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Eleanor Bliss Kibbe of Stratford, Fulton County, New York

September 16, 1822 - December 25, 1924

Reference Number: 2918
Submitter:  Carolyn Deming Bayer, Great-granddaughter
 

Eleanor Bliss was born September 16, 1822 in Stratford, Fulton County, NY. She was the daughter of Ebenezer Bliss and his wife, Roxie Blakely.  She married William H. Kibbe on April 18, 1847 in Stratford and died December 25, 1924 in Stratford, NY. William and Eleanor had four children.

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Bliss Kibbe b. 1848, m. 1875 to Emma Shaver, d. 1930 and had one child, Howard W. Kibbe. Howard was born in 1886 and died in 1964.  He was married to Ethel Walts. Howard and Ethel Kibbe had no children.

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Marilla Kibbe b 1849, d. 1861.

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Drew Kibbe b. 1858, d. 1863.

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Will H. Kibbe b. November 15, 1863, m. Lillian Rockwell 1891 as his second wife, and Will died July 3, 1941.

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Will Kibbe had 3 daughters by his first wife, Katie Young. He had 7 children by Lillian, one of whom was my mother, Ethel Kibbe b. 1900, died 1966. Ethel was married November 17, 1920 to Milton A. Deming (my dad).

I have a gold-bowl sterling silver tablespoon engraved  with the names of Eleanor and William H. Kibbe and the date of their 50th anniversary. Eleanor lived to be 102 years old and was the oldest person to ever join the DAR in Dolgeville, NY. She joined the Colonel William Feeter Branch in December of 1922 at 100 years of age. She joined on the service of Levi Bliss, her grandfather. She was in good health and active until a few days before she died.

Eleanor Bliss Kibbe’s line is as follows:

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Ebenezer Bliss b. 1772 Adams, MA m. Roxie L. Blakely 1798 and d. 1853. Ebenezer Bliss was a Justice of the peace in Stratford, NY for 24 years. He lived there from 1805 and died there in 1853. I have a real nice little box with seals of Ebenezer when he was Justice. In the box is a note from my grandfather Will H. Kibbe dated June 4, 1922 and he says “Ma gave this box to me.” (Ma would be Eleanor Bliss Kibbe).  It also states that the box at that time was 125 years old. Printed on the cover in faded print is Ebenezer Blysse.

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Levi Bliss b. 1747 Rehoboth, MA m. Elizabeth Bullock 1769 in Rehoboth, MA and d. 1819 in Salisbury, NY. Levi Bliss lived in Rehoboth and Cheshire, MA as well as Salisbury, NY, Herkimer County. He was a Revolutionary soldier and served in Captain Peck's Company, Col. Lippitt's Rhode Island Regiment. (I joined the DAR a few years ago with Levi Bliss as my ancestor).

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Abraham Bliss b. 1697 Rehoboth, m. Sarah Ormsbee 1726 and d. 1787 in Rehoboth, MA.

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Samuel Bliss b. 1660 m. 1685 Mary Kendrick, d. 1720 Rehoboth, MA.

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Jonathan Bliss b. 1626 m. 1648 Miriam Harmon and d. 1687 Rehoboth, MA.

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Thomas Bliss b. circa 1588 Preston Parva, England m. Dorothy Wheatlie 1614 and d. 1647 Rehoboth, MA

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John Bliss 1561-1617 m. 1587 Alice Smith and d. 1617 in England.

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William Blysse b. 1533 Daventry, England m. 1561 Eliz. ? and d. 1574 Daventry

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Richard Blysse b. circa 1500 in Daventry and m. to Joyce?.
 

Sources:

  1. Genealogy of the Bliss Family in America, Vol. I. Aaron Tyler Bliss, Midland Michigan 1982. 

  2. Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worchester County, Vol. 1.

  3. Ellery Bicknell Crane should be credited for these compilations.

 This compilation assembled by Carolyn Deming Bayer. September 11, 2003.
 

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Eleanor Bliss Kibbe Ebenezer Bliss's Justice of the Peace seals Note about the seals 50th wedding anniversary invitation 50th anniversary gold spoons