For those of you looking for Sisson in the Hoosick NY area please be aware that many many of the people living in that area moved around A LOT. I am researching some "shirt tail cousins" of Sissons and have discovered that they are just as likely to be found in White Creek New York (part of which is actually Cambridge New York and is in the WRONG place on the microfilm rolls for the census of I believe 1904, it's on there but in the wrong alphabetical location) also they are found in Bennington, Arlington and Shaftsbury Vermont often. They were wandering around both long and short term, it seems that they frequently spent the summer months on farm property and then moved to cozier and closer to amenities locations for the winter months. I have the diary of a Sisson cousin living in White Creek during 1904 and the description of what this elderly widow went thru in winter in a house dating from 1792- and not much modernized since- is enough to make anyone want to escape to a better warmer more convenient location. Also when looking for Hoosick please be aware that at one time this was Charlotte County before it became Washington County and also variant spelling of Hoosac. Due to health I am not able at this time to do much physical research but I do have pics of local houses etc and also a working knowledge of local cems etc if any one needs help. Also please be aware that many people in this area were Quakers and therefore many graves remain unmarked, there are a few later date stones erected in the Old Quaker Cemetery but even in the non-religious cem it is possible to make out family plots where the older graves are not marked alongside newer ones that have stones. A beautiful area and one that inspired many local residents to temporarily abandon their staunch Quaker pacifism when the sound of the fighting was literally over the hill in Waloomsac, the actual site of the Battle For Bennington. The fighting could be heard from White Creek (and no doubt Hoosick also) and many men left their fields and went to defend their corner of the world. The wounded were carried up a long steep and dreadful road- don't think it has been improved from then til now-and treated at a Quaker families hat shop, a cousin to the Ethan Allen bunch. Some Allen's remained home and this has left a divide in the family thru time. There are still Sissons in the area today. judith in NY