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Sarah BLISS

Sarah BLISS

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Sarah BLISS was born on 1 Mar 1736 (daughter of Ebenezer BLISS and Sarah COLTON).

    Sarah married John RUMRILL on 18 Nov 1762. John was born on 16 Aug 1728 in Enfield, Hartford, CT; died on 19 Jan 1809. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Ebenezer BLISS was born on 4 Mar 1696 (son of Samuel BLISS and Sarah STEBBINS); died on 29 Aug 1784 in Longmeadow, Hampden, MA.

    Ebenezer married Sarah COLTON on 29 Jan 1719. Sarah (daughter of Ephraim COLTON and Esther MARSHFIELD) was born on 12 Mar 1692 in Longmeadow, Hampden, MA; died on 14 Jan 1780. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Sarah COLTON was born on 12 Mar 1692 in Longmeadow, Hampden, MA (daughter of Ephraim COLTON and Esther MARSHFIELD); died on 14 Jan 1780.

    Notes:

    DNA:
    MKM

    Children:
    1. Catharine BLISS was born on 24 Jan 1720; died on 30 May 1805.
    2. Esther BLISS was born on 26 Jun 1721; died in Jan 1793.
    3. Ebenezer BLISS was born on 25 Nov 1722; died on 24 Jan 1723.
    4. Josiah BLISS was born on 17 Aug 1725; died in Feb 1805.
    5. Isaac BLISS was born on 28 Jan 1727; died on 30 Sep 1809.
    6. Sarah BLISS was born on 11 Mar 1730; died on 7 Apr 1733.
    7. Ruth BLISS was born on 16 Jun 1732.
    8. Samuel BLISS was born on 2 Apr 1734; died on 22 Nov 1814.
    9. 1. Sarah BLISS was born on 1 Mar 1736.


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. 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. 2. Ebenezer BLISS was born on 4 Mar 1696; died on 29 Aug 1784 in Longmeadow, Hampden, MA.

  3. 6.  Ephraim COLTON was born on 9 Apr 1648 in Longmeadow, Hampden, MA (son of George COLTON and Deborah GARDNER); died on 14 May 1713 in Enfield, Hartford, CT.

    Notes:

    DNA:
    MKM

    Ephraim married Esther MARSHFIELD on 26 Mar 1685 in Springfield, Hampden, MA. Esther (daughter of Samuel MARSHFIELD and Catherine CHAPIN) was born on 6 Sep 1667; died on 20 Jan 1714 in Enfield, Hartford, CT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Esther MARSHFIELD was born on 6 Sep 1667 (daughter of Samuel MARSHFIELD and Catherine CHAPIN); died on 20 Jan 1714 in Enfield, Hartford, CT.

    Notes:

    DNA:
    MKM

    Children:
    1. Josiah COLTON was born on 30 Dec 1685 in Longmeadow, Hampden, MA.
    2. Esther COLTON was born on 23 Oct 1687 in Longmeadow, Hampden, MA; died in 1771.
    3. Benjamin COLTON was born in 1690 in Longmeadow, Hampden, MA; died on 28 Feb 1759 in West Hartford, Hartford, CT.
    4. 3. Sarah COLTON was born on 12 Mar 1692 in Longmeadow, Hampden, MA; died on 14 Jan 1780.
    5. Daniel COLTON was born on 27 Jul 1694 in Longmeadow, Hampden, MA; died on 6 Sep 1751 in Guilford, New Haven, CT.
    6. Deborah COLTON was born on 22 Apr 1697 in Enfield, Hartford, CT; died on 12 Jun 1697 in Enfield, Hartford, CT.
    7. Isaac COLTON was born on 30 Jul 1698 in Enfield, Hartford, CT; died on 6 Mar 1773 in Wilbraham, Hampden, MA.
    8. Margaret COLTON was born on 9 May 1701 in Enfield, Hartford, CT.
    9. Nathaniel COLTON was born on 22 Aug 1703 in Enfield, Hartford, CT; died in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, CANADA.
    10. Thomas COLTON was born on 3 Aug 1705 in Enfield, Hartford, CT; died on 27 Jun 1724 in Deerfield, Franklin, MA.
    11. Noah COLTON was born on 19 Dec 1707 in Enfield, Hartford, CT; died in Greenwich, Hampshire, MA.
    12. Mary COLTON was born on 19 Dec 1707 in Enfield, Hartford, CT.
    13. Mary Ann COLTON was born on 11 Aug 1710 in Enfield, Hartford, CT.
    14. Abiel COLTON was born on 13 Jan 1714 in Enfield, Hartford, CT; died on 9 May 1714 in Enfield, Hartford, CT.


