Katherine Chapin

Abt 1626 - 1712  (~ 86 years)

• Name	Katherine Chapin  [1]
  Christening	Abt 1626	Berry Pomeroy, Devonshire, South West England   [2, 3]
  Gender	Female
  Death	4 Feb 1711/12	Springfield, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts   [4]
  Person ID	I1923	Cooley Miller Sears Barnhouse
  Last Modified	27 Jul 2020

  
  

  Family 1	Nathaniel Bliss,   b. Est 1622, Gloucestershire, England bur. 18 Nov 1654, Springfield, Massachusetts Bay Colony (Age ~ 32 years)
  Marriage	20 Nov 1646	Springfield, Massachusetts Bay Colony   [5]
  	The records say the 9th month of 1646. Since the year ended the 24th of March at that time, the ninth month would be November. From MVR: "Nathainell Bliss & Katheryne Chapin were married 9 mon 20 day 1646.
  Children	1. Samuel Bliss,   b. 7 Nov 1647, Springfield, Non-County Area 1, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. 19 Jun 1749, Springfield, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts (Age 101 years)   2. Margaret Bliss,   b. 12 Nov 1649, Springfield, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. 3 Apr 1745, Colchester, New London Co, Connecticut (Age 95 years)   3. Mary Bliss,   b. 23 Sep 1651, Springfield, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. Est 1722 (Age 70 years)   4. Nathaniel Bliss,   b. 27 Mar 1653, Springfield, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. 23 Dec 1736, Springfield, Massachusetts Bay Colony (Age 83 years)
  Family ID	F714	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Apr 2021

  
  

  Family 2	Living
  Family ID	F828	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2020

  
  

  Family 3	Living
  Family ID	F829	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2020

  
  

• Notes

  Widow Katharine Bliss, about eight months after her husband's death, m(2) 31 Jul 1655 Thomas Gilbert; by him she had four more children. When Gilbert died 5 Jun 1662 she soon m(3) Samuel Marshfield 28 Dec 1664; by him she had four children making twelve in all. For most widows and widowers not much time was lost in mourning or widowhood*. For men with small children it was of utmost importance to bring a new mother into the family. But times were hard for a widow with little children too and men at this time outnumbered the women in the colonies so there was no lack of suitors for single women. *An exception to this was Nathaniel's own mother, Margaret Hulings, who didn't re-marry after her husband, Thomas Bliss Sr's death in 1650. She removed to Springfield in 1651 and quite admirably raised her young children of 8, 10 (twins), 12, 15, and 17. By this time the oldest three, Nathaniel, Mary, and Lawrence hand struck out on their own. [6] (Research):Devon, also known as Devonshire, is a county of England, reaching from the Bristol Channelin the north to the English Channel in the south. It is part of South West England, bounded by Cornwall to the west, Somerset to the north east, and Dorset to the east. Devon has also featured in most of the civil conflicts in England since the Norman conquest, including the Wars of the Roses, Perkin Warbeck's rising in 1497, the Prayer Book Rebellion of 1549, and the English Civil War (1642-1651). Berry Pomeroy is a village, civil parish and former manor in the former hundred of Haytor, today within South Hams district of Devon, England, about two miles east of Totnes. It was the caput (a Latin word meaning literally "head" and by metonymy "top") of a large feudal barony whose holder is listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Ralph de Pomeroy, who held in total within Devon 54 manors, three smaller parcels of land and six houses in Exeter, capital of Devon. It was one of only eight feudal baronies in Devon. The family retained the barony until 1547. It comprised almost 32 knight's fees in the Cartae Baronum of 1166. The family came from La Pommeraye, Calvados, near Falaise in Normandy. - Wikipedia

  
  

• Sources

  [S627] Torrey, Clarence Almon, Sanborn, Melinde Lutz (supplements), NE Marriages, (Database and images. Ancestry. https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3824, Ancestry.com Operations Inc., 2012. ). [S606] New England Historic and Genealogical Society, NEHGR, (The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGR), 1847-2011, published by New England Historical and Genealogical Society (NEHGS) ), Vol 83, pp 352, 355, "The English Ancestry of Dea Samuel Chapin" (Reliability: 3). [S636] Ancestry.com, England births, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc), Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 916,810. (Reliability: 3). [S592] Holbrook, Jay Mack, MVR, (Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook). ), Family Search, Kathrien Marshfeild, 04 Feb 1712; p197, Springfield City Hall; FHL microfilm 185,414. (Reliability: 3). [S592] Holbrook, Jay Mack, MVR, (Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook). ), Nathaniell Bliss & Katheryne Chapin were married 9 Mon: 20 day 1646; FHL microfilm 185, 414 (Reliability: 3). [S704] John Homer Bliss, Oliver Bliss, and Syslvester Bliss, Bliss genealogy, (Boston Mass, Printed by the Author, 1881), p36 (Reliability: 3).