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Personal data Margaret Hulins 

• She was born on July 15, 1595 in Rodborough, Glous..
• (note1) .Source 1

  Source: Tracy Catmull, Cassandra Hanson, Ruth Mae Barney Harris, Keylee Hill, Kate Welton Kuzmich, Pamela Anne Moore, Lavern White Morton, Luana Rampton, A. D. B. Sellers, Ken Warren, J. M. Edell, B. W. Hidden, C. Hutchinson, et al.

• (Reburial) after April 29, 1684 in Springfield, Hampshire Co., MA (W. Springfield Cem.).Source 1
• She died on April 28, 1684 in Springfield, Hampshire Co., MA, she was 88 years old.
• She is buried after April 27, 1684 in Springfield, Hampshire Co., MA (Old Burying Ground).
• A child of John Hulings and Margaret Lawrence
• This information was last updated on July 1, 2023.

Household of Margaret Hulins

She is married to Thomas Bliss.

They got married on October 18, 1621 at Gloucester, Glous. (St. Nicholas' Chr), she was 26 years old.

Child(ren):

1. Nathaniel Bliss  1622-1654 

Notes about Margaret Hulins

Margaret Hulins

Sources: Author: Catmull, Tracy; Hanson, Cassandra; Harris, Ruth Mae Barney; Hill, Keylee; Kuzmich, Kate Welton; Moore, Pamela Anne; Morton Lavern White; Rampton, Luana; Sellers, A. D. B.; Warren, Ken; Edell, J. M.; Hidden, B. W.; Hutchinson, C.; et al.; Title: "Margaret Hulins," (Publication site: Salt Lk. City UT, Publisher: Family Search, Publication date: xviii June MMXXIII)

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"... Margaret Hulins Reason: Names in father's will Last Changed: November 24, 2022 C. Hutchinson Sex Female Last Changed: June 9, 2012 B. W. Hidden

Birth 15 July 1595 Rodborough, Gloucestershire, England ... Last Changed: April 26, 2023 Ken Warren

28 April 1684 Springfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts ... Reason:

Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 // TAG Vol 91 No 1 p. 45 has her death location as Hartford. [Cassandra Hanson] ... Last Changed: May 2, 2023 Luana Rampton

Burial April 1684 Springfield Cemetery, Springfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts ... Reason: Old Burying Ground (Defunct) - Markers now relocated to the West Springfield Cemetery Find A Grave Memorial ID 111672507 Last Changed: May 2, 2023 Luana Rampton

Also Known As Margaret Huline "Hulinge" Last Changed: December 26, 2022 Keylee Hill
Married Name Margaret Hulins Bliss Last Changed: April 24, 2023 Lavern White Morton

Arrival 1635 Braintree, Massachusetts Last Changed: August 23, 2018 J. M. Edell
will 4 January 1639 Rodborough, Gloucestershire, England Last Changed: November 23, 2020 Gregory P.

Margaret HULINS--NOT Margaret LAWRENCE!
"...[Will] of JOHN HULINS, dated Jan 1638/9 and proved 1639, hit the jack-pot. He named, ..., his daughter MARGARET BLISSE. ...John also had a SON LAWRENCE, for whom Thomas & Margaret undoubtedly named one of their sons, with the result that CARELESS INTE

Reason:

"The American Genealogist" [TAG] No. 208, Vol. 52, No. 4, October 1976, pages 93-97, by Myrtle Stevens Hyde."Hardly daring to believe that the wanted Thomas [Bliss] was actually found, we sought more evidence. Since someone in Rodborough might name Thomas Bliss, his wife Margaret and/or their children, all testators of Rodborough 1600-1660 from the Glouchestershire Consistory Court (where most Glouchester wills were probated) were listed.".. Reading them [wills of Glouschester] was started with 1621, and the 8th one read, that of John Hulins..."[See below for information given in will showing correct maiden name of Thomas Bliss' wife to be Hulins, NOT Lawrence.]
"...[Will] of JOHN HULINS, dated Jan 1638/9 and proved 1639, hit the jack-pot. He named, ..., his daughter MARGARET BLISSE. ...John also had a SON LAWRENCE, for whom Thomas & Margaret undoubtedly named one of their sons, with the result that CARELESS INTERPRETERS of the evidence have LONG SUPPOSED that LAWRENCE was the MAIDEN NAME of MARGARET, an ERROR now DISPROVED." page 94.

