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Lucy, Dana, Leonard, Betsey, Alfred, Louisa and Sophronia.
(1) Simeon m. (1) Lucy Morse and had one child, Lucy, who m. Barney W. Paine, and resided in New York. Simeon m. for his second wife Lydia Sherman, and they had nine children. Simeon Bicknell was well educated and a fine teacher. He was the first principal of the old Jericho Center Academy that was opened in 1827, and he remained the principal of the school for five years. He moved to Malone, New York. (See Jericho Academy).
(2) Nathaniel m. Fanny Thompson and they had three children : Ellen, John and Fred. All emigrated to the West.
(3) Olive m. James Orr. They had no children. She m. 2 Roswell Gleason and they had one daughter, Mary, who m. Fernando Powell of Underhill. He d. and she lives as his widow in Jericho. Olive m. 3 Abial Rogers of Underhill.
(4) Lucy m. Josiah Mead of Underhill and they had two children : Lucinda and William, both being d.
(5) Dana, b. 1805, m. Emma L. French in Jericho in 1829. Their children were: Leet, b. 1831, and d. in 1858, unm .; Jane, b. in 1834, who m. George Weston in 1878, and d. 1907, childless ; Allen, b. 1837, d. 1843; Dustin, b. 1842, m. Eudora Weaver in 1867 and they had one child, Kate Beulah, b. 1869, who m. New- ton Isham in 1901, who d. in 1902 (they had one child, Dana Bicknell; she and the child live in Jericho; Dustin d. in 1910, his wife in 1908) ; Allen, b. 1844, m. Lorinda Martin in 1865 (they have had four children : Abbie, Jennie, Dana, and Guy). Emma T., b. 1848, has been a school teacher.
(6) Leonard m. Emeline Kellogg. They live in New York.
(7) Betsey m. Humphrey Mead. Both are dead. They had seven children : Lorinda, Ellen, Lucy, Emeline and Hettie, and two boys that d. in infancy. Lorinda m. Simeon Clapp of Jeri- cho. They had two children : Emeline and Walter.
(8) Alfred m. Theresa Woodworth and they had four chil- dren : Wallace, Henry, Orlando and Byron ; m. 2 Laura Wheeler. No children.
(9) Louisa m. Truman Thompson. They had four chil- dren : Sera, Leonard, George and Jesse.
(10) Sophronia m. Silas Terrill and they had ten chil- dren : Matilda, Betsey, Henry, Loomis, Clark, Mary, Homer, 26
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Otis, Horace and Harmon. Betsey, Henry, Clark and Mary are dead. Loomis, who lives in Jericho, was b. in 1844, and m. Anna Stratton in 1874. She was b. in 1850. They have four children : (1) Lynn, b. 1875, d. 1888; (2) Pearl, b. 1877, m. Mabel Rogers in 1904, and they have one child, Dorotha; (3) Willis, b. 1879, m. Carrie Moore in 1913; (4) Dennis, b. 1888, lives in Jericho with his parents.
Loomis Terrill has lived, since his marriage, in Underhill, Hyde Park and Johnson, but his home is now in Jericho, where he has resided for the past nine years. He is a farmer and in his religious belief is a Congregationalist.
THE GEORGE BICKNELL FAMILY.
By G. C. Bicknell.
Isaac Bicknell m. Sarah Green, and they moved from Enfield, N. H., to Underhill, Vt., in 1818, with seven children: Amanda, Delia, Catherine, Nathan, Dan, Wesley and George. George came to Underhill at the age of nine years. He was educated at the common schools and for a time attended the Academy at Jericho Center. In 1837 he m. Laura Whiton, who was b. in Es- sex, Vt., in 1813. She had two half-brothers, Lester and Har- rison, and one half-sister, Clarissa. George Bicknell and his wife Laura had lived together as husband and wife 58 years. She . d. in 1895 and he in 1896.
They had five children: (1) Dennis, who served in the late Civil War in the 2nd Vt. Regiment and in the Vet. Reserve Corps over five years. After the war he m. Naomi Abercrombie of Canada. He became a Methodist preacher and preached for that denomination for several years, and afterwards connected him- self with the Congregational denomination and preached for that denomination in the state of Washington till he d. at Houghton near Seattle, Washington, in 1897. His wife d. in 1913. They had no children.
