Mary Bliss (Chaffee) Smith

Family

Sources

1. Cutter, Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of the State of Massachusetts, vol. II (1910), pp. 878-879, Bemis family: "(VII) Robert Wheatland, son of Robert Eddy and Martha G. (Wheatland) Bemis ... He married Rachel, daughter of Jahleel and Mary (Chaffee) Smith. She was born August 21, 1827 ... Children: ... Mary Catherine, married Wilber Swan" ; "Jahleel (2), son of Jahleel (1) Smith, married Mary Bliss, daughter of Captain Comfort Chaffee. Children: Mary Ann, born June 20, 1820, married Thomas Richards, of Holyoke; Ellen Amanda, November 5, 1822, married Josiah Fuller, of Chicopee ...; Persis Maria, August 1, 1825, married Adna Bates ...; Rachel, who married Robert W. Bemis". Matches rachel-zerniah-smith-bemis: (1) exact birth 1827-08-21; (2) husband Robert W(heatland) Bemis; (3) daughter Mary Catherine m. Wilber Swan; father Jahleel = johleel-smith (b. Sandisfield 1794-10-03 per same page's Jahleel (1) family list).

   Cutter, Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of the State of Massachusetts, vol. II (1910), pp. 878-879, Bemis family: "(VII) Robert Wheatland, son of Robert Eddy and Martha G. (Wheatland) Bemis ... He married Rachel, daughter of Jahleel and Mary (Chaffee) Smith. She was born August 21, 1827 ... Children: ... Mary Catherine, married Wilber Swan" ; "Jahleel (2), son of Jahleel (1) Smith, married Mary Bliss, daughter of Captain Comfort Chaffee. Children: Mary Ann, born June 20, 1820, married Thomas Richards, of Holyoke; Ellen Amanda, November 5, 1822, married Josiah Fuller, of Chicopee ...; Persis Maria, August 1, 1825, married Adna Bates ...; Rachel, who married Robert W. Bemis". Matches rachel-zerniah-smith-bemis: (1) exact birth 1827-08-21; (2) husband Robert W(heatland) Bemis; (3) daughter Mary Catherine m. Wilber Swan; father Jahleel = johleel-smith (b. Sandisfield 1794-10-03 per same page's Jahleel (1) family list).

2. The Chaffee Genealogy (1909), Appendix B, p. 565: "Joseph Hills was born in Billerica [Billericay], Essex County, England, in 1602, and married Rose Clark. He emigrated to New England in 1638. He had: Gershom Hills, born in Charlestown, Mass., July 7, 1639, and married Elizabeth Chadwick. He lived in Malden, Mass., and had: Sarah Hills, married John Chaffe (16). Abigail Hills, married Joseph Chaffe (18)." Same book #16: heirs of Gershom Hills quitclaimed land in Malden (1721) "given to Gershom Hills by his father, Joseph Hills of Newbury, Mass., September 10, 1677." Matches gershom-hills-bsb: of Malden; m. Elizabeth Chadwick; daughters Sarah (Chaffee) and Abigail (Chaffee).

   William H. Chaffee, The Chaffee Genealogy (1909), #1615 (p. ~331): "Mary Bliss Chaffee (Comfort, Comfort, Joseph, John, Joseph, Thomas) was born in South Wilbraham, Mass., January 9, 1797, and died in Chicopee, Mass., April 15, 1874. She married in South Wilbraham, April 22, 1819, Ishled [Jahleel] Smith of that place, their intention of marriage being entered there, March 26, 1819. He was born in Sandisfield, Mass., October 3, 1794, and died in Springfield, Mass. ... March 10, 1841. He was a hotel-keeper and also a clothier. Children: Mary Ann Smith, born in 1820 ...; Ellen Amanda Smith, born in 1822; married Fuller ...; Persis Maria Smith, born in 1825; Rachel Zuriah Smith, born in 1827." Matches: husband's exact birth date/place = johleel-smith (Sandisfield 1794-10-03, Draper); daughter Rachel Zuriah b. 1827 = rachel-zerniah-smith-bemis; same sister set (Mary Ann, Ellen Amanda, Persis Maria) as Cutter. NB: husband death given 1841 Springfield here vs 1839 Chicopee (Draper).

3. Cutter, Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of the State of Massachusetts, vol. II (1910), pp. 878-879, Bemis family: "(VII) Robert Wheatland, son of Robert Eddy and Martha G. (Wheatland) Bemis ... He married Rachel, daughter of Jahleel and Mary (Chaffee) Smith. She was born August 21, 1827 ... Children: ... Mary Catherine, married Wilber Swan" ; "Jahleel (2), son of Jahleel (1) Smith, married Mary Bliss, daughter of Captain Comfort Chaffee. Children: Mary Ann, born June 20, 1820, married Thomas Richards, of Holyoke; Ellen Amanda, November 5, 1822, married Josiah Fuller, of Chicopee ...; Persis Maria, August 1, 1825, married Adna Bates ...; Rachel, who married Robert W. Bemis". Matches rachel-zerniah-smith-bemis: (1) exact birth 1827-08-21; (2) husband Robert W(heatland) Bemis; (3) daughter Mary Catherine m. Wilber Swan; father Jahleel = johleel-smith (b. Sandisfield 1794-10-03 per same page's Jahleel (1) family list).

