Members of the Blish family in Illinois
I have bios on six members of the Blish family that came here to the Kewanee [Wethersfield ] area in Henry county IL. starting in 1836, with the first arrival being Colonel Sylvester Blish the founder of the IL.Blish family. He was born in Glastonbury, Connecticut December 31, 1790. The Blish family traced their American origins back to Abraham Blish who was in Duxbury a part of the Plymouth colony in 1637 and who had moved to Barnstable around 1640 and his homestead there was owned by him and his descendants for nearly two hundred years. Some of the family members moved to Colchester, Connecticut about 1726 and became established there. There are too many details to start on here, but I would be happy to forward this information to any interested party.