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Mehitable Bliss 1725–1821 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 9 June 1725

Birth Location: Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts Colony

Death Date: 1821

Death Location: Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA

Father: Capt Bliss

Mother: Mehittabel Whittaker

Spouse(s): James Redway

Children(s): Molly Redway, Joel (Deacon), Comfort Redaway, Preserved II, Comfort Redway, James Redway, Joanna Redway, Mehitable Redway

In 1725, Mehitable Bliss entered the world in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts Colony, born to Capt Nathaniel Bliss And Mehittabel Whittaker. Mehitable Bliss married James Redway, and had children including Comfort Redaway, Comfort Redway, James Redway, Joanna Redway, Joel Redway Deacon, Mehitable Redway, Molly Redway, Preserved Redway Ii. Mehitable Bliss passed away in 1821 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA.

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Biography

  • In 1725, Mehitable Bliss entered the world in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts Colony, born to Capt Nathaniel Bliss And Mehittabel Whittaker.
  • Mehitable Bliss married James Redway, and had children including Comfort Redaway, Comfort Redway, James Redway, Joanna Redway, Joel Redway Deacon, Mehitable Redway, Molly Redway, Preserved Redway Ii.
  • Mehitable Bliss passed away in 1821 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA.

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Mehitable Bliss's Ancestors

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Mehitable Bliss
1725–1821
Birth Place: Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts Colony
Parents
Capt Nathaniel Bliss
1702–1767
Rehoboth, Bristol County, Province of Massachusetts, Massachusetts, USA
Mehittabel Whittaker
1701–1767
Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States of America
Grandparents
Samuel BLISS
1660–1720
Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
MAry Kendrick
1659–1705
Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
John Whittaker
1663–
Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts
Mehitable Peck
1671–1718
Seekonk, Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States of America
Great-Grandparents
Jonathan BLISS
1626–1687
Rachael Puffer
1630–
George Kendrick
1622–1727
Ruth Kendrick
1629–1688
Israel Peck
–1723
Bethiah Bosworth
1644–1718
2nd-Great-Grandparents
THOMAS Bliss
1588–1647
DOROTHY Wheatley
1591–1626
George Kendrick
1600–1663
Margaret Minshull
1606–1694
Joseph Peck
1587–1663
Ann Cooper
1597–1648

Mehitable Bliss's Descendants

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Mehitable Bliss (9 June 1725–1821) m. James Redway (26 Sep 1728–May 1777)
  1. 1. Molly Redway 1750–1832 m. Ebenezer Brown 1752–1833
    1. 1. Lydia `Brown 1787–1853 m. Benjamin (B.) Gates 1774–1840
      1. 1. Susan Gates 1816–1875 m. Cyrus (Felt) Steele 1829–1908 m. John (Dinsmore) Cochran 1810–1855
        1. 1. George (Edwin) Steele 1856–1954 m. Sarah (Catherine) Watson 1853–1913
        2. 2. Henry Steele 1858–1863
        3. 3. Lydia (Mary) Cochran 1843–
        4. 4. Nancy (Jane) Cochran 1845–
        5. 5. Charles (Austin) Cochran 1848–1914 m. Elizabeth (Jane Mary) Wilkinson 1851–1888
        6. 6. Andrew (Erastus) Cochran 1853–
  2. 2. Joel (Redway) (Deacon) 1757–1837
  3. 3. Comfort Redaway 1760–
  4. 4. Preserved (Redway) II 1764–1837
  5. 5. Comfort Redway 1760–1837
  6. 6. James Redway 1754–1817
  7. 7. Joanna Redway 1762–
  8. 8. Mehitable Redway 1752–1829

Mehitable Bliss's Timeline

2 Records

1725
9 June 1725
Birth of Mehitable Bliss in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts Colony
Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts Colony
1821
1821
Age 96
Death of Mehitable Bliss in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 9 June 1725
    Event Place: Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts Colony
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1821
    Event Place: Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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