Nathaniel Bliss

Est 1622 - 1654  (~ 32 years)

• Name	Nathaniel Bliss  [1]
  Birth	Est 1622	Gloucestershire, England
  Gender	Male
  Burial	18 Nov 1654	Springfield, Massachusetts Bay Colony   [2]
  Person ID	I1922	Cooley Miller Sears Barnhouse
  Last Modified	30 Apr 2021

  
  

  Father	Thomas Blisse,   b. Abt 1580-1590, South West England d. Bef Feb 1650/51, Hartford, Connecticut Colony (Age ~ 61 years)
  Mother	Margaret Hulings,   b. Abt 1590-1600, South West England d. 28 Apr 1684, Springfield, Massachusetts Bay Colony (Age ~ 84 years)
  Marriage	18 Oct 1621	Gloucestershire, England   [3]
  	Married at St. Nicholas Church, Gloucester
  Family ID	F811	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Katherine Chapin,   c. Abt 1626, Berry Pomeroy, Devonshire, South West England d. 4 Feb 1711/12, Springfield, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts (Age ~ 86 years)
  Marriage	20 Nov 1646	Springfield, Massachusetts Bay Colony   [4]
  	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

  
  

• Notes

  I have downgraded Nathaniel's birth date to an estimation because it is not clear he or his father were members of the Church of England and the current Bliss descendant sources of baptism data come from Gloucestershire Anglican Parish Registers. NATHANIEL BLISS of Springfield Massachusetts Bay Colony, (son of Thomas Blisse Sr and Margaret Hulings or Hulins) was born in England, came to America with his father in 1635, and removed to Springfield with his mother in 1643, about seven years after that place was purchased from the Indians by William Pynchon. Three years later, when they were well settled, he married Katharine, daughter of Deacon Samuel Chapin, of Springfield 20 Nov 1646, a few days before his sister Mary was married to Joseph Parsons. In Springfield his home lot was ten rods wide and was the second below the present William Street. He died 18 Nov 1654. Widow Bliss married Thomas Gilbert 31 Jul 1655. Nathaniel d..Springfield. Mass., 18 Nov. 1654, his mother d. there 28 Aug. 1684, thus accounting for Nathaniel not being mentioned in her will. From: NEXUS, Vol viii, No 6, New England Historic Genealogical Society, pub Dec 1991: (A-172) BLISS/CHAPIN \endash Nathaniel2 BLISS was the Son of Thomas & Margaret (HULINS) BLISS, poss a 2nd m. for Thomas. Son Nathaniel d .Springfield. Mass 18 Nov. 1654, his mother d. there 28 Aug 1684, thus accounting for Nathaniel not being mentioned in her will. (The American Genealogist 52[1976]:193-97, 60[1984]:202: and A.T. Bliss, Genealogy of the Bliss Family in America, Vol. 1[1982], pp. 27-32, 41-42) Information supplied to NEHGS by: Eleanor L. Rue, 14201 Idaho-Maryland Rd.. Nevada City. CA 95959 and Elizabeth B. Kennedy, 77 Dockham Shore Rd., Gilford, NH 03246. [5, 6, 7]

  
  

• Sources

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