Thomas BLISS

                   He removed to America with his parents in about 1638 and was grantd a house-lot
adjacent to that of his father in Hartford in 1640.  Sometime thereafter, moved
to Saybrook, Connecticut.
In 1680(?) Thomas Bliss and Matthew Griswold were appointed agents by the town
of Saybrook to "lay out a lot of land to and Indian named The Giant," near
Black Point, in what was (l880) East Lyme, Connecticut.  The locality is still
(l880) called "The Giant's Neck."
Thomas Bliss' will was dated April 13, 1688, two days beforehis death.  In it
provision was made for his wife Elizabeth and six daughters and his only living
son, Samuel, who as at the time thirty-one years of age.  His estate was
estimeated at 182 poulds, 17 shillings, and 7 pence.  He had land, besides his
home lot, "over the river, on the Little Plain, at the Great Plain, at the
Falls, in the Yantic meadow, in meadow at Beaver Brook, in pasture east of the
town, and on Westward Hill."

SOURCES:  1. Ancestral File
            2. 1997 Ordinance Index
                  

                   Married Robert Chapman, 1642.
                  

                   In 1656 Mary was accused of witchcraft by neighbors who were envious. She was
eventually acquitted.  Married Joseph Parsons, 1646.
                  

                   Married Lydia Wright,1654.
                  

                   Unmarried
                  

                   Married Patience Burt,1667.