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• Hij is geboren voor 21 maart 1583 in Fairford, Glous.
• Hij werd gedoopt op 20 maart 1583 in Painswick, Glous.
• (note1) .Bron 1

  Source: Torie Bartholomew, Kristine Davis, Cassandra Hanson, Ruth Mae Barney Harris, Carolyn Hinze, Judy Holder, Lavern White Morton, Luana Rampton, A. D. B. Sellers, Debbie Vickers, Peter Allen, Peter Charles, Roy Reuben Fuller, Al Jensen, Richard Reese Mason, Ken Warren, Scott Wessel, C. Hutchinson, et al.

• Hij is overleden februari 1651 in Hartford, Hartford Co., CT.
• Hij is begraven februari 1651 in Hartford, Hartford Co., CT (1st Chr. of Christ).
• Een kind van Thomas Bliss en NN (NN-Bliss, Thomas)
• Deze gegevens zijn voor het laatst bijgewerkt op 13 oktober 2023.

Gezin van Thomas Bliss

(1) Hij is getrouwd met Margaret Hulins.

Zij zijn getrouwd op 18 oktober 1621 te Gloucester, Glous. (St. Nicholas' Chr).

Kind(eren):

1. Nathaniel Bliss  1622-1654 

(2) Hij is getrouwd met Margaret Snowe.

Zij zijn getrouwd op 14 april 1616 te Gloucester, Glous. (St. John the Baptist).

Notities over Thomas Bliss

Thomas Bliss

Sources: Author: Bartholomew, Torie; Davis, Kristine; Hanson, Cassandra; Harris, Ruth Mae Barney; Hinze, Carolyn; Holder, Judy; Morton, Lavern White; Rampton, Luana; Sellers, A. D. B.; Vickers, Debbie; Allen, Peter; Charles, Peter; Fuller, Roy Reuben; Jensen, Al; Mason, Richard Reese; Warren, Ken; Wessel, Scott; Hutchinson, C.; et al.; Title: "Thomas Bliss," (Publication site: Salt Lk. City UT, Publisher: Family Search, Publication date: xxv June MMXXIII)

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"... Thomas Bliss ... Last Changed: November 24, 2022 C. Hutchinson Sex Male Last Changed: July 15, 2017 Dr. Al Jensen

Birth 1583 Fairford, Gloucestershire, England ... Last Changed: April 24, 2023 Ken Warren

Christening 20 March 1583 Painswick, Gloucestershire, England ... Last Changed: April 24, 2023 Ken Warren

Death February 1650 Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut ... Reason: North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 Last Changed: April 23, 2023 Lavern White Morton

Burial February 1650 First Church of Christ, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut ...

Reason: The First Church of Christ and the Ancient Burying Ground (also known as Center Church: First Church of Christ in Hartford or First Church in Hartford) is a historic church and cemetery at 60 Gold Street in Hartford, Connecticut. Last Changed: May 2, 2023 Luana Rampton

Also Known As Thomas Blisse Reason: ... England Marriages, 1538-1973 Last Changed: January 30, 2023 Scott Wessel

Residence 14 February 1630/31 Hartford, Connecticut, ... Since before 14 February 1630/31 when his estate was inventoried Reason: The American Genealogist. Number 361. January 2019. Vol 91. No 1. Page 44. Last Changed: July 24, 2019 Cassandra Hanson

Residence 14 FEB 1630/31 Hartford, Connecticut, ... Last Changed: January 30, 2023 Scott Wessel
Arrival 1635 Braintree, Massachusetts ... Reason: Thomas Bliss in the US and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists, Index, 1500s-1900s. Thomas Bliss was the primary immigrant with a family member, wife Margaret Bliss Last Changed: March 26, 2023 Debbie Vickers
Historical Note 1638 Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, ... Last Changed: December 18, 2021 Torie Elizabeth Bartholomew
Will before February 1650 Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, ... Last Changed: December 18, 2021 Torie Elizabeth Bartholomew
Will - Invent. 14 February 1651 Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut Last Changed: January 6, 2020 Peter Charles
Will - Invent. 14 FEB 1651 Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut ... Last Changed: September 14, 2022 Judy Holder
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Residence Persecuted for his religious beliefs, he resolved to emigrate to America, and with his brother George and their families landed in Boston in the Autumn of 1635, and settled on the south side of Boston Bay. Reason: residence Last Changed: December 11, 2017 Carolyn Hinze
Occupation Farmer

