Mary Bliss 
Mary was born in 1628 in England.1 Mary's father was Thomas Bliss and her mother was Margaret Hulins. Her paternal grandfather was Thomas Bliss; her maternal grandparents were John Hulins and Margaret Lawrence. She had five brothers and five sisters, named Thomas, Nathaniel, Lawrence, John, Samuel, Ann, Hannah, Sarah, Elizabeth and Hester. She was the fifth oldest of the eleven children. She died in Springfield, Hampden, MA.1 General Notes
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In 1656, Mary was accused of witchcraft by some of her neighbors who were envious of their prosperity and endeavored in this way to disgrace them. She was vigorously defended by her mother, Margaret, but in 1674 a formal charge was made. She was sent to Boston for trial, where the jury gave her a full acquittal of the crime, and she returned home to Northampton. She and her husband removed back to Springfield in 1679. Soon after her acquittal in Boston, her son Ebenezer,was killed by the Indians at Northfield (Sept. 8, 1675). Those who had been instrumental in bringing her to trial said, "Behold, though human judges may be bought off, God's vengeance neither turns aside nor slumbers."
-From "Genealogy of the Bliss Family, Midland,MI 1982"
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!Birth: Genealogy of the Bliss Family in America, Vol 1 by Aaron T. Bliss
!Death: Genealogy of the Bliss Family in America, Vol 1 by Aaron T. Bliss
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.1554 d.WFT Est. 1584-1645
- b.1580 in Painswick, Perh, England d.14 FEB 1649/50 in Hartford Conn.
- b.1628 in England d.29 JAN 1711/12 in Springfield, Hampden, MA
- b.1544 in Rodborough, England d.12 May 1609
- b.1565 d.24 JAN 1638/39 in Will 1638, proved 9/28/1639
- b.1544 in Rodborough, England d.02 Oct 1613 in Rodborough, England
- b.1594 in Rodbourough, Gloucester, England d.28 Aug 1684 in Springfield, Hampden, MA
- b.1557 d.06 Apr 1621
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Details of Mary's family with Joseph Parsons
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Further sources/citations:
World Family Tree Vol. 1, Ed. 1 @ Tree #1377, World Family Tree Vol. 3, Ed. 1 @ Tree #0105, 0105.ftw @ Tree #0105, phelps.FTW @ Tree #0105, World Family Tree Vol. 1, Ed. 1 @ Tree #3084, 3084.ftw, World Family Tree Vol. 20, Ed. 1 @ Tree #1754, 20;1754.FTW
Further sources/citations:
World Family Tree Vol. 1, Ed. 1 @ Tree #1377, World Family Tree Vol. 3, Ed. 1 @ Tree #0105, 0105.ftw @ Tree #0105, phelps.FTW @ Tree #0105, World Family Tree Vol. 1, Ed. 1 @ Tree #3084, 3084.ftw, World Family Tree Vol. 20, Ed. 1 @ Tree #1754, 20;1754.FTW