1595 - 1684
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Name |
Margaret Hulins [1] |
Born |
15 Jul 1595 |
Rodborough, Gloucestershire, England |
Gender |
Female |
Will |
25 Jun 1684 |
Springfield, Hampden Co, Massachusetts |
Died |
28 Aug 1684 |
Springfield, Hampden Co, Massachusetts [2] |
Notes |
- Margaret died August 28, 1684. On September 30, 1684, her son Samuel, of Springfield, presented her last will and an inventory of her estate to the Hampshire County Court. Her will read as follows:
At the Countie Corte in Springfield Sept: 30: 1684 A copy of Margaret Bliss her will given into the Countie Corte Sept: 30: 1684.
I, Margaret Blisse of Springfield, being by Gods Good hand of Providence kept alive to this present day, & being aged, & not Knowing how soone the Lord may call me out of this World, I Knowing that I ow a debt to Nature, I thought It my duty to Settle my Estate that soe I may the freelyer Leave this World, when God shal cal me home.
And First I shal declare my faith & Leave it wth my surviveing children, wch is this. That I doe beleive in the free mrcy of God the father. in & through the merites of God the Son my blessed Redeemr, & In Gd the Holy Ghost the Applyer of al that Good Jesus Christ hath purchased for his People: I beleive the Resurrection both of the Just & the Unjust, & That we must al stand before the Judgment Seate of Christ, My Body I comitt to the Earth to be decently buried at the discretion of my Executor (hereafter Named). And now being of sound and pfect mind & memory doe bestow my Estate, wch God hath graciously given me in manner & forme followinge
First, I haveing given Something Considerable formerly to my son John Blisse, & under the consideration thereof, I do in this my Last wil & Testamt give to him the said John Bliss no more but this wch followeth (being sufficient wth what he has had alreadie) That is to say Twenty pounds to be paid to him, wth in Two yeeres after my decease, & that shalbe paid him in Cattle or Corne, as it passeth betweene man & man, & also that four acres of land he bought of mee in the Long Medow wch I was never paid for, I do now give that to him.
Item, I give to my son Lawrence's Son, Samll. Blisse my seven acres of Land in the necke over the River, onely he the said Samuel shal pay to Each of his sisters Two pounds:
Item, I give to my grandson Nathaneel Morgan Three pounds wn he comes to the age of Twentie yeares.
Item, I give to my daughter Parsons, And my daughter Scot my weareing clothes, bedding & household Stuffe, onely my Bason, I give to my son Samuel's daughter Hannah:
Item, I give to my Daughter Scot five poundes, & if my Cowes doe live, & I be not forced to set them for my necessity, I then give one of them to my Grandson John Scot:
Item, All the Rest & Residue of my Personal Estate goods Lands housing Cattell whatsoever I have in Springfeild or else where, I do give and bequeath to my Loveing son Sainuel Blisse & his heeres for ever, & if his wife Mary Blisse shal survive my son, then she shall have a Third part of my Land during the time of her Widowhood, & then to Return it to my sons children as He shall see good to bestow it on ym. And him the said Samuel Blisse, I do make full & Sole Executor of this my last Will & Testament, & I do revoke disannul & make voide al formr Wills & Testaments, by me heretofore made. In witnes whereof, I Margaret Bliss do to this my Last Will & Testament Set my hand & Seale
the marke of
June: 25th 1684- M. B.
Widow Margaret Bliss, with her Seale affixt.
Widow Margaret Blisse declared this Writing her Last will & Testamt & being of Good & Sound understanding, Subscribed her hand, & seale theretoe, all being fully & distinctly Read to her, she declareing her satisfaction & Resting in this her last Disposure of her Estate: in Testimony whereof we here unto set or hands: this 25th of June: 1694:
Benjamin Parsons John Pynchon Samll.Marshfeild
Margaret proved to be an able manager of her husband's estate. The estate was inventoried at 278 pounds, more than three times the amount left to her by her husband.
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Person ID |
I22003 |
Bryant |
Last Modified |
18 Feb 2001 |
Father |
John Hulins, Yeoman, b. Abt 1565, Rodborough, Gloucestershire, England , d. Bef 28 Sep 1639, Rodborough, Gloucestershire, England |
Mother |
Margaret, b. 1557, Olveskirk, Lancashire, England , d. 06 Apr 1621 |
Married |
1588 |
Rodborough, Gloucestershire, England |
Family ID |
F1534 |
Group Sheet |
Family |
Thomas Bliss, b. 1581, Painswick, Perh, Gloucestershire, England , d. Bef 14 Feb 1651, Hartford, Hartford Co, Connecticut |
Married |
18 Oct 1621 |
Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England [3, 4] |
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Children |
| 1. Thomas Bliss, b. Abt 1621, probably, Rodborough, Gloucestershire, England , d. 15 Apr 1688, Norwich, New London Co, Connecticut |
| 2. Nathaniel Bliss, b. Bef 28 Dec 1622, England , d. 08 Nov 1654, Springfield, Hampden Co, Massachusetts |
| 3. Ann Bliss, b. Abt 1623, probably, Rodborough, Gloucestershire, England , d. 20 Nov 1685, Saybrook, Middlesex Co, Connecticut |
| 4. Mary Bliss, b. Abt 1625, probably, Rodborough, Gloucestershire, England , d. 29 Jan 1712, Springfield, Hampden Co, Massachusetts |
| 5. Lawrence Bliss, b. Abt 1628, probably, Rodborough, Gloucestershire, England , d. 1676, Springfield, Hampden Co, Massachusetts |
| 6. John Bliss, b. Abt 1633, probably, Rodborough, Gloucestershire, England , d. 10 Sep 1702, Longmeadow, Hampden Co, Massachusetts |
| 7. Sarah Bliss, b. Abt 1635, Boston, Suffolk Co, Massachusetts , d. 27 Sep 1705, Springfield, Hampden Co, Massachusetts |
| 8. Elizabeth Bliss, b. 1637, Boston, Suffolk Co, Massachusetts , d. 02 Oct 1683, Springfield, Hampden Co, Massachusetts |
| 9. Hannah Bliss, b. 1639, Hartford, Hartford Co, Connecticut , d. 25 Jan 1661, Springfield, Hampden Co, Massachusetts |
| 10. Hester Bliss, b. 1640, probably, Hartford, Hartford Co, Connecticut , d. 12 Jun 1683, Springfield, Hampden Co, Massachusetts |
| 11. Samuel Bliss, b. Abt 1642, probably, Hartford, Hartford Co, Connecticut , d. 23 Mar 1720, Springfield, Hampden Co, Massachusetts |
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Family ID |
F1514 |
Group Sheet |
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Sources |
- [S177] Saunders, Chapman-Thomson, Dorothy Chapman Saunders, Ph.D., (Author, Stuart, FL, 1983), p.31.
- [S13] NEHGR, NEHGR, (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society), 31:320.
- [S32] TAG, The American Genealogist, 60:202.
- [S32] TAG, The American Genealogist, 52:193.
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