Samuel/3 Bliss

M, #489, (7 November 1647 - 19 June 1749)
Samuel/3 Bliss|b. 7 Nov 1647\nd. 19 Jun 1749|p49.htm#i489|Nathaniel/2 Bliss|b. 28 Dec 1622\nd. circa 17 Nov 1654|p3673.htm#i36724|Katherine/2 Chapin|b. 1626\nd. 4 Feb 1712/13|p4002.htm#i40012|Thomas/1 Bliss|b. circa 1590\nd. circa 1650|p4222.htm#i42213|Margaret/1 Hulins|b. circa 1595\nd. 28 Aug 1684|p4222.htm#i42214|Dea. Samuel/1 Chapin|b. say 1600\nd. 11 Nov 1675|p3664.htm#i36632|Cisely Penney|b. say 1598\nd. 16 Feb 1682/83||
Father*Nathaniel/2 Bliss1 b. 28 Dec 1622, d. c 17 Nov 1654
Mother*Katherine/2 Chapin1 b. 1626, d. 4 Feb 1712/13
Last Edited6 Feb 2007
       Samuel/3 Bliss was born 7 Nov 1647 at Springfield, MA.2,1 Of Longmeadow, he married, 2 Jan 1671/72, Sarah/3 Stebbins, daughter of Lt. Thomas/2 Stebbins and Hannah/2 Wright.3,4,5 In the Pynchon records he is called Samuel Jr. to distinguish him from the Springfield namesake who married Mary Leonard.6
     "Edward Stebbins, early in the spring of 1676, was taken by the Indians at Longmeadow, while he was with Samuel Bliss, his brother-in-law, and he was carried to the falls above Deerfield, and with a youth named Gilbert made his escape from the Indians and gave information of their place of residence, whereupon the English went and destroyed three hundred or more of them." (Contemporary historians take a different view of both the native losses in this "Battle of Turners Falls" — numbering countless women and children, but perhaps as few as 65 warriors — and the characterization of the fight as a great English victory.).7
     His wife died 6 Nov 1721.8 He died 19 Jun 1749 at age 101.8

Family

Sarah/3 Stebbins b. 10 Aug 1654 or 18 Aug 1654, d. 6 Nov 1721
Children
  • son1/4 Bliss9 b. 20 May 1674, d. 20 May 1674
  • Samuel/4 Bliss1 b. 10 Aug 1677, d. 31 Aug 1692
  • Nathaniel/4 Bliss10 b. 8 Sep 1679, d. 12 Mar 1751
  • Sarah/4 Bliss11 b. Oct 1681
  • Margaret/4 Bliss12 b. 23 Nov 1683
  • Thomas/4 Bliss13 b. 21 Jan 1685
  • Hannah/4 Bliss+14 b. Aug 1687, d. 15 Apr 1711
  • ch1/4 Bliss9 b. 17 Jul 1689, d. 17 Jul 1689
  • son2/4 Bliss15 b. 4 Nov 1690, d. 31 Aug 1692
  • Samuel/4 Bliss1 b. 25 Apr 1694
  • Ebenezer/4 Bliss+16 b. 4 Mar 1695/96, d. 29 Aug 1784

Source Citations/Notes:

  1. [S929] Pynchon BMD Record Index, 41, Samuel Bliss b.
  2. [S106] NEHGR, "Records of Springfield, Mass.", 18:84 (Jan 1864): Samuell Bliss b.
  3. [S106] NEHGR, "Judge Pynchon's Marriage Record: 1685–1711," 123:259 (Oct 1969).
  4. [S929] Pynchon BMD Record Index, 41, Samuel Bliss/Sarah Stebbin m.
  5. [S1065] "Longmeadow (Mass.) Families", 38:157, Stebbins Families, 2d Generation: Samuel Bliss, of Longmeadow.
  6. [S929] Pynchon BMD Record Index, 40, Esther Bliss b.
  7. [S1065] "Longmeadow (Mass.) Families", 38:158, Stebbins Families, 3d Generation: Edward Stebbins, Springfield.
  8. [S27] Warren, "Springfield Families", 59-60, Samuel (6.) Bliss.
  9. [S929] Pynchon BMD Record Index, 41, s. Samuel Bliss stillborn.
  10. [S929] Pynchon BMD Record Index, 41, Nathaneel Bliss b.
  11. [S929] Pynchon BMD Record Index, 41, Sarah Bliss b.
  12. [S929] Pynchon BMD Record Index, 41, Margaret Bliss b.
  13. [S929] Pynchon BMD Record Index, 42, Thomas Bliss b.
  14. [S929] Pynchon BMD Record Index, 40, Hannah Bliss b.
  15. [S929] Pynchon BMD Record Index, 41, s. Samuel Bliss b.; d.
  16. [S929] Pynchon BMD Record Index, 40, Ebenezer Bliss b.
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