Margaret Bliss1,2

F, b. 12 November 1649, d. 3 April 1745
FatherNathaniel Bliss b. b 28 Dec 1622, d. b 18 Nov 1654
MotherKatherine Chapin b. b 1626, d. 4 Feb 1712
     Margaret was born on Friday, 12 November 1649 in Springfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts.3,4 Margaret married Nathaniel Foote III, son of Nathaniel Foote II and Elizabeth Smith, on 2 May 1672 in Colchester, New London County, Connecticut. Nathaniel & Margaret had children: Sarah [2/25/1673-7/24/1756] [m. 11/30/1691 Thomas Olcott III], Margaret [12/01/1674], Elizabeth [6/23/1677] [m. 6/__/1701 Robert Turner], Mary [11/24/1679-2/08/1752][m. 5/14/1706 Daniel Rose], Nathaniel [9/09/1682-8/20/1774] [m. 7/04/1711 Ann Clark & 2nd. 9/13/1727 Hannah Garnsey], Ephraim [2/13/1685-6/10/1765] [m. Sarah Camberlain], Josiah [9/27/1688-12/__/1778] [12/07/1711 Sarah Wells], Joseph [12/28/1690-4/21/1756] [m. 12/12/1719 Ann Clothier] & Eunice [5/10/1694-3/11/1771] [m. 12/03/1712 Michael Taintor]. After Nataniel's death, the family moved to a farm called Jeremy's Farm in Colchester, which is on the road between Harford and New London. Margaret's husband, an unknown person , died on 12 January 1703 in Wethersfield leaving her a widow.5 Margaret departed this life on Saturday, 3 April 1745 in Colchester, New London County, Connecticut.

Family

Nathaniel Foote III b. 10 Jan 1647/48, d. 12 Jan 1703

Citations

  1. [S69] Abram WIlliam Foote, The Foote Family, compromising the genealogy & history of Nathaniel Foote, of Wethersfield, Conn., and his descendants; also a partial record of descendants of Pasco Foote of Salem, Mass., Richard Foote of Stafford Co., Va., & John Foote of New York City., page 27.
  2. [S2379] E Menu
    North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 - Genealogy of the Bliss family in America from about the year 1550 to 1880: page 36.
  3. [S1699] Willard S. Allen, Long Meadow [Mass.] Families, page 320.
  4. [S2377] Chapin Family.
  5. [S2292] Vital Records from the New England Historical and Genealogical Register: Volume 17 page 262.