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Samuel Bliss

Male 1647 - 1749  (101 years)


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  • Name Samuel Bliss 
    Birth 7 Nov 1647  Springfield, Non-County Area 1, Massachusetts Bay Colony Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Christening 7 Nov 1647  Springfield, Non-County Area 1, Massachusetts Bay Colony Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Gender Male 
    Death 19 Jun 1749  Springfield, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4] 
    Person ID I682  Cooley Miller Sears Barnhouse
    Last Modified 8 Oct 2020 

    Father Nathaniel Bliss,   b. Est 1622, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationbur. 18 Nov 1654, Springfield, Massachusetts Bay Colony Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 32 years) 
    Mother Katherine Chapin,   c. Abt 1626, Berry Pomeroy, Devonshire, South West England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Feb 1711/12, Springfield, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 86 years) 
    Marriage 20 Nov 1646  Springfield, Massachusetts Bay Colony Find all individuals with events at this location  [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.
    Family ID F714  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Sarah Stebbins,   b. 6 Aug 1654, Springfield, Massachusetts Bay Colony Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Nov 1721, Springfield, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years) 
    Marriage 2 Jan 1671/72  Springfield, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Children 
     1. Samuel Bliss,   b. 10 Aug 1677, Springfield, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 Aug 1692, Springfield, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 15 years)
     2. Nathaniel Bliss,   b. 8 Sep 1679, Springfield, Massachusetts Bay Colony Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Mar 1750/51, Springfield, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years)
     3. Sarah Bliss,   b. Abt Oct 1681, Springfield, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     4. Margaret Bliss,   b. 23 Nov 1683, Springfield, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Est 1744, Probably Brimfield, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years)
     5. Thomas Bliss,   b. 22 Jan 1684/85, Springfield, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Sep 1767, Springfield, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)
     6. Hannah Bliss,   b. Abt Aug 1687, Springfield, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Apr 1711, Springfield, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 23 years)
     7. John Bliss,   b. 4 Nov 1699, Springfield, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Oct 1784, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years)
     8. Samuel Bliss,   b. 25 Apr 1694, Springfield, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Dec 1724, Springfield, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 30 years)
     9. Ebenezer Bliss,   b. 4 Mar 1695/96, Springfield, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Aug 1784, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years)
    Family ID F452  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 5 Aug 2020 

  • Notes 
    • Note: According to these dates he was 101 years old at his death. Mortimer Cooley in the Cooley Genealogy noted that Samuel Bliss was aged 102 at his death (101 years, 5 months).
      From Boston Post-Boy, Boston, Massachusetts dated 17 Jul 1749. "On the 19th past [19 June 1749] died at Springfield, Mr. Samuel Bliss, in the 102d Year of his age: He was born in that Town, Sept 7, 1647; and has left alive 6 Children, 38 grandchildren, 114 Great-Grandchildren, and 10 great-great-grandchildren".
      Children and death years: Samuel Jr-1st, 1692; Nathaniel 2nd, 1751; Sarah, ?; Margaret, est 1744, Thomas Bliss, 1767; Hannah, 1711; John 1784; Samuel Jr-2nd, 1724; and Ebenezer, 1784.
      By my count four childern were definitely alive after 19 Jun 1749: Nathaniel 2nd, Thomas, John, and Ebenezer. Sarah's death date is unknown so if after 1749 she would be the 5th child alive. [7]

  • Sources 
    1. [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). ), Samuell was born the "9 mon 7 day 1647, a little before day break and baptized ye same day". [7 Nov 1647] (Reliability: 3).

    2. [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). ), Christening, Samuell Bliss, 7 Nov 1647 (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S289] Mortimer Elwyn Cooley, Cooley Genealogy main, (The Tuttle Publishing Company, Inc., Rutland, Vermont, 1941), pp458 (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S721] Ralph Stebbins Greenlee and Robert Lemuel Greenlee, Stebbins genealogy Vol 1, (Privately printed, Chicago Illinois, 1904), p97; died as a resident in the long meddowe precinct of Springfield. (Reliability: 3).

    5. [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).

    6. [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. ), "Bliss, Samuel (1647-1749) & Saraj Stebbins (1654-1721); 2 Jan 1671; Springfield" (Reliability: 3).

    7. [S721] Ralph Stebbins Greenlee and Robert Lemuel Greenlee, Stebbins genealogy Vol 1, (Privately printed, Chicago Illinois, 1904), p60 (Reliability: 3).


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