Dorothy (Johnson) Bliss (1766 - 1840)

Born 1766 in Middletown, Hartford, Connecticut

Ancestors

Wife of Israel Bliss Jr — married 10 Jun 1790 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States

Descendants

Died 21 Mar 1840 at about age 74 in Chelsea, Orange, Vermont, United States

Biography

Dolly was born in 1766. Dau. of Joseph, Jr., and Mary (Rogers) Johnson of Middletown, Conn., born 1766. ^[1]

She married Israel Bliss in 1790. ^[1][2]

They had nine children. ^[1]

1. Dolly
2. Polly
3. Henry
4. Ira
5. Israel
6. Lucy - fell from a bridge and was drowned
7. Sarah
8. Saphronia
9. Joseph

She died in 1840. ^[1][3]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Genealogy of the Bliss family in America, by John Homer Bliss, pub. 1881, Boston, p.165
2. ↑ "Connecticut, Church Records, 1660-1955," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG2W-Z2RN : 3 October 2019), Israel Bliss and Dorothy Johnson, 10 Jun 1790; citing Marriage, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States, Connecticut State Library, Hartford.
3. ↑ "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XFNJ-63B : 19 February 2021), Polly Bliss, 1840.

See also:

• FamilySearch Person: 2WD8-N1Z
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/216285267/dolly-bliss: accessed 26 December 2022), memorial page for Dolly Johnson Bliss (1766–21 Mar 1840), Find A Grave: Memorial #216285267, citing Allen Cemetery, Chelsea, Orange County, Vermont, USA; Maintained by Rye (contributor 47322093).