Personal Details

Born	April, 1694
Birthplace	West Barnstable, county of Barnstable, MA, USA
Baptized	No Entry
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Baptized by...	No Entry
Baptized in...	No Entry
Occupation(s)	Weaver
Died	No Entry
Died at...	No Entry
Cause of Death	No Entry
Burial Place	No Entry
Disposition	No Entry

Parents

Father	[3]	Joseph Blish, (***) 2
Mother	[3_sa]	Hannah (Hull) Blish 2

Spouses, Mates & Children

Wife #1 [14_sa] - Anne (Fuller) Blish 3 Married by: No Entry Married at: West Barnstable, county of Barnstable, MA, USA Children by this spouse: I [42]+ Benjamin Blish 4 b. June 16th, 1718 c. September II [43] Anna (Hanna?) Blish 4 b. November 10th, 1719 c. February III [44]+ Sylvanus Blish 4 b. October 13th, 1721 c. January IV [45] Thankful Blish 4 b. September 3rd, 1725 c. December V [46]+ John Blish 4 b. 1727 c. ? VI [47]+ Joseph Blish 4 b. December 1st, 1729 c. March VII [48] Patience Blish 4 b. February 2nd, 1730 c. May VIII [49]+ David Blish, (***) 4 b. 1732 c. ? IX [50]+ Mary (Blish) Skinner 4 b. March 8th, 1736 c. June

Immediate Family Tree

Gen. 3	Gen. 2	Gen. 1	Gen. 0	Gen. -1
Tristham Blish, (***)	Joseph Blish, (***)	Abraham Blish, (***)	Joseph Blish, (***)	? Blish
				? (?) Blish
			Agnes (?) Blish	No Entry
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		Anne (Pratt) Blish	John Pratt	? Pratt
				? (?) Pratt
			? (?) Pratt	No Entry
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	Hannah (Hull) Blish	Tristham Hull	Rev. Joseph Hull	? Hull
				? (?) Hull
			? (?) Hull	No Entry
				No Entry
		Agnes "Blanche" (?) Hull	No Entry	No Entry
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			No Entry	No Entry
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Personalized History Timeline, 1694 to 1794

