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Deacon Thomas Blish, (***) 5 [m]
5th Generation

Personal Details
Born September 13th, 1762 No Image On File
Birthplace Gastonbury, CT, USA
Baptized No Entry
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Occupation(s) Farmer
Died April 15th, 1831, aged about 69 years
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Cause of Death No Entry
Burial Place East cemetery, Gastonbury, CT, USA
Disposition No Entry

Parents
Father [49]David Blish, (***) 4 No Image On File
Mother [49_sa]Zeruiah (Skinner) Blish 4 No Image On File

Spouses, Mates & Children
Wife #1
[169_sa] - Prudence (Hubbard) Blish 5

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Children by this spouse:
I [371]+ Aaron Hubbard Blish 6 b. July 31st, 1786 c. October No Image On File
II [372]+ Dorothy (Blish) Talcott 6 b. April 8th, 1789 c. July No Image On File
III [373]+ Colonel Sylvester Blish, (***) 6 b. December 31st, 1790 c. March
IV [374]+ Adaline Pamelia (Blish) Cheney 6 b. August 7th, 1808 c. November No Image On File
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Immediate Family Tree
Gen. 5 Gen. 4 Gen. 3 Gen. 2 Gen. 1
Deacon Thomas Blish, (***)David Blish, (***)Tristham Blish, (***)Joseph Blish, (***)Abraham Blish, (***)
Anne (Pratt) Blish
Hannah (Hull) BlishTristham Hull
Agnes "Blanche" (?) Hull
Anne (Fuller) BlishMatthew FullerSamuel Fuller, Jr.
Anne (Fuller) Fuller
Patience (Young) FullerGeorge Young
Hannah (Pinson) Young
Zeruiah (Skinner) BlishDeacon Nathaniel Skinner? SkinnerNo Entry
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? (?) SkinnerNo Entry
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Mary (Gillett) Skinner? GillettNo Entry
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? (?) GillettNo Entry
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Personalized History Timeline, 1762 to 1831
1231-1808:
Papal Inquisition from before birth until age 46
1478-1834:
Torquemada's Spanish Inquisition from before birth until after line end
1754-1763:
French-Indian war from before birth until age 1
1756-1763:
Seven years war from before birth until age 1
1760-1820:
Reign of King George III (Hanover) from before birth until age 58
1765:
Steam Engine at age 3
1765:
HMS Victory launched at age 3
1769:
San Francisco bay discovered at age 7
1770:
Boston Massacre - 5 people killed when British fire on mob at age 8
1772:
Judge Murray decrees that slaves are free on landing in England at age 10
1772-1775:
Antarctica circumnavigated by James Cook from age 10 to age 13
1773:
Boston Tea Party at age 11
1774:
1st Continental Congress meets at age 12
1775-1783:
American Revolutionary War against the British from age 13 to age 21
1775-1782:
British war in India from age 13 to age 20
1776:
Declaration of Independence at age 14
1778:
France joins war against Britan at age 16
1778:
Congress forbids import of slaves into America at age 16
1780:
Benjamin Franklin discovers lightning is electricity at age 18
1781:
Uranus discovered at age 19
1783:
1st working hot air balloon at age 21
1784:
Thomas Jefferson's proposal to ban slavery defeated at age 22
1786:
First attempts at indoor lighting with gas (UK, Germany) at age 24
1786:
The Dollar is adopted at age 24
1787:
Constitution is approved by the constitutional congress at age 25
1787:
Delaware enters the union - 1st at age 25
1787:
Pennsylvania enters the union - 2nd at age 25
1787:
New Jersey enters the union - 3rd at age 25
1788:
Massachusetts enters the union - 6th at age 26
1788:
Maryland enters the union - 7th at age 26
1788:
South Carolina enters the union - 8th at age 26
1788:
New Hampshire enters the union - 9th at age 26
1788:
Virginia enters the union - 10th at age 26
1788:
New York enters the union - 11th at age 26
1788:
Connecticut enters the union - 5th at age 26
1788:
Georgia enters the union - 4th at age 26
1788:
Constitution goes into effect at age 26
1789:
North Carolina enters the union - 12th at age 27
1789:
US Army Established at age 27
1789-1796:
George Washington selected 1st President from age 27 to age 34
1790:
Coast Guard Established at age 28
1790:
1st official US census at age 28
1790:
