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Jerusha Brown 1717–1771 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 25 FEB 1717

Birth Location: Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA

Death Date: 19 OCT 1771

Death Location: Hebron, Tolland, Connecticut, USA

Father: Thomas Brown

Mother: Sarah Avery

Spouse(s): John Bliss

Children(s): John III, Silvanus Bliss, Samuel Bliss, Anna Brown, Anna Bliss, John Bliss, Constant Bliss, Gillam Bliss

Jerusha Brown was born in 1717 in Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA, the child of Thomas Brown And Sarah Avery. Jerusha Brown married John Bliss, and had children including Anna Bliss, Anna Brown, Constant Bliss, Gillam Bliss, John Bliss, John Bliss Iii, Samuel Bliss, Silvanus Bliss. Jerusha Brown passed away in 1771 in Hebron, Tolland, Connecticut, USA.

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Biography

  • Jerusha Brown was born in 1717 in Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA, the child of Thomas Brown And Sarah Avery.
  • Jerusha Brown married John Bliss, and had children including Anna Bliss, Anna Brown, Constant Bliss, Gillam Bliss, John Bliss, John Bliss Iii, Samuel Bliss, Silvanus Bliss.
  • Jerusha Brown passed away in 1771 in Hebron, Tolland, Connecticut, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Thomas Brown
1688–1757
Birth Location: Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA
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Sarah Avery
1688–1732
Birth Location: New London, Connecticut, USA
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Spouses(s)

John Bliss
1713–1756
Birth Location: Hebron, Tolland, Connecticut, USA
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Children(s)

John III
1744–1787
Birth Location: Hebron, Tolland, Connecticut, USA
JI
Silvanus Bliss
1751–
Birth Location: –
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Samuel Bliss
1753–1835
Birth Location: Hebron, Tolland, Connecticut, USA
SB
Anna Brown
1748–1827
Birth Location: Hebron, Tolland, Connecticut, USA
AB
Anna Bliss
1738–1741
Birth Location: Hebron, Tolland, Connecticut, USA
AB
John Bliss
1743–1743
Birth Location: Hebron, Tolland, Connecticut, USA
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Constant Bliss
1746–1781
Birth Location: Hebron, Tolland, Connecticut, USA
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Gillam Bliss
1740–1822
Birth Location: Hebron, Tolland, Connecticut, USA
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Jerusha Brown's Ancestors

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Jerusha Brown
1717–1771
Birth Place: Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA
Parents
Thomas Brown
1688–1757
Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA
Sarah Avery
1688–1732
New London, Connecticut, USA
Grandparents
Thomas Brown
1668–1717
Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA
Hannah Lee
1668–1716
Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA
James Avery
1646–1728
Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
Great-Grandparents
Walter Lee
1630–1718
Mary Hart
1630–1710
James Avery
1620–1700
Joanna Greenslade
1622–1693
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Stephen Hart
1602–1683
Elizabeth Symons
1600–1678