Children named in will of Thomas Bliss of Hartford, Connecticut
"...Children, viz: to Lawrence, to John, to Samuel, to Hester, to Elizabeth, to Hannah and to Sarah Bliss." Thomas, ANN, Mary and Nathaniel presumably had received their portions at marriage." Reason: Probated 20 Feb 1650/51 Last Changed: August 10, 2018 Ruth Mae Barney Harris

Probate & will of Thomas Bliss I of Hartford,Connecticut

Reason:

The probate record shows that Inventory for Thomas Bliss of Hartford was taken 14 February 1650; inventory amounted to £86-12-08. His nuncupative will was admitted on the testimony of John Pinchon, Hen: Smith and daughter Mary Parsons of Springfield. Thomas desired that his wife should have the entire estate for life. On 20 February 1650/1651 the court granted "Adms. to the Relict, She to keep the whole Estate in her Hands for her Use and the Education of the children during her life, then to be divided among the Children, viz: to Lawrence, to John, to Samuel, to Hester, to Elizabeth, to Hannah and to Sarah Bliss." Thomas, Ann, Mary and Nathaniel presumably had received their portions at marriage." Last Changed: August 10, 2018 Ruth Mae Barney Harris

The Bliss family were early settlers of Springfield, MA; Apparently they originally went to Hartford. Thomas is listed as an original proprietor of Hartford. The dates of the early children do not fit with the date of marriage. I suspect that dates of birth for the children born before 1622 are simply wrong. Reason: W. Ccompton ... Last Changed: November 30, 2018 Ruth Mae Barney Harris

Birth maybe Belstone England Reason: https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/1733970:61157 Last Changed: April 17, 2023 Kristine P. Davis

Father of Thomas Blisse
According to church document his father's name is John Blisse. I have added some interesting new sources including Google Maps and an image of Baptism of Thomas Blisse 20 March 1583 Painswick, Gloucestershire, England. Reason: https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/16346568:4732 Last Changed: June 19, 2023 A. D. B. Sellers

Spouses and Children

Thomas Bliss Male 1583-1650
Margaret Snowe Female 1586-1621
Marriage 14 April 1616 Gloucester, St John the Baptist, Gloucestershire, England

Children (3)

[1] Thomas Bliss II Male 1617-1688
[2] Ann Bliss Female 1617-1685
[3] Sarah Bliss Female 1620-1620

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

Thomas Bliss Male 1550 - 1591
Mrs Thomas Bliss Female 1552-Deceased
No Marriage Events

Children (3)

[1] Thomas Bliss Male 1583-1650
[2] Elizabeth Blysse Female 1589-1655
[3] Jonathan Blisss Male 1620-Deceased

