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Bliss Family

For additional informtion on this family see the Bliss Family in America

(1) Philip Blysse

Date of Birth: 1340
Place of Birth: Daventry, Northants, Belstone, Devon, England

(2) Philip Blysse

Father: Philip Blysse
Date of Birth: 1370
Place of Birth: Daventry, Northants, Belstone, Devon, England

(3) Richard Blysse

Father: Philip Blysse
Date of Birth: 1400
Place of Birth: Daventry, Northants, Belstone, Devon, England

(4) Richard Blysse

Father: Richard Blysse
Date of Birth: about1430
Place of Birth: Daventry, Northants, Belstone, Devon, England
Date of Death: 1449
Place of Death: Northamptonshire, England

Children

  1. Henry Blysse, born, Daventry, Northants, Belstone, Devon, England
  2. Thomas Blysse, born, Hill, Leamington, Warwick, England
  3. Richard Blysse, born about 1465, Daventry, Northants, Belstone, Devon, England

(5) Richard Blysse

Father: Richard Blysse
Date of Birth: about 1465
Place of Birth: Daventry, Northants, Belstone, Devon, England
Place of Death: England

Children

  1. Richard Blysse, born 1500, Daventry, Northants, Belstone, Devon, England

(6) Richard Blysse

Father: Richard Blysse
Date of Birth: 1500
Place of Birth: Daventry, Northants, Belstone, Devon, England
Date of Death: 20 SEP 1581
Place of Death: Coventry, England
Place of Burial: Warwick, England
First Marriage: 1530 ­ 1534, Joyce, Daventry, Northants, Belstone, Devon, England

Children:

  1. Henry Blysse, born 1520, Daventry, Northants, Belstone, Devon, England
  2. William Blysse, born BET. 1530 - 1535, Daventry, Northants, Belstone, Devon, England
  3. Robert Blysse, born about 1532, Daventry, Northants, Belstone, Devon, England
  4. John Blysse, born 1535, Daventry, Northants, Belstone, Devon, England
  5. Robert Blysse, born about 1538, Daventry, Northants, Belstone, Devon, England
  6. Henry Blysse, born 1549, Daventry, Northants, Belstone, Devon, England

(7) William Blysse

Father: Richard Blysse
Mother: Joyce
Date of Birth: between 1530 ­ 1535
Place of Birth: Daventry, Northants, Belstone, Devon, England
Date of Death: 20 JUL 1574
Place of Death: Daventry, Northants, Belstone, Devon, England
Burial: 20 JUL 1574 Holy Cross Church, Daventry, Northampton, England
First Marriage: Sept 20, 1561, Elizabeth, Holy Cross Church, Daventry Nothrampton England

Children:

  1. George Blysse, born about 1546, Daventry, Northants, Belstone, Devon, England
  2. Nicholas Blysse, born about 1548, Daventry, Northants, Belstone, Devon, England
  3. William Blysse, born about 1551, Daventry, Northants, Belstone, Devon, England
  4. Joane Blysse, born about 1552, Daventry, Northants, Belstone, Devon, England
  5. Joyce Blysse, born about 1554, Daventry, Northants, Belstone, Devon, England
  6. George Blysse, born about 1554, Daventry, Northants, Belstone, Devon, England
  7. Robert Blysse, born about 1554, Daventry, Northants, Belstone, Devon, England
  8. John Bliss, born 2 FEB 1561/62, Preston Parva, Northampton, Devon, England
  9. John Bliss, born 2 FEB 1562/63, Preston Parva, Northampton, Devon, England
  10. Thomas Bliss, born 2 FEB 1562/63, Belstone, Devonshire, England
  11. Agnes Blysse, born 15 MAR 1563/64, Preston Capes, Northamptonshire, England
  12. Anne Blysse, born 19 JUL 1573, Preston Capes, Northamptonshire, England

(8) John Bliss

Father: William Blysse
Mother: Elizabeth
Date of Birth: 2 FEB 1561/62
Place of Birth: Preston Parva, Northampton, Devon, England
Date of Death: 7 SEP 1617
Place of Death: Preston Capes, Northamptonshire, England
Christened: 2 FEB 1561/62 Holy Cross, Daventry, Northamptonshire, England
Place of Burial: St. Peter, Preston Capes, Northampton, England
First Marriage: before 1614, Annes

Children

  1. Thomas Bliss, born about 1588, Little Preston, Northamptonshire, England
  2. George Bliss, born 1591, Little Preston, Northamptonshire, England
  3. Agnes Bliss, born about 1593, Preston Capes, Northamptonshire, England
  4. Joane Bliss, born about 1595, Preston Capes, Northamptonshire, England
  5. Constance Bliss, born about 1597, Preston Capes, Northamptonshire, England
  6. Elizabeth Betty Bliss, born about 1599, Preston Capes, Northamptonshire, England

(9) Thomas Bliss

Father: John Bliss
Mother: Annes
Date of Birth: about 1588
Place of Birth: Little Preston, Northamptonshire, England
Date of Death: 1635
Place of Death: Rehoboth, Bristol Co. MA
Christened: Preston Parva, Northampton, England
First Marriage: Nov 22, 1614, Dorothy Wheatley, Daventry, Northants, Belstone, Devon, England
Second Marrige: Feb 13, 1631/32, Abigail Sotham, Daventry, Northampton, England

Children

  1. Elizabeth Bliss, born before 19 SEP 1615, Daventry, Northants, Belstone, Devon, England
  2. Mary Bliss, born before 16 MAR 1616/17, Daventry, Northants, Belstone, Devon, England
  3. Jane Bliss, born 14 JAN 1617/18, Daventry, Northants, Belstone, Devon, England
  4. John Bliss, born before 12 NOV 1620, Daventry, Northants, Belstone, Devon, England
  5. Nathaniel Bliss, born DEC 1622, Manchester, England
  6. Martha Bliss, born 8 DEC 1622, Daventry, Northants, Belstone, Devon, England
  7. Thomas Bliss, born before 19 SEP 1624, Daventry, Northhamptonshire, England
  8. Thomas Bliss, born 19 SEP 1624, Daventry, Northants, Belstone, Devon, England
  9. Jonathan Bliss, born before 2 APR 1626, Daventry, Northhamptonshire, England
  10. Margaret Bliss, born about 1639, Deventy, Northampton, England
  11. Amtie Bliss, born about 1 DEC 1632
  12. Thomas Bliss, born about 6 JAN 1634/35

Bliss Family in America - Tomas Blisse came to America in about 1638, landed in Boston, then removed to settle in Braintree, Mass. Moved to Rehoboth, Mass, in 1643. He was one of 58 settlers to locate in Rehoboth in 1643.

(10) Jonathan Bliss

Father: Thomas Bliss
Mother: Dorothy Wheatly
Date of Birth: before 2 APR 1626
Place of Birth: Daventry, Northhamptonshire, England
Date of Death: 11 JUN 1687
Place of Death: Rehoboth, Bristol Co. MA
Christened: 2 APR 1626 Holy Cross, Daventry, Northamptonshire, England
Place of Burial: Rehoboth, Bristol Co. MA
First Marriage: 1648, Miriam Harmon, Bristol Co. MA

Children

  1. Experience Bliss, born 5 FEB 1648/49, Rehoboth, Bristol Co. MA
  2. Ephraim Bliss, born 5 FEB 1648/49, Rehoboth, Bristol Co. MA
  3. Rachel Bliss, born 1 DEC 1651, Rehoboth, Bristol Co. MA
  4. Jonathan Bliss, born 4 MAR 1652/53, Rehoboth, Bristol Co. MA
  5. Mary Bliss, born 30 SEP 1655, Rehoboth, Bristol Co. MA
  6. Elizabeth Bliss, born 29 JAN 1656/57, Rehoboth, Bristol Co. MA
  7. Samuel Bliss, born 24 JUN 1660, Rehoboth, Bristol Co. MA
  8. Martha Bliss, born 16 APR 1663, Rehoboth, Bristol Co. MA
  9. Bethiah Bliss, born about 1664, Rehoboth, Bristol Co. MA
  10. Jonathan Bliss, born 17 SEP 1666, Rehoboth, Bristol Co. MA
  11. Dorothy Bliss, born 27 JAN 1667/68, Rehoboth, Bristol Co. MA
  12. Bethia Bliss, born AUG 1671, Rehoboth, Bristol Co. MA

Bliss Family in America - A blacksmith and farmer, of Rehoboth, Massachusets. He was admitted as a Freeman of Plymouth Colony in 1655, and of Rehoboth in 1658. He was appointed as a Freeman of Plymouth Colony in 1655, and of rehoboth in 1658. He was appointed way-warden (surveyor) in a town meeting at Rehoboth May 24, 1652 and was appointed grand-juryman May 17, 1655, and again on June 3, 1668 and May 26, 1681. He reasserted his freeman's oath of fidelity February 22, 1658. by further division of Rehoboth's common lands, Jonathan augmented the family's land holdings. He drew a lot in the meadows on the north side of the town June 22, 1658. He was one of eighty who received land in the Rehoboth North Purchase on May 26, 1668 and drew a lot for additional land in the North Purchase on March 18, 1668/9. Jonathan was appointed, after the Great Indian War, Sergeant in the town's militia. On May 16, 1682, he was chosen a constable of the town. On May 19, 1684, "Sarjant" Bliss was made a member of the commitee "to seate the meeting house", or determine the assignment of pews to Rehoboth's families.

