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Rachel Bliss (Puffer)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Earl Shilton, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom
Death: 1706 (75-76)
Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts
Immediate Family:

Daughter of George Puffer and Martha Puffer
Wife of Sgt. Jonathan Bliss
Mother of Ephraim Bliss; Experience Chaffee; Rachel Manning; Jonathan Bliss; Mary Bliss and 6 others
Sister of James Puffer and Matthias Puffer

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About Rachel Bliss

From Rachel Puffer Bliss Find A Grave Memorial# 34283390 Burial: Unknown.

Born before 1634, probably to George & Elizabeth (____) Puffer. Rachel's date of death is unknown. The some give her (May 21, 1706) belongs to Jonathan3 Bliss's wife, Miriam (Carpenter) Bliss. Some sources, in misidentifying Jonathan2's wife as Miriam (Harmon), have also assigned the death date of an actual Miriam (Jonathan3's wife) to an imaginary one (misidentified as Jonathan2's wife). Miriam (Carpenter) Bliss was only 32 years old when she died, far too young to have been the wife of Jonathan2. See Eugene Cole Zubrinsky,'To Say it Doesn't Make It So': Clues to the Probable Identity of the Wife of Jonathan Bliss of Rehoboth MA," New England Historical Genealogical Register, 151, Jan. 1997, 32

There's no evidence that Rachel Puffer's mother's maiden name was Sedley. This assertion comes from a volume published in 1935 by Raymon M. Tingley, whose family history has gained a well-deserved reputation for unreliability; his pronouncement is accompanied by no support whatsoever.

Children include

  • Experience Bliss Chaffee 1648–1721
  • Bethiah Bliss Carpenter 1671–1703

Created by: Linda Mac Added: 28 Feb 2009 Find A Grave Memorial 34283390


  • Eugene Cole Zubrinsky, "To Say It Doesn't Make It So: Clues to the Probable Identity of the Wife of Jonathan2 Bliss of Rehoboth, Massachusetts," The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 151 (Jan. 1977): 31.
  • Randy A. West, "The English Origin of George1 Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts," The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 171 (Fall 2017): 315-17.
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Rachel Bliss's Timeline

1630
September 12, 1630
Earl Shilton, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom
1649
February 5, 1649
Rehoboth, Plymouth Colony
February 5, 1649
Rehoboth, Plymouth Colony
1651
December 1, 1651
Rehoboth, Plymouth Colony
1653
March 4, 1653
Rehoboth, Plymouth Colony
1655
September 30, 1655
Rehoboth, Plymouth Colony
1657
January 29, 1657
Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States
1660
June 24, 1660
Rehoboth, Plymouth Colony
1663
April 16, 1663
Rehoboth, Plymouth Colony
1666
September 17, 1666
Rehoboth, Plymouth Colony