Name Info

SAMUEL BLOSS Sr. 1705-1746
Fathers:RICHARD,RICHARD,EDMUND

Search.........Person
Gender.........male
PAF-ID.........09000680
Age............40y 11m 6d
Fam-Group......DOUGLASS
Fam-ID.........BLOSS
Citizenship....US born
Status.........deceased
Last-Marital...married

#Marriages.....1
#Divorces......0
#Sources.......3
#Events........1
#Images:.......12
#Comments......2
#Siblings......3
#Children......10

Person-Type....A
Immigrant?.....no
Immig-Known?...no
Parent?........father
Spouse?........husband
Sibling?.......brother
Child?.........son
Twin...........no
Adopted?.......

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Ancestor.......ancestor
RelatedToMe....7XGreat
Gen-#..........10
Ahn-#..........00000000680
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Parents and Siblings
  1. Parent: RICHARD JENNISON BLOSS Jr., male, born:1659-12-07 Waterton (Middlesex) Massachusetts, died:1716-1749 (56y 0m 25d) ?Killingly (Windham) Connecticut, Anc:1, Dad:RICHARD BLOSS, Mom:MICAEL\MICHAL JENNISON, #M:1, #Cmnts:1, #SrcDocs:8
  2. Parent: ANN CUTLER, female, born:1669-04-20 Lexington (Middlesex) Massachusetts, died:1707-1759 (37y 8m 12d) ?Connecticut, Anc:1, Dad:JAMES CUTLER Jr., Mom:LYDIA MOORE, #M:1, #SrcDocs:8
  3. Sibling: Richard BLOSS III, male, born:1701-01-25 ?Killingly (Windham) Connecticut, died:1726-1791 (24y 11m 7d) , Dad:RICHARD JENNISON BLOSS Jr., Mom:ANN CUTLER, #M:1, #SrcDocs:3
  4. Sibling: James BLOSS, male, born:1702-11-03 Killingly (Windham) Connecticut, died:1790-06-03 (87y 7m 0d) ?Chepachet (Providence) Rhode Island, Dad:RICHARD JENNISON BLOSS Jr., Mom:ANN CUTLER, #M:2, #SrcDocs:3
  5. Sibling: Ann BLOSS, female, born:1707-08-10 ?Killingly (Windham) Connecticut, died:1727-1797 (19y 4m 22d) , Dad:RICHARD JENNISON BLOSS Jr., Mom:ANN CUTLER, #M:1, #SrcDocs:3

Spouse(s) and Children
  1. Marriage: 1727-09-04 Killingly (Windham) Connecticut
  2. Spouse: MARTHA BARKER, female, born:1714 Andover (Essex) Massachusetts, died:1761-03-11 (47y 2m 10d) ?Windham county Connecticut, Anc:1, Dad:NATHAN BARKER, Mom:BETHIA BODWEL, #Cmnts:3, #SrcDocs:10
  3. ..Child: Simeon BLOSS, male, born:1728-11-22 Killingly (Windham) Connecticut, died:1736-11-11 (7y 11m 20d) Windham county Connecticut, Dad:SAMUEL BLOSS Sr., Mom:MARTHA BARKER, #SrcDocs:2
  4. ..Child: SAMUEL BLOSS Jr., male, born:1731-04-07 Killingly (Windham) Connecticut, died:1785-02-17 (53y 10m 10d) Windham county Connecticut, Anc:1, Dad:SAMUEL BLOSS Sr., Mom:MARTHA BARKER, #Cmnts:2, #SrcDocs:3
  5. ..Child: Martha BLOSS, female, born:1733-03-12 Killingly (Windham) Connecticut, died:1753-1823 (19y 9m 20d) , Dad:SAMUEL BLOSS Sr., Mom:MARTHA BARKER, #SrcDocs:2
  6. ..Child: Zerviah BLOSS, female, born:1735-02-28 Killingly (Windham) Connecticut, died:1735-1825 (0y 10m 4d) , Dad:SAMUEL BLOSS Sr., Mom:MARTHA BARKER, #SrcDocs:2
  7. ..Child: SAMUEL BLOSS Sr.
  8. ..Child: Richard BLOSS, male, born:1739-04-19 Killingly (Windham) Connecticut, died:1739-1829 (0y 8m 13d) , Dad:SAMUEL BLOSS Sr., Mom:MARTHA BARKER, #SrcDocs:2
  9. ..Child: Hannah BLOSS, female, born:1741-02-13 Killingly (Windham) Connecticut, died:1741-1831 (0y 10m 19d) , Dad:SAMUEL BLOSS Sr., Mom:MARTHA BARKER, #SrcDocs:2
  10. ..Child: Francis BLOSS, male, born:1742-03-06 Killingly (Windham) Connecticut, died:1824-12-18 (82y 9m 12d) , Dad:SAMUEL BLOSS Sr., Mom:MARTHA BARKER, #SrcDocs:2
  11. ..Child: Amasa BLOSS, male, born:1745-02-25 Killingly (Windham) Connecticut, died:1765-1835 (19y 10m 7d) , Dad:SAMUEL BLOSS Sr., Mom:MARTHA BARKER, #SrcDocs:2
  12. ..Child: SAMUEL BLOSS Sr.

Events
Birth
: 1705-01-26, Age:40y 11m 6d, Waterton, Middlesex county, Massachusetts, ImageID: O__0094
Married
: 1727-09-04, Age:40y 11m 6d, Killingly, Windham county, Connecticut, Official:Rev. John Fisk, Role:groom, In the Connecticut Church Records Abstracts 1630-1920 in volumn 093 for Putnam, Windham county, Connecticut is an entry of the marriage on Sep.04,1727 by Rev. John Fisk of Martha Barker, widow, and Samuel Bloise [Bloss]. This marriage has previously been documented as occurring in the town of Killingly which is about eight miles south of Putnam. Page 170 of the famous Barbour Collection has an entry of the marriage of Martha Barker to Samuel Bloss on Sep.04,1727 [when Martha would have been about age 13 so unknown how she could have already been a widow at that point, assuming the correct Martha Barker]. The entry references volume I page 78 for this marriage but does not specify the town where the marriage took place., ImageID: O__0028,O__0037,O__0045,O__0046,O__0068,O__0093,O__0138
Death
: 1746-1795, Age:40y 11m 6d, ?Connecticut

Places In
Killingly (Windham) Connecticut
Waterton (Middlesex) Massachusetts

General

All of their kids were probably born in Killingly.

From the Connecticut Births and Christenings 1649-1906 is an entry for Samuel Bloss Jr. born Apr.07, 1731 in Killingly, Windham county, Connecticut to Samuel Bloss Sr. and Martha [Barker]. · · Ancestry.com family of Martha (Barker) Bloss, widow who married Samuel Bloss. Only their child Richard is listed and missing is ancestral son Samuel Jr. · · Ancestry.com family of Martha (Barker) Bloss, widow who married Samuel Bloss. Only their child Richard is listed and missing is ancestral son Samuel Jr. · · Page 133 of the book 'Colonial Families of the United States' starts the Bloss family. Included are 'widow' Martha Barker married to Samuel Bloss son of Richard and grandson of Richard.


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O__0028 - Marriage of Samuel Bloss and Martha Barker, Widow
O__0037 - Marriage of Martha Barker and Samuel Bloss - Notation says she is a Widow
O__0038 - Family of Martha (Barker) Bloss
O__0039 - Family of Martha (Barker) Bloss
O__0040 - Family of Bloss
O__0045 - Marriage of Martha Barker and Samuel Bloss, 1 of 2 - Notation
O__0046 - Marriage of Martha Barker and Samuel Bloss, 2 of 2 - Notation
O__0068 - Marriage Notations of Samuel Bloss Sr. and of Samuel Bloss Jr.
O__0093 - Marriage of Samuel Bloss and Martha Barker
O__0094 - Birth of Samuel Bloss, Son of Richard and Ann [Cutler] Bloss
O__0138 - Marriage of Samuel Bloss and Martha Barker, widow - Newspaper Article
Z__0031 - Map of Counties of Connecticut


Sources
Book Genealogies and Families of Watertown Massachusetts, H.Bond, 1855/60

family, see page 5
family
says maiden name Barker instead of Baker, leads to her parents


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