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Reuben Blish
Generation:4
Born:February 6th, 1721
Died:October 1st, 1760, aged about 39 years
Father:Reuben Blish
Mother:Elizabeth (?) Bodfish
Occupation(s): ---
Marriages:• Ruth (Childs) Blish
Children:Reuben Blish
David Blish
Thomas Blish
Elizabeth (Blish) Creech
Susannah (Blish) Crowell

Reuben Blish
   Reuben BlishElizabeth (?) Bodfish   
 Joseph BlishHannah (Hull) Blish  ------ 
Abraham BlishAnne (Pratt) BlishTristham HullAgnes (?) Hull------------

Reuben Blish

1721 through 1760

1231-1808 Papal Inquisition
1478-1834 Torquemadas Spanish Inquisition
1700-1721 Great Northern War
1714-1727 Reign of King George I (Hanover)
  1721   Rifles brought to America by the Swiss
  1722   Samoa and Easter island discovered by Dutch
  1727   Quakers demand abolition of slavery
1727-1760 Reign of King George II (Hanover)
  1729   Opium smoking prohibited in China
1733-1735 War of Polish Succession
  1736   English statutes against witchcraft repealed
1740-1748 Austrian war of the succession
  1741   Slave revolt in New York, 2nd uprising
  1742   Celsius invents Centigrade thermometer
  1743   1st settlement in S. Dakota
  1745   Electrical Capacitor (Leyden Jar)
  1749   Sign Language for deaf-mutes
  1752   Britain and its colonies adopt Gregorian calender
  1752   Benjamin Franklin invents the lightning rod
1754-1763 French-Indian war
  1755   Lisbon earthquake - 30,000 dead
1756-1763 Seven years war
  1758   Halleys Comet (1st predicted appearance)
1760-1820 Reign of King George III (Hanover)
  1760   Bifocals