1618 - 1688

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• Suffix	Jr.
  Birth	1618	Preston Capes,Rodborough,Gloucestershire,England
  Gender	Male
  Died	15 Apr 1688	Springfield,Hampden,Massachusetts
  Person ID	I97316	Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish
  Last Modified	04 Jun 2005 00:00:00
  Father	Thomas BLISS, b. Abt 1588, Painswick,Perh,Gloucestershire,England
  Mother	Margaret Lawrence HULINS, (Hulinges), b. 15 Jul 1595, of Rodborough, Gloucestershire, England
  Family ID	F42468	Group Sheet
  Family	Elizabeth BIRCHARD, b. 1 Nov 1621, Belstone, County Devon, England
  Married	30 Oct 1644	Lyme,New London,Connecticut
  Children	1. Elizabeth BLISS, b. 20 Nov 1645, ,Saybrook,Middlesex,Connecticut   2. Mary BLISS, b. 7 Feb 1649, Saybrook,Saybrook,Middlesex,Connecticut   3. Thomas BLISS, b. 3 Mar 1652, Saybrook,Middlesex,Connecticut   4. Elizabeth BLISS, b. 20 Nov 1654, Saybrook,Ct   5. Deliverance BLISS, b. 10 Aug 1655, Saybrook,Saybrook,Middlesex,Connecticutt > 6. Samuel BLISS, b. 9 Dec 1657, Saybrook,Middlesex,Ct   7. Anne BLISS, b. 15 Sep 1660, Norwich,Norwich,New London,Connecticutt > 8. Rebecca BLISS, b. 18 Mar 1663, Norwich,New London,Connecticut
  Family ID	F34750	Group Sheet

• Notes

  He was at Hartford with his father and shortly after his father's death, he moved to Saybrook. !History of Norwich, Connecticut: From its Possession by the Indians, to the Year 1866, Frances Manwaring Caulkins, 1976, page 167: Thomas Bliss, Senior and Junior, had house-lots and divisions of land in Hartford, as early as 1640. The senior died in Hartford, leaving nine children, and his widow, Margaret, apparently a woman of resolute, independent character, removed with the younger part of the family to Springfield. Thomas Bliss, Junior, is afterwards found at Saybrook, where his marriage and the births of six children are recorded. The list is repeated with some variation of date and the addition of two more children, at Norwich. The wife's family name is not given in either place. "Thomas and Elizabeth Bliss were married the latter end of October, 1644." The allotments of Thomas Bliss in Saybrook were eastward of the river in what is now Lyme. His house-lot of thirty acres lay between John Ompsted (Olmstead) on the north, and John Lay south. He sold it, July 23, 1662, to John Comstock. His home-ot in Norwich was also near to that of John Olmstead, extending originally, at the north-west, to the pent highway. That part where the house stands, has never been alienated. Seven generations have dwelt on the same spot, and the house is supposed not to have been entirely rebuilt since it wa erected by the first proprietor. Thomas Bliss died April 15, 1688. His will, executed two days before his death, was proved at New London, before Edward Palmes, June 13, and allowed by Sir Edmun Adross at Boston; this being the period when that delegated despot arrogated to himself supreme authority over the courts of New England. The will recognizes wife Elizabeth, son Samuel, and six daughters. His oldest son, Thomas, had died without issue, Jan. 29, 1681. Elizabeth the relict, died Feb. 28, 1699-1700. Samuel Bliss married, Dec. 8, 1681, Anna, daughter of John Elderkin. Five of his daughters married as follows: Elizabeth married Edward Smith of New London, June 7, 1663. Sarah married 1st, Thomas Sluman, Dec., 1668; 2d, Solomon Tracy. Deliverance (recorded also Deliver and Dolinda) married Josiah Rockwell, 1688. Rebecca, the youngest daughter, born in 1663, had not been traced. In the inventory of Thomas Bliss, his estate is estimated at 182.17.7 pounds. He had land, besides his home-lot, over the river, - on the Little Plain, - at the Great Plain, - at the Falls, - in Yantie meadow, - in meadow at Beaver Brook, - in pasture east of the town, - and on Westward hill. This illustrated the prudential course of the early rulers of the plantation in regard to the common lands. They were divided in small quantities at short intervals, corresponding to the growth and necessities of the town and the ability of the owners to clear them up and place them under cultivation.