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Bathsheba BLISS

Bathsheba BLISS

Female 1722 - 1794  (71 years)

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Bathsheba BLISS was born on 30 Aug 1722 (daughter of Nathaniel BLISS and Mary MORGAN); died on 15 Feb 1794.

    Bathsheba married Samuel NICHOLS on 23 Apr 1742. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Nathaniel BLISS was born on 8 Sep 1679 (son of Samuel BLISS and Sarah STEBBINS); died on 12 Mar 1751.

    Nathaniel married Mary MORGAN on 20 Jan 1704. Mary (daughter of David MORGAN and Mary CLARK) was born on 24 Dec 1686; died on 22 Nov 1739. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Mary MORGAN was born on 24 Dec 1686 (daughter of David MORGAN and Mary CLARK); died on 22 Nov 1739.
    Children:
    1. Nathaniel BLISS was born on 26 Oct 1704; died on 23 Nov 1771.
    2. Mary BLISS was born on 11 Sep 1706; died on 17 Jan 1725.
    3. Mercy BLISS was born on 24 Apr 1709.
    4. Hannah BLISS was born on 26 May 1711; died on 19 Jul 1711.
    5. Hannah BLISS was born on 1 Oct 1713.
    6. Pelatiah BLISS was born on 4 Mar 1717; died on 24 Oct 1789.
    7. 1. Bathsheba BLISS was born on 30 Aug 1722; died on 15 Feb 1794.
    8. Mary BLISS was born on 31 Jul 1725; died on 2 Aug 1725.
    9. Abner BLISS was born on 19 Aug 1726; died on 20 Apr 1782.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Samuel BLISS was born on 4 Nov 1647 in Springfield, Hampden, MA (son of Nathaniel BLISS and Catherine CHAPIN); died on 19 Jun 1749 in Longmeadow, Hampden, MA.

    Notes:

    Died:
    Samuel Bliss lived to the advanced age of 101 years and left, at his death, according to the "Boston News Letter:" six children, 38 grandchildren, 114 great-grandchildren and ten great-great grandchildren, making a total of 168.

    Samuel married Sarah STEBBINS on 2 Jan 1671 in Springfield, Hampden, MA. Sarah (daughter of Lt. Thomas STEBBINS and Hannah WRIGHT) was born on 18 Aug 1654 in Springfield, Hampden, MA; died on 6 Nov 1721 in Longmeadow, Hampden, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Sarah STEBBINS was born on 18 Aug 1654 in Springfield, Hampden, MA (daughter of Lt. Thomas STEBBINS and Hannah WRIGHT); died on 6 Nov 1721 in Longmeadow, Hampden, MA.
    Children:
    1. Samuel BLISS was born on 10 Aug 1677; died on 31 Aug 1692.
    2. 2. Nathaniel BLISS was born on 8 Sep 1679; died on 12 Mar 1751.
    3. Sarah BLISS was born in Oct 1681; died in 1751.
    4. Margaret BLISS was born on 23 Nov 1683.
    5. Thomas BLISS was born on 22 Jan 1685; died on 4 Sep 1767.
    6. Hannah BLISS was born in Aug 1687 in Springfield, Hampden, MA; died on 15 Apr 1711.
    7. John BLISS was born on 4 Nov 1690; died on 8 Oct 1784.
    8. Samuel BLISS was born on 25 Apr 1694; died on 21 Dec 1724.
    9. Ebenezer BLISS was born on 4 Mar 1696; died on 29 Aug 1784 in Longmeadow, Hampden, MA.

  3. 6.  David MORGAN

    David + Mary CLARK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Mary CLARK

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Name: Mary Morgan

    Children:
    1. 3. Mary MORGAN was born on 24 Dec 1686; died on 22 Nov 1739.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Nathaniel BLISS was christened on 28 Dec 1622 in Rodborough, Gloucestershire, ENGLAND (son of Thomas BLISS and Margaret HULINS); died on 8 Nov 1654 in Springfield, Hampden, MA.

    Nathaniel married Catherine CHAPIN on 20 Nov 1646 in Springfield, Hampden, MA. Catherine (daughter of Deacon Deacon Samuel CHAPIN and Cicely PENNEY) was christened in 1626 in Berry Pomeroy, Devon, ENGLAND; died on 4 Feb 1712 in Springfield, Hampden, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Catherine CHAPIN was christened in 1626 in Berry Pomeroy, Devon, ENGLAND (daughter of Deacon Deacon Samuel CHAPIN and Cicely PENNEY); died on 4 Feb 1712 in Springfield, Hampden, MA.
    Children:
    1. 4. Samuel BLISS was born on 4 Nov 1647 in Springfield, Hampden, MA; died on 19 Jun 1749 in Longmeadow, Hampden, MA.
    2. Margaret BLISS was born on 12 Nov 1649 in Springfield, Hampden, MA; died on 3 Apr 1745 in Colchester, New London, CT.
    3. Mary BLISS was born on 23 Sep 1651 in Springfield, Hampden, MA; died in (probably 1722) in Simsbury, Hartford, CT.
    4. Nathaniel BLISS was born on 27 Mar 1653 in Springfield, Hampden, MA; died on 23 Dec 1736.

