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Alice Blessing
(1577 - 9 Feb 1656)
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== Disputed Origins ==
There appear to be two theories for her parents:# [[Blyssynge-1|John Blyssinge]] & [[Unknown-186716|Jone/Joane Preaste]]; this couple is too old to be her parents; a 1957 TAG article makes a case that they are possibly her grandparents. See below.# [[Blyssynge-2|William Blyssynge]] and [[Preaste-2|Joan Preaste]]. This appears to be a conflation of the William (son of John, above; see research notes below) with William's mother being presented as his wife.
== Biography ==
She married _____ Firmage about 1615 at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England.}
Children:
# Susan,
# Abigail,
# Sarah,
# Ester,
# Mark II# Capt. Benjamin Firmage/Fermayes/Vermayes, b about 1620. [[Vermayes-1]]. He was admitted to Salem, Massachusetts church 6 Mar 1641/2. He was made freeman in Boston, 18 May 1642. He married Mrs Mercy Bradford 21 Dec 1648, eldest daughter of Gov William Bradford. Was in Plymouth by 1650. He died in Guinea by November 1665 when the Essex County court when his estate was given to Capt. Hutchinson [husband of his sister Abigail] and widow Esther Eastwick [his other sister].
Alice was a widow when she requested to reside in Salem, Massachusetts in 1638, suggested that her husband did not emigrate with her. It was also her son (not husband) Mark Vermais who settled in Salem the same date:
: 29 Oct 1638: "Marke Vermais is admitted to be an Inhabitant amongest us at Salem. & doeth desire to be accomodated amongest us wth land. Ellis Vermais '''widow''' desireth accomodation of land at Salem." Salem (Mass.) editors. ''Town records of Salem, Massachusetts'' Salem, Mass., The Essex Institute 1868. [https://archive.org/details/townrecordsofsalv1sale/page/n77 pp 72, 73]
== Research Notes ==In 1957, Walter Goodwin Davis published "The Four Blessing Sisters" in ''The American Genealogist,'' (Vol 33(1957):199-202). Key findings from it include:* Cites Boyd's Suffolk Marriage index for 1569 Somerlyton marriage of John Blyssinge and Joane Preaste.* Cites Somerlytown baptisms for two children of the above couple: Julian (daughter) b 1571; William b 1575.* Cites Great Yarmouth, co. Norfolk (on Suffolk border, 7 miles from Somerlytown), parish records for marriages of three Blessing girls (who the author surmises were the ''granddaughters'' of the Somerlyton couple above):** [[Blessing-22|Margaret Blessing]] m 1613 Robert Buffam (who emigrated to New England, settled in Salem); she died in England by 1634 when he married Thomasine (Ward) Thompson** Jone Blessing m 1620 William Towne (who both settled in Salem, MA; see bequest from Alice to sister Joan Towne in Alice's will below)
** [[Blessing-20|Julian Blessing]] m Thomas Goose 1622* Concludes that Alice Blessing was a fourth sister; that she married about 1615 ____ Firmage (var. spellings). He died either in England or on way over as she is a widow by 29 Oct 1639 when she appears in Salem with her brother-in-law Robert Buffam and her ''son'' Mark Firmage. She removed to Boston by the mid 1640s. Alice made her will 8 Feb 1656 and died the next day. It is this will that places her in this family unit. It names:
** my sister Joan Towne
** my daughter Esther Estick
** my grandchild Susan Goose
** my daughter Sary Langdon
** my son Mr. Edward Hutchinson
** my daughter Abigail Hutchinson* Makes case that Mark Firmage and Benjamin Vermayes were also Alice's sons (or step-sons), even though not named in her will; both had long since left New England.
==Sources==
See also:*''"The Ancestry of Dudley Wildes by Goodwin Davis. p. 121.[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89061707337&view=1up&seq=140 see at hathitrust]
=== Source ===
: Source: [[#S155]]
:: Page: Ancestry Family Trees
:: Quality or Certainty of Data: 3
:: Data: ::: Text: http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=4478194&pid=-44897316
=== User ID ===
: User ID: A118A830CB864E7A941257F1150F24AA8A04
=== Data Changed ===
: Data Changed:
:: Date: 7 Feb 2011
::: Time: 17:04
Prior to import, this record was last changed 17:04 7 Feb 2011.