(2) Delia A., who m. J. A. Graves of Wolcott, Vt., in 1859. He served three years in the 9th Vt. Regiment in the War of the Rebellion, and d. in 1872.
(3) George Clinton, who was b. in Underhill in 1843, and who with his father, George Bicknell, moved from Underhill
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into the eastern part of Jericho in 1872, locating on the farm now called the Brennan farm. In 1888 they moved into the village of Jericho Center where George C. Bicknell and his family have since made their home. George Clinton Bicknell enlisted in the War of the Rebellion in 1861 in the 7th Vt. Regi- ment, served four years and four months and was honorably dis- charged. He is a mechanic and farmer. He m. Adelia L. Rice of Westford, Vt., in 1869. She was the daughter of Samuel and Martha J. (Cushman) Rice. They had three children: Charles R., b. 1870; Chauncey C., b. 1875; and Florence E., b. 1885, who is a teacher in Chicago. Charles R. m. Lillie M. Barber of Jericho, in 1895. She d. in 1900 and he d. in 1907. They left one son, Elmer F., b. in 1897. Chauncey C., m. Fannie A. Hul- burt in 1903 and they have three children, viz .: George K., b. 1904 ; Robert C., b. 1905; and Laura F., b. in 1908.
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(4) Laura Alice was b. in Underhill in 1846 and m. Fred A. Fuller of Jericho, Vt., in 1867. They had three daughters, all dead. He served four years and three months in the 7th Regi- ment of Vt. Vols. in the War of 1861. She d. in 1882.
(5) Preston F. Bicknell who was b. in Underhill in 1853 and lives in South Lancaster, Mass.
THE BISHOP FAMILY.
By Rufus B. Galusha.
A sketch of the lives of humble men and women who braved the perils of coming to this wilderness about 150 years ago, must of necessity be meager.
The principal incentive to labor and suffer as they did, in clearing away forests, erecting homes, and cultivating the rough soil, was to provide for those whom Providence had placed in their care.
They established their homes, organized their communities, and fought the enemies of their institutions as duty seemed to call them. All they did may never be told; they lived and died each performing his humble part, with never a thought of being remembered as heroes. ·
Among this number we first find the name of Daniel Bishop, b. in 1735, m. in 1759 to Betsey Bowen. They came from Massa-
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chusetts or Rhode Island and located in the south part of Rich- mond, which was originally Williston, where they lived and died. He is said to have served in the Revolutionary War. He was certified on December 30th, 1793, by the rector, as a member of the Protestant Episcopal Church in Shelburne, Vt. From 1795 to 1800 he was highway surveyor of Richmond, lister in 1796, and school commissioner in 1800. The families of Flagg, Squires, Whitcombs and Saul Bishop are connected with this ancestor.
The third child of this marriage was Daniel Bowen Bishop, b. March 27th, 1764 and d. April 25th, 1844. He m. Edith Steel, and passed most of his life in Hinesburg, Vt., as a farmer. Ten children were the fruits of this marriage, all b. in Hinesburg. You will notice in respect to the size of the families in those days, they used to compute by the decimal system.
Ephraim Bishop, the third child of Daniel B. and Edith Steel Bishop, was b. in Hinesburg, July 7th, 1791, and served in the War of 1812. He m. Lucy Hoadly, who was b. in Hart- land, Vt. Their children, also ten in number, were all b. in Hinesburg. Ephraim later moved to a farm on the Lamoille River, below Cambridge, where he d. July 19th, 1879.
I will not attempt to trace this large family of children and grandchildren, who are widely scattered and occupying positions of trust in many parts of the country, and only mention those with whom we are more familiar in Jericho.
Eveline, the oldest daughter, m. Mosely Woodworth, of Es- sex and later of Fairfax.
Amarilla, m. Julius Halburt, of Essex, who served many years as constable of Fairfax, and for 8 years as sheriff at St. Albans.
The sixth child, Susan, m. Sanford Holmes, at one time a resident of this town; both Mr. and Mrs. Holmes d. in Kansas, leaving one son, Homer Holmes, who m. Emma Field, daughter of H. M. Field, of Jericho. They lived here several years and are now in Burlington.
