Does anyone have the further line from Richard Sisson in Georgia? I am looking to get to Sam, Lud, and Larkin Sisson in Cobbtown Georgia? They would have been born in the 1890s. Thanks for your help. Dan -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2003 5:14 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [SISSON-L] 1790 Va. Sissons In a message dated 4/4/03 10:40:51 PM Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: > FAIRFAX CO., VIRGINIA > William Sisson - 7 whites > William Sisson - 7 white souls Hi Mary Jo This is my line -- William Sisson III & William Sisson IV. Thanks! Steven Eugene Sisson Of Eugene Henry Jr, Eugene Henry Sr, Walter George, Eugene Townsend, John Augustine, Robert Townsend, Robert, William III, William II, William I, and Robert Sisson* of Richmond-Lancaster County, Virginia (1630-1699). * DNA ancestral patriarch. ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

In a message dated 4/4/03 10:40:51 PM Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: > FAIRFAX CO., VIRGINIA > William Sisson - 7 whites > William Sisson - 7 white souls Hi Mary Jo This is my line -- William Sisson III & William Sisson IV. Thanks! Steven Eugene Sisson Of Eugene Henry Jr, Eugene Henry Sr, Walter George, Eugene Townsend, John Augustine, Robert Townsend, Robert, William III, William II, William I, and Robert Sisson* of Richmond-Lancaster County, Virginia (1630-1699). * DNA ancestral patriarch.

Mary, I'm guessing that the "Richmond" refers to the County and not to the city. A James Sisson is first listed in Westmoreland County in the 1823 Personal Property Tax list. He would have been at least 16 years old to be listed. A James married in 1828, and is listed in the Richmond County Tax records until his death in 1846. I don't have a copy of a will for James. James F. could have been the son of this James, but since he died at 16, records will be sparse. This is purely a guess. There were several Sarah/Sally's in Richmond County in 1850. My best guess is that this one was the wife of a Henry Sisson. Henry and his brother Hiram sold land in 1843. Both had wives named Sally at the time. When Henry died in 1858, his will named "Sabilla" as his wife. This could all fit if the Sarah you found was his first wife, and she died in 1850. Sharon Miller ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary E Nation" <[email protected]> > Also in the mortality schedule, VA, 1850, I found two Sissons listed. SARAH > Richmond 40 yrs, pleurisy Dec, and JAMES F, 16 yrs. Richmond pleurisy > Feb. > > > > Does anyone know to what family these belong? > > Mary Sisson Nation > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

Mary Jo, There were other Sisson families in Virginia in 1790. Robert Sisson's family was in Fairfax (Steven Sisson's line), Henry Sisson was in Westmoreland County, George Sisson (son of Bryan) was in Fauquier County, and Caleb (Barb Marsh's line) was in Rockbridge County. The John and Jesse who went to Clark County, MO were, in fact, sons of Caleb and Sarah Roach Sisson. Their line reads: Robert, William, Bryan, Caleb, John/Jesse... I don't have a Jesse in Richmond County during those years, and we know that John (Sue Kretchun's line)stayed in Richmond. We do know that Richard (son of John) re-settled in Georgia in about 1798. Sharon Miller ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary Jo March" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, April 04, 2003 10:38 PM Subject: [SISSON-L] 1790 Va. Sissons > Heads of Families at the First Census of the > United States > Taken in the Year 1790 > Virginia > > SISSON > > RICHMOND CO., VIRGINIA > George Sisson - 10 whites, 14 blacks > Henry Sisson - 9 whites, 12 blacks > John Sisson - 8 whites, 6 blacks > Richard Sisson - 2 whites > > FAIRFAX CO., VIRGINIA > William Sisson - 7 whites > William Sisson - 7 white souls > > ORANGE CO., VIRGINIA > William Sisson - 11 white souls > > ----------------------- > > Note: Evidently in Virginia in 1790 there were > seven Sisson families. > Three of the four Sisson families living in Richmond Co. owned slaves. > The two William Sisson families living in Fairfax > Co., did not have slaves > The third William Sisson family, living in Orange > Co., did not have slaves. > > The two (southern) Sisson families, John Sisson > & Jesse Sisson, who came to Clark Co., Missouri in the 1830's & 1840's, were from Richmond Co., Virginia, and they too owned slaves. > > Compiled by: Mary Jo Sisson March > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