-- MERGED NOTE ------------
}
== Disputed Origins ==
There appear to be two theories for her parents:# [[Blyssynge-1|John Blyssinge]] & [[Unknown-186716|Jone/Joane Preaste]]; this couple is too old to be her parents; a 1957 TAG article makes a case that they are possibly her grandparents. See below.# [[Blyssynge-2|William Blyssynge]] and [[Preaste-2|Joan Preaste]]. This appears to be a conflation of the William (son of John, above; see research notes below) with William's mother being presented as his wife.
== Biography ==
She married _____ Firmage about 1615 at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England.}
Children:
# Susan,
# Abigail,
# Sarah,
# Ester,
# Mark II# Capt. Benjamin Firmage/Fermayes/Vermayes, b about 1620. [[Vermayes-1]]. He was admitted to Salem, Massachusetts church 6 Mar 1641/2. He was made freeman in Boston, 18 May 1642. He married Mrs Mercy Bradford 21 Dec 1648, eldest daughter of Gov William Bradford. Was in Plymouth by 1650. He died in Guinea by November 1665 when the Essex County court when his estate was given to Capt. Hutchinson [husband of his sister Abigail] and widow Esther Eastwick [his other sister].
Alice was a widow when she requested to reside in Salem, Massachusetts in 1638, suggested that her husband did not emigrate with her. It was also her son (not husband) Mark Vermais who settled in Salem the same date:
: 29 Oct 1638: "Marke Vermais is admitted to be an Inhabitant amongest us at Salem. & doeth desire to be accomodated amongest us wth land. Ellis Vermais '''widow''' desireth accomodation of land at Salem." Salem (Mass.) editors. ''Town records of Salem, Massachusetts'' Salem, Mass., The Essex Institute 1868. [https://archive.org/details/townrecordsofsalv1sale/page/n77 pp 72, 73]
== Research Notes ==In 1957, Walter Goodwin Davis published "The Four Blessing Sisters" in ''The American Genealogist,'' (Vol 33(1957):199-202). Key findings from it include:* Cites Boyd's Suffolk Marriage index for 1569 Somerlyton marriage of John Blyssinge and Joane Preaste.* Cites Somerlytown baptisms for two children of the above couple: Julian (daughter) b 1571; William b 1575.* Cites Great Yarmouth, co. Norfolk (on Suffolk border, 7 miles from Somerlytown), parish records for marriages of three Blessing girls (who the author surmises were the ''granddaughters'' of the Somerlyton couple above):** [[Blessing-22|Margaret Blessing]] m 1613 Robert Buffam (who emigrated to New England, settled in Salem); she died in England by 1634 when he married Thomasine (Ward) Thompson** Jone Blessing m 1620 William Towne (who both settled in Salem, MA; see bequest from Alice to sister Joan Towne in Alice's will below)
** [[Blessing-20|Julian Blessing]] m Thomas Goose 1622* Concludes that Alice Blessing was a fourth sister; that she married about 1615 ____ Firmage (var. spellings). He died either in England or on way over as she is a widow by 29 Oct 1639 when she appears in Salem with her brother-in-law Robert Buffam and her ''son'' Mark Firmage. She removed to Boston by the mid 1640s. Alice made her will 8 Feb 1656 and died the next day. It is this will that places her in this family unit. It names:
** my sister Joan Towne
** my daughter Esther Estick
** my grandchild Susan Goose
** my daughter Sary Langdon
** my son Mr. Edward Hutchinson
** my daughter Abigail Hutchinson* Makes case that Mark Firmage and Benjamin Vermayes were also Alice's sons (or step-sons), even though not named in her will; both had long since left New England.
==Sources==
See also:*''"The Ancestry of Dudley Wildes by Goodwin Davis. p. 121.[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89061707337&view=1up&seq=140 see at hathitrust]
Events
| Birth | 1577 | Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England | |||
| Birth | Abt 1594 | Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England | |||
| Death | 9 Feb 1656 | Boston, Middlesex, Massachusetts | |||
| Death | 9 Feb 1656 | Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay | |||
| Alt name | Fermayes Vermayes | ||||
| Reference No | 1042961 | ||||
| Reference No | 1064856 | ||||
| Reference No | 60 |
Families
| Father | John Blyssynge (1549 - 1648) |
| Mother | Joane Unknown (1553 - 1653) |
| Sibling | John Blessing (1568 - 1655) |
| Sibling | Unknown Blyssinge (1570 - ) |
| Sibling | Margaret Blessing (1580 - 1634) |
| Sibling | Julian Blessing (1598 - ) |
| Father | Unknown Blyssinge (1570 - ) |
| Sibling | Joannah "Jone" Blessing (1599 - 1683) |
| Sibling | Margaret Blessing (1593 - 1634) |