Thomas BLISS

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    1. Thomas removed to America with his parents in about 1638 and was granted a house-lot adjacent to that of his father in Hartford in 1640. Sometime thereafter, moved to Saybrook, Connecticut.
    2. In about 1680 Thomas Bliss and Matthew Griswold were appointed agents by the town of Saybrook to "lay out a lot of land to an Indian named The Giant," near Black Point, in what was (1880) East Lyme, Connecticut. The locality is still called "The Giant's Neck".
    3. Thomas Bliss' will was dated April 13, 1688, two days before his death. In it provision was made for his wife, Elizabeth and six daughters and his only living son, Samuel, who was at the time thrity-one years of age. His estate was estimated at 182 pounds, 17 shillings, and 7 pence. He had land, besides his home lot, "over the river, on the Little Plain, at the Great Plain, at the Falls, in the Yantic meadow, in meadow at Beaver Brook, in pasture east of the town, and on Westward Hill."