Individual Details

Martha Bliss

(December, 1622 - November, 1676)

Martha Bliss was born in Daventry, England. In 1640 or so she came to America with her family. In 1646 she married Nicholas Ide. They had several children and lived in Plymouth Colony, then Rehoboth, Massachusetts.

Events

BirthDecember, 1622Daventry, Northamptonshire, England
Arrival1640
Marriage1647Massachusetts, British America - Nicholas Ide
CivilJune 8, 1649
CivilAugust, 1664
DeathNovember, 1676Rehoboth, British America
BurialNovember 3, 1676

Families

SpouseNicholas Ide (1620 - 1690)
ChildMartha Ide (1654 - 1700)
ChildMary Ide (1649 - 1696)
FatherThomas Bliss (1588 - 1647)
MotherDorothy Wheatley (1591 - 1631)

Notes

Arrival

There's no arrival source for Martha but she would have arrived with her dad Thoma Bliss and his 2nd wife who may have been Widow Ide whose son she would marry in 1647, Nicholas Ide

Marriage

Nicholas Ide married a woman named Martha, it's probable Nicholas married Martha Bliss, with no actual marriage records or records stating Martha's last name.

Civil

Thomas Bliss's will, he mentions Nicholas ide, son in law or step son. Thomas Bliss probably married Widow Ide, mom of Nicholas.

Civil

Martha was one who discovered the body of Elizabeth Walker 2 yers old, drowned in a river. Plymouth Court had a hearing and ruled it was an accident. This child was of Philip and Jane Metcalf Walker, their son Samuel would marry Martha Ide daughter of Nicholas and Martha Bliss Ide.

Burial

Martha's burial place is unknwon but 2 solid sources verify her burial date.

Endnotes

1. (2008). || Volume 2 page 833.

2. Society of Mayflower Descendants (Mass.). The Mayflower Descendant. Boston: The Massachusetts Society of Mayflower descendants, 1899, Volume 8 page 85.

3. New Plymouth Colony. Records of the Colony of New Plymouth, In New England. Boston: Press of W. White, 1855, Volume 3-4 page 83, 84.

4. Arnold, James N. Vital Record of Rehoboth, 1642-1896: Marriages, Intentions, Births, Deaths. Providence, R.I.: Narragansett historical publishing company, 1897, Page 839.

5. , "FindAGrave.com," online database, Find a Grave ( http://www.findagrave.com : accessed ), .

6. Arnold, James N. Vital Record of Rehoboth, 1642-1896: Marriages, Intentions, Births, Deaths. Providence, R.I.: Narragansett historical publishing company, 1897, Page 839.

7. New Plymouth Colony. Records of the Colony of New Plymouth, In New England. Boston: Press of W. White, 1855, Volume 8 page 63, burial.