Thomas Bliss

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]

1. 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.

Thomas married Margaret Hulins on 18 Oct 1621 in St. Nicholas, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England. Margaret (daughter of John Hulins and Margaret) was born about 1600 in of Rodborough, Stroud, Gloucestershire, England; died on 28 Aug 1684 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Nathaniel Bliss was born before 28 Dec 1622; was christened on 28 Dec 1622 in Rodborough, Stroud, Gloucestershire, England; died on 18 Nov 1654 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts.
2. Samuel Bliss was born in 1624 in England; died on 23 Mar 1720 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts.
3. Mary Bliss was born about 1628 in Gloucestershire, England; died on 29 Jan 1712 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts.
4. Sarah Bliss was born about 1638; died on 27 Sep 1705 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts.