Mary (Morgan) Bliss

Family

Sources

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: "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.

2. 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.

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).

   Bliss Family (1881) #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"; NEHGR 31:419 (Allen): "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." Independent of Stebbins Gen.; matches marriage 1704-01-20.

4. Greenlee, The Stebbins Genealogy (1904), First Generation #1: "ROWLAND STEBBINS was born, 1594, in England; died December 14, 1671 (T. R.) at Northampton, Massachusetts; married in England to SARAH ___, born, 1591, in England; died October 1649 ["Sarah, wife of Rowland Stebbins, buried 4 (8) 1649." Springfield records, NEHGR 9:171] at Springfield ... CHILDREN: Thomas, born 1620; married Hannah Wright ... Sarah, born 1623; married Thomas Merrick ... John, born 1626 ... Elizabeth, born 1628; married John Clark." Matches thomas-stebbins-bsb: b. 1620, m. Hannah Wright.

   Greenlee, The Stebbins Genealogy (1904): "NATHANIEL BLISS, son of Sarah Stebbins and Samuel Bliss, was born September 8, 1679; died March 12, 1751; married January 20, 1704, to MARY MORGAN, who died November 22, 1739, daughter of David Morgan and Mary Clark (daughter of Elizabeth Stebbins and John Clark No. 5)." And #38: "MARY CLARK, daughter of Elizabeth Stebbins and John Clark, was born March 31, 1654, at Springfield, Massachusetts; died April 22, 1755, at Springfield; married January 16, 1672, at Springfield, to DAVID MORGAN, born 1648, at Springfield, Massachusetts; died May 30, 1731, at Springfield, who was a son of Miles Morgan and Prudence ___. CHILDREN: ... VIII. Mary Morgan, married Nathaniel Bliss [No. 72]." Matches mary-morgan-bliss: marriage 1704-01-20 to Nathaniel Bliss (b. 1679-09-08, d. 1751-03-12), her death 1739-11-22.

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: "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.

6. Greenlee, The Stebbins Genealogy (1904), First Generation #1: "ROWLAND STEBBINS was born, 1594, in England; died December 14, 1671 (T. R.) at Northampton, Massachusetts; married in England to SARAH ___, born, 1591, in England; died October 1649 ["Sarah, wife of Rowland Stebbins, buried 4 (8) 1649." Springfield records, NEHGR 9:171] at Springfield ... CHILDREN: Thomas, born 1620; married Hannah Wright ... Sarah, born 1623; married Thomas Merrick ... John, born 1626 ... Elizabeth, born 1628; married John Clark." Matches thomas-stebbins-bsb: b. 1620, m. Hannah Wright.

   Greenlee, The Stebbins Genealogy (1904): "NATHANIEL BLISS, son of Sarah Stebbins and Samuel Bliss, was born September 8, 1679; died March 12, 1751; married January 20, 1704, to MARY MORGAN, who died November 22, 1739, daughter of David Morgan and Mary Clark (daughter of Elizabeth Stebbins and John Clark No. 5)." And #38: "MARY CLARK, daughter of Elizabeth Stebbins and John Clark, was born March 31, 1654, at Springfield, Massachusetts; died April 22, 1755, at Springfield; married January 16, 1672, at Springfield, to DAVID MORGAN, born 1648, at Springfield, Massachusetts; died May 30, 1731, at Springfield, who was a son of Miles Morgan and Prudence ___. CHILDREN: ... VIII. Mary Morgan, married Nathaniel Bliss [No. 72]." Matches mary-morgan-bliss: marriage 1704-01-20 to Nathaniel Bliss (b. 1679-09-08, d. 1751-03-12), her death 1739-11-22.