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David Blish, (***) 4 [m]
4th Generation

Personal Details
Born 1732 No Image On File
Birthplace Colchester, CT, USA
Baptized No Entry
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Occupation(s) No Entry
Died No Entry
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Cause of Death No Entry
Burial Place Marlboro
Disposition No Entry

Parents
Father [14]Tristham Blish, (***) 3 No Image On File
Mother [14_sa]Anne (Fuller) Blish 3 No Image On File

Spouses, Mates & Children
Wife #1
[49_sa] - Zeruiah (Skinner) Blish 4

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Children by this spouse:
I [165]+ Deacon David Blish 5 b. September 16th, 1753 c. December No Image On File
II [166] Anna Blish 5 b. September 3rd, 1755 c. December No Image On File
III [167] Zeruiah Blish 5 b. June 13th, 1758 c. September No Image On File
IV [168] Rebecca (Blish) Chamberlain 5 b. May 13th, 1760 c. August No Image On File
V [169]+ Deacon Thomas Blish, (***) 5 b. September 13th, 1762 c. December No Image On File
VI [170] Chauncy Blish 5 b. September 1st, 1764 c. December No Image On File
VII [171] Sarah Blish 5 b. April 10th, 1766 c. July No Image On File
VIII [172]+ Aaron Blish 5 b. October 21st, 1768 c. January No Image On File
IX [173]+ Roger Blish 5 b. May 23rd, 1770 c. August No Image On File
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Immediate Family Tree
Gen. 4 Gen. 3 Gen. 2 Gen. 1 Gen. 0
David Blish, (***)Tristham Blish, (***)Joseph Blish, (***)Abraham Blish, (***)Joseph Blish, (***)
Agnes (?) Blish
Anne (Pratt) BlishJohn Pratt
? (?) Pratt
Hannah (Hull) BlishTristham HullRev. Joseph Hull
? (?) Hull
Agnes "Blanche" (?) HullNo Entry
No Entry
Anne (Fuller) BlishMatthew FullerSamuel Fuller, Jr.Samuel Fuller
Jane (Lothropp) Fuller
Anne (Fuller) FullerDr. Matthew Fuller
Hanna (?) Fuller
Patience (Young) FullerGeorge Young? Young
? (?) Young
Hannah (Pinson) Young? Pinson
? (?) Pinson