  3. 10.  Lt. Thomas STEBBINS was born in 1620 in ENGLAND (son of Rowland STEBBINS and Sarah WHITING); died on 15 Sep 1683 in Springfield, Hampden, MA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Death: 5 Sep 1683

    Notes:

    Death:
    Alternate death date.

    Lt. married Hannah WRIGHT on 16 Nov 1645 in Springfield, Hampden, MA. Hannah was born in Aug 1626 in Springfield, Hampden, MA; died on 16 Oct 1660. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Hannah WRIGHT was born in Aug 1626 in Springfield, Hampden, MA; died on 16 Oct 1660.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Death: 26 Oct 1660, Springfield, Hampden, MA

    Notes:

    Note:
    Ellen Baker forwarded your query about the references for Deacon Samuel Wright and his children. Unfortunately, we have yet to find any vital statistic records for any of the Deacon's children except James, Judah and the infant Helped who died shortly after birth. The births of these last three children are recorded in the early Agawam (Springfield) MA. records which are located at the Connecticut Valley Historical Museum's Archive library in the Quadrangle area of downtown Springfield.

    That Samuel Wright Jr. (or Sgt. Samuel Wright as he was known) was the Deacon's son there can also be no doubt. The Deacon was forced to acknowledge this son in official documents to the Springfield courts of those days for some misdeeds. (See Pynchon Court Records in "Families of the Pioneer Valley," Regional Publications, West Springfield, MA 2000).

    Evidence of the relationship to the Deacon for the girls, Margaret, Hester (Ester), Lydia, and Mary is most strongly established by the wills left by the Deacon and his wife. All are named in both wills. And, although for Margaret and Lydia there are also Springfield VR for their marriages (Lydia married four times!) and other records for Margaret (See NEHGR Vol IX, p. 200), there is nothing for Hester or Mary in the official records,and we know of their marriages via mention in wills and death records.

    So I source the wills first. The original handwritten wills, or shall I say officially transcribed wills, for the Deacon and Margaret are in the First Records Book of the Town of Northampton, MA. This record book is very fragile and is currently archived in the Hampshire County Clerk's office in Northampton, MA. It may be viewed by special request made to the County Clerk at the time of your visit. With their kind assistance, I have made a copy of all the pertinent Wright ancestry documents in it, including the two wills. I translated and transcribed both wills in their entirety for my publication.

    In these wills, the Deacon makes mention of each of his children, Samuel, Margaret, Hester, Lydia, Mary, James and Judah. Margaret, his wife, does much the same in her will mentioning also Hester's husband, Samuel Marshfield, and son James' daughter, Helped, to whom she bequeathed her bed.

    What is notable about these two wills is that neither the Deacon nor Margaret mention anything about Benjamin Wright or Hannah (Wright) Stebbins of Springfield who have been often assigned by previous researchers as his eldest children. What I think is most important is that there is no mention made of any of the children of Benjamin or Hannah (Wright) Stebbins, either. It is true that Hannah had died in 1661, prior to the Deacon (1665), and might not have been mentioned in his will (prepared 1663) for that reason. But Hannah's children were alive and husband, Thomas Stebbins, did not remarry until 7 years after the Deacon's death. So, if the Deacon was so diligent in bequeathing to each of his other children, and since he would have known at the time of making his will in 1663 that Hannah was dead, he would have known he had to make provisions for Hannah's portion to go to her children. Therefore, I think it is certain he would have named them in his will if they were his grandchildren. On the basis that neither he nor Margaret mention these potential grandchildren in their wills, I believe Benjamin and Hannah were not his children.

    Nevertheless, Benjamin and Hannah have often been assigned as the eldest children of the Deacon, and thought I do not believe this is the case, I do believe they may have been niece and nephew to the Deacon or some other relation. Certainly I believe they were some member of the large Wright clan to which the Deacon belonged (originating from Sir John Wright of Kelvedon Hatch, Co. Essex, England).

    Died:
    Alternate death date.

    Children:
    1. Samuel Wright STEBBINS was born on 19 Sep 1646 in Springfield, Hampden, MA.
    2. Thomas STEBBINS was born on 31 Jul 1648 in Springfield, Hampden, MA.
    3. Joseph STEBBINS was born on 18 May 1650 in Springfield, Hampden, MA; died on 9 Nov 1651 in Springfield, Hampden, MA.
    4. Lt. Lt. Joseph STEBBINS was born on 24 Oct 1652 in Springfield, Hampden, MA; died on 15 Oct 1728 in Springfield, Hampden, MA.
    5. 5. Sarah STEBBINS was born on 18 Aug 1654 in Springfield, Hampden, MA; died on 6 Nov 1721 in Longmeadow, Hampden, MA.
    6. Edward STEBBINS was born on 14 Feb 1655/56 in Springfield, Hampden, MA; died on 31 Oct 1712 in Springfield, Hampden, MA.
    7. Benjamin STEBBINS was born on 11 Apr 1658.
    8. Hannah STEBBINS was born on 1 Oct 1660.
    9. Rowland STEBBINS was born on 1 Oct 1660.