Appolus Bishop has been for several years a resident of Jericho, on the farm known as the Truman Barney place, and a married daughter, Mrs. Elmer Irish, living across the way on the Day farm, and a son, George, in Burlington.
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Rufus Bishop, the seventh child of Daniel B. and Edith Steel Bishop, was b. in Hinesburg, August 4th, 1799, the same year that Washington died. He m. Hannah Leet of Claremont, N. H. Their seven children (two of whom d. in infancy) were all b. in Hinesburg. A sketch of the ancestry of Hannah Leet is traced in a well preserved record back to Gov. William Leete of Guil- ford and New Haven, Conn., who was b. in Lodington, Hunting- donshire, Eng., about 1612, and his ancestors are traced back to 1209.
Rufus and Hannah Bishop came with their five children from Hinesburg in 1839, and located on the Noah Chittenden farm, so long occupied by his son, the late Daniel B. Bishop, and later to the spacious mansion built by Martin Chittenden, where they d. in 1872. It will be remembered that his two sons, Leet and Daniel, also d. in this same house.
Leet A. Bishop, the older of the two sons, many of you will remember, as he lived so many years on the farm now owned by Ellery Fay and occupied by his son Wright Fay. He served the town in many of its public offices ; as lister in 1854, as select- man in 1861-2-3 and 4, as representative in 1856. He m. Aurille Clark, daughter of Wright Clark of Williston, and in the later years of their life they lived on a farm in Williston village, where they were active members of the Methodist Church. Although they had no children, they managed to keep a full table. In the many times I visited them during these years I do not remember taking a meal with less than ten or a dozen seated about the table. "Come right in and have something to eat" was a characteristic expression of his. In his later years as he became incapacitated for business he used to tell me with a good deal of apparent pleasure of his service as selectman at Jericho, when the covered bridge at the "Corner" was built.
My mother, Angeline O., was the next child of Rufus and Hannah Bishop, and spent most of her life here in Jericho, as many of you will remember, till she went with me in 1900 to Royalton, and later to Boston, where she d. in September, 1907. Besides my own family, Albert L. Galusha, a grandson living in Boston, and my sister, Lydia Effigene, wife of Dr. D. F. Estes, of Colgate University, Hamilton, N. Y., survive her.
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The 4th child of Rufus and Hannah Bishop, Effigene M., m. Royal B. Chase, and d. in Westford, April 29th, 1858, leaving two daughters, still living: Rogene E., wife of A. A. Herrick of Milton, and Rocelia A., wife of Judge A. L. Palmer, of Seattle, Washington. Rogene has one child, Mrs. Rowley in Burlington, and Rocelia has seven children located in Seattle and vicinity.
Daniel Bowen Bishop, the 5th child, m. Mary Clark of Wil- liston, May 19th, 1853, and Oct. 22nd, 1890 m. 2 Emma L. Ham- mond of Lyons, Iowa, with whom he lived at the old Homestead in Jericho, at the time of his death, March, 1909. He always lived in Jericho after about 12 years of age, and was a prosperous dairy farmer, maintaining at times a dairy of 130 cows. Three children survive him: Mrs. Furgeson of Williston, and two sons, Dr. Rufus W. of Chicago, and Clark W., ranchman of Texas.
Betsey Jane, the youngest child of Rufus Bishop, m. May 20th, 1850, Lucius L. Lane, an honored and respected citizen of this town, who in addition to his farming interests served in most of its public offices, till his removal to Winooski Park. After his death Mrs. Lane went to Minneapolis, where she now lives with her only child, Geo. B. Lane, a broker.
The Bishops were active and industrious and liked to do things on a large scale, and were sometimes generous to a fault.
My mother told me that, when she lived at home on the Chittenden farm, and the C. V. R. R. was being built, they kept some boarders in addition to the farm work, and she with the assistance of her mother and sisters, used to convert a barrel of flour a week into bread, doughnuts, pies and cakes. They were . good eaters.
