wm.l.gann'sgenealogysite
Genealogy of the Gann, Donaldson, Laubacher, McDowell and related families
First Name:  Last Name: 
[Advanced Search]  [Surnames]

Nathaniel Bliss

Male 1622 - 1654  (~ 31 years)


Personal Information    |    Sources    |    All    |    PDF

  • Name Nathaniel Bliss  [1
    Christened 28 Dec 1622  Rodborough, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 8 Nov 1654  Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Buried 18 Nov 1654  Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    • "Nathaniell Bliss was buried the 18th of ye 9 mon 1654"
    Notes 
    • "NATHANIEL, Springfield 1645, br. of the preced. b. in Eng. rem. from Hartford soon after d. of his f. and m. 20 Nov. 1646, Catharine, d. of deac. Samuel Chapin, had Samuel, b. 7 Nov. 1647, wh. liv. to 19 June 1749; Margaret, 12 Nov. 1649, wh. m. 2 May 1672, Nathaniel Foote, and d. Apr. 1745; Mary, 23 Sept. 1651; and Nathaniel, 27 Mar. 1653, wh. d. 23 Dec. 1736. Notwithstand. this tendency to long life in the ch. the f. was bur. 18 Nov. 1654. His wid. m. 31 July foll. Thomas Gilbert, by him had four ch. and m. 28 Dec. 1664, Samuel Marshfield, and had four more, so as to count one doz. ch. On 31 Dec. 1678, or the next day, Samuel, sen. Samuel, jr. and Samuel tert. took o. of alleg. being over 16 yrs. old, and enrol. in the milit. at S. They were a s. of Nathaniel, a s. of Lawrence, and their uncle."

      Genealogical Dictionary of new England Settlers (Boston: n.pub., 1860-1862)
    • No probate authority for the area existed at the time of his death (21 Jul 2017)
      Not found in probate index (first series) of Middlesex Co., Massachusetts (13 Jan 2018)
    Person ID I1214  Wm L Gann Ancestors
    Last Modified 13 Jan 2018 

    Father Thomas Bliss,   b. 1580 - 1585, Painswick, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1646 - Feb 1650, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 65 years) 
    Mother Margaret Hulings,   b. 15 Jul 1595, Rodborough, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Aug 1684, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 89 years) 
    Married 18 Oct 1621  Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Saint Nicholas Parish
    Family ID F560  Group Sheet

    Family Catherine Chapin,   c. 1626, Berry Pomroy, Devonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 4 Feb 1711/12, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 86 years) 
    Married 20 Nov 1646  Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3
    • "Nathaniell Bliss and Katheryne Chapin were married 9 mon 20 day 1646"; remembering the new year started in March, the 9th month would be November.
    Children 
     1. Samuel Bliss,   b. 7 Nov 1647, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Jun 1749, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 101 years)
     2. Margaret Bliss,   b. 12 Nov 1649, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Apr 1745, Colchester, New London, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 95 years)
     3. Mary Bliss,   b. 23 Sep 1651, Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1721 - 1722, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years)
     4. Nathaniel Bliss,   b. 27 Mar 1653, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Dec 1736, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years)
    Family ID F537  Group Sheet

  • Sources 
    1. [S21599] Genealogical Dictionary of New England Settlers, ((Boston: n.pub., 1860-1862)).

    2. [S26921] Massachusetts, Springfield Vital Records, 1638-1887, (''FamilySearch'' (https://www.familysearch.org)), LDS film 185414, image 177 (Reliability: 3), 9 Jun 2011.

    3. [S26899] Vital Records of Springfield, MA, The Massachusetts Vital Records Project, comps., (The Massachusetts Vital Records Project, 2005-), bk. 1, p. 13 (Reliability: 3), 03 Dec 2010.