Son of Dea. Daniel Bliss & Sarah Allen First Generation 1. Ebenezer BLISS was born on 29 APR 1767 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts. He died on 11 SEP 1839 near Ann Arbor, Washtenaw, Michigan. Genealogy of the Bliss Family in America, Volume I, Compiled by Aaron Tyler Bliss, Published by the Author, 1982, Midland, Michigan. p. 244. Farmer, of Colerain, Massachusetts and of Lisle, Broome County, New York (1815) and of Michigan (1834). Ebenezer BLISS and Rosannah PATTERSON were married about 1795. Rosannah PATTERSON died on 3 AUG 1839 near Ann Arbor, Washtenaw, Michigan. Ebenezer BLISS and Rosannah PATTERSON had the following children: +2 i. Esther BLISS (born on 11 OCT 1796). 3 ii. Ebenezer BLISS was born in 1798. He died on 27 AUG 1846 in , , Michigan. 4 iii. Robert BLISS was born in 1800. +5 iv. Lydia BLISS (born in 1802). +6 v. Lemira BLISS (born in 1804). Second Generation 2. Esther BLISS (Ebenezer-1) was born on 11 OCT 1796 in Leyden, Hampshire, Massachusetts. Esther BLISS and David PARKER were married on 6 AUG 1818. David PARKER died on 21 JUN 1842 in , Livington, Michigan. Genealogy of the Bliss Family in America, Volume I, Compiled by Aaron Tyler Bliss, Published by the Author, 1982, Midland, Michigan. p. 245. A farmer of Broome County, N.Y. Esther BLISS and David PARKER had the following children: 7 i. Jane PARKER. 8 ii. Edward PARKER. 9 iii. James PARKER. Esther BLISS and ALLEN were married. ALLEN died in 1847. Esther BLISS and Justus B. SUTHERLAND were married. Genealogy of the Bliss Family in America, Volume I, Compiled by Aaron Tyler Bliss, Published by the Author, 1982, Midland, Michigan. p. 245. Prev. the husband of her sister Lemira. Res. (1878) at Silver Creek, Allegan Co., Michigan. Justus B. SUTHERLAND was born on 15 MAR 1799 in , Dutchess, New York. Genealogy of the Bliss Family in America, Volume I, Compiled by Aaron Tyler Bliss, Published by the Author, 1982, Midland, Michigan. p. 245. Was a farmer at Lisle, N.Y. and later at Silver Creek, Michigan. 5. Lydia BLISS (Ebenezer-1) was born in 1802. She died in 1836 in , Berrien, Michigan. Lydia BLISS and Lot SUTHERLAND were married. Genealogy of the Bliss Family in America, Volume I, Compiled by Aaron Tyler Bliss, Published by the Author, 1982, Midland, Michigan. p. 245. A farmer. Lydia BLISS and Lot SUTHERLAND had the following children: 10 i. Smith SUTHERLAND. 11 ii. Justus SUTHERLAND. 12 iii. Ebenezer SUTHERLAND. 13 iv. Emma SUTHERLAND. 14 v. Maria SUTHERLAND. 15 vi. Lewis SUTHERLAND. 16 vii. George SUTHERLAND. 17 viii. Almira SUTHERLAND. 6. Lemira BLISS (Ebenezer-1) was born in 1804. She died on 4 MAR 1852/53 in Silver Creek, Cass, Michigan. Lemira BLISS and Justus B. SUTHERLAND were married in 1823. Justus B. SUTHERLAND was born on 15 MAR 1799 in , Dutchess, New York. Genealogy of the Bliss Family in America, Volume I, Compiled by Aaron Tyler Bliss, Published by the Author, 1982, Midland, Michigan. p. 245. Was a farmer at Lisle, N.Y. and later at Silver Creek, Michigan. Lemira BLISS and Justus B. SUTHERLAND had the following children: +18 i. Bliss SUTHERLAND (born on 1 JAN 1824). 19 ii. Abram K. SUTHERLAND was born in Lisle, Brome, New York. 20 iii. Mercy SUTHERLAND died before 1878 in Emerson, Mills, Iowa. She was born in Lisle, Brome, New York. Genealogy of the Bliss Family in America, Volume I, Compiled by Aaron Tyler Bliss, Published by the Author, 1982, Midland, Michigan. p. 245. Married a farmer. 21 iv. Louise SUTHERLAND was born in Lisle, Brome, New York. 22 v. Francis Newell SUTHERLAND was born in Lisle, Brome, New York. 23 vi. Morris J. SUTHERLAND died before 1878. He was born in Lisle, Brome, New York. 24 vii. Lazetta SUTHERLAND was born in Lisle, Brome, New York. 25 viii. Pitt D. SUTHERLAND died before 1878. He was born in Silver Creek, Cass, Michigan. 26 ix. Embly M. SUTHERLAND was born in Silver Creek, Cass, Michigan. Genealogy of the Bliss Family in America, Volume I, Compiled by Aaron Tyler Bliss, Published by the Author, 1982, Midland, Michigan. p. 245. Residing in Silver Creek, Mich. 1878. 27 x. Darwin SUTHERLAND died before 1787 in Silver Creek, Cass, Michigan. He was born in Silver Creek, Cass, Michigan. 28 xi. DeWitt SUTHERLAND died before 1878 in Silver Creek, Cass, Michigan. He was born in Silver Creek, Cass, Michigan. 29 xii. Mortimer W. SUTHERLAND was born in Silver Creek, Cass, Michigan. Third Generation 18. Bliss SUTHERLAND (Lemira BLISS-2, Ebenezer-1) was born on 1 JAN 1824 in Lisle, Brome, New York. Genealogy of the Bliss Family in America, Volume I, Compiled by Aaron Tyler Bliss, Published by the Author, 1982, Midland, Michigan. p. 245. Res. (1878) at Kankakee, Illinois and was a contractor. He raised a company of 96 men, was commissioned by Gov. Yates as Captain of Co. H, 13th Regt., Illinois Infantry and at the close of the Civil War returned with only 27 of the original 96 men, the rest being dead or disabled. Bliss SUTHERLAND and M. A. COWGILL were married on 5 MAY 1858. Bliss SUTHERLAND and M. A. COWGILL had the following children: 30 i. Laura SUTHERLAND was born on 8 MAR 1859. 31 ii. Julia SUTHERLAND was born on 19 APR 1861. 32 iii. Frank A. SUTHERLAND was born on 9 JUN 1863.