Nathaniel Bliss

Family

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1. Bliss Family (1881) p.36 (same URL): Nathaniel "married Catharine, daughter of Dea. Samuel Chapin, of S., Nov. 20, 1646" — father named; mother unnamed in Bliss (Cicely from Chapin genealogies).

   John Homer Bliss, Genealogy of the Bliss Family in America (1881), #229, p. ~68: "NATHANIEL, of Wilbraham, Mass., (son of Nathaniel Bliss and Mary Morgan, of Longmeadow, Mass.,) was born Oct. 26, 1704, and was one of the twenty-four original settlers of W., who were incorporated as a parish in 1741. He was married Sept. 25, 1733, to Priscilla, daughter of David and Martha [Hall] Burt. She was born March 18, 1711, and died April 12, 1769. He d. Nov. 23, 1771. Issue: 625. Mary, b. Nov. 21, 1734, m. Jan. 19, 1758, Comfort Chaffee of W." Matches mary-bliss-chaffee: (1) exact birth 1734-11-21; (2) marriage to Comfort Chaffee 1758-01-19; (3) Wilbraham; (4) death 1774-04-15 already locked from Chaffee Gen / gravestone.

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), #244: Comfort Chaffee "married (1) January 19, 1758, Mary, daughter of Nathaniel Bliss, their marriage intention being recorded in Springfield, Mass. She was born November 21, 1734, and died April 15, 1774." Independently: "April 6, 1773, Comfort and Mary (Bliss) Chaffee sold ... part of the estate of the late Nathaniel Bliss, father of Mary." Confirms father Nathaniel Bliss; exact birth/death/marriage match mary-bliss-chaffee. Mother not named here (supplied by Bliss Family 1881).

3. Bliss Family (1881) p.36 (same URL): Nathaniel "married Catharine, daughter of Dea. Samuel Chapin, of S., Nov. 20, 1646" — father named; mother unnamed in Bliss (Cicely from Chapin genealogies).

   John Homer Bliss, Genealogy of the Bliss Family in America (1881), #229: "NATHANIEL, of Wilbraham, Mass., (son of Nathaniel Bliss and Mary Morgan, of Longmeadow, Mass.,) was born Oct. 26, 1704 … married Sept. 25, 1733, to Priscilla … He d. Nov. 23, 1771." Same book #88: "NATHANIEL, of Longmeadow, Mass., (son of Samuel Bliss and Sarah Stebbins of L.,) was born Sept. 8, 1679, and married Jan. 20, 1704, to Mary, daughter of David and Mary Morgan, (born Dec. 24, 1686,) who died Nov. 22, 1739. … Issue: 229. *Nathaniel, b. Oct. 26, 1704, d. Nov. 23, 1771." Matches nathaniel-bliss-bsb: (1) exact birth 1704-10-26; (2) death 1771-11-23; (3) m. Priscilla Burt 1733; (4) explicit son-of naming in #229 heading.

4. Willard S. Allen, "Longmeadow (Mass.) Families," NEHGR 31 (Oct 1877): 418: "3d Generation. Samuel Bliss, of Longmeadow, son of Nathaniel and Catharine Bliss, was married, Jan. 2, 1672, to Sarah Stebbins, dau. of Thomas and Hannah Stebbins ... Their children: ... Nathaniel, born Sept. 8, 1679, died March 12, 1751." Independent of Bliss 1881; matches marriage 1672-01-02 Samuel Bliss x Sarah Stebbins, son Nathaniel b. 1679-09-08.

   Willard S. Allen, "Longmeadow (Mass.) Families," NEHGR 31 (Oct 1877): 419 (IA sim_new-england-historical-and-genealogical-register_1877-10_31): "4th Generation. Nathaniel Bliss, of Longmeadow, son of Samuel and Sarah Bliss … was married Jan. 20, 1704, to Mary Morgan, dau. of David and Mary Morgan. She was born Dec. 24, 1686. Their children were: Nathaniel, born Oct. 26, 1704, died Nov. 23, 1771; …" Independent of Bliss Family 1881. Matches: birth 1704-10-26, death 1771-11-23, mother maiden Morgan, father of Longmeadow; child list places our Nathaniel as eldest son.

5. Bliss Family (1881) p.36 (same URL): Nathaniel "married Catharine, daughter of Dea. Samuel Chapin, of S., Nov. 20, 1646" — father named; mother unnamed in Bliss (Cicely from Chapin genealogies).

   John Homer Bliss, Genealogy of the Bliss Family in America (1881), #229, p. ~68: "NATHANIEL, of Wilbraham, Mass., (son of Nathaniel Bliss and Mary Morgan, of Longmeadow, Mass.,) was born Oct. 26, 1704, and was one of the twenty-four original settlers of W., who were incorporated as a parish in 1741. He was married Sept. 25, 1733, to Priscilla, daughter of David and Martha [Hall] Burt. She was born March 18, 1711, and died April 12, 1769. He d. Nov. 23, 1771. Issue: 625. Mary, b. Nov. 21, 1734, m. Jan. 19, 1758, Comfort Chaffee of W." Matches mary-bliss-chaffee: (1) exact birth 1734-11-21; (2) marriage to Comfort Chaffee 1758-01-19; (3) Wilbraham; (4) death 1774-04-15 already locked from Chaffee Gen / gravestone.

6. Bliss Family (1881) p.36 (same URL): Nathaniel "married Catharine, daughter of Dea. Samuel Chapin, of S., Nov. 20, 1646" — father named; mother unnamed in Bliss (Cicely from Chapin genealogies).

   John Homer Bliss, Genealogy of the Bliss Family in America (1881), #229: "NATHANIEL, of Wilbraham, Mass., (son of Nathaniel Bliss and Mary Morgan, of Longmeadow, Mass.,) was born Oct. 26, 1704 … married Sept. 25, 1733, to Priscilla … He d. Nov. 23, 1771." Same book #88: "NATHANIEL, of Longmeadow, Mass., (son of Samuel Bliss and Sarah Stebbins of L.,) was born Sept. 8, 1679, and married Jan. 20, 1704, to Mary, daughter of David and Mary Morgan, (born Dec. 24, 1686,) who died Nov. 22, 1739. … Issue: 229. *Nathaniel, b. Oct. 26, 1704, d. Nov. 23, 1771." Matches nathaniel-bliss-bsb: (1) exact birth 1704-10-26; (2) death 1771-11-23; (3) m. Priscilla Burt 1733; (4) explicit son-of naming in #229 heading.