Person:Timothy Bliss (2)

  • F.  Peletiah Bliss (add)
  • M.  Hepzibah Goodwin (add)
m. 19 Jun 1744
  1. Timothy Bliss1745 - 1817
m. Abt 1766/1767
  1. Samuel Bliss1767 - 1832
  2. Timothy Bliss1769 - 1843
  3. Elias Bliss1772 - 1858
  4. Amos Bliss1774 - 1857
  5. Polly Bliss1776 - 1860
  6. William Bliss1778 - 1815
  7. Zerviah Bliss1780 -
  8. John Bliss1782 - 1854
  9. Ira Bliss1784 - 1846
Facts and Events
Name Timothy Bliss
Gender Male
Birth[1][2][3][4][10] 22 Mar 1745 Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, United States
Baptism[11] 24 Mar 1745 Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, United States
Marriage Abt 1766/1767 Date based on reported birth date of oldest son
to Zerviah Williams
Residence[6] From 1780 to 1786
Military[5][1][9] 1780, 1781, 1783 Vermont, United States
Census[7] 1790 Essex, Chittenden, Vermont, United States
Religion[12] 1797 Essex, Chittenden, Vermont, United StatesMember of Congregational Church
Death[1][2][3] 3 May 1817 Essex, Chittenden, Vermont, United StatesEssex Common Burial Ground
Burial[3] Essex, Chittenden, Vermont, United States
Probate[8] 20 May 1817 Chittenden, Vermont, United StatesWill rec'd in Probate
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References
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Daughters of the American Revolution. Genealogical Research System
    Ancestor #: A011326.

    Bliss, Timothy
    Service: Vermont Rank(s): Private, Quartermaster
    Birth: 3-22-1745 Lebanon New London Co Connecticut
    Death: 5-3-1817 Essex Chittenden Co Vermont
    Service Description:
    1) Col Allen
    Residence: City: Essex - County: Chittenden Co - State: Vermont
    Spouse 1) Zeriah Williams

  2. 2.0 2.1 Munn, Dizazzo, Russo, Steere, Pierce, Batting, Bliss & More Updated, in RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project
    19 Jan 2007.

    Original Source: "Genealogy of the Bliss Family in America", Aaron Tyler Bliss. 3 Vol, published by author, Midland, Michigan, 1982.

  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Memorial# 32433507 , in Find A Grave.

    Timothy Bliss
    Birth: Mar. 22, 1745
    Death: May 3, 1817
    Burial: Essex Common Burial Ground, Essex Center, Chittenden County, Vermont, USA
    Inscription on stone: "Sacred/to the memory of/TIMOTHY BLISS Esq/who died Mar 3/1817/in the 75 years of/his age"
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    Family links:
    Parents: Pelatiah Esq Bliss (1725 - 1808)
    Spouse: Zerviah Williams Bliss (1745 - 1823)
    Children: Samuel Bliss (1767 - 1832); Elias Bliss (1772 - 1858); Amos Bliss (1774 - 1857); Ira Bliss (1784 - 1846)
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    Additional information below was supplied by: Jim Monical, Plymouth, Minnesota

    Timothy Bliss, b. March 22, 1745, d. May 3, 1817. He was the son of Pelatiah Bliss and Hepzibah Goodwin. He married Zerviah Williams She was born March 24, 1745. d. 6 Mar 1823. The Bliss genealogy had no information on her other then her birth date.

    "He removed to Vermont in 1780. Both were constituent members of the Congregational Church in Essex, organized Oct. 3, 1797. He was a justice of the peace for many years. [A Mr. Timothy Bliss was in the Vermont Legislature in 1783, 1788, 1799, and also in the convention called in 1791, to act on the adoption of the American Constitution.] " –Bliss genealogy,

    He was a selectman of Essex in 1788, along with Col. John Childs, and Captain John Noble.-History of Chittenden County, Vermont.

    Ref: John Homer Bliss, Genealogy of the Bliss family in America from about the year 1550 to 1880, Boston, Mass.: J.H. Bliss, 1881, pp. 169-170; History of Chittenden County, Vermont : with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers ,Syracuse, N.Y.: D. Mason & Co., p. 571.

  4. Lebanon Vital Records, in Connecticut, United States. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records
    Vol. 1 & 2, p. 26.

