Ellis
Bliss
Sr.
Born in New London, Connecticut
Ancestors 
Son of John Bliss I
and Hannah (Post) Trumbull
Brother of
Elizabeth Bliss [half], Unknown Barber [half], Hannah (Barber) Smith [half], John Bliss II [half], Constant Bliss [half], Unknown Barber [half], David J. Barber II [half], Anna (Bliss) Stiles [half], Temperance (Barber) Phelps [half], Mary Bliss [half], Lydia Bliss [half], Samuel Barber [half], Daniel Bliss [half], Stephen Barber [half], Mary Barber [half], Silvanus Bliss I [half], Abiel Bliss [half], Unnamed Infant Bliss [half] and Neziah Bliss
Husband of
Tamar (Dewey) Bliss
— married
7 Apr 1757 in Hebron, Tolland, Connecticut
Husband of
Grace (Ford) Bliss
— married
30 Apr 1770 in Connecticut
Descendants 
Father of
Infant Bliss, Ellis Bliss II, John Bliss, David Bliss, Flavel Bliss, Lydia Bliss, Unknown Bliss, Tamar (Bliss) Peters, Rachel Bliss, Anna Bliss, Benjamin Bliss, Isaac Bliss, Anna Bliss, Elizabeth (Bliss) Talcott, Hannah Bliss, John Flavel Bliss and Unknown Bliss
Died
at age 80
in Hebron, Tolland, Connecticut, United States
Profile last modified
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Biography
Ellis Bliss, son of Rev John Bliss and Hannah Post, was born 25 September 1733 in Hebron, Tolland, Connecticut. [1]
He married Tamar Dewey in 1757 in Hebron.
He married Grace Ford on 30 April 1770 in Hebron, Tolland, Connecticut. [2]
He was a Revolutionary War Soldier and appointed Surveyor of Highways 1777.
He died 14 July 1814 in Hebron, Tolland, Connecticut. Burial location unknown. Find A Grave: Memorial #47116880.[3]
Sources
- ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," FamilySearch database, Ellis Bliss, 25 Sep 1733; citing Hebron, Tolland, Connecticut, United States; FHL microfilm 1,376,165. [Link]
- ↑ "Connecticut Marriages, 1640-1939," FamilySearch database Ellis Bliss and Grace Ford, Marriage 30 Apr 1770, Hebron, Tolland, Connecticut, United States; Connecticut State Library, Hartford; FHL microfilm 1,376,165. [Link]
- ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #47116880 accessed 19 March 2018, memorial page for Ellis Bliss (25 Sep 1733–14 Jul 1814); Created by Shari.
- "Genealogy of the Bliss Family in America" by Aaron Tyler Bliss, Vol 1, Midland, MI, 1982
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Terri (Reynolds) Rick
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Bliss-4358 and Bliss-502 appear to represent the same person because: All dates, children etc are the same.
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