Mary (French) Hunt (abt. 1684 - 1754)

Born about 15 Mar 1684 in Rehoboth, Bristol County, Plymouth Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Jonathan Bliss — married 10 Apr 1711 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay

Wife of Peter Hunt — married 25 Oct 1752 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 10 Dec 1754 at about age 70 in Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Biography

Mary French was born about March 14, 1683/84, a daughter of John French and Hannah Palmer of Rehoboth, Massachusetts ^{[1] [2] [3]}.^[4] In birth order she was their third known child.

On April 10, 1711 she married Jonathan Bliss, the son of Jonathan Bliss and Miriam Harmon of Rehoboth, Massachusetts ^{[5] [2] [3]}, and their children included:

1. Mary Bliss, born November 23, 1712^[6], who married Joseph Peck in Rehoboth, and then a Mr. Fuller^[5]
2. Hannah Bliss, born January 7, 1715^[6], who married Timothy Fuller in 1737^[5]
3. Bethia Bliss, born May 10, 1716^[6], who died in 1738^[5]
4. Rachel Bliss, born August 10, 1719^[6], who married Aaron Fuller of Rehoboth in 1740^[5]

Jonathan Bliss died October 16, 1719 ^[7].

On October 25, 1752, Mary (French) Bliss (widow) married Peter Hunt (as his 3rd wife) ^{[5] [8] [9]}.

Mary (French/Bliss) Hunt died December 10, 1754, at age 71^[5] , and is buried in the Palmer River Churchyard Cemetery in Rehoboth, Massachusetts: Find A Grave: Memorial #44430401

Sources

1. ↑ Massachusetts Vital Records Rehoboth - Births; Image of page 611,
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} John Bullard and Allied Families. The American Ancestors of George Newton Bullard and Mary Eli Bullard by Bullard, Edgar, (Detroit, Mich., 1930). See page 188 for Mary French who married John Bliss
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Early Reheboth Families and events by Richard Lebaron Bowen, published in the The New England Historical and Genealogical Register Volume 97, page 38. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2018.)
4. ↑ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/i/14010/611/253495182
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6} Genealogy of the Bliss Family in America by Bliss, John Homer, (Boston: privately printed, 1881). See page 45 for Jonathan, son of Jonathan, who married Miriam Carpenter and Mary French
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3} Massachusetts Vital Records Rehoboth - Births; Image of page 536 showing the same image found in NEHGS, which states: Bliss, Mary of Jonathan and Mary 2nd wife, Nov 23, 1712; Hannah, Jan 7, 1715; Bethiah, May 10, 1716; Rachal, Aug 9, 1719
7. ↑ Massachusetts Vital Records Rehoboth - Deaths; Image of page 797
8. ↑ Massachusetts Vital Records Rehoboth - Marriages; Image of page 200
9. ↑ "Massachusetts Town Records, ca. 1638-1961," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29P-WBV4 : 17 October 2017), Peter Hunt and Mary Bliss, 02 Oct 1752; citing Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, Town clerks and local churches; FHL microfilm 1,987,644.

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