First Generation 1. Mary Maud WISWELL was born on 15 APR 1874 in Groton, Caledonia, Vermont. Second Generation 2. J. F. WISWELL. Genealogy of the Bliss Family in America, Volume I, Compiled by Aaron Tyler Bliss, Published by the Author, 1982, Midland, Michigan. p. 532. Railroad engineer J. F. WISWELL and Mary Ella BLISS were married in JUL 1873 in Shelburne, Franklin, Massachusetts. 3. Mary Ella BLISS was born in NOV 1855. J. F. WISWELL and Mary Ella BLISS had the following children: 1 i. Mary Maud WISWELL. ii. Jacob Curtis WISWELL was born on 1 APR 1876 in Groton, Caledonia, Vermont. Third Generation 6. Ezra Otis BLISS was born on 1 JUN 1821. Genealogy of the Bliss Family in America, Compiled by Aaron Tyler Bliss, Midland, Michigan, 1982. Includes reprint of The Bliss Book, 1913. by Charles Arthur Hoppin. Vol. 1, p. 532 Mechanic, of Groton, Vermont. An invalid most of the time since boyhood, suffering from a spinal difficulty and partial paralysis. Ezra Otis BLISS and Lucy ROSE were married in DEC 1854. 7. Lucy ROSE. of Groton, Vt. Ezra Otis BLISS and Lucy ROSE had the following children: 3 i. Mary Ella BLISS. ii. Enda Rose BLISS was born on 2 FEB 1867 in Groton, Caledonia, Vermont. Fourth Generation 12. Dea. Jacob BLISS was born on 25 SEP 1771 in Preston, New London, Connecticut. He died on 18 DEC 1863 in Groton, Caledonia, Vermont. Genealogy of the Bliss Family in America, Volume I, Compiled by Aaron Tyler Bliss, Published by the Author, 1982, Midland, Michigan. p. 263. of Washington, Vt. He became an earnest and devoted Christian, an Old School Congregationalist of the most conscientious kind. He was one of the "excellent of the earth." Dea. Bliss was indeed remarkable for the beauty and loveliness of his Christian character, the strength of his faith, his unswerving regard for principle, for justice and equity, his inflexible integrity, his careful observance of all the courtesies and proprieties of life, his love of Divine Worship, his companionship with the Bible, his unbounded hospitality and for his suavity and gentleness in his family. Proverbs 31: 11 - 12 represent what his loving companion was in very deed him. He was a Deacon in the Congregational Church at Washington for more than fifty years, Clerk of that town for twelve years, Justice of the Peace for 46 years and also represented the town one year in the Vermont Legislature. Dea. Jacob BLISS and Abigail POST were married on 2 NOV 1796 in Preston, New London, Connecticut. 13. Abigail POST was born on 9 SEP 1781 in Hebron, Tolland, Connecticut. She died on 30 JAN 1850 in Washington, Orange, Vermont. Genealogy of the Bliss Family in America, Volume I, Compiled by Aaron Tyler Bliss, Published by the Author, 1982, Midland, Michigan. p. 263. of Lyme, New Hampshire. Dea. Jacob BLISS and Abigail POST had the following children: 6 i. Ezra Otis BLISS.