Jerusha Brown's Descendants

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Jerusha Brown (25 FEB 1717–19 OCT 1771) m. John Bliss (22 DEC 1713–22 SEP 1756)
  1. 1. John (Bliss) III 1744–1787 m. Elizabeth Holmes 1748–1836
    1. 1. Ephraim (Holmes) Bliss 1776–1825 m. Hannah Gibbs 1779–1850
      1. 1. John (Henry) Bliss 1824–1885 m. Adaline (D) Deming 1825–1899
        1. 1. Hoyt (Sheldon) Bliss 1868–1868
        2. 2. Evelyn (Julia) Bliss 1854–1891 m. Herman (Curtis) Bliss 1854–1927
        3. 3. Emma (Louise) Bliss 1864–1958
        4. 4. Nellie (Velona) Bliss 1857–1908
      2. 2. Charles (W.) Bliss 1813–1830
      3. 3. Robert (R.) Bliss 1815–1863 m. Amy Cook 1827–
        1. 1. Royce (W.) Bliss 1852–
        2. 2. Byron (C.) Bliss 1855–
      4. 4. Cyrus (E.) Bliss 1808–1830
      5. 5. Betsey (B.) Bliss 1817–1896 m. Nathan (Billings) Cutting 1787–1855 m. Franklin Barney 1861–1895
      6. 6. Nathan (Gibbs) Bliss 1801–1870 m. Lois Tomlinson 1806–1888
        1. 1. Nathan (Gibbs) Bliss 1837–1864
        2. 2. Mary Bliss 1833–
        3. 3. Abbie (L.) Bliss 1841–1926 m. William (E) Williams 1842–1905
        4. 4. Julia (Ann) Bliss 1831–1863 m. Noble Jennings 1831–1869
      7. 7. Bethia Bliss 1804–1886 m. Asa (Chrissey) Hooker 1796–1848
        1. 1. Emily (Elizabeth) Hooker 1846–1936
        2. 2. Charles (Bliss) Hooker 1837–1846
        3. 3. Hannah (L) Hooker 1841–1842
        4. 4. Ellen (Frances) Hooker 1833–1850
        5. 5. Cyrus Hooker 1831–1831
        6. 6. Vesta (Ann) Hooker 1834–1862
      8. 8. Fayette (Jackson) Bliss 1821–1830
      9. 9. George (L.) Bliss 1818–1890 m. Louisa (L.) Hopkins 1831–1869
        1. 1. Jessie (A.) Bliss 1858–1922
      10. 10. Ephraim (Holmes) Bliss 1806–1879 m. Eliza (Ann) Warner 1820–1861 m. Hannah Gibbs 1808–1842
        1. 1. George (W.) Bliss 1842–1843
        2. 2. Charles (Fayette) Bliss 1843–1923 m. Rosetta Sourwine 1848–1911
        3. 3. Jennie (Emma) Bliss 1854–
        4. 4. Spencer (Nathan) Bliss 1834–1837
        5. 5. Hannah (Maria) Bliss 1846–
        6. 6. Mary (Eliza) Bliss 1849–1879
        7. 7. Lenora (Electa) Bliss 1832–1910
      11. 11. Marcus (W.) Bliss 1810–1893 m. Lucinda Barber 1812–1886
        1. 1. Charles (E.) Bliss 1849–
        2. 2. Betsey (B.) Bliss 1845– m. Henry (Clay) Fish 1844–1922 m. John (B) Meeker 1842–
        3. 3. Cyrus (M.) Bliss 1838–1863
        4. 4. Sarah (L.) Bliss 1842–
      12. 12. Sheldon Bliss 1802–1872 m. Betsey 1817–
    2. 2. Sheldon Bliss 1789–1840 m. Rebecca Mills 1787–1860
      1. 1. Martha Bliss 1823–1840
      2. 2. Charles (A.) Bliss 1817–1848 m. Mary (A.) Badger 1823–1884
        1. 1. VirginiaBliss 1848–1884 m. James (N) Leeper 1844–1917
        2. 2. John (Lewis) Bliss 1845–1935 m. Eliza (Jane) Gatton 1847–1928
      3. 3. Chauncey Bliss 1814–1885 m. Elizabeth Shields 1813–
        1. 1. Martha (A.) Bliss 1859–1889 m. George (Henry) Gibbs 1864–1945
      4. 4. Mary Bliss 1820–
    3. 3. Cushman Bliss 1778–
    4. 4. Philetus Bliss 1772–1850
      1. 1. Polly Bliss 1806–1868