Hello all! There are 31 entries for Sisson at the Canadian 1783-1918 Index to Land Petitions: Original Series. The website is at: http://archives.gnb.ca/APPS/GovRecs/RS108/Default-e.aspx?PageLoad=SearchForm Cathy

Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790 Virginia SISSON RICHMOND CO., VIRGINIA George Sisson - 10 whites, 14 blacks Henry Sisson - 9 whites, 12 blacks John Sisson - 8 whites, 6 blacks Richard Sisson - 2 whites FAIRFAX CO., VIRGINIA William Sisson - 7 whites William Sisson - 7 white souls ORANGE CO., VIRGINIA William Sisson - 11 white souls ----------------------- Note: Evidently in Virginia in 1790 there were seven Sisson families. Three of the four Sisson families living in Richmond Co. owned slaves. The two William Sisson families living in Fairfax Co., did not have slaves The third William Sisson family, living in Orange Co., did not have slaves. The two (southern) Sisson families, John Sisson & Jesse Sisson, who came to Clark Co., Missouri in the 1830's & 1840's, were from Richmond Co., Virginia, and they too owned slaves. Compiled by: Mary Jo Sisson March

I am still searching for clues for my great grandfather , Samuel Sisson, 1840, WV -1906 KS. My nephew's DNA didn't match any other Sisson on record so far. I finally got the guardianship papers (Nov. 1850 Ohio Co.VA) naming RICHARD SISSON as the father and guardian of ISOBEL, MARQUIS, REBECCA, STEWART D, and SAMUEL. Do any of these names fit in with anyone's family? Also in the mortality schedule, VA, 1850, I found two Sissons listed. SARAH Richmond 40 yrs, pleurisy Dec, and JAMES F, 16 yrs. Richmond pleurisy Feb. Does anyone know to what family these belong? Mary Sisson Nation

Dear Friends and Cousins, I entered many a maiden name when I was typing up Sisson data from Dave and Joan Sisson's "Sisson Newsletter" and as I added data from the Sisson folks I was meeting online and by snail mail. When I uploaded all the data to the Sisson Genelogy site a few years ago, I used the feature of my genealogy software which allowed me to disguise the data of living persons so that their names and dates and places were all omitted and the simple word "Living" was all that appeared. Now it's time for me to say that I agree with Dick Eastman's advice as outlined in the article below. Dear Carol, please don't take this as a cry for you to suddenly reveal living people's data online. I simply want to call attention to the "rest of the story," as Paul Harvey would say. David Arne Sisson The following article is from Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter (March 30, 2003) and is copyright 2003 by Richard W. Eastman. It is re-published here with the permission of the author. Information about the newsletter is available at http://www.RootsForum.com. The Security of Your Mother's Maiden Name This article is an updated version (with minor changes) of an article I published some months ago. The topic of "keeping your mother's maiden name secret" keeps reappearing all the time so this article still seems to be timely. I see frequent articles bemoaning the fact that genealogy information on the Web sometimes includes the maiden name of a living person's mother. These articles are usually accompanied by great hue and cry that this is a security risk because this piece of information is often used for security reasons. These same articles often suggest that ancestral information should not be placed on the Web because of "security issues." That's dumb! From where I sit, this is a perfect example of backwards thinking! Any institution that uses the mother's maiden name "for security purposes" is really behind the times and needs to quickly hire a security expert. Even novice security managers would immediately change that policy. In the United States and many other countries, mothers' maiden names and other personal information have always been available from numerous public sources. This information has always been in the public domain. The invention of the Internet did not really change anything. A mother's maiden name could easily be discovered fifty years ago, and the same is still true today. Any corporation that uses a mother's maiden name for security purposes obviously doesn't know much about security. I usually refuse to do business with companies that insist upon using my mother's maiden name as a security identifier. I don't want to do business with any company with a lame security policy. I advise you to do the same: boycott companies that have inadequate security policies. However, if you really want to do business with a company that has a policy of using your mother's maiden name for security purposes, please remember that you can always create a fictitious name on the spot. I did open a bank account some years ago and the bank clerk smiled when she asked for my mother's maiden name "for security purposes." She did blink a couple of times when I replied, "Fudpucker," but she wrote that name in the blank on the application form and didn't say anything. Nobody will ever find that name on a genealogy Web site of mine! There is no legal requirement to supply the correct maiden name, and the bank or other corporation really doesn't care what name you give them. All they want is something to enter in the blank space on their form - a name that you can remember when they ask. I use "Fudpucker" because it is a name I can remember and also because I find it amusing. However, you can use any name you wish. My recommendation is that you never, ever supply your mother's correct maiden name. By using a fictitious name, your security will not be compromised by a Web site or by a criminal's surreptitious visit to the state Vital Records Department. If an elected official or other bureaucrat ever tries to limit access to vital records, please feel free to send them a copy of this article. Tell them it's time to wake up and look at the real issues, and to stop trying to protect a maiden name policy that is ludicrous to begin with. Then vote against the politician in the next election. You don't want a backwards mentality like that in public office! If you send a damned fool to Washington, and you don't tell them he's a damned fool, they'll never find out. -- Mark Twain, 1883 A smarter politician would sponsor a bill to make it illegal for a financial institution to use a mother's maiden name or any other piece of public domain information for security purposes. But, then again, when did you ever see a smarter politician?

