Samuel Bliss

1637 - 1720  (83 years)

• Name	Samuel Bliss
  Christening	04 Feb 1537	St. Mary de Crypt, Gloucester, England
  Birth	1637	Cloucestershire, England
  Gender	Male
  Other-Begin	23 Mar 1655	Springfield, Hampden Co, Massachusetts
  	Oath of Fidelity
  		Oath of Fidelity - Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts from "John Harmon of Springfield MA Associates Part 7 VIII Those Who Took The Oath of Fidelity March 23, 1655/56 "March 23d 1655/56 being a Training day these under written took the oath of fidelity: Thomas Bancroft, John Stewart, James Warrener, Obadiah Miller, Symon Sackett, Nathaneel Burt, Hugh Dudley, Samuel Bliss, William Morgan, Lawrence Bliss, Jeremy Horton, James Taylor, Edward Foster, John Sackett, Josiah Chapin Abell Wright, Richard Maund, John Riley, Anthony Dorchester, Francis Pepper, James Osborne, John Horton, John Earle"
  Death	23 Mar 1720	Springfield, Hampden Co, Massachusetts
  Notes	In May 1671 an Indian was found guilty for breaking into Samuel Bliss? house on the Sabbath and stealing some wampum. His wife says it was in her own purse and the other part of it was an Indian woman?s which she left with them and was in the woman?s bag. The Indian admitted to taking the wampam and because the Indian did this on the Sabbath day and entered into the house he was sentenced to pay his spare coat plus all the wampum he had on him and also sentenced to be well whipped with 20 lashes. Samuel Bliss was sworn in as constable on 19 Aug 1674. In 1690, John Crowfoote and John Buck were complained of for being drunk and being abusive in their carriage and also being out after the ten o?clock watch at night. When asked where they got the drink, John Crowfoote said, "I had it of Old Samuel Bliss in Towne; Old Samuel Bliss that kept the Ordinary; I had it of him last Wednesday and paid him for it before I had it. I paid him in corne, a bushel of mislen wheat and rye he had of me for it, and at night I and John Buck drank some of it . . . " Inasmuch as Bliss had no license to sell, he was ordered to come into court. In 1693, Samuel?s nephew Ebenezer Scot, was being disorderly and running away from Samuel Terry, his father-in-law (meaning his mother?s husband.) Samuel Bliss was present at the court and consented to the plan that was laid out by the court for his nephew.
  Person ID	I12361	Roots
  Last Modified	10 Feb 2011

  
  

  Father	Thomas Bliss,   b. 20 Mar 1583, Belstone, Devonshire, England d. Mar 1651, Hartford, Hartford Co, Connecticut (Age 67 years)
  Mother	Margaret Lawrence Hulines,   b. 15 Jul 1595, of, Rodborough, Glouchestershire, England d. 28 Aug 1684, Springfield, Hampden Co, Massachusetts (Age 89 years)
  Marriage	18 Oct 1621	St.Nicholas, Glouchestershire, England
  Family ID	F2351	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Leonard,   b. 14 Sep 1647, Springfield, Hampden Co, Massachusetts d. 21 Mar 1724, Springfield, Hampden Co, Massachusetts (Age 76 years)
  Marriage	20 Nov 1665	Springfield, Hampden Co, Massachusetts
  Children	+ 1. Thomas Bliss,   b. 8 Feb 1668, Springfield, Hampden Co, Massachusetts d. 10 Nov 1733 (Age 65 years)   2. Mary Bliss,   b. 14 Aug 1670, Hartford, Hartford Co, Connecticut d. 23 Dec 1707, East Harford, Hartford Co, Connecticut (Age 37 years)
  Family ID	F4781	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Feb 2011

  
  

• Event Map

  Other-Begin - Oath of Fidelity - 23 Mar 1655 - Springfield, Hampden Co, Massachusetts Marriage - 20 Nov 1665 - Springfield, Hampden Co, Massachusetts Death - 23 Mar 1720 - Springfield, Hampden Co, Massachusetts  = Link to Google Earth