Personal Details

Born	April 1st, 1744
Birthplace	West Barnstable, county of Barnstable, MA, USA
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Died	September 2nd, 1801, aged about 57 years
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Burial Place	West Barnstable, county of Barnstable, MA, USA
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Parents

Father	[21]	Deacon Joseph Blish 4
Mother	[21_sa]	Hannah (Child) Blish 4

Spouses, Mates & Children none known

Immediate Family Tree

Gen. 5	Gen. 4	Gen. 3	Gen. 2	Gen. 1
Ebenezer Blish	Deacon Joseph Blish	Joseph Blish	Joseph Blish, (***)	Abraham Blish, (***)
				Anne (Pratt) Blish
			Hannah (Hull) Blish	Tristham Hull
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Personalized History Timeline, 1744 to 1801

1231-1808: Papal Inquisition from before birth until after line end 1478-1834: Torquemada's Spanish Inquisition from before birth until after line end 1727-1760: Reign of King George II (Hanover) from before birth until age 16 1740-1748: Austrian war of the succession from before birth until age 4 1745: Electrical Capacitor (Leyden Jar) at age 1 1749: Sign Language for deaf-mutes at age 5 1752: Benjamin Franklin invents the lightning rod at age 8 1752: Britain and its colonies adopt Gregorian calender at age 8 1754-1763: French-Indian war from age 10 to age 19 1755: Lisbon earthquake - 30,000 dead at age 11 1756-1763: Seven years war from age 12 to age 19 1758: Halley's Comet (1st predicted appearance) at age 14 1760-1820: Reign of King George III (Hanover) from age 16 until after line end 1760: Bifocals at age 16 1765: Steam Engine at age 21 1765: HMS Victory launched at age 21 1769: San Francisco bay discovered at age 25 1770: Boston Massacre - 5 people killed when British fire on mob at age 26 1772: Judge Murray decrees that slaves are free on landing in England at age 28 1772-1775: Antarctica circumnavigated by James Cook from age 28 to age 31 1773: Boston Tea Party at age 29 1774: 1st Continental Congress meets at age 30 1775-1782: British war in India from age 31 to age 38 1775-1783: American Revolutionary War against the British from age 31 to age 39 1776: Declaration of Independence at age 32 1778: France joins war against Britan at age 34 1778: Congress forbids import of slaves into America at age 34 1780: Benjamin Franklin discovers lightning is electricity at age 36 1781: Uranus discovered at age 37 1783: 1st working hot air balloon at age 39 1784: Thomas Jefferson's proposal to ban slavery defeated at age 40 1786: The Dollar is adopted at age 42 1786: First attempts at indoor lighting with gas (UK, Germany) at age 42 1787: Pennsylvania enters the union - 2nd at age 43 1787: Constitution is approved by the constitutional congress at age 43 1787: New Jersey enters the union - 3rd at age 43 1787: Delaware enters the union - 1st at age 43 1788: South Carolina enters the union - 8th at age 44 1788: Massachusetts enters the union - 6th at age 44 1788: New Hampshire enters the union - 9th at age 44 1788: Connecticut enters the union - 5th at age 44 1788: New York enters the union - 11th at age 44 1788: Constitution goes into effect at age 44 1788: Georgia enters the union - 4th at age 44 1788: Virginia enters the union - 10th at age 44 1788: Maryland enters the union - 7th at age 44 1789: North Carolina enters the union - 12th at age 45 1789-1796: George Washington selected 1st President from age 45 to age 52 1789: US Army Established at age 45 1790: 1st official US census at age 46 1790: Coast Guard Established at age 46 1790: Rhode Island enters the union - 13th at age 46 1791: Federal Bill of rights adopted at age 47 1791: Vermont enters the union -14th at age 47 1792-1815: Napoleonic war from age 48 until after line end 1792: Kentucky enters the union - 15th at age 48 1792: Denmark 1st to forbid trade in slaves at age 48 1793: Eli Whitney invents Cotton Gin (increases need for slaves) at age 49 1793: Marie Antoinette beheaded at age 49 1794: US Navy Established at age 50 1794: Slavery abolished in French colonies at age 50 1794: US Post Office Established at age 50 1796: Tennesee enters the union - 16th at age 52 1796: France's presses get right of free speech at age 52 1796-1800: John Adams elected 2nd president of US from age 52 to age 56 1796: Vaccination against Smallpox at age 52 1798: US Marine Corps Established at age 54 1798: Mississippi organized as a territory at age 54 1798: Lithography at age 54 1798-1800: Undeclared war with France from age 54 to age 56 1799: Rosetta Stone found at age 55 1800-1809: Thomas Jefferson elected president of US from age 56 until after line end 1800: US capital moves from Philadelphia to Washington DC at age 56 1800: Russia annexes Georgia at age 56 1800: 1st Battery (Volta) at age 56

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