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Lucy (Blish) Hedding 6 [f]
6th Generation

Personal Details
Born August 14th, 1782 No Image On File
Birthplace Gilsum, NH, USA
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Parents
Father [165]Deacon David Blish 5 No Image On File
Mother [165_sa]Lucy (Wilcox) Blish 5 No Image On File

Spouses, Mates & Children
Husband #1
[344_sa] - Bishop Elijah Hedding 6

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Married at: Gilsum, NH, USA

Children by this spouse:
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Immediate Family Tree
Gen. 6 Gen. 5 Gen. 4 Gen. 3 Gen. 2
Lucy (Blish) HeddingDeacon David BlishDavid Blish, (***)Tristham Blish, (***)Joseph Blish, (***)
Hannah (Hull) Blish
Anne (Fuller) BlishMatthew Fuller
Patience (Young) Fuller
Zeruiah (Skinner) BlishDeacon Nathaniel Skinner? Skinner
? (?) Skinner
Mary (Gillett) Skinner? Gillett
? (?) Gillett
Lucy (Wilcox) BlishObadiah WilcoxNo EntryNo Entry
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Sarah (Talcott) WilcoxNo EntryNo Entry
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Personalized History Timeline, 1782 to 1882
1231-1808:
Papal Inquisition from before birth until age 26
1478-1834:
Torquemada's Spanish Inquisition from before birth until age 52
1760-1820:
Reign of King George III (Hanover) from before birth until age 38
1775-1783:
American Revolutionary War against the British from before birth until age 1
1775-1782:
British war in India from before birth until age 0
1783:
1st working hot air balloon at age 1
1784:
Thomas Jefferson's proposal to ban slavery defeated at age 2
1786:
The Dollar is adopted at age 4
1786:
First attempts at indoor lighting with gas (UK, Germany) at age 4
1787:
New Jersey enters the union - 3rd at age 5
1787:
Constitution is approved by the constitutional congress at age 5
1787:
Pennsylvania enters the union - 2nd at age 5
1787:
Delaware enters the union - 1st at age 5
1788:
New York enters the union - 11th at age 6
1788:
Georgia enters the union - 4th at age 6
1788:
Connecticut enters the union - 5th at age 6
1788:
New Hampshire enters the union - 9th at age 6
1788:
Massachusetts enters the union - 6th at age 6
1788:
Constitution goes into effect at age 6
1788:
South Carolina enters the union - 8th at age 6
1788:
Maryland enters the union - 7th at age 6
1788:
Virginia enters the union - 10th at age 6
1789:
US Army Established at age 7
1789:
North Carolina enters the union - 12th at age 7
1789-1796:
George Washington selected 1st President from age 7 to age 14
1790:
1st official US census at age 8
1790:
Rhode Island enters the union - 13th at age 8
1790:
Coast Guard Established at age 8
1791:
Vermont enters the union -14th at age 9
1791:
Federal Bill of rights adopted at age 9
1792-1815:
Napoleonic war from age 10 to age 33
1792:
Denmark 1st to forbid trade in slaves at age 10
1792:
Kentucky enters the union - 15th at age 10
1793:
Eli Whitney invents Cotton Gin (increases need for slaves) at age 11
1793:
Marie Antoinette beheaded at age 11
1794:
Slavery abolished in French colonies at age 12
1794:
US Post Office Established at age 12
1794:
US Navy Established at age 12
1796:
Tennesee enters the union - 16th at age 14
1796:
France's presses get right of free speech at age 14
1796-1800:
John Adams elected 2nd president of US from age 14 to age 18
1796:
Vaccination against Smallpox at age 14
1798:
Lithography at age 16
1798-1800:
Undeclared war with France from age 16 to age 18
1798:
Mississippi organized as a territory at age 16
1798:
US Marine Corps Established at age 16
1799:
Rosetta Stone found at age 17
1800:
Russia annexes Georgia at age 18
1800-1809:
Thomas Jefferson elected president of US from age 18 to age 27
1800:
US capital moves from Philadelphia to Washington DC at age 18
1800:
1st Battery (Volta) at age 18
1802:
Babylonian cuniform deciphered at age 20
1803:
Fulton propels vessel by steampower at age 21
1803:
Louisiana Territory Purchased at age 21
1803:
Ohio enters the union - 17th at age 21
1804:
Haiti independent - 1st black country in West. Hemis. at age 22
1804-1806:
Lewis and Clark Expedition from age 22 to age 24
1805:
Thomas Jefferson re-elected president of US at age 23
1805:
Morphine isolated at age 23
1807:
Robert Fulton makes 1st practical steamboat voyage at age 25
1808:
Pompeii excavation begins in earnest at age 26
1808:
Import of new slaves into US Is banned at age 26
1809-1816:
James Madison elected president of US from age 27 to age 34
1809:
Charles Darwin born at age 27
1810:
Homeopathy founded at age 28
1810:
US pop. reaches 7.2 million at age 28
1812:
Louisiana enters the union - 18th at age 30
1812-1814:
War of 1812 from age 30 to age 32
1812:
Missouri organized as a territory at age 30
1815:
Battle of Waterloo at age 33
1815:
Sumbawa volcano (Indonesia) erupts; 50,000 killed at age 33
1815:
French outlaw slavery in France at age 33
1816:
Stethoscope at age 34
1816:
Indiana enters the union - 19th at age 34
1816:
Photographic Negative at age 34
1817:
Pentrich Revolution - England's last revolution at age 35
1817:
Mississippi enters the union - 20th at age 35
1817-1825:
Erie canal constructed from age 35 to age 43
1817:
Alabama organized as a territory at age 35
1817-1823:
1st Cholera pandemic from age 35 to age 41
1817-1824:
James Monroe president of US from age 35 to age 42
1818:
Savannah 1st steamship to cross the Atlantic at age 36
1818:
Illinois enters the union - 21st at age 36
1819:
Oersted discovers electro-magnetism at age 37
1819:
Arkansas organized as a territory at age 37
1819:
Alabama enters the union - 22nd at age 37
1820-1830:
Reign of King George IV (Hanover) from age 38 to age 48
1820:
Maine enters the union - 23rd at age 38
1821:
1st US women's college at age 39
1821:
US pop. reaches 9.2 million at age 39
1821:
Missouri enters the union - 24th at age 39
1821-1829:
Greek war of Independence from age 39 to age 47
1822:
Florida organized as a territory at age 40
1824:
Erie canal finished at age 42
1824-1828:
John Quincy Adams president of US from age 42 to age 46
1824:
Internal Combustion Engine at age 42
1826:
1st railroad tunnel (England) at age 44
1827:
Ohms Law formulated at age 45
1827:
Ship's propeller (screw) at age 45
1827:
1st Black newspaper Freedom's Journal at age 45
1828-1836:
Andrew Jackson president of US from age 46 to age 54
1828:
1st railroad in the US at age 46
1828:
1st Webster's Dictionary at age 46
1829:
1st US patent on a typewriter at age 47
1829-1851:
2nd Cholera pandemic from age 47 to age 69
1830-1837:
Reign of King William IV (Hanover) from age 48 to age 55
1830-1860:
Underground railroad leads 100,000+ slaves to freedom in US from age 48 to age 78
1830:
Mormons (Latter Day Saints) founded at age 48
1832:
Horse-drawn trolleys in New York at age 50
1833:
Telegraph at age 51
1833:
Slavery abolished in British Empire (home and colonies) at age 51
1834:
Modern computer conceived by Charles Babbage at age 52
1835:
Mormon leader Joseph Smith prophesies of 'coming of lord' by 1891 at age 53
1835:
Halley's Comet at age 53
1835-1842:
2nd Seminole War from age 53 to age 60
1836:
Arkansas enters the union -25th at age 54
1836:
Battle of the Alamo at age 54
1836:
Texas war for independence from Mexico at age 54
1837-1840:
Martin Van Buren president of US from age 55 to age 58
1837:
Depression and Panic in the US - inflation, speculation at age 55
1837:
Michigan enters the union - 26th at age 55
1837-1901:
Reign of Queen Victoria (Hanover) from age 55 until after line end
1838-1839:
Forced relocation of Cherokee from age 56 to age 57
1839-1842:
Opium war between China and the English from age 57 to age 60
1841-1844:
John Tyler president of US from age 59 to age 62
1842:
Chinese cede Hong Kong to the English at age 60
1844:
1st telegraph line message, Washington to New York at age 62
1845-1848:
James K Polk president of US from age 63 to age 66
1845:
Texas enters the union - 28th at age 63
1845:
Florida enters the union - 27th at age 63
1845-1849:
Irish Potato Famine from age 63 to age 67
1846-1848:
The Mexican-US War from age 64 to age 66
1846:
Iowa enters the union - 29th at age 64
1848:
NY allows women to own real estate at age 66
1848-1856:
1st gold rush in California -- Sutters Mill from age 66 to age 74
1848:
Wisconsin enters the union - 30th at age 66
1848:
Oregon organized as a territory at age 66
1849:
Fizeau measures speed of light at age 67
1849-1852:
Zachary Taylor president of the US from age 67 to age 70
1850:
New Mexico organized as a territory at age 68
1850:
California enters the union - 31st at age 68
1850:
US pop reaches 23 million at age 68
1850:
Utah (included Nevada) organized as a territory at age 68
1850:
World pop. est. at 1.1 billion at age 68
1851:
Gold rush in Australia at age 69
1852-1859:
3rd Cholera pandemic from age 70 to age 77
1853-1856:
Franklin Pierce president of US from age 71 to age 74
1853:
Washington (included pt. of Idaho) organized as a territory at age 71
1854-1856:
Crimean War from age 72 to age 74
1854:
Nebraska organized as a territory at age 72
1854:
Kansas organized as a territory at age 72
1857-1866:
Transatlantic cable laid from age 75 to age 84
1857:
Dred Scott decision: Blacks could not be US citizens at age 75
1857-1860:
James Buchanan president of US from age 75 to age 78
1858:
Minnesota enters the union - 32nd at age 76
1858:
India bill transfers government of India to England at age 76
1859:
Darwin pub. Origin Of Species at age 77
1859:
Oregon enters the union - 33rd at age 77
1859:
Oil Well at age 77
1860:
South Carolina Secedes from the Union at age 78
1860:
Rifled barrel invented at age 78
1861:
South Dakota organized as a territory at age 79
1861:
Gold rush in New Zealand at age 79
1861-1865:
Civil War from age 79 to age 83
1861:
North Dakota organized as a territory at age 79
1861:
Kansas enters the union - 34th at age 79
1861:
Nevada organized as a territory at age 79
1861-1865:
Confederate States of America Exist from age 79 to age 83
1861-1865:
Abraham Lincoln president of US from age 79 to age 83
1861:
Transcontinental Telegraph completed at age 79
1861:
The Apache Declare War on the US at age 79
1861:
Colorado organized as a territory at age 79
1862:
US Homestead act at age 80
1863:
Idaho organized as a territory at age 81
1863:
Arizona organized as a territory at age 81
1863:
West Virginia enters the union - 35th at age 81
1863:
Battle of Gettysburg at age 81
1863:
Emancipation Proclamation frees southern slaves at age 81
1863-1879:
4th Cholera pandemic from age 81 to age 97
1864:
Louisiana organized as a territory at age 82
1864:
Nevada enters the union - 36th at age 82
1865:
President Lincoln assassinated at age 83
1865:
Lister invents Disinfection at age 83
1865:
Ku Klux Klan founded at age 83
1866-1868:
Andrew Johnson president of US from age 84 to age 86
1866:
Walker, Mitchell 1st elected US black officials (Massachusetts) at age 84
1867:
Dynamite at age 85
1867:
Confederation of Canada at age 85
1867:
Alaska purchased from Russia at age 85
1867:
Diamonds discovered in South Africa at age 85
1867:
Nebraska enters the union - 37th at age 85
1868-1878:
War between Cuba and Spain from age 86 to age 96
1869:
Trans-continental railroad completed at age 87
1869:
Cutty Sark built at age 87
1869:
Financial black friday caused by attempt to corner gold at age 87
1869:
Suez canal opened at age 87
1869-1876:
Ulysses S Grant president of US from age 87 to age 94
1870-1871:
Franco-Prussian war from age 88 to age 89
1870:
1st black US senator (Hiram Revels) at age 88
1870:
US black men can vote at age 88
1871:
Great Fire destroys Chicago at age 89
1873:
Color Photographs at age 91
1873-1878:
Depression, banks fail from age 91 to age 96
1876:
American Centennial at age 94
1876:
Colorado enters the union - 38th at age 94
1876:
Little Big Horn - Battle at age 94
1876:
Telephone (Bell, Latimer) at age 94
1877-1880:
Ruthorford B Hayes president of US from age 95 to age 98
1877:
Wax Cylinder Musical Recordings at age 95
1878:
1st commercial telephone exchange in US at age 96
1879:
Zulu war at age 97
1879:
Electric Light Bulb (Edison) at age 97
1881-1896:
5th Cholera pandemic from age 99 until after line end
1881:
President Garfield assassinated (dies of med. care) at age 99
1881-1885:
Chester Arthur president of US from age 99 until after line end
1881:
James A Garfield president of US at age 99

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