at age 91 1810: Homeopathy founded at age 92 1810: US pop. reaches 7.2 million at age 92 1812: Louisiana enters the union - 18th at age 94 1812: Missouri organized as a territory at age 94 1812-1814: War of 1812 from age 94 to age 96 1815: French outlaw slavery in France at age 97 1815: Battle of Waterloo at age 97 1815: Sumbawa volcano (Indonesia) erupts; 50,000 killed at age 97 1816: Stethoscope at age 98 1816: Indiana enters the union - 19th at age 98 1816: Photographic Negative at age 98 1817-1824: James Monroe president of US from age 99 until after line end 1817: Mississippi enters the union - 20th at age 99 1817: Pentrich Revolution - England's last revolution at age 99 1817-1823: 1st Cholera pandemic from age 99 until after line end 1817: Alabama organized as a territory at age 99 1817-1825: Erie canal constructed from age 99 until after line end 1818: Savannah 1st steamship to cross the Atlantic at age 100 1818: Illinois enters the union - 21st at age 100

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