Thomas BLISS

Abt 1618 - 1688  (70 years)

• Birth	Abt 1618	Rodborough, Gloucestershire, ENGLAND   [1]
  Birth	1626	Rodborough, Gloucestershire, ENGLAND
  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."
  Death	15 Apr 1688	Norwich, New London, CT   [2]

  
  

  Father	Thomas BLISS,   b. Abt 1590, ENGLAND d. (DEC 1650 OR Jan 1651), Hartford, Hartford, CT
  Mother	Margaret HULINS,   b. 15 Jul 1594, Rodborough, Gloucestershire, ENGLAND d. 28 Aug 1684, Springfield, Hampden, MA (Age 90 years)
  Family ID	F941	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth BIRCHARD,   b. Abt 1623   d. 28 Feb 1699, Norwich, New London, CT (Age 76 years)
  Marriage	30 Oct 1644	Saybrook, Middlesex, CT
  Children	1. Elizabeth BLISS,   b. 20 Nov 1645, Saybrook, Middlesex, CT d. 10 Jul 1689, New London, New London, CT (Age 43 years)   2. Sarah BLISS,   b. 26 Aug 1647, Saybrook, Middlesex, CT d. 29 Aug 1730, Norwich, New London, CT (Age 83 years)   3. Mary BLISS,   b. 7 Feb 1649, Saybrook, Middlesex, CT d. Abt 1700, Norwich, New London, CT (Age 50 years)   4. Thomas BLISS,   b. 3 Mar 1652, Saybrook, Middlesex, CT d. 29 Jan 1682 (Age 29 years)   5. Deliverance BLISS,   b. 10 Aug 1655, Saybrook, Middlesex, CT   6. Samuel BLISS,   b. 9 Dec 1657, Saybrook, Middlesex, CT d. 30 Dec 1729 (Age 72 years)   7. Anne BLISS,   b. 15 Sep 1660, Norwich, New London, CT d. 19 Feb 1714/15 (Age 54 years)   8. Rebecca BLISS,   b. 18 Mar 1662, Norwich, New London, CT d. 22 Aug 1737, Norwich, New London, CT (Age 75 years)
  Family ID	F1053	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Abt 1618 - Rodborough, Gloucestershire, ENGLAND Birth - 1626 - Rodborough, Gloucestershire, ENGLAND Marriage - 30 Oct 1644 - Saybrook, Middlesex, CT Death - 15 Apr 1688 - Norwich, New London, CT  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S33] Bliss, Aaron Tyler, Bliss Family, (Published by the Author, Midland, Michigan, 1982), 33. [S216] History of New London County, Connecticut, (Lewis Historical Publishing Co., New York, New York, 1922), 216.