Hello to both of you, and welcome back Pat! Pat, I don't know about Tom Lincoln's connection, but this Mary was thought for years to have been a sister of our Robert. I no longer believe that. The Pope family is well documented. If you enter Nathaniel Pope's name in a search engine, you'll get pages and pages of information about him and his descendants. With regard to the Sisson connection to the Pope's, I will send you by personal email the information I put together about Mary and Nathaniel Pope, and particularly Daniel Sisson, who is thought by some to have been Mary's brother. Pat, let me know if you want this as well. There is controversy about whether or not she was originally Mary Sisson or Mary Baldridge. The problem stems from her use of "my brother and sister" with reference to Daniel and his wife, Jane Baldridge. Did she mean brother-in-law or sister-in-law when she wrote it? Mary was certainly an aunt to their children, but it's difficult to tell which side she was related by. There is also controversy about whether Daniel was even a Sisson. His name has been transcribed as Lisson, Liston, Lyston, etc., since the "L" and "S" of old were virtually interchangable. I do believe he was a Sisson, because his daughter's will was probated by her guardian, John Washington. Surely he knew how the name sounded, and her will says "Sysson". After a great deal of research, I have concluded that this family of Westmoreland County was not connected to our Robert of Richmond County. Sharon Sisson Miller ----- Original Message ----- From: Pat C. To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, July 19, 2003 3:33 PM Subject: Fwd: [SISSON-L] Mary Sisson m to Nathaniel Pope Sharon, Was Mary Sisson m to Nathaniel Pope Tom Lincoln's line? pc Delivered-To: [email protected] X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.1 required=6.5 Resent-Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2003 12:38:47 -0600 X-Original-Sender: [email protected] Sat Jul 19 12:38:47 2003 From: "glitz" <[email protected]> Old-To: <[email protected]> Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2003 13:47:24 -0500 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 Subject: [SISSON-L] Mary Sisson m to Nathaniel Pope To: [email protected] Resent-From: [email protected] X-Mailing-List: <[email protected]> archive/latest/3975 X-Loop: [email protected] Resent-Sender: [email protected] I have no dates at the present. But I am seeking info on Mary Sisson m to Nathaniel Pope. They had a son named Nathaniel also who m 1) Jane Brooks Brown 2) Elizabeth Pierce. This line connects to my husband. TIA Glitz