Carol and Laura, I think you're talking about a number of documents related to an exchange of lawsuits between Westmoreland Co, VA and Bristol, England between the late 1670's and the early 1700's. Daniel Sisson of Westmoreland had a brother in Bristol and he had named his brother's children as his heirs in case his own two sons did not live to inherit his estate. As it turned out, Daniel's sons did not live, but he had a daughter, Frances, who was born after his death. The brother in Bristol claimed the Frances couldn't inherit because she hadn't been named, and sued the estate. The court said that Frances should inherit, because Daniel would have provided for her if he'd known about her. Later, the Bristol cousins sued again, when Frances died young without children. Eventually, Frances' guardian and executor, Lawrence Washington (yes, THOSE Washingtons!) seems to have settled the question by buying land from Daniel's estate and sending the money to Bristol. Frances left portions of her estate to Washington's children, as well. From descriptions of the property of Daniel Sisson, it appears that at least a portion of his property became part of George Washington's Birthplace. I had suggested that the researcher in England have a look at Bristol, but I'm not sure that ever happened. We have no evidence at all that Daniel and Robert of adjoining Richmond County were related or even knew each other. There is no indication of any interaction between them, but old publications have assumed that Robert and Daniel were brothers. Personally, I doubt it. I'm sure this must be the story you're referring to. Sharon ----- Original Message ----- From: "Regehr, Carol" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2003 4:04 PM Subject: [SISSON-L] RE: General info. > Laura wrote: > > > were related. As a descendant of the Robert/Amy line of > > Fairfax, Va., I could only respond that the Sisson genealogy > > list serv is still working on making a connection to England. > > Is there any new news on the group's endeavor? > > Some Sisson wills from 17th-century England were transcribed, but no > obvious connections to the 17th-century immigrants to North America were > uncovered. I remember some kind of connection between Robert/Amy and a > document in England - not a parent's will, but someone else's? Sharon > Sisson Miller, do you remember this one? >