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The Bliss Book The Bliss Book A Romantic History of the Bliss Family from the Time of its Beginning, in England, to its Advent into America, and Illustrating the Conditions of Life of the English Ancestors of many Others of the Founders of New England /;;: / / ,,-;f;-:r ~~ , _ _,/J&! I JtluA' ~~r,f~•·- _/'v •f,'~ t>, .. ··- /, , ..... -:, ,.r,:'"7,,,.., '· I I, By Charles Arthur Hoppin Investigator and Writer of Ancient Family History; Author of The Lives and Times of Our Ancestors in Devonia, The Making of Smith, The Loomises of the Old World, The Mediieval Sandfords, The English Antecedents of Daniel Brainwood, The Scovilles of Wessex, etc. PRIVATELY PRINTED: HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, U.S.A., MCMXIII True Narrative of the Origin A and Development of the Sur­ name and Family of Bliss, and of the Ancestry and Lives in England of the Three Puritans who Founded this Family in America in 1638- Thomas Blisse of Rehoboth, Massa­ chusetts, Thomas Blisse of Hartford, Connecticut, and George Blisse of Newport, Rhode Island; also of the Bliss emigrants to America of 1821, I 8 3 5, and 1 8 79; and some Descend­ an ts in England, since 1 5 oo, of the Blisses of Gloucester and Oxford shires. The Blisse Family of Daventry and Preston Capes, N orthamptonre. The First Bliss. Living 1180-1245. ;I I ,--------------- '-------- William Blisse of Salford Abbot = ] ohn Blisse of Tyringham, Buckinghamshire Warwickshire, Born circa 1230; Living 1297. living 1272. 1 -------<o,)--,; Reginald Blisse of Salford Abbot= William Blisse of Cranfield, Bedfordshire J t~~/aterbeach, Cambridgeshire= Gilbert Blisse of Ewledon, Shropshire= Margel}' Living 1333. Living 1325. Perhaps of Wootton, 1356. Living 1306. No knoWl>e. No known issue. I Conje~ured descent of the Blisses Philip Blisse of W-ootton1 Northamptonshire found in counties of Gloucester Assaulted 1356. and Worcester after 1481. I I I Thomas Blysse of Leamington, \Vares.= Richard Blysse of Daventry Henry Biis,, of Daventry = Born about 1460. I Born about 1460-65. Miller, meroer. ! Born 1450-60; I dead in 1524. I 1 1 1 John Bliss of Hill in Leamington Richard Blysse of Daventry John B!ysse of Daventry=Jane Wallman Thomas Biysse of. Daventry=Agnes Waliman. Born about 1500. Born about 1500. I' Yeoman. No issue. Died before Mercer. No issue. Bom about 1490; 1561. Born about 1490; Died 1574. mi will ol 1551. '>'-'lll 15Si. ,,--------------------~,_____________ ! C.·------------ Henry Blysse of Daventry= Margaret. William Blysse of Daventry, blacksmith = (2d wife) Robe, ,oeof Oadby, Linen draper. j Will 1598. Born 1530-35; I Elizabeth, Le.,hire. Died 1587. will proved 1574. ' Married 1561; (Issue.) I Ja~e. Edward.' Ursula.' Joane Tibbes = WiUiam.' Eliza. Agnes.' John.' died 1596. I I I Married Married I Married at East.cote, Pattis­ Married Born 1576. Born 1575; · (2d wife) Alice Smith= John 'Blisse, born Daventry 1562 = (1st wife). ' Andrew. Spencer. [ hall, 1597; died there 1600. William 'Blysse of Daventry, blacksmith = Elizabeth Nicholas ~e Joyce. Joane, Anne. Agnes.' George Blysse = Corra!!. died 1596. Married 1614; died 1625. \ Blacksmith at Preston Parva; ' Born about 1550-52; Daventry, bl iith, Bur. 1574. Born 1573. Born 1564; of Daventry, - died Preston Capes 1617. married 1578-9. (unmani died 1592. blacksmith. Joh'n, born 1615•16. Died 1608. I 1 I I Died 15i __~---------------~ George. Elizabeth. Constance. Joane. ' I I I I ' Agnes. Georg~ Biisseof Preston Capes== Ann Shaw. Thomas B]isse of Preston Capes= Margaret Thomas Blisse of Daventry, biacksmith = Dorothy \Vheatlie. M~. William' Blisse= Elizabeth Brothers. Margaret= Ann. George 'Blisse= Agnes Married John Married John B~cks~ith. \ Married 1635. Died Hartford, Conn., before 165.0., Died Springfield. Died 1001. Born 1582. Payne 1632. Born 1SS5~8'5; married ~2d) in New Eng­ l Married 1614; Born 158.2. o{ Daventry. \ Married 1619; of Daventry, \ Pinckard. Harding 1629. D,ed Newport, R. l., 1667. Mass., 1684. land before 1647, the widow Ide. died before 1646. Born 1580. died 1655. blacksmith. i Died 1636-7. Died Rehoboth, Mass., 1647. I . I I 1 Will 1637;----, ' I J 1 I i John Bliss. Ann. Mary. Thomas.' Nathaniel.' Lawrence. Hester.' Sarn uel. Elizabeth. Hannah. John 1 ' Elizabeth. B[lrn Newport, Married Robert Married Jos. Married 20 Elizabeth. M~rv. Jane. Jonatha~ Bliss. Nat~niel= John= mas. Thoma5. William. ArJ..,_ Geo'rge. Ma'ry. J arilea. E~s. ~Jane. Marv. Married 26 Married Mary Married John Married Miles Bom Hartford, Born Hartford Born 1615; Born 16i6--17; Born 1618; Born Daventry 1626; Bornin Daven.try 1622. Born in Daven- .& Daven• Boml620; Born 1621-2. Born 1624; Born 1628. Born 1630. Born 1633. Born 1636; Born 1639; Born 1630. Born 1621 ; R.l. Chapman, Parsons, Diod 1688. Nov., 1646, Scott 1659. Morgan, Spring- Conn., 1638-9; Conn., 1640; 29 Apr., 1642; 26 Nov., 1646; Catherine Died 1676. E~::.".