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HISTORY; Jonathan Bliss m. in 1691 to Miriam Carpenter, daughter of Deacon William Carpenter b. 1631-32 and Miriam Searle (Sale) of Rehoboth, MA. Jonathan Bliss, blacksmsith, b. 17 Sept 1666 at REhoboth, d. 16 Oct. 1719; married first 23 June 1691, Miriam Carpenter, b. 26 Oct 1674, died 21 May 1706, d/William and Miriam (Searle) Carpenter; married second, 10 April 1711, Mary French ofREhoboth, who died 10 December 1754. He became a "man of standing and influence in the town and held a variety of offices therein." [Gen. of Bliss Fam] REFERENCES; BLISS & HOLMES DESCENDANTS by Elinor Bliss Dayton and Arthur Bliss Dayton, 1961 p.5. CARPENTER & aLLIED FAMILIES by A. I. Carpenter 1936, p.19; GENEALOGY OF BLISS FAMILY, 3rd GENERATION, by Aaron Bliss, VOL I, p.44-45. / |