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When Thomas Bliss was born on 20 March 1583, in Belstone, Devon, England, his father, Thomas Bliss, was 20 and his mother, Ann Almay, was 20. He married Margaret Snowe on 14 April 1616, in Gloucester St John the Baptist, Gloucestershire, England.
Apr 22, 2024 · Similarly, the grandson Thomas Bliss would be called Thomas Bliss "III" in England, but called Thomas Bliss "Jr." in America according to the Hartford property documents. (f/g) Thomas Bliss Birth: 1583 Fairford, England Death: Feb., 1650 Hartford Hartford County Connecticut, USA
Thomas Bliss II. Birth. 1583. Belstone, West Devon Borough, Devon, England. Death. Feb 1650 (aged 66–67) Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA. Burial. Ancient Burying Ground.
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Birth
1. Thomas Blisse was born about 1588 (assuming he was about 25 when he married), probably in the vicinity of Daventry, Northamptonshire, England where he married. There is no known record of Thomas' birth or baptism. Two sets of possible parents have been identified, but not proven. See Research Notes. He is believed by some to be the brother of George Blisse, but this seems to be based on their shared names and rough proximity. 1.1. Robert Charles Anderson marked his and his brothers's origi...
Marriages
1. Thomas Blisse married Dority Wheathe 22 November 1614 at Holy Cross, Daventry, Northamptonshire, England.Dorothy Bliss wife of Thomas was buried at Daventry 16 March 1631. 1. Abigail Southam & Thomas Bliss were married Feb 1632/3, in Daventry, Northamptonshire. Her death is unknown. Did she die in England before Thomas migrated? A record of her burial has not been found in Daventry. Did she migrate? There are no records of her in New England, but that would not be unusual. She is not menti...
Death
1. Death: at Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, before his inventory dated 21 8m 1647 (21 Oct 1647).
Identification of Thomas Bliss's English Origins: We have no New England record indicating the name of Thomas's wife (or whether she was with him in New England), or other clues suggesting more specifically where Thomas was from. The identification of Thomas seems to be based on the cluster of baptisms in Daventry to Thomas and Dorothie that can be...
Hoppin, Charles Arthur. The Bliss book : a romantic history of the Bliss family from the time of its beginning in England, to its advent into America ... (Hartford, Conn. : Priv. print., 1913.) p...Northamptonshire : Daventry : Holy Cross : : "Parish Register" database, FreeREG (https://www.freereg.org.uk/search_records/58eee10af493fd3eb4a07887: viewed 27 Jan 2024) marriage Thomas Blisse to...Daventry parish registers in "Northamptonshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1532-1812", series 1630-1700, image 71, at Ancestry.com(subscription required).- Male
- October 21, 1647
Thomas Bliss, Sr., Hartford Founder. ‹ Back to The Founders. Compiled by Timothy Lester Jacobs, SDFH Genealogist. THOMAS 1 BLISS, HARTFORD FOUNDER was born abt. 1590 in England, and died bef. 14 Feb 1650/51 in Hartford, CT. He married MARGARET HULINS bef. 1618 in England. She was born abt. 1597 in England, and died 28 Aug 1684 in Springfield, MA.
Born in Fairford, Cotswold District, Gloucestershire, England on 1583 to John Thomas Bliss and Alice Smith. Thomas Bliss married Margaret Lawrence Hulins and had 10 children. He passed away on ABT 14 Feb 1650 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, USA.