··F~~. married at Re- married Nath'l died 1621. died Rehoboth,Mass.,16Sj. (No further record of try 1620; 1624; died 1625 married Parriott died 1636. died 1639. died 1627-8. l:nr~ field, Mass., died 1662. died 1702. hoboth. Mass., Harmon,Brain- him, unless he was the died in England. i 625 or or 1628. 1671. died died Chapin, Springfield, 1669-70. Thos. Willmore. tree, Mass. 2B. 20 Nov., 1685. 29 Jan., 17!2. Springfield, Mass. Nathaniel who died Mass.; Springfield, Mass., 8 N CN • 1654, as some died 1654. 1 have surmised). To Alfreda Maria (Bliss) Hoppin " For whose dear bones we would a tomb advance, Of gold, and silver, and Corinthian brass, With ivory pillars mix't with jet and ranee, Rarer and richer than th' old Carian's was; And round about it write Their virtues shining bright. But, sith the most of our poor means, alas! Not the least part of that rich pride affords, For want of wealth we build a tomb of words; Which, though it cost less shall out-last The proud cloud-threat'ning battlements, The aspiring spires by Ninus plac't And hell-deep-founded monuments." Preface "My endeavors Have ever come short of my desires, Yet, filled with my abilities." · The sources of genealogical information, from which the facts in this book have been drawn, are the original ancient manuscripts, written in Latin and English, extant in the parish, borough, mano­ rial, county, diocesan, and national archives or records of England. Every record therein examined, for this book, has come before the eye of the author; he alone is responsible for the interpretation herein presented of those records. Practically nothing in this book has been left to rest upon a mere tradition. Tradition has been found erroneous-a hindrance, not a help. Practically nothing available in the records of England has been left unread. This book, therefore, is the first word, the only word, and the last word of truth yet written, or likely to be written, within the limits of the subject undertaken. The national records of England are so numer­ ous and vast as to be almost inexhaustible. Years of time are necessary to complete a search on any one family name. On the whole, all of the said sources· of information are official; and they are reliable. Some records, however, are exceedingly complicated, now and then imperfect in parts, and sometimes yield data apparently irreconcilable, if not actually contradictory in certain phases. The searcher must be endowed with infinite patience, to say nothing of other requisites, lest he easily become discouraged. Though laborious even to the skillful paleographer, the pursuit of such a quest is positively romantic. It has a particular fascination for one who can bring to bear the power of a keen intuition or per­ ception. To the many American ·tourists who go to England, and without having had long technical experience in the archives there, expect to find the homes of their ancestors, success is seldom possible. Moreover thei~ failure is well-nigh inevitable. Even the ablest investigator cannot succeed therein always. The author has often studied for weeks, and occasionally through the night, trying to determine the full significance of a single item of evidence, or to clear up a hazy point, which when accomplished would scarcely add anything noticeable to his story. Such dis­ crepancies and difficulties are of altogether too frequent occurrence in the work of an original inquiry into the history of a family. Hence 5 the inquirer whose method is to be fastidious in point of accuracy, and artistic or sympathetic in the manner of the presentation of his facts and observations, must become insensible, if his means permit, to the lapse of time whilst searching in the archives, verifying a debatable item, and weighing each word with which he attires his framework of facts. Moreover, above all, he must not rest with being a mere compiler, like some of the old genealogists who were content to publish a bare skeleton of cold names and dates that sadly needed to be clothed with some semblance to life. Therefore, the zeal of an author in such efforts should be esteemed a wise reason for what, to impatient subscribers, may seem an unaccountable delay in the completion of his work. It would be an affectation to, deny that books of this class can only be made, by the present author, under the expectation of some subscriptions, for he has no one to thank for any particular assistance in the cost (over $5000) and the entire work of preparing and illustrating the manuscript of The Bliss Book, save for the encouragement courteously given to him by Frederick Spencer· Bliss of Hartford, Connecticut, William H. Bliss of New York City, and Sir Henry W. Bliss, K.C.I.E., of England, to whom the author's thanks are hereby expressed.
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