Rev.
John
Bliss
I
Born in Norwich, New London, Connecticut
Ancestors 
Son of Samuel Bliss
and Anne (Elderkin) Bliss
Brother of
Thomas Bliss I, Samuel Bliss, Elizabeth (Bliss) White, Pelatiah Bliss and Thankful (Bliss) Willoughby
Husband of
Anna (Gillam) Bliss
— married
1710 in Southold, Suffolk, New York
Husband of
Hannah (Post) Trumbull
— married
14 Dec 1732 in Hebron, Tolland, Connecticut
Descendants 
Father of
Elizabeth Bliss, John Bliss II, Constant Bliss, Anna (Bliss) Stiles, Mary Bliss, Lydia Bliss, Daniel Bliss, Silvanus Bliss I, Abiel Bliss, Unnamed Infant Bliss, Ellis Bliss Sr. and Neziah Bliss
Died
at age 51
in Hebron, Tolland, Connecticut
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Biography
John was born 23 Oct 1690, the son of Samuel Bliss & Anne [1] Elderkin - married first to Anna Gillam in 1710 - second marriage to Hannah Post 14 Dec 1732 [2] - Bliss, the Reverend Mr John, dyed February ye 1st 1741-42 and is buried at Godfrey Hill Cemetery in Hebron, Connecticut. [3]
John graduated from Yale College in 1710 [[1]] and was ordained as the first settled pastor of the Congregational Church at Hebron, CT, Oct 1717. He was given 160 acres and his salary was 50 pounds. [[2]]
He was dismissed in 1734 and fined for "dissenting views". He then joined the Episcopal Church where he was a lay reader for the rest of his life.
When his wife's brother James died, Rev. Bliss was named administrator of his estate. [[3]]
Research Notes
old Arnold family records can be found here [[4]]
Sources
- ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7WY-RVD : 11 February 2018), John Bliss, 23 Oct 1690; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
- ↑ "Connecticut Marriages, 1640-1939," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7L7-1TB : 12 May 2016), John Bliss and Hannah Barber, Marriage 14 Dec 1732, Hebor, Tolland, Connecticut, United States; Connecticut State Library, Hartford; FHL microfilm 1,376,165.
- ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #36166445 for Rev John Bliss (23 Oct 1690–1 Feb 1741), citing Godfrey Hill Cemetery, Hebron, Tolland County, Connecticut, USA ; Maintained by Shari (contributor 46906853) .
- Salmon Records [[5]]
- The Hosmer Heritage: Ancestors and Descendants of the Emigrant Thomas Hosmer, by Ronald Longaker Roberts, published South Lake Tahoe, CA: 1984. Page: 151
- CT Town Birth Index, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection)
- CT Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection)
- CT Deaths & Burials Index
- Colonial Collegians: Biographies of Those Who Attended American Colleges before the War for Independence (subscription). CD-ROM. Boston, Mass.: Massachusetts Historical Society : New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2005. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Vol. Yale page 55
- Dexter, Franklin Bowditch. Biographical Sketches of the Graduates of Yale College (Yale University Press, New Haven, Conn., 1885) Vol. 1, 1701-1745. Page 97-8
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Categories: Godfrey Hill Cemetery, Hebron, Connecticut
Bliss, the Reverend Mr John, dyed February ye 1st 1741-42
So, don't we use the latest date making his dod 1742?
Biographical Sketches of the Graduates of Yale College, With Annals of the College History Franklin Bowditch Dexter pg 97
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