My grandfather, Rufus Bishop, was 73 years old at the time of his death which occurred 41 years ago the 15th of this present month (August, 1913). My memory of him only reaches back to the later years of his life. I think those who knew him better than I will corroborate the statements of a close friend of his who wrote the following at the time of his death: "Mr. Bishop was through his life a man of remarkable activity and industry. He enjoyed a large measure of health, strength and prosperity. His old age was vigorous, serene and cheerful. In his later years he had the appearance of being much younger than he really was, and when summoned to depart this life 'his eye was
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not dim, nor his natural force abated,' and his mental powers were unimpaired. He was a man of good sense and judgment, good habits of life and business, marked kindness and sympathy and irreproachable integrity, a good adviser and a faithful friend. His abundance of this world's goods was held and enjoyed with a spirit meek and lovely as a child. From early life he was a Christian believer. He was baptized and united with the Baptist Church in Richmond in 1827; and though after the dissolution of that church he never connected himself with any other, his re- ligious convictions and sympathies were always strong and tender, and in his last hours he was supported and cheered by the hopes and consolations of the Gospel."
On the 18th of August, 1872, all that was mortal of this noble man was deposited in the cemetery at Jericho beneath the beautiful marble monument which he had erected about 14 years before, and where during these years have rested the remains of his daughter, Mrs. Royal B. Chase, and recently those of his son, Daniel B. Bishop. Of Mr. Bishop's family, a widow and two sons, L. A. and D. B. Bishop, and two daughters, the wives of T. C. Galusha and L. L. Lane, survived him, all of whom have since passed away, except Mrs. L. L. Lane, now of Minneapolis.
It is interesting to note that of this branch of a large family, so recently active in the affairs of Jericho, only two remain to bear the name, the sons of D. B. Bishop, and both are without children.
THE BISSONETTE FAMILY. By L. F. Wilbur.
The grandfather of Joseph Bissonette of Jericho was also by name Joseph Bissonette. He and his wife were b. in Canada and emigrated to Hinesburg, Vt., in 1836. They had several children, among whom was a son by the name of Joseph, who m. his wife in Canada. He and his wife emigrated to Hinesburg, Vt., in 1837, and both d. there in 1899. They had six children and all of them, except their son, Joseph, were b. in Hinesburg. Joseph was b. in 1837 in Canada and m. Mary Jane Frassier in 1859. She was b. in Hinesburg. They had six children, viz. :
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(1) Ella L., b. in 1860, who d. in 1879.
(2) Kate, b. in 1864, who m. William Stinehour. They had three children, girls.
(3) David E., b. in 1867, who m. Ethel, the daughter of Ferris McGinnis of Jericho. He d. 1915. One child, Gertrude.
(4) Charles E., b. in 1870, d. in 1871.
(5) Martha, b. in 1874, m. Charles Mead at Jericho in 1899. they have one child, Laura, b. in 1899.
(6) Charles E., b. in 1877, d. 1879.
Joseph Bissonette and his wife after their marriage lived in Richmond, Vt., for several years and came to reside in Jericho in the village at the Corners in 1867 where they have ever since lived, and he has carried on the tinware and hardware business and has always been regarded as a skillful tinman.
(2) Tuffel, b. in 1836 in Hinesburg. He enlisted in the war of 1861 for the term of nine months in the 14th Regiment of Vt. Vols., and was killed in action in the battle of Gettys- burg, Pa.
(3) Napoleon, b. in 1838, m. Jennie Croff of Huntington. They had two children, a boy and a girl. Napoleon enlisted in the 14th Regiment of Vt. Vols., and was wounded at the bat- tle of Gettysburg. He moved to the State of Montana and there d.
(4) Philoman, m. Frank Vinton and both are d. They had one girl.
(5) Julia, m. Norman Brownell and they lived at Essex Junction. They had a boy and girl who d.
(6) Emma, m. Waite Bliss of Jericho, and they had two children, Fred C. and Bert A. Bert d. in 1909. (See Clement Bliss Family).
THE BLACKMAN FAMILY.
By S. H. Barnum.
Nathaniel Blackman of Huntington, Ct., settled in town and three of his sons figured prominently in town and church affairs. Their descendants were numerous, but all have been gone from Jericho for many years and the name has disappeared here. Few particulars have been ascertained about the present generation.
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Nathaniel was b. in 1738 and d. in 1819. His wife Huldah was b. in 1749 and d. in 1820. They had four sons.
1. Nathaniel, b. 1781. He m. 1 Wealthy Palmer at Hines- burg in 1807. Their children were:
(a) Orissa, b. 1810, m. Lewis Rood. See Rood family.
(b) Edwin, b. 1815, non-graduate U. V. M. 1837, merchant, went to Chicago and d. there.
