Alexander
Bliss
Born in Springfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay
Ancestors 
Son of Jedediah Bliss
and Miriam (Hitchcock) Bliss
Brother of
Rachel (Bliss) Stebbins [half], Moses Bliss [half], Jedediah Bliss Jr [half], Mary Bliss [half], Lucy Bliss [half], Lucy Bliss [half], Aaron Bliss [half], Patience Bliss [half], Miriam Bliss, Ebenezer Bliss, Reuben Bliss, Zenas Bliss, Martha (Bliss) Gridley, Isaac Bliss, Jacob Bliss and Naomi (Bliss) Kneeland
Husband of
Margaret (Warner) Bliss
— married
18 Nov 1784 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States
Husband of
Abigail (Williams) Bliss
— married
8 May 1790 in Springfield, Massachusetts
Husband of
Lucy (Pico) Bliss
— married
15 Dec 1810 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts
Descendants 
Father of
Edmund Bliss, Margaret Bliss, Thomas Williams Bliss, Alexander Bliss, Margaret (Bliss) Hoyt, Elijah Williams Bliss, Richard Bliss, Elizabeth (Bliss) Forman, Thomas Williams Bliss, Frances (Bliss) Adams, Eleazer Williams Bliss and Charlotte Williams (Bliss) Burt
Died
at age 89
in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 20 Dec 2011
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Biography
Alexander was born October 11, 1753 in Springfield, Massachusetts Bay. He was the son of Jedediah Bliss and Miriam Hitchcock. He was a veteran of the Revolutionary War. He was a tanner by trade. He married Margaret Warner (who died March 21, 1788) November 18, 1784, they had two children.
He then married Abigail Williams in 1790. Alexander and Abigail had 10 children. Following Abigail's death in 1807, Alexander married widow Lucy Pico Gardner, in 1810.
He passed away, in Springfield, Massachusetts, July 18, 1843.
Sources
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 21 May 2020), memorial page for Alexander Bliss (11 Oct 1753–25 Jul 1843), Find a Grave Memorial no. 97915343, citing Springfield Cemetery, Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by M Cooley (contributor 47154454) .
- *Bliss, Aaron Tyler. Genealogy of the Bliss family in America. (Midland, Mich., A. T. Bliss, 1982). Volume 1, pages 120-121
- Massachusetts Deaths, 1844: Vol. 8
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Alexander by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA test-takers in his direct paternal line. Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Alexander by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA test-takers in his direct paternal line. Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
- Maxine (Martin) McReynolds
:
Family Tree DNA mtDNA Test Full Sequence, haplogroup H5a4a, FTDNA kit #719297, MitoYDNA ID T11493 [compare]
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~0.78%
Rebecca (Bliss) Nolan :
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Kim Williams
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Bliss-2673 and Bliss-430 appear to represent the same person because: Same wife and same children.
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S Stevenson
Bliss-3183 and Bliss-2673 appear to represent the same person because: Same name and dates
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