My dad , Ernest T. Sisson, a teacher, was in the superintendent's office, when an elderly teacher came in and approached the superintendent and said Mr._______, you need to get down to room 101, the kids are tearing that room apart. The superintendent's face turned red after he looked to see, who the teacher was that was responsible for that class, he turned to the elderly teacher and said, Mrs.________, that is your class. I do know the names that fit into that story, I am just not sure, if it is proper to name them. Another story, Mrs. _______ rode home every day with another teacher, as she was to old to dreive. She was about 80 or 81 years old. There were three cars parked together. The one that she needed to be in was a station wagon, the other two were not. She was in the wrong car. I said Mrs._______, you are in the wrong car, she said thank you and got out and got into another car, which still wasn't the right car. I couldn't get up the nerve to tell her that she was still in the wrong car. I am sure that she thought that I had tricked her, but I didn't. These two things happened around 1961. Larry L. Sisson

I found this at the Alameda County, CA Index to Federal Land Records issued between 1856-1995. MD 0030S 0010W 006 959 1880/04/15 SISSON OREE A The site is at http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ca/alameda/land/alameda.txt?sourceid=00224688807059686291&key=Uhttp%3A%2F%2Fftp%2Erootsweb%2Ecom%2Fpub%2Fusgenweb%2Fca%2Falameda%2Fland%2Falameda%2Etxt&rc=locale%7E&us=0

There is a J.J. Sisson listed at the Kansas State Historical Society's page for Enlistment Papers of the 19th Kansas Cavalry, 1868-1860. Go to: http://www.kshs.org/genealogists/military/19thkansasenlistmentpapers.htm Cathy

Hi everyone, Sisson Hall in Ohio was named after Septimus Sisson an early faculty member and author of one of the most renowned anatomy textbooks in Veterinary medicine. Septimus is a brother to Edward Octavious Sisson for whom Sisson Hall at Bradley University is named after. Larry L. Sisson

Hi Janice, You have been a great help. Thanks, Larry L. Sisson

Larry, forgot to mention children of George in 1880 that were living in a seperate household were living in Gateshead, Durham England. George and new wife and kids along with Septimus and Edward were living in Bothal Mill, Bothal Demense Northumberland England. Alot of marriage death and birth records of these sisson's can be found at http://freebmd.rootsweb.com Janice

Larry, So far as I can tell Septimus would be in the records, immigration records. He also taught at a college in Ohio State. He was an author, and the vice president of the veterinary association there. Sisson Hall was named after him. I find no records of Septimus and Katherine Oldham of having any children throughout the census none are ever listed. He also died in California as did his brother Edward. According to the 1880 census in England, George the father remarried after the death of his first wife in 1875, an Amelia unknown. And more children were born. One of them is Frank W. born 1878 in Gateshead, Durham, England, Cuthbert G. born 1879 in Morpeth Northumberland, England and a Amelia M. born 1880 in Bothal Mill, Northumberland England. In 1880 James, George, Anne, Arthur W., and John were all unmarried and living in a seperate household. I hope this helps, I have obtained this information from census records and the latter day saints, so all is not proven but assuming I am on the right track. As far as occupations James was a Accountant, George a Chemist, Arthur and John insurance agents, Edward and Septimus were professors and authors. Janice

