Individual Details
Thomas Bliss
(1580 - 1585 - 1640)
Thomas came with his family to Boston in the autumn of 1635 to escape the persecution of Puritans by the Church of England. He and his brother George both sailed on the same ship. They both settled with their families in the section of Boston across the bay a little southeast of the city called the Mount. This area was later named Braintree for an atrocity committed by the Indians.
About the time his brother George went to Lynn, Thomas and his nephew, Thomas Bliss, went to Hartford, Ct. with the first group of settlers, owning land there before 1639. They may have been of the group of settlers headed by Rev. Thomas Hooker who arrived in 1636. Thomas had sold his property in Braintree at a profit and obtained land in Hartford, but in 1640 he became ill and died.
About the time his brother George went to Lynn, Thomas and his nephew, Thomas Bliss, went to Hartford, Ct. with the first group of settlers, owning land there before 1639. They may have been of the group of settlers headed by Rev. Thomas Hooker who arrived in 1636. Thomas had sold his property in Braintree at a profit and obtained land in Hartford, but in 1640 he became ill and died.
Events
| Birth | 1580 - 1585 | Belstone parish, Devonshire, England |  | ||
| Marriage | Abt 1612 | England - Margaret | |||
| Death | 1640 | Hartford, Connecticut, British America | |
Families
| Spouse | Margaret (1594 - 1684) |
| Child | Samuel Bliss (1624 - 1720) |
| Father | Thomas Bliss (1550 - 1635) |
| Sibling | Jonathan Bliss (1575 - 1635) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth "Betty" Bliss ( - ) |
| Sibling | George Bliss (1591 - 1667) |
| Sibling | Mary "Polly" Bliss ( - ) |
Endnotes
1. Johnson, Carol Clark, 1914- ., Fullers, Sissons, and Scotts, our yeoman ancestors : 46 New England and New York families. (Mobile, Ala.: American International, 1976?. 650 pgs.), p. 13.
2. Johnson, Carol Clark, 1914- ., Fullers, Sissons, and Scotts, our yeoman ancestors : 46 New England and New York families. (Mobile, Ala.: American International, 1976?. 650 pgs.), p. 13.