Samuel BLISS

Birth:
Jan 1753
Hebron, Tolland, Connecticut
Death:
30 Dec 1835
Norwich, Windsor, Vermont
Burial:
1 Jan 1836
Strafford, Orange, Vermont
Marriage:
Jun 1777
Lyme, Grafton, New Hampshire
Father:
John BLISS
Notes:
                   Mr. Bliss was elected Town Clerk ther in 1784, holding that office for
twenty-seven years, and was also magistrate(Justice of the Peace), holding that
office for twenty-three years, until his removal to Canada.  He also
represented Strafford at the Vermont Legislature in 1787.
Afterwards married in 1817 to Betsey Wallace, who was born in 1793.
Information taken from genealogy of the Bliss Family.

SOURCES:  1. Ancestral File
            2. 1997 Ordinance Index
            3. Family Records
Olive PENNOCK
Birth:
15 May 1761
Cornwall, Litchfield, Connecticut
Notes:
                   Later mairried Mr. G. Hall, and then to James Griffin.
Children
Marriage
1
Miss BLISS
Birth:
Abt 1777
of Strafford, Orange, Vermont
Death:
1777
 
Marr:
 
2
Samuel BLISS
Birth:
6 Aug 1779
Strafford, Orange, Vermont
Death:
Dec 1811
Sarah YOUNG 
Marr:
23 Aug 1801
 
3
Avis BLISS
Birth:
21 Mar 1780
Strafford, Orange, Vermont
Death:
Notes:
                   Married Sylvester Day; afterwards married Gideon Huntington.
4
Miss BLISS
Birth:
10 Apr 1781
Strafford, Orange, Vermont
Death:
1781
 
Marr:
 
5
Betsey BLISS
Birth:
26 Dec 1784
Strafford, Orange, Vermont
Death:
8 Sep 1872
Strafford, Orange, Vermont
Stephen MORRILL 
Marr:
16 Dec 1804
Hebron, Tolland, Connecticut 
Notes:
                   Married Stephen Morrill, Esq.
6
James BLISS
Birth:
1785
Hebron, Tolland, Connecticut
Death:
3 May 1827
Stanstead, Memphremagog, Quebec
Anna WALBRIDGE 
Marr:
11 Dec 1806
Sharon, Windsor, Vermont 
7
Abalinda BLISS
Birth:
22 Jul 1787
Strafford, Orange, Vermont
Death:
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                   Died of consumption, unmarried.
8
Clarinda BLISS
Birth:
18 Jul 1789
Strafford, Orange, Vermont
Death:
22 Feb 1858/59
Shubael WATERMAN 
Marr:
3 Nov 1811
Strafford, Orange, Connecticut 
Notes:
                   Married to Shubael Waterman.
9
Lyman BLISS
Birth:
1791
Strafford, Orange, Vermont
Death:
16 Apr 1836
Sally CHAMBERLIN 
Marr:
9 Sep 1816
St. Johnsbury, Caledonia, Verm 
10
Lucinda BLISS
Birth:
5 Jul 1793
Strafford, Orange, Vermont
Death:
Stephen BARTLETT 
Marr:
1 May 1813
Compton, Quebec 
Notes:
                   Married at Compton,Quebec,Canada to Stephen Bartlett.
11
John Jay BLISS
Birth:
11 Jun 1795
Strafford, Orange, Vermont
Death:
1872
Ionia, Ionia, Michigan
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                   Married to Fanny Moulton.
12
Polly BLISS
Birth:
1797
Hebron, Tolland, Connecticut
Death:
Chester WEBSTER 
Marr:
1814
Compton, Quebec 
Notes:
                   Married to Chester Webster.
13
Bediva MARY
Birth:
23 Apr 1798
Strafford, Orange, Vermont
Death:
 
Marr:
 
14
Amplius BLISS
Birth:
25 Mar 1802
Strafford, Orange, Vermont
Death:
1879
Lovina GILSON 
Marr:
11 Feb 1823
Moe's River, Compton, Quebec 
Notes:
                   Imformation taken from book "Genealogy of the Bliss Family In America, Vol. I;
compiled by Aaron Tyler Bliss, Midland, Michigan:1981; being a corrective
reprint and revision of the compilations of John Homer Bliss which was
published in 1881.
   Book is in the posession of Janis Morris;119 East 800 North; Logan, Utah:1991

SOURCES:  1. Ancestral File (nil)
            2. 1997 Ordinance Index
            3. Family Records
15
Anson BLISS
Birth:
2 Apr 1805
Strafford, Orange, Vermont
Death:
1861
Harriet DOREY 
Marr:
23 Feb 1837
 
16
Azro BLISS
Birth:
28 Feb 1807
Strafford, Orange, Vermont
Death:
7 Sep 1853
Melbourne, Quebec
Hannah SLEEPER 
Marr:
5 Nov 1830
Compton, Quebec 
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Samuel Bliss - Olive Pennock

Samuel Bliss was born at Hebron, Tolland, Connecticut Jan 1753. His parents were John Bliss and Jerusha Brown.

He married Olive Pennock Jun 1777 at Lyme, Grafton, New Hampshire . Olive Pennock was born at Cornwall, Litchfield, Connecticut 15 May 1761 daughter of James Pennock and Margaret Seeley .

They were the parents of 16 children:
Miss Bliss born Abt 1777.
Samuel Bliss born 6 Aug 1779.
Avis Bliss born 21 Mar 1780.
Miss Bliss born 10 Apr 1781.
Betsey Bliss born 26 Dec 1784.
James Bliss born 1785.
Abalinda Bliss born 22 Jul 1787.
Clarinda Bliss born 18 Jul 1789.
Lyman Bliss born 1791.
Lucinda Bliss born 5 Jul 1793.
John Jay Bliss born 11 Jun 1795.
Polly Bliss born 1797.
Bediva Mary born 23 Apr 1798.
Amplius Bliss born 25 Mar 1802.
Anson Bliss born 2 Apr 1805.
Azro Bliss born 28 Feb 1807.

Samuel Bliss died 30 Dec 1835 at Norwich, Windsor, Vermont .