   Cutter, Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of the State of Massachusetts, vol. II (1910), pp. 878-879, Bemis family: "(VII) Robert Wheatland, son of Robert Eddy and Martha G. (Wheatland) Bemis ... He married Rachel, daughter of Jahleel and Mary (Chaffee) Smith. She was born August 21, 1827 ... Children: ... Mary Catherine, married Wilber Swan" ; "Jahleel (2), son of Jahleel (1) Smith, married Mary Bliss, daughter of Captain Comfort Chaffee. Children: Mary Ann, born June 20, 1820, married Thomas Richards, of Holyoke; Ellen Amanda, November 5, 1822, married Josiah Fuller, of Chicopee ...; Persis Maria, August 1, 1825, married Adna Bates ...; Rachel, who married Robert W. Bemis". Matches rachel-zerniah-smith-bemis: (1) exact birth 1827-08-21; (2) husband Robert W(heatland) Bemis; (3) daughter Mary Catherine m. Wilber Swan; father Jahleel = johleel-smith (b. Sandisfield 1794-10-03 per same page's Jahleel (1) family list).

4. The Chaffee Genealogy (1909), Appendix B, p. 565: "Joseph Hills was born in Billerica [Billericay], Essex County, England, in 1602, and married Rose Clark. He emigrated to New England in 1638. He had: Gershom Hills, born in Charlestown, Mass., July 7, 1639, and married Elizabeth Chadwick. He lived in Malden, Mass., and had: Sarah Hills, married John Chaffe (16). Abigail Hills, married Joseph Chaffe (18)." Same book #16: heirs of Gershom Hills quitclaimed land in Malden (1721) "given to Gershom Hills by his father, Joseph Hills of Newbury, Mass., September 10, 1677." Matches gershom-hills-bsb: of Malden; m. Elizabeth Chadwick; daughters Sarah (Chaffee) and Abigail (Chaffee).

   William H. Chaffee, The Chaffee Genealogy (1909), #1615 (p. ~331): "Mary Bliss Chaffee (Comfort, Comfort, Joseph, John, Joseph, Thomas) was born in South Wilbraham, Mass., January 9, 1797, and died in Chicopee, Mass., April 15, 1874. She married in South Wilbraham, April 22, 1819, Ishled [Jahleel] Smith of that place, their intention of marriage being entered there, March 26, 1819. He was born in Sandisfield, Mass., October 3, 1794, and died in Springfield, Mass. ... March 10, 1841. He was a hotel-keeper and also a clothier. Children: Mary Ann Smith, born in 1820 ...; Ellen Amanda Smith, born in 1822; married Fuller ...; Persis Maria Smith, born in 1825; Rachel Zuriah Smith, born in 1827." Matches: husband's exact birth date/place = johleel-smith (Sandisfield 1794-10-03, Draper); daughter Rachel Zuriah b. 1827 = rachel-zerniah-smith-bemis; same sister set (Mary Ann, Ellen Amanda, Persis Maria) as Cutter. NB: husband death given 1841 Springfield here vs 1839 Chicopee (Draper).

5. The Chaffee Genealogy (1909), Appendix B, p. 565: "Joseph Hills was born in Billerica [Billericay], Essex County, England, in 1602, and married Rose Clark. He emigrated to New England in 1638. He had: Gershom Hills, born in Charlestown, Mass., July 7, 1639, and married Elizabeth Chadwick. He lived in Malden, Mass., and had: Sarah Hills, married John Chaffe (16). Abigail Hills, married Joseph Chaffe (18)." Same book #16: heirs of Gershom Hills quitclaimed land in Malden (1721) "given to Gershom Hills by his father, Joseph Hills of Newbury, Mass., September 10, 1677." Matches gershom-hills-bsb: of Malden; m. Elizabeth Chadwick; daughters Sarah (Chaffee) and Abigail (Chaffee).

   The Chaffee Genealogy (1909), #622, pp. 184-185: "Comfort Chaffe, Jr. (Comfort, Joseph, John, Joseph, Thomas), was born in South Wilbraham, Mass., July 3, 1767, and died there, August 18, 1841. He married in South Wilbraham, June 13, 1796, Persis, daughter of Jonathan S. Skinner of Woodstock, Conn. ... She died there December 20, 1857, aged eighty-one ... He was also a Captain in the State Militia ... north of the land of his father, Comfort Chaffee, Sr. In 1811 and 1812 he bought of his sister Lucretia (Chaffee) Cadwell, and his brother Nathaniel B. Chaffee, all their interest in the estate of their father ... Children, born in South Wilbraham: i Mary Bliss Chaffee, born January 9, 1797; married Ishled Smith." Matches mary-chaffee-smith: exact birth 1797-01-09, husband (J)ahleel Smith; Cutter independently calls her "daughter of Captain Comfort Chaffee" (Comfort Jr. was the militia Captain).