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Captain James Blish, ship-master 6 [m]
6th Generation

Personal Details
Born December 13th, 1787 No Image On File
Birthplace Vassalborough, ME, USA
Baptized No Entry
Baptized at... No Entry
Baptized by... No Entry
Baptized in... No Entry
Occupation(s) No Entry
Died April 23rd, 1847, aged about 60 years
Died at... Hollowell, Maine, USA
Cause of Death consumption
Burial Place Hallowell cemetery, Hollowell, Maine, USA
Disposition No Entry

Parents
Father [112]Stacey "grey eagle" Blish 5 No Image On File
Mother [112_sa]Mary (Barker or "Baxter"?) Blish 5 No Image On File

Spouses, Mates & Children
Wife #1
[246_sa] - Paulina (Baxter) Blish, Jr. 6

Married by: Rev. Barnabas Bates
Married at: Barnstable, county of Barnstable, MA, USA

Children by this spouse:
I [480] Sarah Jane (Blish) Pratt 7 b. July 6th, 1814 c. October No Image On File
II [481] Edwin James Blish 7 b. March 21st, 1816 c. June No Image On File
III [482] Harriet Emaline (Blish) Woods 7 b. December 25th, 1817 c. March No Image On File
IV [483] Mary Paulina (Blish) Lewis 7 b. January 16th, 1820 c. April No Image On File
V [484] Caroline Agry (Blish) Tucker 7 b. February 11th, 1822 c. May No Image On File
VI [485]+ Byron Samuel Blish 7 b. April 16th, 1827 c. July No Image On File
VII [486] Francis Stacy Blish 7 b. June 16th, 1831 c. September No Image On File
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Wife #2
[246_sb] - Isabella (Jose) Blish 6

