Nielsen Hayden genealogy
Rebecca Bliss
1663 - 1737 (74 years)1. Rebecca Bliss was born on 18 Mar 1663 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut (daughter of Thomas Bliss and Elizabeth); died on 22 Aug 1737 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut; was buried in Old Norwichtown Cemetery, Norwich, New London, Connecticut. Rebecca married Israel Lathrop on 8 Apr 1686 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut. Israel (son of Samuel Lathrop and Elizabeth Scudder) was born in Oct 1659; died on 28 Mar 1733 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut; was buried in Old Norwichtown Cemetery, Norwich, New London, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- William Lathrop was born on 20 Sep 1688 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut; died on 27 Sep 1778 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut; was buried in Old Norwichtown Cemetery, Norwich, New London, Connecticut.
2. Thomas Bliss was born before 23 Jan 1618; was christened on 23 Jan 1618 in St. John the Baptist, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England (son of Thomas Bliss and Margaret Snowe); died on 15 Apr 1688 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut. Other Events and Attributes:
- Alternate birth: of Norwich, New London, Connecticut
- Alternate death: 15 Apr 1688, Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut
Notes:
Came to New England with his father.
Thomas married Elizabeth on 30 Oct 1644 in Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut. Elizabeth died after Apr 1688. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Elizabeth died after Apr 1688. Notes:
Possibly (according to Bennett, citation details below) Elizabeth Birchard, but in GM2 Robert Charles Anderson notes a lack of evidence that Thomas Birchard's daughter Elizabeth was the Elizabeth who married the younger Thomas Bliss.
Children:
- Elizabeth Bliss was born on 20 Nov 1645 in Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut; died on 10 Jul 1689 in Groton, New London, Connecticut.
- 1. Rebecca Bliss was born on 18 Mar 1663 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut; died on 22 Aug 1737 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut; was buried in Old Norwichtown Cemetery, Norwich, New London, Connecticut.
Generation: 3
4. Thomas Bliss was born about 1590; died before 14 Feb 1651 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut. Other Events and Attributes:
- Alternate death: 1649
Notes:
First appears in Hartford around 1639. Not to be confused with the Thomas Bliss of Braintree and Rehoboth. His name is on the Founders Monument in downtown Hartford.
From Michel L. Call and Gary Boyd Roberts, "Mormon Pioneer Genealogy Library Acquired by NEHGS," 1985:
"According to [Mormon Pioneer Genealogy Library] projections, the largest family in America today is the posterity of Robert White (b. ca. 1560) & Bridget Allgar, with a Mormon posterity of 430,000 and an American posterity of 29 million. The next five families are Edward Griswold and Margaret, Joseph Loomis and Mary White (daughter of Robert and Bridget above), Gerard Spencer and Alice Whitbread, Thomas Ford and Elizabeth Charde, and Thomas Bliss and Margaret Hulins, each with a Mormon posterity of 270,000 and an American posterity of 18 million."Thomas married Margaret Snowe on 14 Apr 1616 in St. John the Baptist, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England. Margaret died before 4 Jun 1621; was buried on 4 Jun 1621 in St. Nicholas, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
5. Margaret Snowe died before 4 Jun 1621; was buried on 4 Jun 1621 in St. Nicholas, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England. Children:
- 2. Thomas Bliss was born before 23 Jan 1618; was christened on 23 Jan 1618 in St. John the Baptist, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England; died on 15 Apr 1688 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut.