Jedediah Bliss

Jedediah Bliss, son of Ebenezer Bliss, was born in Springfield, Massachusetts, February 7, 1709. He was noted for his large family and his personal eccentricity, of which many stories are told. He married (first), July 2, 1733, Rachel Sheldon, daughter of Joseph and Mary Sheldon, of Suffield, Connecticut. She died November 11, 1747. He married (second), August 19, 1748, Miriam Hitchcock, daughter of John and Abigail Hitchcock. She was born about 1725 and died November 19, 1793. Bliss died November 30, 1777. Children of Jedediah and Rachel Bliss: Rachel, born July 24, 1734, married, May 23, 1754, Moses Stebbins, and died November 28, 1807; Moses, born January 16, 1736, died July 4, 1814; Jedediah, Jr., born April 20, 1738; Mary, born December 11, 1739, married, December 4, 1758, Luke Bliss, Jr., son of Luke and Mercy (Elizabeth) Bliss; Lucy, born June 9, 1741, died young; Lucy, born November 24, 1742, died October 24, 1760, unmarried; Rev. Aaron, born April 4, 1744, or April 6, 1745, graduate of Yale, 1766; studied theology and preached for a few years; settled on a farm in Wilbraham, Massachusetts; married Dobebe (???), of Providence, Rhode Island; she died March 28, 1823; he died January 16, 1823; Patience, born October 24, 1747, died unmarried. Children of Jedediah and Miriam Bliss: Miriam, born May 17, 1749, married, 1768, Silas Bliss, son of Abel and Jemima (Chapin) Bliss; Ebenezer, born November 5, 1751, lost at sea; Alexander, born October 11, 1753, died July 25, 1843; Zenas, born February 3, 1756, died May 26, 1822; Martha, born December 7, 1757, married, February 22, 1781, Samuel Gridley; Isaac, born August 10, 1760, died June 19, 1845; Jacob, born March 12, 1763. see forward; Naomi, born October 22, 1765, married, 1787, Samuel Kneeland.