Jonathan Bliss rose to prominence in the town of Rehoboth. He was chosen several times for postitions of trust within the community and also as overseer to the execution of the wills of many friends and relatives. He lived on the east side of the Palmer River (the Palmer River Neighborhood"), and contrary to popular beliefs did not in 1666 construct the house in North Rehoboth, which now stands on Agricultural Avenue.

(11) Samuel Bliss

Father: Jonathan Bliss
Mother: Miriam Harmon
Date of Birth: 24 JUN 1660
Place of Birth: Rehoboth, Bristol Co. MA
Date of Death: 28 AUG 1720
Place of Death: Rehoboth, Bristol Co. MA
First Marriage: April 15, 1685, Mary Kendrick, Rehoboth, Bristol Co. MI
Second Marriage: Sept 1, 1711, Rebeckah Polley, Rehoboth, Bristol Co. MA

Mary Kendrick

Father: George Kendrick
Mother: Ruth Bowen
Date of Birth: 16 JUN 1659
Place of Birth: Rehoboth, Bristol Co. MA
Date of Death: 8 FEB 1704/05
Place of Death: Rehoboth, Bristol Co. MA

Children

  1. Thomas Bliss, born 28 FEB 1684/85, Rehoboth, Bristol Co. MA
  2. Ruth Bliss, born 11 NOV 1687, Rehoboth, Bristol Co. MA
  3. Anne Bliss, born 16 MAR 1688/89, Rehoboth, Bristol Co. MA
  4. Rachel Bliss, born 1 NOV 1691, Rehoboth, Bristol Co. MA
  5. Mary Bliss, born 13 NOV 1693, Rehoboth, Bristol Co. MA
  6. Samuel Bliss, born 7 SEP 1695, Rehoboth, Bristol Co. MA
  7. Abraham Bliss, born 28 OCT 1697, Rehoboth, Bristol Co. MA
  8. Timothy Bliss, born 21 MAY 1700, Rehoboth, Bristol Co. MA
  9. Nathaniel Bliss, born 28 AUG 1702, Rehoboth, Bristol Co. MA
  10. Katharine Bliss, born 28 AUG 1702, Rehoboth, Bristol Co. MA
  11. John Bliss, born 1711

(12) Abraham Bliss

Father: Samuel Bliss
Mother: Mary Kendrick
Date of Birth: 28 OCT 1697
Place of Birth: Rehoboth, Bristol Co. MA
Date of Death: 1787
Place of Death: Rehoboth, Bristol Co. MA
First Marriage: July 11, 1728, Sarah Ormsbee, Rehoboth, Bristol Co., MA

Sarah Ormsbee

Father: Jonathan Ormsbee
Mother: Mercy Abbe
Date of Birth: July 29, 1707
Place of Birth: Rehoboth, MA
First Marriage: July 11, 1728, Abraham Bliss, Rehoboth, MA
Date of Death:
Place of Death:

Children:

  1. Abraham Bliss, born 20 JAN 1729/30
  2. Sarah Bliss, born 28 NOV 1732
  3. Mary Bliss, born 11 DEC 1733
  4. Abraham Bliss, born 10 APR 1735
  5. Isaac Bliss, born 10 MAY 1737
  6. Jacob Bliss, born 16 OCT 1739, Rehoboth, Bristol Co., MA
  7. Ebenezer Bliss, born 20 MAR 1740/41
  8. Rachel Bliss, born 8 FEB 1742/43
  9. Eleazer Elias Bliss, born 7 MAY 1745
  10. Levi Bliss, born 1747
  11. Catherine Bliss, born 1749
  12. Ann Bliss, born about 1750

(12) Nathaniel Bliss

Father: Samuel Bliss
Mother: Mary Kendrick
Date of Birth: 28 AUG 1702
Place of Birth: Rehoboth, Bristol Co. MA
Date of Death: 11 FEB 1767
First Marriage: Dec 24, 1724, Mehitable Whittaker, Rehoboth, Bristol Co. MI
Second Marriage: June 18, 1767, Margaret Peck
Third Marriage: 26 Jan 1775, Abigail Sabin

Abigail Sabin

Date of Birth: 1708
Date of Death: 1 JAN 1796
Note: The inscription on her gravestone at Seekonk, Mass, reads "Abigail, wife of Capt Nathaniel Bliss." It is therefore supposed that he was living at the time of her death.

Mehitable Whittaker

Father: John Whittaker
Mother: Mehitabella Peck
Date of Birth: 21 MAY 1701
Place of Birth: Rehoboth, Bristol Co. MA
Date of Death: 21 FEB 1767
Place of Death: Rehoboth, Bristol Co. MA

Margaret Peck

Date of Birth: about 1702
Death: 5 Jun 1774 in Rehoboth, Mass
Widow of Col. Ephraim Peck
She died at 72 yrs old

Children

  1. Mehitable Bliss, born 9 JUN 1725, Rehoboth, Bristol Co. MA
  2. Nathaniel Bliss, born 2 DEC 1727, Rehoboth, Bristol Co. MA
  3. Samuel Bliss, born 25 JUL 1730, Rehoboth, Bristol Co. MA
  4. Timothy Bliss, born 4 JAN 1732/33, Rehoboth, Bristol Co. MA
  5. Ruth Bliss, born 19 SEP 1734, Rehoboth, Bristol Co. MA
  6. Oliver Bliss, born 6 JUN 1739, Rehoboth, Bristol Co. MA
  7. Oliver Bliss, born 29 OCT 1745, Rehoboth, Bristol Co. MA

Bliss Family in America - On January 1, 1820, five of the children in this family were still living: Mehitable (94 yrs), Nathaniel Jr (92 yrs), Samuel (89 yrs), Timothy (87 yrs), and Oliver (74 yrs). Their combined ages were reported as 427 (sic) in the Rhode Island Vital Records on the occasion of Samuel's death January 5, 1820.

(13) Timothy Bliss

Father: Nathaniel Bliss
Mother: Mehitable Whittaker
Date of Birth: 4 JAN 1732/33
Place of Birth: Rehoboth, Bristol Co. MA
Date of Death: 4 JAN 1822
Place of Death: Royalston, MA
First Marriage: Hannah Putnam
Second Marriage: Aug 23, 1752, Anna Hale Kingsley, Rehoboth, Bristol Co. MA

Children

  1. Lucy Bliss, born 5 MAR 1770, Royalton, VT
  2. Elizabeth Bliss, born 15 OCT 1772, Royalton, VT
  3. Sylvanus Bliss, born JAN 1775, Royalton, VT
  4. Doritha Bliss, born 13 MAR 1777, Royalton, VT
  5. Sally Bliss, born 1 AUG 1780, Royalton, VT
  6. Aaron Bliss, born 20 SEP 1753, Royalston, Worchester Co. MA
  7. Timothy Bliss JR., born 10 JAN 1756, Royalston, Worchester Co. MA
  8. Rachel Bliss, born 2 JAN 1758, Royalston, Worchester Co. MA
  9. Israel Bliss, born 14 FEB 1759, Royalston, Worchester Co. MA
  10. Anna Bliss, born 22 JUN 1762, Royalston, Worchester Co. MA
  11. Candance Bliss, born 24 SEP 1764, Royalston, Worchester Co. MA
  12. Mehitable Bliss, born 23 DEC 1766, Royalston, Worchester Co. MA
  13. Lucy Bliss, born 5 MAR 1770, Royalton, VT

Bliss Family in America - One of the first settlers of Royalston, Mass, owning six hundred acres on the Warwick road west of the Baptist Common, and afterwards, in about 1768, moved to Royalton, Vermont.

(14) Israel Bliss

Father: Timothy Bliss
Mother: Anna Hale Kingsley
Date of Birth: 14 FEB 1759
Place of Royalston, Worchester Co. MA
Date of Death: 1825
Place of Death: Pekin, Niagara Co. New York
First Marriage: Lucinda Kinsley

Children:

  1. Sylvanus Bliss
  2. Asa Bliss, born, Royalton, VT
  3. Jotham Bliss, born, Royalton, VT
  4. Hannah Bliss
  5. Nancy Bliss
  6. Sally Bliss
  7. Hervey Bliss, born 1789
  8. Israel Bliss JR., born 1796
  9. Pardon Bliss, born 1801, Royalton, VT
  10. Lucinda Bliss, born 6 FEB 1803, Royalston, MA

