Ancestry of
Amy Grant
Christian/Pop Singer and Songwriter
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- 9th Great-grandfather of Amy Grant — 12th Generation
- Ahnentafel No:
- 2346
- Father:
- Thomas Bliss
- Mother:
- Dorothy Wheatley
- Birth Date:
- Birth Location:
- Christening Date:
- 2 Apr 1626
- Christening Location:
- Daventry, Northamptonshire, England
- Death Date:
- Death Location:
- Burial Date:
- Jun 1687
- Burial Location:
- Palmer River Churchyard Cemetery, Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts
- Spouse Name:
- Marriage Date:
- Marriage Location:
- Children:
Experience Bliss
Samuel Bliss
Rachel Bliss
Jonathan Bliss
Bethia Bliss (Ahnentafel No:1173 )
- Notes:
Many sources claim that Jonathan Bliss's wife was a Miriam Harmon, sister of Nathaniel Harmon. This is no longer believed to be true. There is no evidence that Nathaniel Harmon had a sister named Miriam, and there is no evidence that Jonathan Bliss married a woman named Miriam, let alone a Miriam Harmon. Also, some confuse the wife of his son Jonathan, who was Miriam Carpenter, with the wife of this Jonathan. At this time, Jonathan's wife is still considered unknown.
A circumstantial case was made by Gene Zubrinsky (NEHGS 151:31-37) that Jonathan Bliss's wife was named Rachel and a daughter of George Puffer of Braintree. Further evidence is needed to support his theory.
Jonathan Bliss
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Sources for Jonathan Bliss
- 1 Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 05/29/2022).
- 2 New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1997, Vol. 151, pp. 31-37.
- 3 New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1988, Vol. 142, p. 351, gives Jonathan's wife as Miriam (_____).
- 4 Bliss, Aaron Tyler, Genealogy of the Bliss Family in America, Vol. 1, Midland, Michigan: Published by the Author (1982), 36, 44-45.
- 5 Bliss, John Homer, Genealogy of the Bliss Family in America, From About the Year 1550-1880, Boston, Massachusetts: Printed by the Author (1881), 39.
- 6 Chaffee, William Henry, The Chaffee Genealogy: Embracing the Chafe, Chafy, Chafie, Chafey, Chafee . . .Descendants of Thomas Chaffe 1636-1909, New York: The Grafton Press (1909), 13, claims Jonathan's wife was Miriam Harmon.
- 7 Jacobus, Donald Lines, ed., The Ancestry of Lorenzo Ackley and his Wife Emma Arabella Bosworth, Woodstock, Vermont: N. Grier Parke, II (1960), 119.
- 8 Mann, George S., Mann Memorial, A Record of the Mann Family in America: Genealogy of the Descendants of Richard Mann . . ., Boston: Press of David Clapp and Son (1884), 29.
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