Thanks Janice, I believe that may give us a new area of England, that we have not researched. I will have to check with David Arne Sisson and David Martin to see if our England Research Fund has looked into that area. David and David, if you read this, Gateshead, Durham , England is in the northern part of England, north of York County, and east of Cumberland County and east/northeast of Westmorland County. It is not far from the Scotland border, and about 3 counties northeast of Wales. If we have not looked into that area, I would like to have our English genealogist do so, I am willing to make a small contribution toward that, if it hasn't already been done. Let me know. Larry L. Sisson

<A HREF="http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/AF/individual_record.asp?recid=27345311">William SISSON</A> Born: 1781 Place: <Whitfield, England> Died: 31 May 1861 Place: Married: 23 Nov 1812 Place: Whitfield, England Wife's Name <A HREF="http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/AF/individual_record.asp?recid=27345312">Ann WHITE</A> Born: 1785 Place: <Whitfield, England> Died: 18 Feb 1875 Place: Married: 23 Nov 1812 Place: Whitfield, England Children M <A HREF="http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/AF/individual_record.asp?recid=27345315">John SISSON</A> Born: 9 Feb 1818 Place: Lanchester, Durham, Englan M <A HREF="http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/AF/individual_record.asp?recid=27345319">Thomas SISSON</A> Born: 11 Mar 1827 Place: Lanchester, Durham, M <A HREF="http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/AF/individual_record.asp?recid=27345317">Edward SISSON</A> Born: 1 Apr 1823 Place: Lanchester, Durham, England M <A HREF="http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/AF/individual_record.asp?recid=27345320"> George SISSON</A> Born: 30 Apr 1829 Place: Lanchester, Durham, England Died: 23 Sep 1904 Place: M <A HREF="http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/AF/individual_record.asp?recid=27345314">William White SISSON</A> Born: 15 May 1816 Place: Lanchester, Durham, Englan F <A HREF="http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/AF/individual_record.asp?recid=27345321"> Jane SISSON</A> Born: 2 Jun 1833 Place: Lanchester, Durham, England F <A HREF="http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/AF/individual_record.asp?recid=27345316">Hannah SISSON</A> Born: 26 Aug 1821 Place: Lanchester, Durham, England M <A HREF="http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/AF/individual_record.asp?recid=27345318">William SISSON</A> Born: 20 Nov 1825 Place: Lanchester, Durham, F <A HREF="http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/AF/individual_record.asp?recid=27345313">Ann SISSON</A> Born: 27 Nov 1814 Place: Lanchester, Durham, England <A HREF="http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/AF/individual_record.asp?recid=27345320">George SISSON</A> (William) Born: 30 Apr 1829 Place: Lanchester, Durham, England Died: 23 Sep 1904 Place: Married: 12 May 1852 Place: Wife's Name <A HREF="http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/AF/individual_record.asp?recid=27345654">Mary ARNOTT</A> Born: 31 Aug 1829 Place: Gateshead, Durham, England Died: 10 Feb 1875 Place: Gateshead, Durham, England Married: 12 May 1852 Place: Father: <A HREF="http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/AF/individual_record.asp?recid=27345652">James ARNOTT</A> Mother: <A HREF="http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/AF/individual_record.asp?recid=27345653">Ann</A> Children 1. F <A HREF="http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/AF/individual_record.asp?recid=27345214">Maria SISSON</A> Born: Abt. 1863 Place: <Gateshead-Ontyne, Durham, England 2. M <A HREF="http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/AF/individual_record.asp?recid=27345210">Thomas John White SISSON</A> Born: 1858 Place: <Gateshead-Ontyne, Durham, England> Died: 1860 Place: 3. M <A HREF="http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/AF/individual_record.asp?recid=27345644">James Arnott SISSON</A> Born: 