(c) Irene, b. 1817, m. James M. Dean 1843.
(d) Selem Fayette, b. 1820, m. Lucia Stone 1841. They had a dau., Helen Augusta, who d. when 16 months old.
(e) Mary, b. 1822.
(f) Charles, b. 1824.
Wealthy the first wife d. in 1830, and the name of Nathaniel's second wife was Anna. She d. in 1839. Nathaniel built and lived in the house now owned by W. J. Nichols, and was a prominent man in town. He d. in 1844.
2. Pliny, b. 1784. He built the house where Ransom Wil- der lives, kept store and for twelve years was town clerk. The last of his life he was a cripple. He m. Lucinda Wheelock of Hinesburg in 1814. She was b. in 1790 and d. in 1847. Their children were:
(a) Mary Emily, b. 1816, d. 1885 unm. She cared for her father in his invalidism. She perished in the fields in the winter season.
(b) George, b. 1817, U. V. M. '38, taught in the South, d. 1882. (See graduates of U. V. M.)
(c) James Smedley, b. 1819, U. V. M. '44, d. 1891. Had son James.
(d) Eliza Ann, b. 1821, m. Charles Lyman, d. 1878. No children.
(e) John Wheelock, b. 1823, attended in '45 Jericho Acad- emy, went South. Pliny d. in 1850.
3. Lemuel, b. 1786, m. Rebecca Wells who was b. 1791, and d. 1859. Lemuel lived where E. B. Jordan now resides. He read sermons in deacons' meetings. He d. 1862. Their children were :
(a) Henry C., who in 1837 m. Minerva Lane, dau. of Stephen Lane. He lived where Mrs. Whitmarsh now lives and was a merchant. He moved from Jericho to Marengo, Ill., about
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1860, and d. at Harvard, Ill., about 1881, aged 63. His wife d. at the same place about 1888, aged 63. The children were:
(aa) Adelia, living at Nice, France.
(bb) Carlos accidentally killed at Block Island, R. I., Sept., 1895. His home was Chicago and he left a widow, Florence Littlefield, now living at Rockford, Ill.
(cc). Emma, who m. Charles L. Linsley and d. at Marengo, Ill., about 1890. Two dau .: Grace and Bessie Dodge live in N. Y. City.
(dd) Willis L., b. about 1845, lives at Hinsdale, Il1.
(ee) Chester S., d. at Hinsdale, Ill., Oct., 1913, aged 66.
(ff) Henry E. C., b. about 1851, lives in Cleveland, O.
(b) Catherine, who m. Dr. Jamin Hamilton in 1845. Their children were: William who became a doctor and went to Albany, N. Y., Hobart who became a dentist, and Frances who m. William Jackson.
(c) Mary Jane who m. Edgar H. Lane. She was b. 1825, d. 1853.
(d) Wells, who went West and d. at Rochester, Minn., about 1892. He m. 1 Cornelia- - and they had one son, 2 Marion Gloyd who d. 1858. They had four children.
(e) Phebe Ann, b. 1828, m. Edgar H. Lane and had one son, Edgar Francis, b. 1858, d. 1914 unm. She d. 1858. (See Lane family).
4. Prosper B., m. Betsey Potter in 1816. Children : Pliny Dwight and Charlotte.
THE BLISS FAMILY.
By Mrs. Jennie R. Williams.
Lemuel Bliss was b. in Rehoboth, Mass., Aug. 15th, 1791, the son of Galen Bliss and his wife, Sybil Peck. The family, with relatives by the name of Peck, removed to Calais, Vt., during Lemuel Bliss' boyhood, Mrs. Bliss (Sybil Peck) being an aunt · of Gov. Asahel Peck, who was Vermont's governor from 1874 to 1876. Mr. Bliss left an uncle, Geo. Bliss, in Rehoboth, whose grandson, Cornelius N. Bliss, was Secretary of the Interior from 1896-1900, and one of the leading bankers of the country.
