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Note: Samuel Bliss purchased from an Indian chief, Owencco, in 1704-7 lands located in the town of Lebanon, CT about one mile east or northeast of the village, near the old burial ground.
Samuel married Anne ELDERKIN on 8 Dec 1681 in Norwich, New London, CT. Anne (daughter of Deacon Deacon John ELDERKIN and Elizabeth DRAKE) was born about 1661 in Norwich, New London, CT; died on 17 May 1748 in Norwich, New London, CT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Residence: "Thomas came to America with his parents about 1638 and was granted a house-lot adjacent to that of his father in Hartford in 1640. Sometime thereafter, Thomas Jr. removed to Saybrook, Connecticut. Though the "Bliss Genealogy" of 1881 states that this occurred after his father's death , it is more likely that Thomas removed to Saybrook in about 1644, where his marriage to Elizabeth is recorded, as are the births of six of their children. At Saybrook his allotment of land was east of the Connecticut River, in what is now Lyme. He sold this land July 23, 1662 to John Comstock and Richard Smith, having removed with his family to Norwich, Connecticut two or three years previous. His homestead at Norwich was still occupied by his descendants in 1880, seven generations of the same name having successively inherited the homestead and dwelt therein."
Thomas married Elizabeth BIRCHARD on 30 Oct 1644 in Saybrook, Middlesex, CT. Elizabeth was born about 1623; died on 28 Feb 1699 in Norwich, New London, CT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Deacon married Elizabeth DRAKE on 1 Mar 1660 in Windsor, Hartford, CT. Elizabeth was born about 1620 in Windsor, Hartford, CT; died on 18 Jun 1716 in Windsor, Hartford, CT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Immigratn: The "Hartford Book of Distributions" states "Severall Parcells of land in Hertford upon the River of Conecticott belonging to Thomas Blisse son and to his heirs forever" Dated February 1639/40. Probate: Thomas's will was not written down but recited orally to his wife, with his daughter, Mary Parsons, as witness.
Thomas married Margaret HULINS on 18 Oct 1621 in St. Nicholas Church, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, ENGLAND. Margaret (daughter of John HULINS and Margaret UNKNOWN) was born on 15 Jul 1594 in Rodborough, Gloucestershire, ENGLAND; died on 28 Aug 1684 in Springfield, Hampden, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]