Thomas Bliss & sons were severly persecuted by Archbishop Laud and lost most of their wealth before coming to America. He and his wife probably migrated with four of their children to Boston in Massachusetts Bay to Braintree around 1635. He was granted 35 acres of land there in 1639.
By 1640 they were living in Hartford Conn. Colony where he was a landowner along with his son, THOMAS, JR. On March 4th, 1646, "Tho: Blissse" was fined two shillings for not training.The names of Thomas Bliss Sr. & Thomas Bliss, Jr. are on the Founders Monument in the cemetery.
Thomas Bliss of Hartford had a nuncupative will, which required the testimony of John Pinchon & Henry Smith that his property went to his wife. His daughter, Mary Parsons (accused of witchcraft in 1656 in Northhampton) in of Springfield, Mass. also testified to this fact. His inventory, taken February 14, 1650 by Nathaniel Ward & Joseph Mygatt, amounted to 86 pounds, 12 shillings, and 8 pence. On February 20, 1650/51, the administration of his estate went to the relict (Margaret). She was to keep the whole estate for her use and the education of the children during her life - then to divide it among the children.
Thomas Bliss, Sr., was born (according to the Bliss Genealogy) in Okebampton, in the village of Belstone, Co. Devon, son of Thomas Bliss, of Belstone. He settled first at the ""Mount," afterward Braintree, now Quincy ; rem.to Hartford, where he was one of the proprietors "by courtesie of the town" in 1639-40; his house-lot was on a highway west of the present Lafayette Street, and he possessed fifty-eight acres. He d. in 1650 ; inv. Feb. 14, 1650, £86. 12. 8. His widow, Margaret, removed to Springfield after a time with the larger part of her family ; d. there Aug. 28, 1684.
"John Homer Bliss' "Genealogy of the Bliss Family" and Charles Hoppin's "The Bliss Book" both trace the ancestry of Thomas Bliss who settled at Rehoboth, and contain nothing pertaining to the ancestry of Thomas Bliss of Hartford. County Gloucester is definitely "Bliss country" in terms of wills and baptismal/marriage records, but nothing has been found to prove the ancestry of Thomas Bliss of Hartford.
Myrtle Stevens Hyde identified Margaret, wife of Thomas Bliss, as the daughter of John Hulins of Rodborough, county Gloucester, England, and found the baptism of their son Nathaniel at Rodborough, but did not identify where the young couple lived. A later article in TAG 60 said: "The marriage is recorded in the registers of the parish of St. Nicholas, city of Gloucester: '1621. Thomas Blisse and Margret Hulings weere married October the 18th'. The "Nathaniel son of Thomas Blisse" baptized on 28 December 1622 at Rodborough, eleven miles south of Gloucester, was surely the first child of Thomas and Margaret. Frequently first children were baptized in their maternal grandparents' parish, even though the young parents resided elsewhere."
Thomas immigrated to New England with his family about 1635. On 24 February 1639/1640 Thomas was granted 36 acres at Braintree, Massachusetts Bay Colony, at a cost of 3 shillings per acre on the basis of a family of nine. That same month he was recorded at Hartford CT, owning several pieces of land, on one of which he built a home. He was not an original proprietor of Hartford, but is listed on the Founders Monument. He was a freeman.
His home lot at Hartford, #58, adjoined that of his son Thomas (#59). On 4 March 1646 Thomas was fined 2s-6p "for not trayneing".
The probate record shows that Inventory for Thomas Bliss of Hartford was taken 14 February 1650; inventory amounted to £86-12-08. His nuncupative will was admitted on the testimony of John Pinchon, Hen: Smith and daughter Mary Parsons of Springfield. Thomas desired that his wife should have the entire estate for life. On 20 February 1650/51 the court granted "Adms. to the Relict, She to keep the whole Estate in her Hands for her Use and the Education of the children during her life, then to be divided among the Children, viz: to Lawrence, to John, to Samuel, to Hester, to Elizabeth, to Hannah and to Sarah Bliss." Thomas,Ann, Mary and Nathaniel presumably had received their portions at marriage."Dianna S. Radford
"Citations are from the First Century of the History of Springfield: The Official Records from 1636 to 1736 with an Historical Review and Biographical Mention of the Founders by Henry M. Burt." "Biography of Margaret Bliss, p. 531-2
"The husband of Widow Margaret Bliss, Thomas Bliss, was a son of Thomas Bliss of Belstone Parish, in Devonshire, England. (Note: Belstone Parish, Devonshire is an error. Thomas Bliss was probably from County Gloucester.) He was married in England and several of his children were born before he and his wife emigrated to this country. The date of marriage is not known (Note: the Bliss Family History Society identifies the date as 18th October 1621), nor the family name of his wife, although the compiler of the Bliss Genealogy states that there is some reason to believe that her maiden name was Margaret Lawrence. (Note: Her maiden name is Hulins.) It is also stated that they embarked at Plymouth, England, and sailed for New England in the autumn of 1635. After arriving in Boston they went to Braintree, and subsequently to Hartford, Conn., where Thomas died in 1640.
Their children were:
Ann, b. in England, m. April 29, 1642, Robert Chapman and never came here.
