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THOMAS 2 BLISS, JR., HARTFORD FOUNDER (THOMAS 1) was born abt. 1618 in England, and died 15 Apr 1688 in Norwich, CT. He married ELIZABETH BIRCHARD Oct 1644 in Saybrook, CT, daughter of THOMAS BIRCHARD and MARY ROBINSON. She was baptized 01 Nov 1621 in Terling, Essex, England, and died 28 Feb 1699/00 in Norwich, CT.
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- Hartford
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- Saybrook
- Norwich
- Will
- Children of Thomas & Elizabeth
Thomas Bliss was baptized 23 Jan 1617/8 at St. John the Baptist, Gloucester, where his parents Thomas Blisse and Margaret Snowewere married.
A Founder of Hartford, the name of Thomas Bliss Jr. is inscribed on the East face of the Founder's Monument. 1. Thomas Blisse Senr and Jnr were granted lots "at The Townes Courtesie wth liberty to fetch wood & keepe swine or cowes By proportion on the common" His original grant having been 4 acres. 2. The February 1639 Registration of Hartford Land...
Thomas Bliss married Elizabeth _______ the latter end of October, 1644, at Saybrook, Connecticut. The bride may have been Elizabeth [?Birchard] , b. [say 1622], d. at Norwich, 28 Feb. 1699/1700.
Saybrook was a colony on its own until 1644, about the time that Thomas Bliss married there and had most of his children. He had a house lot of thirty acres in what is now Lyme. He sold this 23 July 1662 to John Comstock.He was on the 1650 Division of Land list and present at a town meeting 7 Jan 1655.
He removed with Rev. James Fitch to Norwich in 1659/60,where Thomas was one of the original thirty five purchasers of the land that became Norwich, Connecticut. Thomas Bliss had a land allotment of five and a quarter acres with a lane on the south leading to the river. Freeman: Thomas Bilsse and several other men from Norwich were made freeman of C...
Thomas Bliss' will is dated April 13th, 1688, two days before his death and in it provision was made for his wife Elizabeth and six daughters, and his only living son, Samuel, who was at that time thirty-one years of age. His estate was estimated at £182, 17s. 7d. He had land, besides his home lot, " over the river — on the Little Plain — at the Gr...
Elizabeth, b. November 20, 1645, at Saybrook, Connecticut, m. June 7, 1663, Edward Smithof New London, Conn. This couple, with their son John, ae. 15, died of an epidemic disease in 1689 -- John on...Mary, b. at Saybrook, Conn., Feb. 7, 1649, m..about 1672-3,David son of Dea. Hugh and Ann Caulkins, of New London, Conn., (a Welchman who came to this country about 1640, stopped at Marshfield for...Thomas, b. at Saybrook, Conn., March 3, 1652. d. Jan. 29, 1682, probably unmarried.- Male
- January 23, 1618
- Elizabeth (Birchard) Bliss
- April 15, 1688
Dec 18, 2023 · 1. Thomas Bliss (called Sr) b. before 1595 a founder of Hartford, wives Margaret Snowe and Margaret Hullings (and the subject of this family) 2. Thomas Bliss b. about 1618 of Saybrook and Norwich son of #1, wife Elizabeth Birchard who may or may not be the Thomas Bliss, called Jr. in early Hartford records and counted as a founder. 3.
- " (Jr. in US", "III in UK)"
- before January 23, 1618
When Thomas Bliss Jr. was born on 20 March 1583, in Belstone, Devon, England, his father, Thomas Bliss, was 20 and his mother, Ann Almay, was 20. He married Margaret Snowe on 14 April 1616, in Gloucester St John the Baptist, Gloucestershire, England. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters.
- Male
- Margaret Lawrence Hulins, Margaret Snowe
Mar 5, 2024 · Thomas Bliss (called Sr) b. before 1595 a founder of Hartford, wives Margaret Snowe and Margaret Hullings (and the subject of this profile) Thomas Bliss b. about 1618 of Saybrook and Norwich son of #1, wife Elizabeth Birchard who may or may not be the Thomas Bliss, called Jr. in early Hartford records and counted as a founder.
- Male
- February 14, 1651
When Ann Bliss was born about 1617, in Belstone, Devon, England, United Kingdom, her father, Thomas Bliss Jr., was 35 and her mother, Margaret Snowe, was 32. She married Robert Chapman on 29 April 1642, in Saybrook, New London, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters.
When Margaret Lawrence Hulings was born on 15 July 1595, in Rodborough, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom, her father, John Hulings, was 30 and her mother, Margaret Lawrence, was 38. She married Thomas Bliss Jr. on 18 October 1621, in St Nicholas' Church, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and ...
