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Right: Royal North British Fusiliers Far Right: Massachusetts Regiment of Artillery, 1775-1776 "Knox's Artillery" Courtesy: Sons of the Revolution of California |
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| Hon. Daniel Bliss, Loyalist | Deacon Daniel Bliss, Jr., Patriot | |||
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Associated With |
Concord, MA | Rehoboth and Leyden, MA | ||
| Birth | March 18, 1739/40, Concord, MA | November 16, 1726, Rehoboth, MA or RI | ||
| Bliss Book | #410, p. 111 | #515, p. 131 | ||
| Children |
§ Daniel,
b. 1768 § Mary § John Murray, b. 1771 § Isabella |
§ Hannah, b.1780 § George Lewis
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§ Daniel,
b. 1753 * §
Hezekiah,
b. 1754 * § James,
b. 1757 § Allen,
b. 1759 § Sarah, b. 1761 * § Comfort, b. 1763 * |
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Peter,
b. 1765 § Ebenezer,
b. 1767 §
Betsey,
b. 1769 §
Squire,
b. 1771 §
Esther,
b. 1773 * §
Daniel,
b. 1790 |
| DAR/ Loyalists |
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Loyalist Studies The United Empire Loyalists' Association of Canada |
Listed in Patriot Index, Centennial Edition, p. 283 | ||
| Death | December, 1806, New Brunswick | June 30, 1815, Leyden | ||
| Education | Graduated Harvard College in 1760 | Unknown | ||
| Marriage | Isabella Murray of Rutland, MA | Sarah Allen of Warren, RI | ||
| Occupation | Lawyer and judge. | Farmer and deacon. | ||
| Parents | Daniel Bliss and Phebe Walker | Daniel Bliss and Dorothy Fuller | ||
| Pedigree | Hartford
Line: #001 Thomas Bliss + Margaret Hulins #014 Samuel Bliss + Mary Leonard #052 Thomas Bliss + Hannah Cadwell #147 Rev. Daniel Bliss + Phebe Walker #410 Rev. Daniel Bliss + Isabella Murray |
Rehoboth
Line: #002 Thomas Bliss + Dorothy Wheatlie #021 Jonathan Bliss + Miriam Harmon #069 Jonathan Bliss + Miriam Carpenter #175 Daniel Bliss + Dorothy Fuller #515 Deacon Daniel Bliss + Sarah Allen |
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| Service | Royalist; Legal Advisor of Gov. Hutchinson. Was proscribed and banished in 1788. Joined the British Army and served in Quebec. | Private, Capt. Gideon Burt's Co., Col. David Leonard's Regiment; enlisted March 2, 1777; discharged April 10, 1777; service, 1 mo. 10 days; marched to reinforce Northern army at Ticonderoga. | ||
| WWW Resources | MA
Banishment Act Highland Fusiliers Concord Magazine |
Fort Ticonderoga | ||