BLISS, JAMES, M.D., son of Daniel and Sarah (Allen) Bliss, born in Rehoboth, April 19, 1757; studied medicine with Doctors Brownson and Blackinton; married Hannah Guild of Attleborough, by whom he had twelve children. At the age of nineteen he was for several months surgeon’s mate in Col. Carpenter’s regiment in the War of the Revolution, and was at the battle of White Plains. "He was a man of sound judgment, strict integrity, and great industry and economy." As a physician he• united gentleness with skill. He was prominent in the affairs of the Congregational Society and was for many years clerk of the trustees. He owned the Readway farm just west of the Village Cemetery, where be resided and where he died, Sept. 29, 1834, in his 78th year. In the Bliss Genealogy, Dr. Bliss’s descent is traced to Thomas, the English ancestor, thus: Dr. James,⁹ Dan-
iel,⁸ Daniel,⁷ Jonathan,⁶ Jonathan,⁵ Thomas,⁴ Jonathan,³ Thomas,² Thomas.¹