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Personal Details
Born
February, 1678
Birthplace
West Barnstable, county of Barnstable, MA, USA
Baptized
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Occupation(s)
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Died
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Cause of Death
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Burial Place
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Disposition
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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
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Annah Blish Joseph Blish, (***) Abraham Blish, (***) Joseph Blish, (***) ? Blish ? (?) Blish Agnes (?) Blish No Entry No Entry Anne (Pratt) Blish John Pratt ? Pratt ? (?) Pratt ? (?) Pratt No Entry No Entry Hannah (Hull) Blish Tristham Hull Rev. Joseph Hull ? Hull ? (?) Hull ? (?) Hull No Entry No Entry Agnes "Blanche" (?) Hull No Entry No Entry No Entry No Entry No Entry No Entry
Personalized History Timeline, 1678 to 1778
1231-1808: Papal Inquisition from before birth until after line end
1478-1834: Torquemada's Spanish Inquisition from before birth until after line end
1660-1685: Reign of King Charles II (Stuart) from before birth until age 7
1678: Polarization of light discovered (Huygens) at age 0
1679: Habeas Corpus passed in England - trial before imprisonment at age 1
1680: Dodo becomes extinct at age 2
1681: Pennsylvania founded at age 3
1682: Appearance of Halley's Comet at age 4
1683: Newton explains tides via theory of gravitation at age 5
1684: Street lighting introduced in London at age 6
1687: Newton publishes his Laws of Motion at age 9
1688: Plate glass cast for 1st time at age 10
1689-1702: Reign of King William III and Queen Mary II (Stuart) from age 11 to age 24
1692: The Puritans murder 20 alleged witches in Salem, MA at age 14
1700-1721: Great Northern War from age 22 to age 43
1701: Captain William Kidd hung for piracy at age 23
1701-1713: War of Spanish Succession from age 23 to age 35
1702-1714: Reign of Queen Anne (Stuart) from age 24 to age 36
1707: Mount Fujiyama erupts at age 29
1712: Last execution for witchcraft in England at age 34
1712: Slave revolts in New York at age 34
1714-1727: Reign of King George I (Hanover) from age 36 to age 49
1714: Farenheit invents mercury thermometer at age 36
1714: Witch trials abolished in Prussia at age 36
1716: Christian teaching forbidden in China at age 38
1718: New Orleans founded at age 40
1718: Peter the Great has son and heir murdered at age 40
1718: Spain seizes Sicily (from Savoy) at age 40
1721: Rifles brought to America by the Swiss at age 43
1722: Samoa and Easter island discovered by Dutch at age 44
1727-1760: Reign of King George II (Hanover) from age 49 to age 82
1727: Quakers demand abolition of slavery at age 49
1729: Opium smoking prohibited in China at age 51
1733-1735: War of Polish Succession from age 55 to age 57
1736: English statutes against witchcraft repealed at age 58
1740-1748: Austrian war of the succession from age 62 to age 70
1741: Slave revolt in New York, 2nd uprising at age 63
1742: Celsius invents Centigrade thermometer at age 64
1743: 1st settlement in S. Dakota at age 65
1745: Electrical Capacitor (Leyden Jar) at age 67
1749: Sign Language for deaf-mutes at age 71
1752: Britain and its colonies adopt Gregorian calender at age 74
1752: Benjamin Franklin invents the lightning rod at age 74
1754-1763: French-Indian war from age 76 to age 85
1755: Lisbon earthquake - 30,000 dead at age 77
1756-1763: Seven years war from age 78 to age 85
1758: Halley's Comet (1st predicted appearance) at age 80
1760: Bifocals at age 82
1760-1820: Reign of King George III (Hanover) from age 82 until after line end
1765: HMS Victory launched at age 87
1765: Steam Engine at age 87
1769: San Francisco bay discovered at age 91
1770: Boston Massacre - 5 people killed when British fire on mob at age 92
1772: Judge Murray decrees that slaves are free on landing in England at age 94
1772-1775: Antarctica circumnavigated by James Cook from age 94 to age 97
1773: Boston Tea Party at age 95
1774: 1st Continental Congress meets at age 96
1775-1782: British war in India from age 97 until after line end
1775-1783: American Revolutionary War against the British from age 97 until after line end
1776: Declaration of Independence at age 98
1778: Congress forbids import of slaves into America at age 100
1778: France joins war against Britan at age 100
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