Personalized History Timeline, 1732 to 1832
1231-1808:
Papal Inquisition from before birth until age 76
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 28
1733-1735:
War of Polish Succession from age 1 to age 3
1736:
English statutes against witchcraft repealed at age 4
1740-1748:
Austrian war of the succession from age 8 to age 16
1741:
Slave revolt in New York, 2nd uprising at age 9
1742:
Celsius invents Centigrade thermometer at age 10
1743:
1st settlement in S. Dakota at age 11
1745:
Electrical Capacitor (Leyden Jar) at age 13
1749:
Sign Language for deaf-mutes at age 17
1752:
Benjamin Franklin invents the lightning rod at age 20
1752:
Britain and its colonies adopt Gregorian calender at age 20
1754-1763:
French-Indian war from age 22 to age 31
1755:
Lisbon earthquake - 30,000 dead at age 23
1756-1763:
Seven years war from age 24 to age 31
1758:
Halley's Comet (1st predicted appearance) at age 26
1760-1820:
Reign of King George III (Hanover) from age 28 to age 88
1760:
Bifocals at age 28
1765:
HMS Victory launched at age 33
1765:
Steam Engine at age 33
1769:
San Francisco bay discovered at age 37
1770:
Boston Massacre - 5 people killed when British fire on mob at age 38
1772-1775:
Antarctica circumnavigated by James Cook from age 40 to age 43
1772:
Judge Murray decrees that slaves are free on landing in England at age 40
1773:
Boston Tea Party at age 41
1774:
1st Continental Congress meets at age 42
1775-1783:
American Revolutionary War against the British from age 43 to age 51
1775-1782:
British war in India from age 43 to age 50
1776:
Declaration of Independence at age 44
1778:
Congress forbids import of slaves into America at age 46
1778:
France joins war against Britan at age 46
1780:
Benjamin Franklin discovers lightning is electricity at age 48
1781:
Uranus discovered at age 49
1783:
1st working hot air balloon at age 51
1784:
Thomas Jefferson's proposal to ban slavery defeated at age 52
1786:
The Dollar is adopted at age 54
1786:
First attempts at indoor lighting with gas (UK, Germany) at age 54
1787:
Delaware enters the union - 1st at age 55
1787:
Pennsylvania enters the union - 2nd at age 55
1787:
New Jersey enters the union - 3rd at age 55
1787:
Constitution is approved by the constitutional congress at age 55
1788:
Constitution goes into effect at age 56
1788:
New York enters the union - 11th at age 56
1788:
Virginia enters the union - 10th at age 56
1788:
New Hampshire enters the union - 9th at age 56
1788:
Georgia enters the union - 4th at age 56
1788:
Connecticut enters the union - 5th at age 56
1788:
Massachusetts enters the union - 6th at age 56
1788:
Maryland enters the union - 7th at age 56
1788:
South Carolina enters the union - 8th at age 56
1789:
US Army Established at age 57
1789:
North Carolina enters the union - 12th at age 57
1789-1796:
George Washington selected 1st President from age 57 to age 64
1790:
1st official US census at age 58
1790:
Coast Guard Established at age 58
1790:
Rhode Island enters the union - 13th at age 58
1791:
Federal Bill of rights adopted at age 59
1791:
Vermont enters the union -14th at age 59
1792:
Denmark 1st to forbid trade in slaves at age 60
1792-1815:
Napoleonic war from age 60 to age 83
1792:
Kentucky enters the union - 15th at age 60
1793:
Marie Antoinette beheaded at age 61
1793:
Eli Whitney invents Cotton Gin (increases need for slaves) at age 61
1794:
Slavery abolished in French colonies at age 62
1794:
US Navy Established at age 62
1794:
US Post Office Established at age 62
1796:
Tennesee enters the union - 16th at age 64
1796-1800:
John Adams elected 2nd president of US from age 64 to age 68
1796:
France's presses get right of free speech at age 64
1796:
Vaccination against Smallpox at age 64
1798-1800:
Undeclared war with France from age 66 to age 68
1798:
Mississippi organized as a territory at age 66
1798:
Lithography at age 66
1798:
US Marine Corps Established at age 66
1799:
Rosetta Stone found at age 67
1800:
1st Battery (Volta) at age 68
1800-1809:
Thomas Jefferson elected president of US from age 68 to age 77
1800:
US capital moves from Philadelphia to Washington DC at age 68
1800:
Russia annexes Georgia at age 68
1802:
Babylonian cuniform deciphered at age 70
1803:
Fulton propels vessel by steampower at age 71
1803:
Ohio enters the union - 17th at age 71
1803:
Louisiana Territory Purchased at age 71
1804-1806:
Lewis and Clark Expedition from age 72 to age 74
1804:
Haiti independent - 1st black country in West. Hemis. at age 72
1805:
Thomas Jefferson re-elected president of US at age 73
1805:
Morphine isolated at age 73
1807:
Robert Fulton makes 1st practical steamboat voyage at age 75
1808:
Import of new slaves into US Is banned at age 76
1808:
Pompeii excavation begins in earnest at age 76
1809-1816:
James Madison elected president of US from age 77 to age 84
1809:
Charles Darwin born at age 77
1810:
US pop. reaches 7.2 million at age 78
1810:
Homeopathy founded at age 78
1812-1814:
War of 1812 from age 80 to age 82
1812:
Missouri organized as a territory at age 80
1812:
Louisiana enters the union - 18th at age 80
1815:
Battle of Waterloo at age 83
1815:
French outlaw slavery in France at age 83
1815:
Sumbawa volcano (Indonesia) erupts; 50,000 killed at age 83
1816:
Photographic Negative at age 84
1816:
Indiana enters the union - 19th at age 84
1816:
Stethoscope at age 84
1817:
Alabama organized as a territory at age 85
1817:
Pentrich Revolution - England's last revolution at age 85
1817:
Mississippi enters the union - 20th at age 85
1817-1823:
1st Cholera pandemic from age 85 to age 91
1817-1825:
Erie canal constructed from age 85 to age 93
1817-1824:
James Monroe president of US from age 85 to age 92
1818:
Illinois enters the union - 21st at age 86
1818:
Savannah 1st steamship to cross the Atlantic at age 86
1819:
Arkansas organized as a territory at age 87
1819:
Alabama enters the union - 22nd at age 87
1819:
Oersted discovers electro-magnetism at age 87
1820-1830:
Reign of King George IV (Hanover) from age 88 to age 98
1820:
Maine enters the union - 23rd at age 88
1821:
1st US women's college at age 89
1821:
US pop. reaches 9.2 million at age 89
1821-1829:
Greek war of Independence from age 89 to age 97
1821:
Missouri enters the union - 24th at age 89
1822:
Florida organized as a territory at age 90
1824:
Erie canal finished at age 92
1824-1828:
John Quincy Adams president of US from age 92 to age 96
1824:
Internal Combustion Engine at age 92
1826:
1st railroad tunnel (England) at age 94
1827:
Ship's propeller (screw) at age 95
1827:
1st Black newspaper Freedom's Journal at age 95
1827:
Ohms Law formulated at age 95
1828-1836:
Andrew Jackson president of US from age 96 until after line end
1828:
1st Webster's Dictionary at age 96
1828:
1st railroad in the US at age 96
1829:
1st US patent on a typewriter at age 97
1829-1851:
2nd Cholera pandemic from age 97 until after line end
1830:
Mormons (Latter Day Saints) founded at age 98
1830-1860:
Underground railroad leads 100,000+ slaves to freedom in US from age 98 until after line end
1830-1837:
Reign of King William IV (Hanover) from age 98 until after line end
1832:
Horse-drawn trolleys in New York at age 100

