One of the Cornwallis grantees in 1764 was Nathaniel Bliss, formerly of Lebanon, Conn., youngest son of Nathaniel and Mehitable (Spafford) Bliss, of Lebanon, and born Aug. 5, 1736.[1]
Nathaniel Bliss, and his brother Elijah, who had accompanied him to Nova Scotia, both died in Cornwallis of smallpox, circa 1786, and Mrs. Eunice (Fish) Bliss was m. (2) June 29, 1786, as his second wife, to Silas Weaver, whose son Jabez married her daughter Lydia.
Kings County probate records show that Nathaniel Bliss died without making a Last Will and Testament. Guardianship of his children was granted to Silas Weaver and their mother, his second wife, Eunice (Fish) Weaver.
Nathaniel Bliss the grantee was a third cousin of Capt. Luke Bliss, of Springfield, Mass., the father of Hon. Chief Justice Jonathan Bliss of New Brunswick; and also of Hon. Daniel Bliss, father of Hon. Judge John Murray Bliss of New Brunswick. The author of the Bliss Genealogy says (p. 151): "It is a remarkable fact, and without parallel in history, that three members of one family, viz., Chief Justice Jonathan Bliss, Judge Murray Bliss, and Judge Upham, sat on the judicial bench at the same time."
One of the daughters of Judge William Blowers Bliss of the Nova Scotia supreme bench, son of Chief Justice Jonathan Bliss, was the wife of Bishop Binney of Nova Scotia, and another the wife of Hon. William Hunter Odell. Nathaniel Bliss the grantee was descended in the 5th generation from Thomas Bliss, who came to New England from Belstone Parish, Devonshire. A sister of Thomas was Elizabeth, who was m. to Sir John Calcliffe of Belstone.
The children of Patrick and Mary (Bliss) Mclnernay were bap. in St. John's parish, Cornwallis, as follows:
Cornelius, b. Mar. 16, 1798, bap. May 14, 1808;
John, b. Feb. 13, 1799 (it is uncertain whether this is a birth or baptism);
Eaton, A. Wentworth Hamilton. (1910). The history of Kings County, Nova Scotia, heart of the Acadian land, giving a sketch of the French and their expulsion: and a history of the New England planters who came in their stead, with many genealogies, 1604-1910. Salem, Mass.: The Salem Press Company. p 577-578
Township Books of Kings County, Nova Scotia compiled by Lorna Woodman Evans
Kings County Historical Vital Statistics CD
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Nathaniel by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
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