Individual Details

CENSUS: 1790: 2 white males 16 and up (incl. Gad)
2 white males under 16
4 white females

MILITARY SERVICE: Private, Capt. John Morgan's Company, detached from militia of Hampshire and Worcester Counties; enlisted 7 January 1778; discharged 1 July 1778; guarded stores and magazines at Springfield and Brookfield; Capt. John Carpenter's Company enlisted 11 March 1779; discharged 11 June 1779, with guards at Springfield; 6 months service with the Continental Army during 1780, marched 27 June 1780, discharged 27 December 1780; also second company Col. Gideon Burt's (Hampshire Co.) regiment for seven days service, 12 June 1782 to retake Samuel Ely who was rescued from the Springfield jail, also 16 June, 1782 to oppose the rioters assembled at Northampton.

Third of 6 children of William Bliss, Jr.

Birth	6 Feb 1748	Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts
Marriage	8 Mar 1770	Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts - Abiah Colton
Census	1790	Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts
Census	6 Aug 1810	then Hampshire County, Longmeadow, Hampden, Massachusetts
Death	29 Jan 1826	Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts

Spouse	Abiah Colton (1752 - 1811)
Child	James Bliss (1773 - )
Child	Margaret Bliss (1775 - )
Child	Hannah Bliss (1775 - )
Child	Bathsheba Bliss (1777 - )
Child	John Bliss (1779 - )
Child	Elijah Worthington Bliss (1781 - 1845)
Child	Henry Bliss (1783 - )
Child	Chloe Bliss (1787 - )
Child	Cynthia Bliss (1787 - )
Child	Abiah Bliss (1794 - 1883)

Father	William Bliss Jr. (1711 - 1758)
Mother	Experience White ( - )

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