Brief Life History of Anna
When Anna Bliss was born on 1 March 1717, in Tolland, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, her father, John Bliss, was 26 and her mother, Anna Terry, was 26. She married Job Stiles on 22 September 1736, in Hebron, Tolland, Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. She died in 1782, in Granville, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Main Road Cemetery, Granville Center, Granville, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States.
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- ... Bliss, "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
- Anna Bliss, "Connecticut Marriages, 1640-1939"
- Bliss Stiles, "Find A Grave Index"
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1776 · The Declaration to the King
"At the end of the Second Continental Congress the 13 colonies came together to petition independence from King George III. With no opposing votes, the Declaration of Independence was drafted and ready for all delegates to sign on the Fourth of July 1776. While many think the Declaration was to tell the King that they were becoming independent, its true purpose was to be a formal explanation of why the Congress voted together to declare their independence from Britain. The Declaration also is home to one of the best-known sentences in the English language, stating, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."""
Name Meaning
English: nickname for a cheerful person, from Middle English blisse ‘joy’. Compare Blissett .
English (of Norman origin): habitational name from the village of Blay in Calvados, France, recorded in 1077 in the form Bleis. The village of Stoke Bliss in Worcestershire takes the second part of its name from a Norman family de Blez, recorded several times in the county from the 13th century.
German: nickname for a cheerful person, from Middle High German blīde ‘happy, friendly’. It is also found in France.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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