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Polly Bliss 1789–1871 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 4 Mar 1789

Birth Location: Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA

Death Date: 16 Apr 1871

Death Location: Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA

Father: Asa Bliss

Mother: Mary Emerson

Spouse(s): Frederick Briggs

Children(s): Gilmore Briggs, Frederick Briggs, William Briggs, George Briggs, Alfred Briggs, Lorena Briggs, Emily Briggs, Mary Briggs, Lydia Briggs, Lydia Briggs

Polly Bliss was born in 1789 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA, the child of Asa Bliss And Mary Polly Emerson. Polly Bliss married Frederick Briggs, and had children including Alfred Briggs, Emily Jane Briggs, Frederick C Briggs, George Briggs, Gilmore Jarvis Briggs, Lorena Briggs, Lydia Maria Briggs, Mary Ann Briggs, William Briggs. Polly Bliss passed away in 1871 in Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA.

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Biography

  • Polly Bliss was born in 1789 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA, the child of Asa Bliss And Mary Polly Emerson.
  • Polly Bliss married Frederick Briggs, and had children including Alfred Briggs, Emily Jane Briggs, Frederick C Briggs, George Briggs, Gilmore Jarvis Briggs, Lorena Briggs, Lydia Maria Briggs, Mary Ann Briggs, William Briggs.
  • Polly Bliss passed away in 1871 in Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Asa Bliss
1760–1851
Birth Location: Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
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Mary Emerson
1766–1850
Birth Location: Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
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Spouses(s)

Frederick Briggs
1784–1851
Birth Location: Dighton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
FB

Children(s)

Gilmore Briggs
1811–1861
Birth Location: Dighton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
GB
Frederick Briggs
1814–1873
Birth Location: Dighton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
FB
William Briggs
1816–1884
Birth Location: Dighton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
WB
George Briggs
1817–1842
Birth Location: –
GB
Alfred Briggs
1819–1836
Birth Location: Dighton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
AB
Lorena Briggs
1823–1857
Birth Location: Dighton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
LB
Emily Briggs
1832–1897
Birth Location: Dighton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
EB
Mary Briggs
1811–1874
Birth Location: Dighton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
MB
Lydia Briggs
1821–1864
Birth Location: Dighton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
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Lydia Briggs
1825–1864
Birth Location: Dighton,,Massachusetts,USA
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Polly Bliss's Ancestors

Self
Polly Bliss
1789–1871
Birth Place: Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
Parents
Asa Bliss
1760–1851
Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
Mary ("Polly") Emerson
1766–1850
Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
Grandparents
Elisha Bliss
1732–1777
Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
Ruth Thomas
1731–1807
Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
Benjamin Emerson
1735–1805
Dighton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
Hannah Bliss
1737–1778
Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts
Great-Grandparents
Elisha Bliss
1697–1793
Margaret Newman
1704–1788
Richard Thomas
1705–1770
Mary Bosworth
1705–1748
Theadotea Emerson
1696–1770
Elizabeth King
1713–1750
Ephraim Bliss
1699–1778
Rachel Carpenter
1699–1778
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Samuel Newman
1662–1747
Hannah Kenrick
1670–1718
John Bosworth
1671–1719
Elizabeth Toogood
1682–1773
Ephraim Emerson
1672–1706
Elizabeth Walker
1675–1749
Elizabeth Marsh
1670–1721
Jonathan Bliss
1666–1719
Miriam Carpenter
1674–1706
Ensign Carpenter
1665–1732
Mehitable Read
1660–1702

Polly Bliss's Descendants

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Polly Bliss (4 Mar 1789–16 Apr 1871) m. Frederick Briggs (10 Aug 1784–15 Jan 1851)
  1. 1. Gilmore (Jarvis) Briggs 1811–1861 m. Aurelia (Ann) Newton 1824–1867
    1. 1. Mary (Jane) Briggs 1852–1914 m. Silas (Monroe) Needham 1835–1899
      1. 1. Frederrick (Alfred) Needham 1874–1950 m. Minnie (Belle) Foster 1890–1963
        1. 1. Alfred (Francis) Needham 1905–1987 m. Carmen (Rosa) Martin 1907–1968
        2. 2. Margaret (Lee (Amy)) Needham 1909–2005 m. James Leigh 1905–
        3. 3. Alice (Louise) Needham 1907–1999 m. John (Butler) Trowbridge 1899–1972
        4. 4. Faeora (Jan) Needham 1911–1973
        5. 5. Robert (Edward) Needham 1913–1976
        6. 6. Lawrence (M) Needham 1916–1998
        7. 7. Gordon (Neal) Needham 1918–1988 m. Priscilla (Ann) Davis 1923–1998
        8. 8. Paul (Kay) Needham 1932–2004
      2. 2. Marion (J.) Needham 1869–1948
      3. 3. Sarah (J.) Needham 1870–1954
      4. 4. Lettie Needham 1872–1914
      5. 5. Silas Needham 1879–
      6. 6. Franklin (Carl) Needham 1884–1948
      7. 7. Jonathan Needham 1877–1954
      8. 8. Jarvis Needham 1880–1944
    2. 2. Anne (Elizabeth) Briggs 1847–1899
    3. 3. Emmaline Briggs 1861–1922
    4. 4. Caroline Briggs 1861–1882
    5. 5. Ermina (Addaline) Briggs 1859–1926
    6. 6. Andrew Briggs 1850–
    7. 7. Jarvis Briggs 1854–1925
    8. 8. Adolphus Briggs 1856–1930 m. Anna (Rosella) Largent 1866–1919
      1. 1. Warren (Ivan) Briggs 1889–1981 m. Jessie (Belle) LaFountaine 1891–1970
        1. 1. Edmond (Adolphus) Briggs 1910–1981 m. Mildred (Dorothy "Millie") Perkins 1923–1999
        2. 2. Donald (Theodore) Briggs 1912–1998 m. Lucille Cole 1915–1999 m. Earleen (Fern) Starke 1914–1992
      2. 2. Roy (Allen) Briggs 1888–1975 m. Maude (E) Briggs 1891–
        1. 1. Stanley (Herbert) Briggs 1915–1994
        2. 2. Anna ("Rosella") Briggs 1912–1979
        3. 3. Lucine (Francis) Briggs 1923–1927
    9. 9. Aurelia (Harriet) Briggs 1849–1872 m. Marquis (de Lafayette) Vaughan 1843–1898
      1. 1. Mary (Viola (Ola)) Vaughan 1865–1966
      2. 2. Wallace Vaughan 1872–1946
      3. 3. Sarah (Melvina) Vaughan 1866–1963
      4. 4. Ira (Francis) Vaughan 1870–1958
      5. 5. Minnie (Leonora) Vaughan 1868–1952
    10. 10. Alfred ("Amos") Briggs 1841–1863
    11. 11. Newton (Nathan) Briggs 1844–1861
  2. 2. Frederick (C.) Briggs 1814–1873
  3. 3. William Briggs 1816–1884
  4. 4. George Briggs 1817–1842
  5. 5. Alfred Briggs 1819–1836
  6. 6. Lorena Briggs 1823–1857
  7. 7. Emily (Jane) Briggs 1832–1897
  8. 8. Mary (Ann) Briggs 1811–1874
  9. 9. Lydia (Maria) Briggs 1821–1864
  10. 10. Lydia (Maria) Briggs 1825–1864

Polly Bliss's Timeline

2 Records

1789
4 Mar 1789
Birth of Polly Bliss in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
1871
16 Apr 1871
Age 82
Death of Polly Bliss in Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 4 Mar 1789
    Event Place: Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 16 Apr 1871
    Event Place: Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
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