Mary, b. in England, m. November 26, 1646, Joseph Parsons of Springfield.
Thomas, b. in England, went to Norwich, d. April 15, 1688.
Nathaniel, b. in England, m. Catherine Chapin, November 20, 1646.
Lawrence, b. in England, m. Lydia Wright, October 25, 1654, d. in 1676.
Samuel, b. in England, 1624, m. Mary Leonard, November 10, 1665, d. March 23, 1720.
Sarah, b. at Boston Mount, 1635-6, m. at Springfield, July 20, 1659, John Scott.
Elizabeth, b. at Boston Mount, about 1637, m. February 15, 1670, Miles Morgan (second wife) and had one child.
Hannah, b. at Hartford, 1639, d. single, January 25, 1660
John, b. at Hartford, 1640, d. September 10, 1702.
Hester, b. — , m. Edward Foster. See Longmeadow Centennial, page 187."
(According to the Bliss Family History Society, THOMAS BLISS of Hartford Connecticut was probably a native of Co. Gloucester, England. He married Margaret Hulins of Rodborough in that county at Gloucester St Nicholas 18th Oct 1621. Their son Nathaniel was baptized at Rodborough 28th Dec 1622. It is probable that Margaret was his second wife and that Thomas had children by his first marriage.
The children of Thomas Bliss of Hartford were:
By first wife? THOMAS born c 1618 ANN born c 1620.
By Margaret NATHANIEL born 1622 MARY born c 1625 LAWRENCE born c 1628 HANNAH born c 1633 JOHN born c 1635 SARAH born c 1638 (America?) HESTER & ELIZABETH twins born c 1640 (Hartford?) SAMUEL born c 1642 (Hartford?)
"Thomas, son of Thomas and Margaret, went to Saybrook, Conn., after his father's death. Nathaniel, Lawrence, Samuel, and John came to Springfield and were among the early settlers. Their mother, Margaret, died here, August 28, 1684. The compiler of the Bliss Genealogy states that Widow Margaret removed from Hartford to Springfield in 1643, and that two of her sons, Nathaniel and Samuel, preceded her and had prepared a dwelling for her. The first mention of any member of the family in the Town Records is under date of 1646, and it is somewhat doubtful about their having come here long before that year. It is evident that she was a woman of more than ordinary force of character. Her home lot was on what is now generally termed South Main Street, between the present Fremont and Margaret Streets. She died in 1684, outliving two of her sons, Nathaniel and Lawrence. Samuel and John survived her."
TopicCitations from Volume 1Page Number
When Settled"1646: Margaret Bliss, widow of Thomas of Hartford; died here in 1684"43
Granted LandJanuary ye 22th 1651: "Widow Bliss, 3 acres"220
Granted LandJanuary 30th 1655: "Wd. Bliss, 1 1/2 acres"241
To Fence Land over RiverJan. 3rd, 1661: "It was agreed by the Proprietors of the land from the upper side of Abell Wrights lott to the Lower end of ye neck to runn a fence from Aggawam River to the great River ofr the securing of that feild: the fence to be a good sufficient fence of posts & rails, & this fence to be up & finisht by the middle of Aprill next: hereto agreed the Major part of the Proprietors of those lotts: vizt Samll Marshfeild, Nath Ely, Rich Sikes, Jonath Burt, Lawrence Bliss, Abell Wright, Charles fferry, Nath Pritchard, Anthony Dorchester, John Lumbard, Widdow Bliss, John Matthews."290
Complaint concerning fenceMay 8, 1678: "At a meeting of ye proprietors of ye Genll feild on the west side of ye great River, the proprietors being warned to appeare by the veiwers of ye same feild to answer their Complaints wth reference to defects in ye fences, & of stakes: ye underwritten proprietors did meet according to warning after Lecture: viz: Samll Marshfeild: Tho Mirricke Jn Barb Senr: John Holyoke: James Sikes: Jonathan Burt: Widow Blisse."420
Defective Fence - finedSept 4th 1680: "The veiwers of fenses making presentments to the Selectmen of several defects of fenses in the feild on west side of the great ryver and the Select men have hard the cause and doe fine persons as followeth:
Samuell & nathanell Bliss 3 pence
Widow Bliss 2 pence" 431
Topic Citations from Volume 2Page Number
Granted Pond"Here ffolloweth Severall Grants of Land, Made by this Towne Beginning wth ye Yeare, 1665": "Widdy Bliss hath granted unto her soe much of the pond as is at ye end of her lott in Long meddow: provided ye Indians be not molested in comeing to or gathering of their pease"221
Highwaysffebr. 12th 1668:"And in reference to ye highway up the great hill over Mill River these persons vizt Lawrence Bliss John Harmon Nathaneel Pritchard Benjamin Parsons Widdow Bliss John Bliss John Matthews Anthony Dorchester Richard Sikes Jonathan Burt John Lumbard & Thomas Bancroft"69"
Reason This Information Is Correct:

Family history gave 1635 as date to America, plus minor typo.

Last Changed: February 16, 2020 Peter Allen"

A change has been made regarding Thomas' death:

Author: Warren, Ken; Title: "Thomas Bliss," (Publication site: Salt Lk. City UT, Publisher: Family Search, Publication date: Columbus Day MMXXIII)

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Death February 1651 Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America Reason: Standardized Last Changed: October 3, 2023 Ken Warren
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Explain standardized. Is there a Standards book, something like a Thesarus? I want a copy.

Formerly Febraury 1650.
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