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Thankful Bliss 1700–1793 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 7 March 1700

Birth Location: Norwich, New London, Connecticut, United States

Death Date: 23 November 1793

Death Location: Norwich, New London, Connecticut, United States

Father: SAMUEL BLISS

Mother: Ann(e) Elderkin

Spouse(s): Joseph Willoughby

Children(s): John Willoughby

Thankful Bliss was born in 1700 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut, United States, the child of Samuel Bliss And Ann E Elderkin. Thankful Bliss married Joseph Willoughby, and had children including John Willoughby. Thankful Bliss passed away in 1793 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut, United States.

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Biography

  • Thankful Bliss was born in 1700 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut, United States, the child of Samuel Bliss And Ann E Elderkin.
  • Thankful Bliss married Joseph Willoughby, and had children including John Willoughby.
  • Thankful Bliss passed away in 1793 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut, United States.

Immediate Family

Parents

SAMUEL BLISS
1657–1729
Birth Location: Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA
SB
Ann(e) Elderkin
1661–1748
Birth Location: Norwich, New London, Connecticut, United States
AE

Spouses(s)

Joseph Willoughby
1684–1751
Birth Location: Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
JW

Children(s)

John Willoughby
1733–1774
Birth Location: Norwich, New London, Connecticut, United States
JW

Thankful Bliss's Ancestors

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Thankful Bliss
1700–1793
Birth Place: Norwich, New London, Connecticut, United States
Parents
SAMUEL BLISS
1657–1729
Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA
Ann(e) Elderkin
1661–1748
Norwich, New London, Connecticut, United States
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Thankful Bliss's Descendants

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Thankful Bliss (7 March 1700–23 November 1793) m. Joseph Willoughby (30 June 1684–10 April 1751)
  1. 1. John Willoughby 1733–1774 m. Gloriana Edwards 1739–1798
    1. 1. ELIZABETH ((BETSEY)) WILLOUGHBY 1765–1795 m. Brewster Dayton 1746–1831
      1. 1. Garrett Dayton 1765–1827 m. Mary (Ann) Edwards 1772–1840
        1. 1. William (Garrett) Dayton 1794–1863 m. Rebecca Hildreth 1798–1846
        2. 2. Mary (Dayton) Harwood 1810–1897
        3. 3. Johnathan Dayton 1805–1860
        4. 4. Henry (G.) DAYTON 1817–1878 m. Margaret Colvin 1816–1881

Thankful Bliss's Timeline

2 Records

1700
7 March 1700
Birth of Thankful Bliss in Norwich, New London, Connecticut, United States
Norwich, New London, Connecticut, United States
1793
23 November 1793
Age 93
Death of Thankful Bliss in Norwich, New London, Connecticut, United States
Norwich, New London, Connecticut, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 7 March 1700
    Event Place: Norwich, New London, Connecticut, United States

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 23 November 1793
    Event Place: Norwich, New London, Connecticut, United States
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