1231-1808: Papal Inquisition from before birth until after line end 1478-1834: Torquemada's Spanish Inquisition from before birth until after line end 1689-1702: Reign of King William III and Queen Mary II (Stuart) from before birth until age 8 1700-1721: Great Northern War from age 6 to age 27 1701-1713: War of Spanish Succession from age 7 to age 19 1701: Captain William Kidd hung for piracy at age 7 1702-1714: Reign of Queen Anne (Stuart) from age 8 to age 20 1707: Mount Fujiyama erupts at age 13 1712: Last execution for witchcraft in England at age 18 1712: Slave revolts in New York at age 18 1714-1727: Reign of King George I (Hanover) from age 20 to age 33 1714: Witch trials abolished in Prussia at age 20 1714: Farenheit invents mercury thermometer at age 20 1716: Christian teaching forbidden in China at age 22 1718: Peter the Great has son and heir murdered at age 24 1718: New Orleans founded at age 24 1718: Spain seizes Sicily (from Savoy) at age 24 1721: Rifles brought to America by the Swiss at age 27 1722: Samoa and Easter island discovered by Dutch at age 28 1727-1760: Reign of King George II (Hanover) from age 33 to age 66 1727: Quakers demand abolition of slavery at age 33 1729: Opium smoking prohibited in China at age 35 1733-1735: War of Polish Succession from age 39 to age 41 1736: English statutes against witchcraft repealed at age 42 1740-1748: Austrian war of the succession from age 46 to age 54 1741: Slave revolt in New York, 2nd uprising at age 47 1742: Celsius invents Centigrade thermometer at age 48 1743: 1st settlement in S. Dakota at age 49 1745: Electrical Capacitor (Leyden Jar) at age 51 1749: Sign Language for deaf-mutes at age 55 1752: Benjamin Franklin invents the lightning rod at age 58 1752: Britain and its colonies adopt Gregorian calender at age 58 1754-1763: French-Indian war from age 60 to age 69 1755: Lisbon earthquake - 30,000 dead at age 61 1756-1763: Seven years war from age 62 to age 69 1758: Halley's Comet (1st predicted appearance) at age 64 1760-1820: Reign of King George III (Hanover) from age 66 until after line end 1760: Bifocals at age 66 1765: Steam Engine at age 71 1765: HMS Victory launched at age 71 1769: San Francisco bay discovered at age 75 1770: Boston Massacre - 5 people killed when British fire on mob at age 76 1772: Judge Murray decrees that slaves are free on landing in England at age 78 1772-1775: Antarctica circumnavigated by James Cook from age 78 to age 81 1773: Boston Tea Party at age 79 1774: 1st Continental Congress meets at age 80 1775-1783: American Revolutionary War against the British from age 81 to age 89 1775-1782: British war in India from age 81 to age 88 1776: Declaration of Independence at age 82 1778: Congress forbids import of slaves into America at age 84 1778: France joins war against Britan at age 84 1780: Benjamin Franklin discovers lightning is electricity at age 86 1781: Uranus discovered at age 87 1783: 1st working hot air balloon at age 89 1784: Thomas Jefferson's proposal to ban slavery defeated at age 90 1786: First attempts at indoor lighting with gas (UK, Germany) at age 92 1786: The Dollar is adopted at age 92 1787: New Jersey enters the union - 3rd at age 93 1787: Pennsylvania enters the union - 2nd at age 93 1787: Constitution is approved by the constitutional congress at age 93 1787: Delaware enters the union - 1st at age 93 1788: Constitution goes into effect at age 94 1788: Virginia enters the union - 10th at age 94 1788: New Hampshire enters the union - 9th at age 94 1788: New York enters the union - 11th at age 94 1788: Georgia enters the union - 4th at age 94 1788: Massachusetts enters the union - 6th at age 94 1788: Connecticut enters the union - 5th at age 94 1788: South Carolina enters the union - 8th at age 94 1788: Maryland enters the union - 7th at age 94 1789: US Army Established at age 95 1789: North Carolina enters the union - 12th at age 95 1789-1796: George Washington selected 1st President from age 95 until after line end 1790: Rhode Island enters the union - 13th at age 96 1790: 1st official US census at age 96 1790: Coast Guard Established at age 96 1791: Federal Bill of rights adopted at age 97 1791: Vermont enters the union -14th at age 97 1792: Denmark 1st to forbid trade in slaves at age 98 1792: Kentucky enters the union - 15th at age 98 1792-1815: Napoleonic war from age 98 until after line end 1793: Eli Whitney invents Cotton Gin (increases need for slaves) at age 99 1793: Marie Antoinette beheaded at age 99 1794: US Navy Established at age 100 1794: Slavery abolished in French colonies at age 100 1794: US Post Office Established at age 100

Additional Information

It is a tradition in the family that Trisham Blish was a weaver by trade. He was executor of the will of his father in Barnstable, and must have removed to Colchester, Connecticut, about 1726. His name occurs several times in the land records of Colchester. He was evidently named for Tristam HUll, his maternal grand-father. The records of Colchester and Marlborough are silent as to the deaths of him and his wife. 1739 Sept. 3. A list of the freemen of Colchester has the name of Thurston Blush. 1740 The names of Tristham Blish and Ann his wife, appear on the list of the members of the Westchester Church, which is the west parish of Colchester. "Trustham Blish made a confession of intemperance and was restored to the full charity and fellowship of the church." The Hebron, Connecticut records have the following entry: "Edward Neland and Hannah Blush were joyned together in marriage, Oct. 30, 1746." This was probably Anna. Her mother's name was Anne and her grand-mother's, Hannah. She would be 27 years old at the date of this marriage. 1749 July 30. " Trustham Blish and Ann, his wife, and Danl. Chamberlain and Elizabeth, his wife, were dismissed to the Church at New Marlboro." (This was probably the church in the northern part of the town, now in the Town of Marlborough, but then in Colchester.) 1749 Sept. 4. Trustham Blish conveyed 8 acres of land in Colchester to Benjamin Root for £200. 1752 March 3. Trustham Blish mortgaged 681/2 acres in Colchester, "with the mansion", for £1200. References---Barn. Town and Prob. Rec. Colchester, Conn. Town Rec. and Westchester Church Rec.