Mr
William
Henry
Bligh
Born in Bideford, Devon, England, United Kingdom
Ancestors 
Son of James Bligh
and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Catherine (Jenkins) Bligh
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Catherine (Bligh) Aitken
Died
at age 81
in Kensington, Victoria, Australia
Profile last modified
| Created 19 Jun 2016
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Biography
William Henry Bligh, a distant relative of an early Governor of NSW sailed to Tasmania in 1833 as a deckhand, he left the ship there and in 1840 crossed Bass Strait and settled in Warrnambool. In 1851 he bought land at Woodford and called the property Molwaden Farm where he farmed for many years. A road in Woodford is called Blighs Road and it appears on an 1856 map of Warrnambool (although unnamed). He received money from England which he used to purchase more land, and he had built the Criterion Hotel in Warrnambool which opened 23 April 1872 for which he was the second licensee. Builder was local John Davies.
Sources
- Headstone and Biography from Pioneers Index Warrnambool Township & Shire 1839-1900
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William:
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~6.25%
~6.25%
Victoria (Thorne) Rule 
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