Mehitable Bliss

Biography

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Mehitable Spofford was the daughter of Thomas Spofford and Bethiah Haseltine.[1]. She was born 31 Jan 1707 in Boxford, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony.[1], and died 11 Feb 1767 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony.[3]

She married Nathaniel Bliss 4 Sep 1723 in Lebanon, Connecticut.

Family

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Nathaniel Bliss, son of Nathaniel Bliss and Mary Wright, was born 26 Oct 1704 in Enfield, New London, Connecticut, and died on 23 Nov 1771.

Children

Born to Nathaniel and Margaret Spofford Bliss:

Surname: BLISS

1. Elijah b. 1727-09-09 d. single in Cornwallis Nova Scotia in 1788 of smallpox's
2. Mehitable b. 1728-08-10
3. Mary b. 1731-01-04 d. 1731-01-04
4. Mary b. 1732-03-02 m: on Oct 11, 1750 Daniel Bascum
5. Joseph b. 1733-02-08 d. 1734-06-11
6. Patience b 1734-06-02
7. Nathaniel b. 1736-08-05 d. 1778

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References

1. North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 Ancestry Record 61157 #883001
2. "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPS3-Q167 : 21 September 2019), Mehetable Spafford, ; citing Marriage, , Compiled by Lucius A. and Lucius B. Barbour, housed at State Library, Hartford, Connecticut; FHL microfilm 008143425.
3. "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1V-R27D : 29 November 2018), Mehettabell Bliss, 11 Feb 1767; citing Death, Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007578641.
4. Bliss, John Homer. Genealogy of the Bliss family in America. (Boston, Mass., J. H. Bliss, 1881). page 64. < Archive.Org >
5. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Bliss-390
6. http://www.genealogyofnewengland.com/f_22e.htm#48