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From: "paul allred" <>
Subject: BLISS, Henry - Descendants of
Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2005 21:20:38 -0800


First Generation
1. Henry BLISS was born on 21 Aug 1726.1 Marriage intention was recorded on 22 Dec 17491 He died on 7 Feb 1761 in Longmeadow, Hampden, Massachusetts.1 Resided in Colrain, Mass.

Henry BLISS and Ruby (Rubie) BREWSTER were married in 1749.2,3 Ruby (Rubie) BREWSTER was the daughter of Oliver BREWSTER and Martha WADSWORTH. Genealogy of the Bliss Family in America, Volume 1, Compiled by Aaron Tyler Bliss, Published by the Author, 1982, Midland, Michigan. p. 64
of Lebanon, Ct. After the death of her husband in 1761, with her father and the surviving children, removed first to Lebanon and in 1765 to Bernardston, Mass.

Genealogy of the Bliss Family in America, Volume I, Compiled by Aaron Tyler Bliss, Published by the Author, 1982, Midland, Michigan. p. 94.
of Longmeadow, Mass. Henry BLISS and Ruby (Rubie) BREWSTER had the following children:
2 i. Thomas BLISS was born on 7 Dec 1750 in Longmeadow, Hampden, Massachusetts.1 He died on 3 Jan 1751 in Longmeadow, Hampden, Massachusetts.1
3 ii. Solomon BLISS was born on 8 Nov 1751 in Longmeadow, Hampden, Massachusetts.1 He died in 1793.4
+4 iii. Calvin BLISS (born on 14 May 1754).
+5 iv. Henry BLISS (born on 7 Jun 1757).
6 v. Huldah BLISS was born on 2 Jul 1759 in Longmeadow, Hampden, Massachusetts.1

Second Generation
4. Calvin BLISS (Henry-1) was born on 14 May 1754 in Colrain, Franklin, Massachusetts.5 He died in Oct 1849 in Shoreham, Addison, Vermont.6 History of the Town of Northfield, Massachusetts, by J. H. Temple and George Sheldon, published by Joel Munsell, 82 State St., Albany, N.Y., 1875. p. 475
of Bernardston, Mass.

Genealogy of the Bliss Family in America, Compiled by Aaron Tyler Bliss, Published by the Author, Midland, Michigan, 1982. p. 99
Farmer, of Bernardston, Mass. and later of Shoreham, Addison County, Vermont. Mr. Bliss was a commissioned offiecer in the Army under General Washington during the Revolutionary War. He removed to Vermont in about 1800 and there resided with his son Calvin, Jr.

Calvin BLISS and Ruth (twin) JANES were married on 26 Jun 1777.7,8,9 Ruth (twin) JANES (daughter of Ebenezer JANES and Sarah FIELD) was born on 16 May 1758 in Northfield, Franklin, Massachusetts.10,11 Calvin BLISS and Ruth (twin) JANES had the following children:
7 i. Philomelia BLISS was born on 11 Jun 1782.12
8 ii. Solomon BLISS was born on 9 Apr 1786.12 possibly Salem Mass. He died on 6 Jun 1861 in Willet, Cortland, New York.13
9 iii. Martha BLISS was born on 15 Sep 1788.12 She died in , , Vermont.14
+10 iv. Ruth BLISS (born on 10 Jun 1790).
11 v. Mehitable BLISS was born on 17 May 1792.12
12 vi. Calvin BLISS Jr. was born on 14 May 1794 in , , Massachusetts.15 He died between Oct 1866 and 72 in Amboy, Lee, Illinois.13
13 vii. Henry BLISS was born on 27 Mar 1796.12 He died on 14 Feb 1841 in Mina, Chautauqua, New York.13 He was injured by a falling tree and died.
14 viii. Oliver Brewster BLISS was born on 6 Jul 1799 in Colrain, Franklin, Massachusetts.13 He died on 24 Feb 1874 in Mina, Chautauqua, New York.13

5. Henry BLISS (Henry-1) was born on 7 Jun 1757 in Longmeadow, Hampden, Massachusetts.1

Henry BLISS had the following children:
15 i. Henry BLISS was born about 1790.16 He died about 1820 near Salem, Washington, New York.17

Third Generation
10. Ruth BLISS (Calvin-2, Henry-1) was born on 10 Jun 1790.12

Ruth BLISS and CLARK were married.18 res. in 1878 at Adams, N.Y. Ruth BLISS and CLARK had the following children:

16 i. Wyman CLARK.
Sources

1. Genealogy of the Bliss Family in America, Volume I, Compiled by Aaron Tyler Bliss, Published by the Author, 1982, Midland, Michigan. p. 64 - Date.
2. History of the Town of Bernardston, Franklin County, Massachusetts. 1736 - 1900. by Lucy Cutler Kellogg. Greenfield, Mass, Press of E. A. Hall & Co., 1902, p. 313 - Year.
3. Genealogy of the Bliss Family in America, Volume I, Compiled by Aaron Tyler Bliss, Published by the Author, 1982, Midland, Michigan. p. 99 - Name of wife.
4. Genealogy of the Bliss Family in America, Volume I, Compiled by Aaron Tyler Bliss, Published by the Author, 1982, Midland, Michigan. p. 64 - Year.
5. Ibid., p. 64 - Date & location.
6. Ibid., p. 64 - Date; p. 99 - Date & location.
7. History of the Town of Gill, Massachusetts. Genealogies A - Z by Ralph M. Stoughton, 1960. LDS Call Number US/Can Film Area 0886882, Date.
8. History of the Town of Northfield, Massachusetts, by J. H. Temple and George Sheldon, published by Joel Munsell, 82 State St., Albany, N.Y., 1875. p. 475 - Date.
9. Genealogy of the Bliss Family in America, Volume I, Compiled by Aaron Tyler Bliss, Published by the Author, 1982, Midland, Michigan. p. 99 - Date & lineage.
10. History of the Town of Gill, Massachusetts. Genealogies A - Z by Ralph M. Stoughton, 1960. LDS Call Number US/Can Film Area 0886882, Date & location.
11. History of the Town of Northfield, Massachusetts, by J. H. Temple and George Sheldon, published by Joel Munsell, 82 State St., Albany, N.Y., 1875. p. 475 - Date & location.
12. Genealogy of the Bliss Family in America, Volume I, Compiled by Aaron Tyler Bliss, Published by the Author, 1982, Midland, Michigan. p. 100 - Date.
13. Ibid., p. 100 - Date & location.
14. Ibid., p. 100 - State.
15. Ibid., p. 100 - Date & state.
16. Ibid., p. 100 - Year.
17. Ibid., p. 100 - Year & location.
18. Ibid., p. 100 - Surname of husband.

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