Person:Elisha Bliss (2)

Elisha Bliss
d.13 Dec 1777
m. 7 Apr 1726
  1. David Bliss1726/27 - 1729
  2. Elisha Bliss1728/29 - 1731
  3. Huldah Bliss1730/31 -
  4. Elisha Bliss1732 - 1777
  5. David Bliss1734 - 1756
  6. Margaret Bliss1737 -
  7. Ezra Bliss1739 - 1739/40
  8. Newman Bliss1741/42 - 1756
  9. Hannah Bliss1743 - 1778
  • HElisha Bliss1732 - 1777
  • W.  Ruth Thomas (add)
m. Aft 11 Apr 1753
Facts and Events
Name Elisha Bliss
Gender Male
Birth[1][4] 17 Jul 1732 Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage Aft 11 Apr 1753 probably Warren, Bristol, Rhode Island, United StatesIntentions
to Ruth Thomas (add)
Military[2] 19 Apr 1775 Lexington, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Death[2][3][5] 13 Dec 1777 In the army
Burial[3] Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States
References
  1. Bliss, Henry Putnam; John Homer Bliss; Oliver Bliss Morris; and Sylvester Bliss. Genealogy of the Bliss family in America : from about the year 1550 to 1880. ( Middletown, Conn. : H. P. Bliss, c1904., 1904)
    p. 64, 110, 64.

    ELISHA BLISS, jr. [#535], s/o Elisha Bliss [#189] and Margaret Newman, b. July 17, 1732, d. in the army of small pox "Nov., [Dec?] 13, 1778" [p. 110: "Dec. (Nov.?) 13, 1777-8"].

  2. 2.0 2.1 Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War: A compilation from the archives. (Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States: Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Wright and Potter Printing, 1896-1908)
    II, 182.

    Bliss, Elisha, Rehoboth, private, Capt. John Lyon’s or Capt Jesse Perkin’s Company which married on the alarm of April 19 ’75 [Battles of Lexington and Concord] service seven days; the two Rehoboth alarm companies under Capt. L. and Capt. P. returned under one roll; also Col William R. Lee’s rgt. enlisted May 20th 1777 resident Rehoboth, enlisted for town of Rehoboth; enlistment 3 years, reported died Dec. 15th 1777.

  3. 3.0 3.1 Find A Grave: Palmer River Churchyard Cemetery, Rehoboth, MA, in Find A Grave
    Elisha Bliss, Jr.

    [Marker broken, repaired, etching worn, very hard to read from image. Inscriptions given on page:]
    In memory of Mr. Elisha Bliss, died Nov 1778 in the 47th year of his age. Mrs. Rugh Bliss, his wife, died March 3, 1807 in the 75th year of her age. Amos Bliss their youngest son, died June 1778 aged 4 years.

  4. Arnold, James N. Vital Record of Rehoboth, 1642-1896. (Providence, RI: Narragansett Historical Publishing Co., 1897)
    p. 537.

    BLISS
    [2 68] Elisha, [of Elisha and Margaret,] [born] July 17, 1732.

  5. Arnold, James N. Vital Record of Rehoboth, 1642-1896. (Providence, RI: Narragansett Historical Publishing Co., 1897)
    p. 797.

    BLISS
    [3 372] Elisha, Jr., [died] Dec. 13, 1777.