      2. 2. John (D.) Bliss 1798–1845 m. Olive Dunning 1799–1881
        1. 1. Edgar (D.) Bliss 1841–1907 m. Adeline Stuck 1845–1912
        2. 2. Mary (Ann) Bliss 1823–
        3. 3. Emma Bliss 1841–
        4. 4. Rolin Bliss 1830–
        5. 5. Melvia Bliss 1834–
        6. 6. Ellen Bliss 1824– m. Selleck Wood 1824–1897
        7. 7. Jane Bliss 1828–
        8. 8. George (W.) Bliss 1837–
        9. 9. Maria Bliss 1832–
        10. 10. Edwin (John) Bliss 1826–1870 m. Mary (T.) Osborn 1831–1909
        11. 11. Minerva Bliss 1836–
      3. 3. Harry Bliss 1800–1869 m. Thankful Baldwin 1807–1844
        1. 1. Leander (Cadwell) Bliss 1830–1889 m. Louisa (E) Stegmillner 1840–
        2. 2. Ermina Bliss 1835–1871
        3. 3. Marian Bliss 1834–
    5. 5. Priscilla Bliss 1770–1837
    6. 6. Rufus Bliss 1768–1855 m. Betsey Stephens 1777–1851
      1. 1. Milton (Holmes) Bliss 1810–1887 m. Lydia (A.) Wait 1815–1888 m. Lucy Whitney 1819–1854
        1. 1. Sarah (Luella) Bliss 1860–1916
        2. 2. Sumner (Waite) Bliss 1856–1938
        3. 3. George (H.) Bliss 1845–1845
        4. 4. Sarah (L.) Bliss 1839–1842
        5. 5. Henry (Hobart) Bliss 1847–1920
        6. 6. Herman (Albert) Bliss 1847–1934
        7. 7. Rufus (Milton) Bliss 1843–1911 m. Mary (C) Waits 1845–
        8. 8. Bartholomew (Bliss) Whitney 1850–1935 m. Rosetta (M) Berry 1849–1935
      2. 2. Sally Bliss 1803–1860 m. Roswell Wells 1803–1855
      3. 3. Melvina Bliss 1814–1819
      4. 4. Lydia (Chittenden) Bliss 1795–1859
      5. 5. Betsey Bliss 1808–1824
      6. 6. Bradley Bliss 1812– m. Lois Whitney 1814–1849 m. Sarah Hoyt 1825–
        1. 1. Lucy (Lucretia) Bliss 1836–1878 m. Benjamin (Wooster) Leach 1835–1868
        2. 2. Joel (Whitney) Bliss 1842–1863
        3. 3. Mary (Ann) Bliss 1840–1842
      7. 7. Lucy Bliss 1819–1883 m. John (E.) Chamberlain 1815–1883
        1. 1. Benjamin (Ripley) Chamberlain 1846–1914
        2. 2. John (Abby) Chamberlain 1851– m. Frances (M) Waller 1855–1915
        3. 3. Sarah (Diantha) Chamberlain 1843–1888
        4. 4. Lucy (Adaline) Chamberlain 1848–1912
        5. 5. Sabina (Jane) Chamberlain 1841–1897 m. Asa (Anson) Chamberlin 1852–1918
        6. 6. Mary (Lucretia) Chamberlain 1854–1854
        7. 7. Rufus (Bliss) Chamberlain 1860–1861
      8. 8. Adaline Bliss 1800–1845 m. John (Gordon) McAllister 1800–1845
      9. 9. John (Holmes) Bliss 1798–1800
      10. 10. Priscilla Bliss 1815– m. Henry (Butler) Chamberlin 1818–
        1. 1. Walter (Scott) Chamberlin 1850–
        2. 2. Diantha Chamberlin 1844–
        3. 3. John (Edgar) Chamberlin 1843–
        4. 4. Milla (Ann) Chamberlin 1848–
        5. 5. Edwin (Kimball) Chamberlin 1856–
        6. 6. Henry (Leland) Chamberlin 1854–
        7. 7. Emma (Eliza) Chamberlin 1859–
      11. 11. Polly Bliss 1806–1824
      12. 12. Caroline Bliss 1802–1802
    7. 7. Salmon Bliss 1781– m. Ruth Hendee 1789–1870
      1. 1. Mary (Caroline) Bliss 1817–1848 m. William (Wilt) Rippey 1804–1882
      2. 2. Charles Bliss 1809–1878
