Thomas BLISS
SOURCES: 1. Ancestral File 2. 1997 Ordinance Index
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.
He married Margaret Hulings 18 Oct 1621 at St. Nicholas, Gloucester, Gloucester, England . Margaret Hulings was born at Rodborough, Gloucester, England 15 Jul 1595 daughter of John Hulings and Margaret Lawrence .
They were the parents of 10
children:
Thomas Bliss
christened 8 Dec 1622.
Nathaniel Bliss
christened 28 Dec 1622.
Ann Bliss
born Abt 1624.
Mary Bliss
born Abt 1625.
Lawrence Bliss
born Abt 1628.
Hannah Bliss
born Abt 1633.
John Bliss
born Abt 1635.
Sarah Burt
born Abt 1636.
Elizabeth Burt
born Abt 1638.
Hester Burt
born Abt 1640.
Margaret Hulings died 28 Aug 1684 at Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts .