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Dorothy Wheatley Bliss

Birth
England
Death
May 1631 (aged 39–40)
Daventry, Daventry District, Northamptonshire, England
Burial
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Anno Domi 1614 Thomas Blisse and Dority Wheatlie both of this pishe maried the 22th of November.
Wytnes Thomas Mariott minister. John Allen [Warden]

Marriage Entry from the Parish Register, Holy Cross Church, Daventry, Northamptonshire.
Reprinted in The Bliss Book by Charles Arthur Hoppin, Hartford, Connecticut, MCMXIII, p. 156.
Also, Daventry Parish Registers in "Northamptonshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1532-1812", series 1560-1630, image 18, at Ancestry.com.

The burial of "Dorothy Bliss, wife of Thom" was recorded 16 May 1631 in Daventry.

Daventry Parish Registers in "Northamptonshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1532-1812", series 1630-1700, image 71, at Ancestry.com.

She was interred in the Holy Cross Churchyard, Daventry, Northamptonshire, England.

Her husband, Thomas Bliss, settled in New England following her death.

Although it has been alleged she was the daughter of "Frank Wheatleigh and Mary Fienes of Maiden Newton, Dorset," this is a dubious claim and unproven. For a discussion of this claim and its improbability, please see "Disputed Origins" for Dorothy Bliss on Wikitree.
Anno Domi 1614 Thomas Blisse and Dority Wheatlie both of this pishe maried the 22th of November.
Wytnes Thomas Mariott minister. John Allen [Warden]

Marriage Entry from the Parish Register, Holy Cross Church, Daventry, Northamptonshire.
Reprinted in The Bliss Book by Charles Arthur Hoppin, Hartford, Connecticut, MCMXIII, p. 156.
Also, Daventry Parish Registers in "Northamptonshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1532-1812", series 1560-1630, image 18, at Ancestry.com.

The burial of "Dorothy Bliss, wife of Thom" was recorded 16 May 1631 in Daventry.

Daventry Parish Registers in "Northamptonshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1532-1812", series 1630-1700, image 71, at Ancestry.com.

She was interred in the Holy Cross Churchyard, Daventry, Northamptonshire, England.

Her husband, Thomas Bliss, settled in New England following her death.

Although it has been alleged she was the daughter of "Frank Wheatleigh and Mary Fienes of Maiden Newton, Dorset," this is a dubious claim and unproven. For a discussion of this claim and its improbability, please see "Disputed Origins" for Dorothy Bliss on Wikitree.


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  • Added: Jan 10, 2022
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/235793822/dorothy-bliss: accessed ), memorial page for Dorothy Wheatley Bliss (1591–May 1631), Find a Grave Memorial ID 235793822, citing Holy Cross Churchyard, Daventry, Daventry District, Northamptonshire, England; Maintained by CMWJR (contributor 50059520).