2 Oct 1854 Place: <Gateshead-Ontyne, Durham, England> 4. M <A HREF="http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/AF/individual_record.asp?recid=27345218">Septimus SISSON</A> Born: 2 Oct 1865 Place: Gateshead-Ontyne, Durham, England Died: 24 Jul 1924 Place: Long Beach, Ca Buried: Place: Long Beach, Ca 5. M <A HREF="http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/AF/individual_record.asp?recid=27345213">Arthur White SISSON</A> Born: 30 Oct 1861 Place: Gateshead-Ontyne, Durham, England 6. F <A HREF="http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/AF/individual_record.asp?recid=27345211">Annie Lunsden SISSON</A> Born: 1 Feb 1860 Place: Gateshead-Ontyne, Durham, England 7. M <A HREF="http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/AF/individual_record.asp?recid=27345207">William SISSON</A> Born: 26 Mar 1853 Place: Gateshead-Ontyne, Durham, England Died: Feb 1935 Place: Hucclecote, England 8. M <A HREF="http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/AF/individual_record.asp?recid=27345217">Harry Thomas SISSON</A> Born: 30 Apr 1872 Place: <Gateshead, Durham, England> Died: Jan 1943 Place: Gloucester, England 9. M <A HREF="http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/AF/individual_record.asp?recid=27345209">George SISSON</A> Born: 21 May 1856 Place: <Gateshead-Ontyne, Durham, England> 10. M <A HREF="http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/AF/individual_record.asp?recid=27345216">Edward Octavious SISSON</A> Born: 24 May 1869 Place: Gateshead, Durham, England Died: 24 Jan 1949 Place: Carmel, Ca Buried: Place: Monterey, Ca 11. M <A HREF="http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/AF/individual_record.asp?recid=27345212">John SISSON</A> Born: 15 Sep 1863 Place: <Gateshead-Ontyne, Durham, England> <A HREF="http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/AF/individual_record.asp?recid=27345216">Edward Octavious SISSON</A> (George, William) Born: 24 May 1869 Place: Gateshead, Durham, England Died: 24 Jan 1949 Place: Carmel, Ca Buried: Place: Monterey, Ca Married: 29 Nov 1898 Place: Lawn Ridge, Peoria, Ill Wife's Name <A HREF="http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/AF/individual_record.asp?recid=27345336">Nellie May STOWELL</A> Born: 2 Aug 1872 Place: Lawn Ridge, Peoria, Ill Died: 9 Apr 1945 Place: Carmel, Ca Buried: 12 Apr 1945 Place: Greenwood Cem., San Diego, San Diego, Ca Married: 29 Nov 1898 Place: Lawn Ridge, Peoria, Ill Father: <A HREF="http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/AF/individual_record.asp?recid=3737415">Calvin STOWELL</A> Mother: <A HREF="http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/AF/individual_record.asp?recid=27345677">Priscilla GREENDALGH</A> Children 1. F <A HREF="http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/AF/individual_record.asp?recid=27344982">Margaret SISSON</A> Born: 19 Feb 1908 Place: Seattle, King, Wa Died: 7 Jun 1993 Place: Port Townsend, Jefferson, Wa Buried: Place: Fort Warden Cem., Port Townsend, Jefferson, Wa 2. M <A HREF="http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/AF/individual_record.asp?recid=27345658">Calvin Richard SISSON</A> Born: 12 Aug 1910 Place: Seattle, King, Wa Died: 23 Mar 1992 Place: , Kitsap, Wa Buried: 27 Mar 1992 Place: Bremerton, Kitsap, Wa

I don't know if there are any Sissons at this site, I haven't had time to look yet, but it is another source. Go to: http://www.gagenweb.net/lottery/1827/ Cathy

Hi Janice, That is definitly the same Edward. Great work. I will have to follow up on that and see if Calvin Sisson had any children. Also looking for where he was from in England. I am waiting on a response from Bradley University and I also have a phone number for their library, so maybe that can be determined. Thanks again for your help. Larry L. Sisson

Hi Lyn, Thanks, the site that I had seen a few months ago, also said that he emigrated from England in 1840. I thought that it said that he was their first president, but I might have gotten that wrong and it was director. He would have been young to have emigrated in 1840, it seems. Larry L. Sisson