Nathaniel 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).

   John Homer Bliss, Genealogy of the Bliss Family in America (1881), #32: "SAMUEL, of Longmeadow, Mass., (son of Nathaniel Bliss and Catharine Chapin, of Springfield, Mass.,) was born at S., Nov. 7, 1647, lived to the advanced age of one hundred and one and one-half years ... He was married Jan. 2, 1672, to Sarah (daughter of Thomas and Hannah) Stebbins, who was born August 18, 1654, and died Nov. 6, 1721. He died June 19, 1749. Issue: ... 88. *Nathaniel, b. Sept. 8, 1679, d. March 12, 1751." Same book #88 heading: "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." Matches nathaniel-bliss-sr-bsb: exact birth 1679-09-08, death 1751-03-12, wife Mary Morgan 1704-01-20.

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): 418-419: "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: Samuel, born Aug. 10, 1677 ...; Nathaniel, born Sept. 8, 1679, died March 12, 1751; ... Sarah, the mother, died Nov. 6, 1721. Samuel Bliss, the father, died June 19, 1739 [sic; Bliss Family: 1749], in his 102d year." Also p.419: "4th Generation. Nathaniel Bliss, of Longmeadow, son of Samuel and Sarah Bliss, was married Jan. 20, 1704, to Mary Morgan." Independent of Bliss Family 1881; matches exact birth 1679-09-08, death 1751-03-12, wife Mary Morgan.

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. 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), #32: "SAMUEL, of Longmeadow, Mass., (son of Nathaniel Bliss and Catharine Chapin, of Springfield, Mass.,) was born at S., Nov. 7, 1647, lived to the advanced age of one hundred and one and one-half years ... He was married Jan. 2, 1672, to Sarah (daughter of Thomas and Hannah) Stebbins, who was born August 18, 1654, and died Nov. 6, 1721. He died June 19, 1749. Issue: ... 88. *Nathaniel, b. Sept. 8, 1679, d. March 12, 1751." Same book #88 heading: "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." Matches nathaniel-bliss-sr-bsb: exact birth 1679-09-08, death 1751-03-12, wife Mary Morgan 1704-01-20.