Rhode Island enters the union - 13th at age 28
1791:
Federal Bill of rights adopted at age 29
1791:
Vermont enters the union -14th at age 29
1792-1815:
Napoleonic war from age 30 to age 53
1792:
Kentucky enters the union - 15th at age 30
1792:
Denmark 1st to forbid trade in slaves at age 30
1793:
Eli Whitney invents Cotton Gin (increases need for slaves) at age 31
1793:
Marie Antoinette beheaded at age 31
1794:
US Navy Established at age 32
1794:
Slavery abolished in French colonies at age 32
1794:
US Post Office Established at age 32
1796:
France's presses get right of free speech at age 34
1796:
Vaccination against Smallpox at age 34
1796:
Tennesee enters the union - 16th at age 34
1796-1800:
John Adams elected 2nd president of US from age 34 to age 38
1798:
US Marine Corps Established at age 36
1798:
Lithography at age 36
1798-1800:
Undeclared war with France from age 36 to age 38
1798:
Mississippi organized as a territory at age 36
1799:
Rosetta Stone found at age 37
1800:
1st Battery (Volta) at age 38
1800-1809:
Thomas Jefferson elected president of US from age 38 to age 47
1800:
US capital moves from Philadelphia to Washington DC at age 38
1800:
Russia annexes Georgia at age 38
1802:
Babylonian cuniform deciphered at age 40
1803:
Louisiana Territory Purchased at age 41
1803:
Ohio enters the union - 17th at age 41
1803:
Fulton propels vessel by steampower at age 41
1804-1806:
Lewis and Clark Expedition from age 42 to age 44
1804:
Haiti independent - 1st black country in West. Hemis. at age 42
1805:
Morphine isolated at age 43
1805:
Thomas Jefferson re-elected president of US at age 43
1807:
Robert Fulton makes 1st practical steamboat voyage at age 45
1808:
Pompeii excavation begins in earnest at age 46
1808:
Import of new slaves into US Is banned at age 46
1809-1816:
James Madison elected president of US from age 47 to age 54
1809:
Charles Darwin born at age 47
1810:
US pop. reaches 7.2 million at age 48
1810:
Homeopathy founded at age 48
1812:
Louisiana enters the union - 18th at age 50
1812:
Missouri organized as a territory at age 50
1812-1814:
War of 1812 from age 50 to age 52
1815:
Sumbawa volcano (Indonesia) erupts; 50,000 killed at age 53
1815:
Battle of Waterloo at age 53
1815:
French outlaw slavery in France at age 53
1816:
Indiana enters the union - 19th at age 54
1816:
Photographic Negative at age 54
1816:
Stethoscope at age 54
1817-1824:
James Monroe president of US from age 55 to age 62
1817:
Pentrich Revolution - England's last revolution at age 55
1817-1825:
Erie canal constructed from age 55 to age 63
1817:
Mississippi enters the union - 20th at age 55
1817:
Alabama organized as a territory at age 55
1817-1823:
1st Cholera pandemic from age 55 to age 61
1818:
Illinois enters the union - 21st at age 56
1818:
Savannah 1st steamship to cross the Atlantic at age 56
1819:
Arkansas organized as a territory at age 57
1819:
Alabama enters the union - 22nd at age 57
1819:
Oersted discovers electro-magnetism at age 57
1820:
Maine enters the union - 23rd at age 58
1820-1830:
Reign of King George IV (Hanover) from age 58 to age 68
1821:
US pop. reaches 9.2 million at age 59
1821-1829:
Greek war of Independence from age 59 to age 67
1821:
1st US women's college at age 59
1821:
Missouri enters the union - 24th at age 59
1822:
Florida organized as a territory at age 60
1824:
Internal Combustion Engine at age 62
1824:
Erie canal finished at age 62
1824-1828:
John Quincy Adams president of US from age 62 to age 66
1826:
1st railroad tunnel (England) at age 64
1827:
Ship's propeller (screw) at age 65
1827:
Ohms Law formulated at age 65
1827:
1st Black newspaper Freedom's Journal at age 65
1828-1836:
Andrew Jackson president of US from age 66 until after line end
1828:
1st railroad in the US at age 66
1828:
1st Webster's Dictionary at age 66
1829:
1st US patent on a typewriter at age 67
1829-1851:
2nd Cholera pandemic from age 67 until after line end
1830-1860:
Underground railroad leads 100,000+ slaves to freedom in US from age 68 until after line end
1830-1837:
Reign of King William IV (Hanover) from age 68 until after line end
1830:
Mormons (Latter Day Saints) founded at age 68

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