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? > When I did an Internet search to learn more about C. H. > Sisson, I came across this other interesting information. > Does it pertain to anyone on our Sisson list? > > "The first settler on the Tuscarora creek (Pa.), within the > present bounds of the township, was Oliver Sisson, who came > thereto in 1805, and located four miles from the river, on > the farm known on the Bradford county map as the " Cogswell > Homestead," and the hill known. as Sisson hill received its > name from him. He died in 1809, leaving all of his property > to his wife.." > Tri-Counties Genealogy & History Sites by Joyce M. Tice > Pioneer & Patriot Families of Bradford County PA 1800-1825 > Vol. II - Clement F. Heverly - Pages 153-170 > http://www.rootsweb.com/> ~srgp/heverly/h2p153.htm This is the Oliver Sisson whose line was: Richard/Mary, George, Thomas, William, Oliver Whose current webpage entry is at: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~dasisson/richard/aqwg14.htm#423 Thanks for the extra reference! Carol Sisson Regehr Sisson-L list mom -- [email protected]