Peter Bloss, son of Conrad, was born in Washington township, this county. The date of his birth is not known; He died 1785 (?) He resided in this county as late as 1772, when his name appears in the Proprietary Tax list of Heidelberg Township, being assessed as a laborer, six shillings and eight pence. Peter Bloss married Rebecca - (?) and settled in Towamensing township, Carbon county. Here he took out a warrant as early as Feb7, 1776 for sixty acres of land. In 1781, we find his name in the tax list of Towamensing township, Carbon County. In a petition to the Council of Public Safety dated June 22, 1780 by the citizens of Penn, Towamensing and Chestnut Hill townships, for protection against the Indians, we find as signers, the names of Peter Bloss and Henry Bloss. The federal Census of 1790 records "Rebekah Plse" as living alone by herself.