His name was George Webster Bliss, and his father was Ellis Bliss. Item No. 1 for Review: Genealogy of the Bliss Family in America, Volume I, Compiled by Aaron Tyler Bliss, Published by the Author, 1982, Midland, Michigan. p. 145. Ellis Bliss son of Ellis Bliss and Tamar Dewey of Hebron. He removed in 1781 from Hebron to Vermont with his brothers, John and David, and his sister, Lydia. He was a Sergeant in 1779 in the Revolutionary War, and afterwards a Lieutenant. During his nine months of service, he was stationed at New London, Connecticut and at White Plains, New York. The follow is a copy of a permit given him to go to his home in Hebron: "New London, Sept. 7, 1779. Ellis Bliss, a Sergeant in my regiment, hath liberty to go to Hebron, and to return in four days. Per me, L. Wells, Lt. Col., Command't." Mr. Bliss was married to Abigail Taylor of Hebron. She was born April 6, 1757, and died February 13, 1799. Issue: name of 8 children listed. The father was afterwards married to Thankful Webster of Hebron, who died January 4, 1841. He died August 22, 1829. Further issue: a dau., stillborn Oct. 30, 1800. Note: No reference to George Webster Bliss. Item No. 2 for Review: History & Genealogy of the Gov. John Webster Family of Connecticut. By William Holcomb Webster & Rev. Melville Reuben Webster, D.D. 1st Edition, Published by Endless Genealogies, St. Paul, printed by: E. R. Andrews Printing Co., Rochester, N. Y. 1915. p. 322. Thankful Augusta Webster (dau of John and Mary (Bliss) Webster of Lebanon, Ct.) b. at Lebanon, Ct., March 26 or 28, 1760, mar. (1) Judah West; and (2) Ellis Bliss, and lived at Bradford, Vt. No issue, but Bliss had children by a former wife. Her second husband, West, died, in 1830; and she probably died in 1841. The end. Question: Have you located vital records for Bradford, Vt. that documents an additional child (George Webster Bliss)? Regards, Paul Allred pwallred@aol.com

Paul, I'm so very sorry not to have emailed you sooner. I've just now sat down to begin looking through all of my genealogy emails. Pike County, Ohio has book of biographys. George Webster is listed. No, I haven't tried to get birth infomation from VT. I don't think I would have success due to the early date. According to the biography, George Webster was born 17 Oct 1811 in Bradford, VT to Ellis and Mary Bliss. I have reasons to believe the Mary's maiden name is Worthem. I have tried looking at census information, but have found limited information. I know that there was an Ellis Bliss living in Orange county, VT in 1790. There were 4 males, 16 or older, 1 male younger than 16, and 4 females above age 16. The obit for George W. Bliss mentioned nothing about his parents. The next time I get to go to Pike County, I'm going to see if I can find any other death information on him, to see if that might list parents. I do believe the biography is correct. I believe that he is the one that provided the information. I will let you know if I find any other information. Are you related to the BLISS line? Take Care, Carla Pwallred@aol.com wrote: His name was George Webster Bliss, and his father was Ellis Bliss. Item No. 1 for Review: Genealogy of the Bliss Family in America, Volume I, Compiled by Aaron Tyler Bliss, Published by the Author, 1982, Midland, Michigan. p. 145. Ellis Bliss son of Ellis Bliss and Tamar Dewey of Hebron. He removed in 1781 from Hebron to Vermont with his brothers, John and David, and his sister, Lydia. He was a Sergeant in 1779 in the Revolutionary War, and afterwards a Lieutenant. During his nine months of service, he was stationed at New London, Connecticut and at White Plains, New York. The follow is a copy of a permit given him to go to his home in Hebron: "New London, Sept. 7, 1779. Ellis Bliss, a Sergeant in my regiment, hath liberty to go to Hebron, and to return in four days. Per me, L. Wells, Lt. Col., Command't." Mr. Bliss was married to Abigail Taylor of Hebron. She was born April 6, 1757, and died February 13, 1799. Issue: name of 8 children listed. The father was afterwards married to Thankful Webster of Hebron, who died January 4, 1841. He died August 22, 1829. Further issue: a dau., stillborn Oct. 30, 1800. Note: No reference to George Webster Bliss. Item No. 2 for Review: History & Genealogy of the Gov. John Webster Family of Connecticut. By William Holcomb Webster & Rev. Melville Reuben Webster, D.D. 1st Edition, Published by Endless Genealogies, St. Paul, printed by: E. R. Andrews Printing Co., Rochester, N. Y. 1915. p. 322. Thankful Augusta Webster (dau of John and Mary (Bliss) Webster of Lebanon, Ct.) b. at Lebanon, Ct., March 26 or 28, 1760, mar. (1) Judah West; and (2) Ellis Bliss, and lived at Bradford, Vt. No issue, but Bliss had children by a former wife. Her second husband, West, died, in 1830; and she probably died in 1841. The end. Question: Have you located vital records for Bradford, Vt. that documents an additional child (George Webster Bliss)? Regards, Paul Allred pwallred@aol.com ==== VTORANGE Mailing List ==== An intolerance for irrelevancies and an inability to filter out unneeded information are not positive traits in genealogists. -- List admin. darrellm@sprynet.com ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software