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Lemuel Bliss m. Deborah Herrick at Calais, Vt., in 1817. His tastes in early manhood we're decidedly military, and he held Gov. Cornelius P. Van Ness' appointment as adjutant of the 5th Infantry, date of Aug. 11th, 1826. His uniform was of blue broadcloth with scarlet facing, decorated with bullet shaped silver buttons, and a red cockade more than a foot in height was fastened by a silver eagle to the hat. In those days the annual encampment and "June Trainings" made heavy drafts on officers in the line of "treating," etc, and the needs of a young family compelled his resignation and removal to Burlington, where he engaged in carpentry and building. In 1836 he removed to Jeri- cho, following the same occupation. He built wisely and well in the days when all parts of a building were the builders' handicraft, as no mills put out finished products. His death occurred in 1859, followed by that of his wife in 1872.
Children : James Lawrence, b. Oct. 29th, 1821, d. in Iowa, 1892; John Dennison, b. Sept. 23, 1823, d. Nov., 1888; Lemuel Julius, b. June 28, 1825, removed to California ; Elsie Kaira (see Rawson family) b. Oct. 26, 1827.
James Lawrence Bliss m. Fannie Prouty in 1846. She d. in 1848, and he m. Ella Oakley in 1861, removing to Illinois.
John Dennison Bliss, M. D., m. Rosamond Howe, Mar. 31, 1844. Children : Wellington, b. July 18, 1849, d. Sept. 6, 1861 ; George L., b. 1862, d. in infancy.
CLEMENT BLISS FAMILY.
By L. F. Wilbur and Mrs. Persis Bliss.
We trace this family from Thomas Bliss, who was b. in England about 1550. The name is from the Norman French Blois and has taken different forms: Bloys, Blyse, Blysse and Blisse, and finally the American Bliss. The family is under- stood to be of Norman descent and to have arrived in England with William the Conqueror. The coat of arms bears the motto, "Semper sursum," meaning "Ever upward." The history of the American family begins with the Puritan brothers, George and Thomas, Jr., who came to America to escape religious per- secution, landing in Boston in 1635.
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Clement Bliss, a direct descendant, was b. in Essex, Vt., in 1817 and d. in 1896. He m. Mary Frederick in 1839, who was b. in 1821 in Canada. They moved to Jericho Corners and in 1852 to Williston. To them were b. three children in town:
(1) Grace E., b. in 1842, m. Gilbert O. Coburn in 1905. They lived in Shelby, O., where he d. in 1913.
(2) Fred H., b. 1845 and d. in Andersonville prison in 1864.
(3) Waite C., b. 1852 and m. Emma L. Bissonette in 1878. (See Bissonette family). Two children :
(a) Fred C., b. 1881 in Williston and in 1904, m. Persis Crawford, who was b. in 1881 at Millbridge, Me. They have three children, Freda, b. 1906; Carolyn E., b. 1908 and William, b. 1910.
(b) Bert A., b. 1890, d. 1909. (See high school).
Waite Bliss and son, Fred, came to Jericho from Williston in 1905 and purchased the old Cyrus Packard farm. In 1915 they purchased the farm on Lee River recently owned by I. L. Thompson.
THE SAMUEL B. BLISS FAMILY.
By L. F. Wilbur.
The ancestors of the line of Bliss we are tracing came from England to America in the 16th century.
Pelatiah Bliss of Lebanon and Bolton, Conn., (the son of Henry Bliss and Bethiah Safford of Lebanon), the great grand- father of Samuel B. Bliss, was b. May 6, 1725, and m. Hephzibah Goodwin in 1744. They had seven children, the third child named Pelatiah, Jr., being b. in 1749. The father d. in 1808.
Pelatiah, Jr. m. Ruth Lowell of Haverhill, N. H., and New- bury, Vt. They were m. at Newbury in 1772, and he d. there. He was one of a company of "Minute men" under Capt. Thomas Johnson of Newbury, in 1775. On June 17, 1782, he was taken prisoner by a detachment of British troops sent out to capture Gen. Jacob Bailey.
It is understood in the family of Blisses that he represented the town of Bradford in the Vermont Legislature in 1787. Their children were: Davenport, b. in 1779, d. in 1856; Ruth, m. John
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Brown of Williston, Vt .; Patty, m. Jonathan Ring of Corinth, Vt .; Henry, b. Nov. 5, 1785, d. in 1853; Pelatiah, b. in 1787, d. in 1870; John, b. in 1795, resided at Winooski, Vt., and d. in 1847 ; Hannah, m. Samuel Smith of Essex.
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