    Bliss, Timothy, s [Peletiah & Hepzibah] b. 22 Mar 1745, Vol 1, p. 39

  5. Cutter, William Richard. Genealogical and family history of the State of Connecticut: a record of the achievements of her people in the making of a commonwealth and the founding of a nation. (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1911)
    Vol III.

    (The Bliss Line).
    (VII) Timothy , son of Pelatiah Bliss , was born March 22, 1745 , died May 3, 1817. He removed to Vermont in 1780 and was a soldier in the revolution in Captain Thomas Bull 's company, Colonel Ira Allen 's regiment, in October, 1780 (Vermont Revolutionary Rolls); also in Captain Thomas Barry 's company, same regiment, March, 1783 , on an alarm. He was quartermaster in Major Ormsby 's detachment sent to suppress an insurrection to the westward in 1781 .
    He settled in Essex, Vermont , and was a leading citizen there, a constituent member of the Congregational church, October 2, 1797 ; justice of the peace many years; representative in the legislature in 1783-88-99 ; delegate to the state convention to consider the federal constitution.

  6. Chapter XXI. Histoy of the town of Manchester, in Aldrich, Lewis Cass. History of Bennington County, Vt: with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers. (Syracuse, 1889)
    pp. 350-2.

    Freemen of the town as of 2 March 1780 inc. Timothy Bliss
    Meeting 1781, Timothy Bliss was a Selectman; Major Gideon Ormsby was Moderator, Capt. Thomas Barney and Capt. Thomas Bull were Listers
    Meeting 1782 - Timothy Bliss was grand juror
    Meeting 1783 - Timothy Bliss was a Selectman; that Fall he was chosen as one of two representatives to the General Assembly
    Meting 1786, Timothy Bliss was Moderator

  7. Essex, Chittenden, Vermont, in Chittenden, Vermont, United States. 1790 U.S. Census Population Schedule.

    Timothy Bliss, Esq., 4 males 16 and older [Timothy, (Timothy jr.? or Samuel?), Elisa, Amos], 3 males under 16 [William, John, Ira], 3 females [Zerviah, Polly, Zervia]

  8. Chittenden County, Timothy Bliss (1817, Box 4 File 471), in Vermont, United States. Vermont Probate Files, 1791-1919. (FamilySearch Record Search).

    Essex, Vermont, 1817
    Will of Timothy Bliss, signed 31 Aug 1815, with Hannah Lamson, Andrew Morgan, Richard Lamson as witnesses
    Will mentions
    son Ira
    wife Zerviah
    son Amos
    sons Billy and John
    daughters Polly Lamson and Zervia Partridge
    son Elias
    sons Samuel and Timothy Jr
    Names Ira Bliss executor
    Rec'd in probate 20 May 1817

  9. Goodrich, John E. Rolls of the soldiers in the Revolutionary War, 1775 to 1783: the state of Vermont. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Photocopied by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1983).

    p. 626
    Pay Roll of Capt. Thomas Barney and 16 Volunteers that marched agreeable to Col. Ira Allen's Orders, received March 18th 1783
    Timothy Bliss, 2 days 2/8, Travel 16 miles, 5/4, [Total] 8/0
    p. 793
    Timothy Bliss - act dated Manchester, Dec. 21, 1781, for 5 days service "as quartermaster in Maj. Ormsby's Detachment in going to the westward to surpress an insurrection."

  10. Lebanon (Connecticut). Registrar of Vital Statistics. Records of births, marriages, and deaths, vols. 1-4, 1700-1915. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1981)
    Vol. 1, p. 39.

    Peletiah Bliss and Hepzibah Goodwin m. 19 June 1744 by Col. [T]rumble
    Timothy Bliss b. 22 Mar 1745
    Betty Bliss b. 16 Nov 1747
    Peletiah Bliss b. 3 April 1749
    Bethia Bliss b. 27 May 1752
    Esther Bliss b. 28 Dec 1755
    Hannah Bliss b. 3 Dec 1757

  11. Goshen Congregational Church (Lebanon, Connecticut). Church records, 1728-1895. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1954)
    Vol 2, p. 14.

    Timothy Bliss, Admitted unto Baptism, 24 March 1745

  12. Congregational Church (Essex, Vermont). Church records, 1797-1939. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1952)
    p. 11.

    Membership List
    1797 - Timothy Bliss, died 1811
    [Note: This appears to be a transcription]