Last Changed: June 8, 2018 Ruth Mae Barney Harris

"Widow Bliss" only had one documented husband--Thomas Bliss Reason: She left her name "Widow Bliss" on many of the pages of the town records, dealing mostly with land acquitions and improvements that affected her properties. Last Changed: July 30, 2018 Ruth Mae Barney Harris

Spouses & Children

Thomas Bliss Male 1583 - 1650
Margaret Hulins Female 1595-1684
Marriage 18 October 1621 St Nicholas' Church, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England

Children (10)

[1] Mary Bliss Female 1620-1712
[2] Nathaniel Bliss Male 1622-1654
[3] Samuel Bliss Male 1624-1720
[4] Lawrence Bliss Male 1628-1676
[5] Hannah Bliss Female 1633-1661
[6] John Bliss Sr. Male 1635-1702
[7] Sarah Bliss Female 1635-1705
[8] Elizabeth Bliss Female 1637-1683
[9] Hester Bliss Female 1640-1683
[10] Thomas Bliss Male Deceased

Parents & Siblings

John Hullings Male 1565-1639
Margaret Female 1559-1621
Marriage 1588 Minchinhampton, Gloucestershire, England

Children (7)

[1] Henry Hulins Male 1589-1639
[2] Lawrence Hulins Male 1591-1639
[3] John Hulings Male 1593-1639
[4] Margaret Hulins Female 1595-1684
[5] Joane Hulins Female 1597-1639
[6] Alice Hulins Female 1598-1684
[7] Mary Hulins Female 1601-Deceased

"The American Genealogist" [TAG] No. 208, Vol. 52, No. 4, October 1976, pages 193-197, by Myrtle Stevens Hyde."Hardly daring to believe that the wanted Thomas [Bliss] was actually found, we sought more evidence. Since someone in Rodborough might name Thomas Bliss, his wife Margaret and/or their children, all testators of Rodborough 1600-1660 from the Glouchestershire Consistory Court (where most Glouchester wills were probated) were listed.".. Reading them [wills of Glouschester] was started with 1621, and the 8th one read, that of John Hulins..."[See below for information given in will showing correct maiden name of Thomas Bliss' wife to be Hulins, NOT Lawrence.]

"...[Will] of JOHN HULINS, dated Jan 1638/9 and proved 1639, hit the jack-pot. He named, ..., his daughter MARGARET BLISSE. ...John also had a SON LAWRENCE, for whom Thomas & Margaret undoubtedly named one of their sons, with the result that CARELESS INTERPRETERS of the evidence have LONG SUPPOSED that LAWRENCE was the MAIDEN NAME of MARGARET, an ERROR now DISPROVED." page 94.

It has been thought by some CARELESS researchers that her maiden name is Margaret Lawrence [her correct maiden name is HULINS. Her mother's maiden name is LAWRENCE]. Margaret Hulins was born about the year 1594, and married to Thomas Bliss about 1612-15. She was a good looking woman, with a square oblong face that betokened great capability and force of character. She had a broad open brow, fair hair, and blue eyes. After the death of her husband, which took place about the close of the year 1639, she managed the affairs of the family with great prudence and judgment. Her eldest daughter, Ann, was married to Robert Chapman, of Saybrook, Conn., April 29th, 1642, choosing April for their marriage month instead of May, for the old English adage ran— " To wed in May, you'll rue the day." She removed with her husband to Saybrook, where her eldest brother, Thomas, came soon after to live with them, and where he-married in 1644, and in 1659 re-moved to Norwich, Conn., with thirty-four or thirty-five others and effected the settlement of that town. The other children of the widow Margaret Bliss, of Hartford, concluded not to settle there permanently, chilla and fever prevailing in some localities near the town; she and her children, therefore, in f year J 43, removed to the settlement of Springfield, Mass., thirty miles or more up the Coniu urn R ! c-r. Margaret sold her property in Hartford, and gathering her household goods and t tttle together, prepared with her eight children to make the journey through the forest to Springfield which she accomplished in about five days. Nathaniel and Samuel, her second and fourth ec is, had been there previously, and a dwelling had been prepared for the family on their arrival. A journey like this was thought a great thing in those days. They in this country were probably born Sarah, Elizabeth, Hannah and John.