Married by: No Entry
Married at: No Entry

Children by this spouse:
I [487]+ Hannah Francis (Blish) Horton 7 b. August 26th, 1838 c. November No Image On File
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Immediate Family Tree
Gen. 6 Gen. 5 Gen. 4 Gen. 3 Gen. 2
Captain James Blish, ship-masterStacey "grey eagle" BlishJohn BlishReuben BlishJoseph Blish, (***)
Hannah (Hull) Blish
Elizabeth (?) BodfishNo Entry
No Entry
Mary (Goodspeed) BlishEbeneer Goodspeed, Jr.No Entry
No Entry
? (?) GoodspeedNo Entry
No Entry
Mary (Barker or "Baxter"?) Blish? Barker or "Baxter"?No EntryNo Entry
No Entry
No EntryNo Entry
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Mary (Stacy) Barker or "Baxter"?? StaceyNo Entry
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? (?) StaceyNo Entry
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Personalized History Timeline, 1787 to 1847
1231-1808:
Papal Inquisition from before birth until age 21
1478-1834:
Torquemada's Spanish Inquisition from before birth until age 47
1760-1820:
Reign of King George III (Hanover) from before birth until age 33
1787:
New Jersey enters the union - 3rd at age 0
1787:
Constitution is approved by the constitutional congress at age 0
1787:
Pennsylvania enters the union - 2nd at age 0
1787:
Delaware enters the union - 1st at age 0
1788:
Constitution goes into effect at age 1
1788:
Connecticut enters the union - 5th at age 1
1788:
Georgia enters the union - 4th at age 1
1788:
New York enters the union - 11th at age 1
1788:
South Carolina enters the union - 8th at age 1
1788:
Maryland enters the union - 7th at age 1
1788:
Massachusetts enters the union - 6th at age 1
1788:
Virginia enters the union - 10th at age 1
1788:
New Hampshire enters the union - 9th at age 1
1789-1796:
George Washington selected 1st President from age 2 to age 9
1789:
North Carolina enters the union - 12th at age 2
1789:
US Army Established at age 2
1790:
Coast Guard Established at age 3
1790:
1st official US census at age 3
1790:
Rhode Island enters the union - 13th at age 3
1791:
Vermont enters the union -14th at age 4
1791:
Federal Bill of rights adopted at age 4
1792:
Kentucky enters the union - 15th at age 5
1792-1815:
Napoleonic war from age 5 to age 28
1792:
Denmark 1st to forbid trade in slaves at age 5
1793:
Marie Antoinette beheaded at age 6
1793:
Eli Whitney invents Cotton Gin (increases need for slaves) at age 6
1794:
US Post Office Established at age 7
1794:
Slavery abolished in French colonies at age 7
1794:
US Navy Established at age 7
1796:
Tennesee enters the union - 16th at age 9
1796:
Vaccination against Smallpox at age 9
1796:
France's presses get right of free speech at age 9
1796-1800:
John Adams elected 2nd president of US from age 9 to age 13
1798:
US Marine Corps Established at age 11
1798:
Mississippi organized as a territory at age 11
1798:
Lithography at age 11
1798-1800:
Undeclared war with France from age 11 to age 13
1799:
Rosetta Stone found at age 12
1800:
Russia annexes Georgia at age 13
1800:
1st Battery (Volta) at age 13
1800:
US capital moves from Philadelphia to Washington DC at age 13
1800-1809:
Thomas Jefferson elected president of US from age 13 to age 22
1802:
Babylonian cuniform deciphered at age 15
1803:
Ohio enters the union - 17th at age 16
1803:
Fulton propels vessel by steampower at age 16
1803:
Louisiana Territory Purchased at age 16
1804:
Haiti independent - 1st black country in West. Hemis. at age 17
1804-1806:
Lewis and Clark Expedition from age 17 to age 19
1805:
Thomas Jefferson re-elected president of US at age 18
1805:
Morphine isolated at age 18
1807:
Robert Fulton makes 1st practical steamboat voyage at age 20
1808:
Pompeii excavation begins in earnest at age 21
1808:
Import of new slaves into US Is banned at age 21
1809-1816:
James Madison elected president of US from age 22 to age 29
1809:
Charles Darwin born at age 22
1810:
Homeopathy founded at age 23
1810:
US pop. reaches 7.2 million at age 23
1812:
Missouri organized as a territory at age 25
1812:
Louisiana enters the union - 18th at age 25
1812-1814:
War of 1812 from age 25 to age 27
1815:
Sumbawa volcano (Indonesia) erupts; 50,000 killed at age 28
1815:
French outlaw slavery in France at age 28
1815:
Battle of Waterloo at age 28
1816:
Stethoscope at age 29
1816:
Indiana enters the union - 19th at age 29
1816:
Photographic Negative at age 29
1817:
Mississippi enters the union - 20th at age 30
1817:
Alabama organized as a territory at age 30
1817-1823:
1st Cholera pandemic from age 30 to age 36
1817:
Pentrich Revolution - England's last revolution at age 30
1817-1824:
James Monroe president of US from age 30 to age 37
1817-1825:
Erie canal constructed from age 30 to age 38
1818:
Savannah 1st steamship to cross the Atlantic at age 31
1818:
Illinois enters the union - 21st at age 31
1819:
Arkansas organized as a territory at age 32
1819:
Alabama enters the union - 22nd at age 32
1819:
Oersted discovers electro-magnetism at age 32
1820-1830:
Reign of King George IV (Hanover) from age 33 to age 43
1820:
Maine enters the union - 23rd at age 33
1821:
US pop. reaches 9.2 million at age 34
1821-1829:
Greek war of Independence from age 34 to age 42
1821:
1st US women's college at age 34
1821:
Missouri enters the union - 24th at age 34
1822:
Florida organized as a territory at age 35
1824:
Erie canal finished at age 37
1824:
Internal Combustion Engine at age 37
1824-1828:
John Quincy Adams president of US from age 37 to age 41
1826:
1st railroad tunnel (England) at age 39
1827:
Ship's propeller (screw) at age 40
1827:
1st Black newspaper Freedom's Journal at age 40
1827:
Ohms Law formulated at age 40
1828-1836:
Andrew Jackson president of US from age 41 to age 49
1828:
1st Webster's Dictionary at age 41
1828:
1st railroad in the US at age 41
1829:
1st US patent on a typewriter at age 42
1829-1851:
2nd Cholera pandemic from age 42 until after line end
1830-1860:
Underground railroad leads 100,000+ slaves to freedom in US from age 43 until after line end
1830-1837:
Reign of King William IV (Hanover) from age 43 to age 50
1830:
Mormons (Latter Day Saints) founded at age 43
1832:
Horse-drawn trolleys in New York at age 45
1833:
Slavery abolished in British Empire (home and colonies) at age 46
1833:
Telegraph at age 46
1834:
Modern computer conceived by Charles Babbage at age 47
1835-1842:
2nd Seminole War from age 48 to age 55
1835:
Halley's Comet at age 48
1835:
Mormon leader Joseph Smith prophesies of 'coming of lord' by 1891 at age 48
1836:
Arkansas enters the union -25th at age 49
1836:
Battle of the Alamo at age 49
1836:
Texas war for independence from Mexico at age 49
1837:
Depression and Panic in the US - inflation, speculation at age 50
1837-1901:
Reign of Queen Victoria (Hanover) from age 50 until after line end
1837:
Michigan enters the union - 26th at age 50
1837-1840:
Martin Van Buren president of US from age 50 to age 53
1838-1839:
Forced relocation of Cherokee from age 51 to age 52
1839-1842:
Opium war between China and the English from age 52 to age 55
1841-1844:
John Tyler president of US from age 54 to age 57
1842:
Chinese cede Hong Kong to the English at age 55
1844:
1st telegraph line message, Washington to New York at age 57
1845:
Florida enters the union - 27th at age 58
1845:
Texas enters the union - 28th at age 58
1845-1849:
Irish Potato Famine from age 58 until after line end
1845-1848:
James K Polk president of US from age 58 until after line end
1846:
Iowa enters the union - 29th at age 59
1846-1848:
The Mexican-US War from age 59 until after line end

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