David Blish (1732 - 1817)

Born 26 Oct 1732 in Colchester, Hartford, Connecticut

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 26 Oct 1817 at age 85 in Marlborough, Colchester, Hartford, Connecticut, United States

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Biography

Military

David Bliss, Sr., born 26 October 1732 in Colchester, Hartford, Connecticut, died Marlborough, Colchester, Hartford, Connecticut 26 October 1817 and his wife Zerviah Skinner, Western, born June 1730, died January 1813 are honored by the Daughters of the American Revolution for patriotism: 1) SIGNER OF OATH OF FIDELITY, 1777^[1]

Family

Children born to Zerviah & Davish Blish in Hebron, Connecticut:

1. Ann Blish, born 13 December 1755^[2]
2. David Blish, born 16 Sept 1753^[3]
3. Rebecca Blish, born 18 May 1760^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed April 7, 2020), "Record of David Bliss, Sr.", Ancestor # A011254.
2. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F77X-WMX : 7 January 2020), David Blish in entry for Anne Blish, 1755
3. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7WB-9NR : 7 January 2020), David Blish in entry for David Blish, 1753.
4. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F77X-7RC : 7 January 2020), David Blish in entry for Rebecca Blish, 1760.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 27 September 2020), memorial page for David Blish (26 Oct 1732–26 Oct 1817), Find a Grave Memorial no. 6538782, citing Century Cemetery, Marlborough, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA ; Maintained by Jim Easom (contributor 47590485) Find A Grave: Memorial #6538782.
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• Hobbies, The Magazine for Collectors. September, 1958. Another Skinner, Thomas, was born 1617 in Chichester Co., Sussex, England, and died March 2, 1703-4 in Malden, Mass. He came to the colonies between 1649 and 1652. He married twice and by his first wife had two sons, both born in Chichester, England: Thomas born 1645, and Abraham born 1649. He was admitted freeman in Malden May 18, 1653 and was there licensed to keep an ‘Ordinary’ or Inn.
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• Blish, James Knox. Genealogy of the Blish Family in America, 1637-1905. 1905. pg 37.