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Graphics:
Right: 42d Royal Highland Regiment (or Black Watch, British
Fortieth Regiment of Foot, 1776 Far
Right: Fourth Connecticut Regiment
of Infantry Continental Line Courtesy:
Sons of the Revolution of California |
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Capt.
Samuel Bliss, Loyalist
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Capt.
Samuel Bliss, Sr., Patriot
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Associated
with
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Greenfield
and Concord, MA and St. Andrew, New Brunswick, Canada
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Rehoboth,
MA
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Birth
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November
19, 1750
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July
25, 1730
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Bliss
Book
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#
416, p. 114
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#
473, p. 124
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Children
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Mary
Harwood, b. 1783 |
(1)
Hannah, b.1755
(1)
Molly, b. 1758
(2)
Susie, b. 1759
(2)
Samuel, b. 1761
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(2)
Esther, b. 1764
(2)
Lepha, b. 1766
(3)
Lydia, b. 1794 |
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DAR/
Loyalists
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Advanced
Loyalist Studies
The
United Empire Loyalists' Association of Canada
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Listed
in Patriot Index, Centennial Edition, p. 284
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Death
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February
28, 1803, St. Andrew, NB
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January
5, 1820, Rehoboth, MA
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Education
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Unknown |
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Marriage
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Mary
Harwood of ? |
1.
Hannah Carpenter of Rehoboth, MA
2.
Keziah Carpenter of Rehoboth, MA
3. Lydia Perry of Rehoboth, MA |
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Occupation
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Merchant
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Farmer
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Parents
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Daniel
Bliss and Phebe Walker
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Nathaniel
Bliss and Mehitable Whittaker
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Pedigree
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Hartford
Line:
#001 Thomas Bliss + Margaret Hulins
#014 Samuel Bliss + Mary Leonard
#052 Thomas Bliss + Hannah Cadwell
#147 Rev. Daniel Bliss + Phebe Walker
#416 Capt. Samuel + Mary Harwood
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Rehoboth
Line:
#002 Thomas Bliss + Dorothy Wheatlie
#021 Jonathan Bliss + Miriam Harmon
#067 Samuel Bliss + Mary Kendrick
#167 Nathaniel Bliss + Mehitable Whittaker
#473 Capt. Samuel Bliss + 3 wives
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Service
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Lieut.
and Captain, British Army, Young Royal Highland Emigrants, June 14,
1775, and Highland Fusiliers
“Favored
the cause of Great Britain during the Revolutionary War and was
charged with helping to plot the British Force to Concord April 19,
1775 and with giving them suggestions as to where to search for
contraband of war and also of pointing out the dwelling places of
the leading rebels.” He
was proscribed and banished in 1778.
He joined the British Army and served with distinction in New
York and New Jersey.
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Captain
of a company of 43 minute men, which marched on the alarm of April
19, 1775 to April 27, 1775; service, 8 days. Ephraim Bliss, Amos
Bliss, and Levi Bliss were privates in the company.
Captain
in Col. Timothy Walker's (Bristol Co.) Regiment; commissioned May
24, 1775 to December
1775. Cpl. Nathaniel
Bliss and privates Ephraim, Charles, and David Bliss served under
him.
Enlisted
and served three years under Captain Slade; promoted to captain.
Served
as Gen. George Washington’s steward at Morristown, 1777. |
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WWW
Resources
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MA
Banishment Act
Highland
Fusiliers
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Soldiers
of the Revolution
Morristown
National Park
Morristown
Headquarters
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