      3. 3. Edwin (Holmes) Bliss 1812–1854 m. Mary (Caroline) Blandy 1817–1871
        1. 1. Lydia (R) Bliss 1845–1919
        2. 2. Sarah (H) Bliss 1840–1932
    8. 8. Sarah Bliss 1774–
    9. 9. Bradley Bliss 1783–1862 m. Anna (Annie) Wood 1779–1859
      1. 1. Elvinna Bliss 1812–
      2. 2. Rufus Bliss 1813–1863
      3. 3. Sidney (D.) Bliss 1810–1883 m. Maria Bradford 1812–1870 m. Catherine Martin 1840–1925
        1. 1. Bessie (Ann) Bliss 1878–1955 m. Clifford (William) March 1869–
        2. 2. William (Henry) Bliss 1848–1866
        3. 3. Carrie (Maude) Bliss 1872–1935
        4. 4. Eliza (A.) Bliss 1842–
        5. 5. Mary (J.) Bliss 1837–
        6. 6. Albert (Henry) Bliss 1875–1951 m. Annie (Jane) March 1870–1953
        7. 7. Adelaide (A) Bliss 1850–1864
        8. 8. Lucy (L.) Bliss 1844–
        9. 9. Charles (S.) Bliss 1835–1917 m. Margaret (A) Lloyd 1836–1918
        10. 10. Almon (John) Bliss 1875–1944
        11. 11. Emma (Sarah) Bliss 1846–
      4. 4. Almira (Elizabeth) Bliss 1827–1905 m. Crawford Angell 1827–1904
      5. 5. Orrilla Bliss 1820–1902 m. Michael Croninger 1814–1896
      6. 6. Melissa (M.) Bliss 1818–1906 m. Daniel Croninger 1818–1899
        1. 1. William (Bradley) Croninger 1840–1913
        2. 2. Mary (Jane) Croninger 1841–1930
    10. 10. Joanna Bliss 1766–
  2. 2. Silvanus Bliss 1751–
  3. 3. Samuel Bliss 1753–1835 m. Olive (Marie) Pennock 1761–1807
    1. 1. Mary (Bedvia) Bliss 1798–1860
    2. 2. Oramel Bliss 1791–1983
    3. 3. Azro Bliss 1807–1853 m. Hannah Sleeper 1806–
      1. 1. Stephen Bliss 1832–
      2. 2. John Bliss 1831–
      3. 3. Anson Bliss 1834–
      4. 4. Azro Bliss 1836–
      5. 5. Emily Bliss 1838–
      6. 6. Olive Bliss 1844–
    4. 4. Anson Bliss 1805–1861 m. Louisa Ames 1803–1868
      1. 1. Louisa Bliss 1830–
      2. 2. John (Anson) Bliss 1832–1858
    5. 5. Amplius (B) Bliss 1802–1879
    6. 6. John (J) Bliss 1797–1872
    7. 7. Samuel Bliss 1779–1811
    8. 8. James Bliss 1785–1827
    9. 9. Avis Bliss 1780–
    10. 10. Lyman Bliss 1791–
    11. 11. Hermana Bliss 1788–
  4. 4. Anna Brown 1748–1827 m. Amos Bliss 1739–1794
  5. 5. Anna Bliss 1738–1741
  6. 6. John Bliss 1743–1743
  7. 7. Constant Bliss 1746–1781 m. Elizabeth Palmer 1747–
  8. 8. Gillam Bliss 1740–1822

Jerusha Brown's Timeline

2 Records

1717
25 FEB 1717
Birth of Jerusha Brown in Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA
Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA
1771
19 OCT 1771
Age 54
Death of Jerusha Brown in Hebron, Tolland, Connecticut, USA
Hebron, Tolland, Connecticut, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 25 FEB 1717
    Event Place: Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source: Charles A Bliss.FTW

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Hebron, Tolland, Connecticut, USA
    Record Source: Charles A Bliss.FTW

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 19 OCT 1771
    Event Place: Hebron, Tolland, Connecticut, USA
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