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.

  5. 12.  George COLTON was born between 1620 and 1635 in Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire, ENGLAND; died on 13 Feb 1699 in Springfield, Hampden, MA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Note: 1657
    • Death: 17 Dec 1699

    Notes:

    Note:
    George Colton, known in the record by the title of Quartermaster, from whom descended all of the Coltons in this country so far as known, is said to have come from a town in England called Sunnoncofield. Came first to Windsor, married Deborah Gardner of Hartford, and was one of the first settlers in that part of Springfield called Longmeadow.

    Note:
    For seventeen years, he was one of the Selectman, having first been chosen in 1657. In 1669 he was chosen Deputy to the General Court, to which office he was twice re-elected, sitting in 1671 with Captain William Davis, a son-in-law of William Pynchon and a non-resident......From the frequency that he was called to perform public duties it is evident that he was an influential citizen.

    Death:
    alternate death date

    George married Deborah GARDNER about 1645 in Springfield, Hampden, MA. Deborah (daughter of John GARDNER and Mary UNKNOWN) was born in 1624 in Springfield, Hampden, MA; died on 5 Sep 1689 in Springfield, Hampden, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 13.  Deborah GARDNER was born in 1624 in Springfield, Hampden, MA (daughter of John GARDNER and Mary UNKNOWN); died on 5 Sep 1689 in Springfield, Hampden, MA.
    Children:
    1. Isaac COLTON was born on 21 Nov 1646 in Springfield, Hampden, MA; died on 3 Sep 1700 in Longmeadow, Hampden, MA.
    2. 6. Ephraim COLTON was born on 9 Apr 1648 in Longmeadow, Hampden, MA; died on 14 May 1713 in Enfield, Hartford, CT.
    3. Mary COLTON was born on 22 Sep 1649 in Longmeadow, Hampden, MA; died on 4 Mar 1709 in Hadley, Hampshire, MA.
    4. Captain Captain Thomas COLTON was born on 1 May 1651 in Longmeadow, Hampden, MA; died on 30 Sep 1728 in Springfield, Hampden, MA; was buried in Springfield Cemetery, Springfield, Hampden, MA.
    5. Sarah COLTON was born on 24 Feb 1652 in Longmeadow, Hampden, MA; died on 11 Jul 1689 in Longmeadow, Hampden, MA.
    6. Deborah COLTON was born on 25 Jan 1654 in Longmeadow, Hampden, MA; died on 26 Nov 1733 in Longmeadow, Hampden, MA.
    7. Hepzibah COLTON was born on 7 Jan 1656 in Springfield, Hampden, MA; died on 27 Aug 1697 in Longmeadow, Hampden, MA.
    8. John COLTON was born on 8 Apr 1659 in Longmeadow, Hampden, MA; died on 3 Feb 1727 in Longmeadow, Hampden, MA.
    9. Benjamin COLTON was born on 26 May 1661 in Longmeadow, Hampden, MA; died in (Young) in Springfield, Hampden, MA.

  7. 14.  Samuel MARSHFIELD was born in 1626 in ENGLAND (son of Thomas MARSHFIELD and Mercy UNKNOWN); died on 8 May 1692 in Springfield, Hampden, MA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Will: 23 Dec 1692, Northampton, Hampshire, MA

    Notes:

    Note:
    Samuel Marshfield came to the US about 1648. He was primarily a tailor. He was evidently an active business man and served the town in many ways.1663 - 1668 he held the office of Selectman 1680, 1683, 1684 he represented Springfield as Deputy in General Court.

    Will:
    Son Josiah presented an inventory of his estate before the Hon. John Pynchon Esq., Judge of the Probate of Wills, which is recorded at Northhampton, MA, Vol iii., p.3.

    Samuel married Catherine CHAPIN on 28 Dec 1664. 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]


  8. 15.  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. Josiah MARSHFIELD was born on 29 Sep 1665 in Springfield, Hampden, MA; died on 25 Jun 1712 in Hartford, Hartford, CT.
    2. 7. Esther MARSHFIELD was born on 6 Sep 1667; died on 20 Jan 1714 in Enfield, Hartford, CT.
    3. Son MARSHFIELD was born on 17 Nov 1669 in Springfield, Hampden, MA; died on 17 Nov 1669 in Springfield, Hampden, MA.
    4. Margaret MARSHFIELD was born on 3 Dec 1670 in Springfield, Hampden, MA; died on 12 Jun 1758 in West Springfield, Hampden, MA.