Additional Information
David and Zeruiah Blish were communicants in the church at Marlborough in 1754 and all of their children were baptized there. They are frequently mentioned in the church records and were members all of their lives.

The following entries in the Eastbury church records show the atmosphere of the times.

1776 Oct. 29. "We heard of the death of Solomon Andrews who died in the army at Ticonderoga, 8th of October, 1776."
1777 Jany. 14. We heard of the death of Ebenezer Brooks, a captive in New York."
1777 Jany. 18. "We heard of the death of Jonathan Strickland a captive in New York."

The following entry in the Glastonbury, Connecticut Town Records, illustrates an old custom of "livery of seizin."

"Execution was issued on judgement of David Blish vs. Ichabod Waddams, now of Pittsfield, County of Berkshire, Province of Mass. on the first Tuesday in November, 1776, for £41-11-11. Execution dated 20th February Anno Domini 1767 and in the 7th year of his Majesties reign.
Geo. Wyllys, Clerk

1767 Mar. 21th. "By virtue of said writ I seized a piece of land which was appraised at £31-4s. I thereupon delivered the seizin and possession of said piece of land to said David Blish by turf and twig in full satisfaction of said sum of £31-4s.
Test: John Findley, Constable."

The old English law forms were well observed in those days. A deed from John Waddams, of New Lebanon, County of Berkshire, Provine of Mass., Bay, Admr. of the Estate of Cleb Waddams, late of Glastonbury, deceased, in consideration of £56-2s-7d conveys lands in Glastonbury, Conn. The deed is dated "29 day of March, in the 9th year of the reign of our sovereign Lord, George the third, of Great Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, &c. Anno Domini 1769

In two deeds from David Blish to Nathan Dickerson, dated 1 May 1778 and 14 Nov. 1780, the words, "The reign of our sovereign Lord, King George, &c." are erased by drawing a pen through them. King George was persona non grata at that time.

In all of the deeds up to this time pounds, shillings and pence (£-s-d) were used in expressing the consideration, but in a deed from Abraham Skinner to David Blish, dated 14 Mar. 1801, the consideration is stated in dollars.

"A list of Capt David Miller's Co., Lt Col. Obediah Hosford's regt that marchd in Sept 1776 to East Chester to join Genl Washington's Army: * David Blish, Sergt.

He was also a Sergeant in Capt. Rudd's Co. in Co. Chapman's Regt. in the Revolutionary War. This regiment under Brig. Genl. Taylor, engaged in the attempt to dislodge the British at New Port in Aug. 1778, and was also present at the battle of Rhode Island. David Blush (Blish) enlisted 2 Aug. and was discharged 24 Sept. 1778.

The only Town office he is recorded as holding is that of highway surveyor, in 1794.

David Blish d. according to the inscription on his tombstone, in the Marlboro Cemetary, 26 Oct. 1817, tho' the Church record has it 1816. His wife Zeruiah d. 27 January 1813, according to her inscription in the cemetary, but an old Bible record says "1 Feb. 1814, in the 85th year of her age," and the church record has the same date and says "age 84."

Administration was granted on his estate to his son Roger, 10 Feby, 1818, which would indicate that the tombstone record is correct. His estate was small at the time of his death, most of it having been previously distributed, Roger holding the homestead in Marlboro.

References---Colch. Conn Town Rec.m Colch Prob. Rec., Taintor's Colch. Rec., Colch. Deed Rec., Marlboro Tn. and Ch. Rec., Glastonbury Tn. Rec., Conn, in the Revolution, and Hebron, Conn. Tn. Rec.


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