(15) Lucinda Bliss

Father: Israel Bliss
Mother: Lucinda Kingsley
Date of Birth: 6 FEB 1803
Place of Birth: Royalston, MA
Date of Death: 8 APR 1825
Place of Death: Montague, Franklin Co. MA
First Marriage: Sept 29, 1820, Calvin Burnham, Royalston, MA

Calvin Burnham

Father: Moses Burnham
Mother: Abigail Bacon
Date of Birth: 13 NOV 1793
Place of Birth: Montague, Franklin, MA
Date of Death: 6 AUG 1874
Place of Death: Deerfield, Lenawee, Mich
First Marriage: 29 SEP 1820, Lucinda Bliss, Royalston, MA
Second Marriage: Oct 18, 1826, Mary Ann Bruce, Templeton, MA

Lucinda Bliss

Father: Israel Bliss
Mother: Lucinda Kingsley
Date of Birth: 6 FEB 1803
Place of Birth: Royalston, MA
Date of Death: 8 APR 1825
Place of Death: Montague, Franklin, MA

Additional Facts: Her great-great grandfather was brother of Abraham Bliss who married Sarah Ormsbee.

Mary Ann Bruce

Father: Josiah Bruce
Mother: Mary Force
Date of Birth: Oct 12, 1804
Place of Birth: Templeton, MA
Date of Death: Feb 14, 1872
Place of Death: Monroe Co., Deerfield, MI

Children: (From 1st Marriage)

  1. Olive Clarinda Burnham, born Dec 29, 1821, died July 28, 1884, married Lysander Ormsby
  2. Emmaline Lucinda Burnham, born Jan 22, 1824, died Nov 18, 1869, married William Kissell
  3. Lucinda Bliss Burnham, born Feb 2, 1825, died Dec 26, 1838

Children: (From 2nd Marriage)

  1. Almond Bruce Burnham, born Sept 4, 1826, Montague, Franklin Co., MA
  2. Julia Ann Burnham, born Oct 12, 1827, Montague, Franklin Co., MA, , died Jan 3, 1901, Married Charles Peters
  3. Dwight Velores Burnham, born July 25, 1829, Montague, Franklin Co., MA, , died June 30, 1843
  4. Emory Warren Burnham, born June 26, 1831, Montague, Franklin Co., MA, , died Nov 7, 1905, married Charlotte Lucretia Hemenway
  5. Esther Marrietta Burnham, born Nov 4, 1834, Montague, Franklin, Co., MA
  6. Albert Calvin Burnham, born Feb 20, 1839, Deefield Twp. Lenawee Co., MI
  7. Edward Eugene Burnham, born Dec 16, 1842, Deerfield, Twp., Lenawee Co., MI
  8. Ellen Maria Burnham, born Dec 16, 1842, Deerfield, Twp., Lenawee Co., MI
  9. Parmelia Burnham, born about 1846
  10. Marshall Herbert Burnaham, born June 10, 1846, Deerfield, Twp., Lenawee Co., MI

Olive Clarinda Burnham

Father: Calvin Burnham
Mother:Lucinda Bliss
Date of Birth: 29 DEC 1821
Place of Birth: Montague, Franklin, Mass.
Date of Death: July 28, 1884
Place of Death: Summerfield Twp, Petersburg, MI
First Marriage: Feb. 27, 1840, Lysander Ormsby

Lysander Ormsby

Father: Samuel Ormsby
Mother: Rachel Day
Date of Birth: July 15, 1815
Place of Birth: Westhampton, Hampshire Co., MA
Date of Death: Jan 23/25 1911
Place of Death: Deerfield, MI

Children:

  1. Eliza C. Ormsby
  2. Edwin Samuel Ormsby
  3. Alvin Lysander Ormsby
  4. Lilla Cordelia Ormsby
  5. Ella (Etta) B. Ormsby
  6. Harriet (Hattie A.) A. (B) Ormsby

Additional Facts:

Lucinda Bliss Burnham Birth: 2 FEB 1825 , Montague, Franklin, Mass. Death: 26 DEC 1838

Michigan Census 1790-1890
1820 Calvin Burnham, Berkshire County, MA, Township Lenox
1830 Calvin Burnham, Franklin County MA, Township Montagure
1840 Calvin Burnham, Monroe County, MI, Township Summerfield
1850 Calvin Burnham, Monroe County, MI, Township Summerfield

Deerfield Ray article: The first church was built in Monroe, in 1790, and Rev. Antoine A. Gillott was its pastor, and Calvin Burnham, late of Summerfield, Monroe county, taught the first English school. Monroe is now a fine and healthy city, and contains about 6,000 inhabitants.

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