Owing to religious persecutions, Thomas Bliss was compelled to leave England, and in the autumn of 1635, he with his younger brother George embarbed at Plymouth, with their families, for the then wilderness of America.

Upon their arrival at Boston, as before stated, Thomas located temporarily at Braintree, Mass., whence he afterwards removed to Hartford, Conn., where he died in 1640. We have been unable to ascertain the dates of birth of all the children in this family ; but it is evident that Thomas was the oldest son, and that he must have' been of age at the time of the distribution of the lots in Hartford, which would place his birth at about the year 1615-16. The births of the other children must have occurred between that of Thomas, jr., (unless Ann and Mary were older,) and the death of Thomas, sen., in 1640, which would allow two years at least between them. Probably there were no other sons of age at the time of their arrival in Hartford, as otherwise they would have had lots assigned them, — and there is nothing more discoverable respecting any of the children in Hartford.

Children of Thomas and Margaret:

i. Ann Bliss b. 1620 in Rodborough, Gloucestershire, England; d. 20 Nov 1685 Saybrook, Middlesex, CT; m. Robert Chapman b. 1 Jan 1616 in Hull, Yorkshire, England; d. 13 Oct 1687 in Saybrook, Middlesex, CT

ii. Nathaniel Bliss b. 1622 in Belstone, Devon, England or baptized 22 Dec 1622 at Rodborough, Minchin Hampton, Gloucestershire, England. m. Catharine Chapin, daughter of Samuel Chapin, Deacon and Cicely Penny, on 20 November 1646 at Belstone, Devonshire, England. He went to Springfield after his father's death. Nathaniel died on 8 Nov 1654 at Springfield, Hampden, MA, at age 31. He was buried on 10 Nov 1654 at Springfield, Hampden, MA.

After Nathaniel died, Catherine married Thomas Gilbert 31 Jul 1655.

iii. Samuel Bliss b. 1624 in Belstone, Devon, England; m. Mary Leonard Nov 10, 1665; d. 23 Mar 1720.

iv. Mary Bliss 16 Mar 1628 in Northampton, Hampshire, Mass.; d. 29 Jan 1712 in Springfield, Hampden, Mass.; m. 26 Nov 1646 Hartford, CT to Cornet Joseph Parsons (1620 – 1683)

Mary Bliss Parsons, wife of Cornet Joseph Parsons, daughter of Thomas and Margaret Bliss of Hartford, Ct., both very prominent families, was born in England about 1628 and came to this country with her parents when she was about eight years old. She was eleven or twelve when they decided on still another move, to the rude little settlement of Hartford. There for a time life stabilized, and Mary grew to womanhood as an average member of an ordinary New England community. In 1646 she married Joseph Parsons, a successful merchant, and went to live in Springfield. Henceforth, her life would be increasingly set apart from the average.

In 1654 the Parsonses moved to Northampton. The family, which included eleven children, became members of the church. Local tradition has remembered Mary as being "possessed of great beauty and talents, but…not very amiable…exclusive in the choice of her associates, and…of haughty manners."

In 1656, Mary was accused of witchcraft by some of her neighbors who were envious of their prosperity and endeavored in this way to disgrace them. She was vigorously defended by her mother, Margaret, but in 1674 a formal charge was made. She was sent to Boston for trial, where the jury gave her a full acquittal of the crime, and she returned home to Northampton. She and her husband removed back to Springfield in 1679. Soon after her acquittal in Boston , her son Ebenezer,was killed by the Indians at Northfield (Sept. 8, 1675). Those who had been instrumental in bringing her to trial said, "Behold, though human judges may be bought off, God's vengeance neither turns aside nor slumbers."

See this website for many details and photos:https://minerdescent.com/2011/12/01/john-bliss/

Last Changed: September 21, 2018 Kate Welton Kuzmich"
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