Thank you Linda....I'm sending your message to the SISSON list in hopes this info. will be useful to Mary Jo.? Regards,? Joan -----Original Message----- From: Linda von Helwig <vonhelwig@hotmail.com> To: inn118@aol.com Sent: Sun, 10 Feb 2008 7:43 am Subject: RE: [SISSON] SISSON Digest, Vol 3, Issue 18 Swarthmore College has a large collection of Quaker records, you may want to check Nine Partners in NY web records, as they have much detail about Sissons and, if I remember correctly, Lawton is a name included. Linda Helwig McGovern ggdtr Daniel Sisson, North Collins NY > To: sisson@rootsweb.com > Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2008 07:59:02 -0500 > From: inn118@aol.com > Subject: Re: [SISSON] SISSON Digest, Vol 3, Issue 18 > > If any of the Lawtons were early Quakers there is a chance you might find some records.? I understand that Quakers have always kept meticulous records of their members.? Just a thought!? Regards,? Joan > > > -----Original Message----- > From: sisson-request@rootsweb.com > To: sisson@rootsweb.com > Sent: Sat, 9 Feb 2008 3:02 am > Subject: SISSON Digest, Vol 3, Issue 18 > > > > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Lawtons & the Planter, 1638 (David A Sisson) > 2. Re: Lawtons & the Planter, 1638 (Roy) > 3. Re: Lawtons & the Planter, 1638 (flaherty@ksu.edu) > 4. B. F. Sisson of Caroline Co Va (gc-gateway@rootsweb.com) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2008 07:46:21 -0500 > From: David A Sisson <dsisson2@rochester.rr.com> > Subject: Re: [SISSON] Lawtons & the Planter, 1638 > To: Mary Jo Sisson March <benoni@centurytel.net> > Cc: genealogy <sisson-l@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <47AC4F1D.9080209@rochester.rr.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > > I wish I knew where to look, Mary Jo. I hope someone does. Ship > manifests are difficult! > David Arne Sisson > > Mary Jo Sisson March wrote: > > I have found a record of the genealogy of a George Robert Lawton (1813-1885) > which states that he "was a descendent of one of the earliest families in Rhode > Island, his father's family arrived at Aquidneck in 1638 aboard the ship > "Planter" from Cranfield, Parish, Bedfordshire, England. The family settled in > the Portsmouth, Newport area and obtained a land grant known today as Lawton's > Valley." > > These Planter passengers are obviously our Lawtons, prob. George & Thomas > both. Does anyone know how to locate the passenger list for the Planter? I > have been trying to, but have had no luck. Evidently there is such a record > (somewhere) because the information appears to be very reliable. Someone must > have located the Sparrow records, unless it was just information handed down in > the family, and I doubt that. Please tell me where I should look. > > Mary Jo > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SISSON-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of > the message > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2008 13:12:34 -0500 (EST) > From: "Roy" <royalty@pakachoag.com> > Subject: Re: [SISSON] Lawtons & the Planter, 1638 > To: "David A Sisson" <dsisson2@rochester.rr.com> > Cc: genealogy <sisson-l@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <1787.209.3.235.137.1202494354.squirrel@webmail.web.com> > Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 > > > > Several crossings of the 'Planter' are mentioned in the list on > this > website: > > href="http://www.olivetreegenealogy.com/ships/nengships1620-1640.shtml">http://www.olivetreegenealogy.com/ships/nengships1620-1640.shtml > > ?> > > I wish I knew where to look, Mary Jo. I hope > someone does. Ship > > manifests are difficult! > > David > Arne Sisson > > > > Mary Jo Sisson March wrote: > >> I have found a record of the genealogy of a George Robert > Lawton > >> (1813-1885) which states that he "was a > descendent of one of the > >> earliest families in Rhode Island, > his father's family arrived at > >> Aquidneck in 1638 aboard the > ship "Planter" from Cranfield, Parish, > >> > Bedfordshire, England. The family settled in the Portsmouth, Newport > >> area and obtained a land grant known today as Lawton's > Valley." > >> These Planter passengers are obviously our > Lawtons, prob. George & > >> Thomas both. Does anyone know > how to locate the passenger list for > >> the Planter? I have > been trying to, but have had no luck. > >> Evidently there is > such a record (somewhere) because the information > >> appears > to be very reliable. Someone must have located the Sparrow > >> > records, unless it was just information handed down in the family, > >> and I doubt that. Please tell me where I should look. > >> Mary Jo > >> > >> > ------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe from the > list, please send an email to > >> SISSON-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > >> quotes in the > subject and the body of the message > >> > >> > > > > ------------------------------- > > To > unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > > SISSON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > > > in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2008 13:38:37 -0600 > From: flaherty@ksu.edu > Subject: Re: [SISSON] Lawtons & the Planter, 1638 > To: Roy <royalty@pakachoag.com> > Cc: genealogy <sisson-l@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <1202499517.47acafbde611c@webmail.ksu.edu> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > I just googled "Planter passenter list" and got a number of references. > I haven't explored any of them, but they look promising. Simply go to > http://www.google.com and then search for Planter passenger list > > Good luck > > Bobbie > > Quoting Roy <royalty@pakachoag.com>: > > > > > > > Several crossings of the 'Planter' are mentioned in the list on > > this > > website: > > > > > href="http://www.olivetreegenealogy.com/ships/nengships1620-1640.shtml">http://www.olivetreegenealogy.com/ships/nengships1620-1640.shtml > > > > ?> > > > I wish I knew where to look, Mary Jo. I hope > > someone does. Ship > > > manifests are difficult! > > > David > > Arne Sisson > > > > > > Mary Jo Sisson March wrote: > > >> I have found a record of the genealogy of a George Robert > > Lawton > > >> (1813-1885) which states that he "was a > > descendent of one of the > > >> earliest families in Rhode Island, > > his father's family arrived at > > >> Aquidneck in 1638 aboard the > > ship "Planter" from Cranfield, Parish, > > >> > > Bedfordshire, England. The family settled in the Portsmouth, Newport > > >> area and obtained a land grant known today as Lawton's > > Valley." > > >> These Planter passengers are obviously our > > Lawtons, prob. George & > > >> Thomas both. Does anyone know > > how to locate the passenger list for > > >> the Planter? I have > > been trying to, but have had no luck. > > >> Evidently there is > > such a record (somewhere) because the information > > >> appears > > to be very reliable. Someone must have located the Sparrow > > >> > > records, unless it was just information handed down in the family, > > >> and I doubt that. Please tell me where I should look. > > >> Mary Jo > > >> > > >> > > ------------------------------- > > >> To unsubscribe from the > > list, please send an email to > > >> SISSON-request@rootsweb.com > > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > >> quotes in the > > subject and the body of the message > > >> > > >> > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > > To > > unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > > > > SISSON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes > > > > > in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > SISSON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2008 21:05:10 -0000 > From: "gc-gateway@rootsweb.com" <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com> > Subject: [SISSON] B. F. Sisson of Caroline Co Va > To: <SISSON-L@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <1202504712.93071@rootsweb.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; > > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Author: oclarke11 > Surnames: > Classification: queries > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.sisson/390/mb.ashx > > Message Board Post: > > Need her name & the names of her parents & siblings. She marr J. B. Garnett, > also need his name & the names of his parents & siblings. Their son Willie b abt > 1880 marr A. J. Harper ( need her name ) 23 Oct 1902 in Essex Co. She was the > dau of Patrick Harper & M. Ella Pitts. Also need children for Willie & A. J. > Ollie > > Important Note: > The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. 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