I've recently received a mass of material on the descendants of immigrant couple Robert and Mary (Foreman) Sisson, who immigrated from Cambridge, England, to Stephenson Co., Illinois, in 1843. It is not known yet if this Sisson line is related to any of the other Sisson lines who immigrated to North America. However, in reviewing this material, I note that a branch of the Stephenson Co. Illinois line *does* have a connection to some of the branches of the Rhode Island Sisson line, not through their Sisson line (or at least that we know of yet), but through their *Crandall* line. Here's how it goes: Robert and Mary Sisson had a son Moses Sisson (1859-1937) whose second wife was Estella Ferguson (1877-1906). Moses and Estella had 7 children: Alvin, Lee, Laura, Floyd, Clarence, Howard, and Archie. Estella's parents were George Wm. Ferguson (1850-1930) and Mary Ann Osborne. George Ferguson's parents were John Myron Ferguson (1814-1857) and Elvira Crandall (1822-1903). Elvira was a descendant of John Crandall of Rhode Island. For details on this Ferguson family, see http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/m/c/c/Linda-F-Mcclung/index.h tml?Welcome=1061584306 The line of Richard and Mary Sisson of Rhode Island married into the John Crandall of Rhode Island line at least twice that I can find explicitly in the database, and probably more times. John Sisson (1749-1818) married Alcha Crandall (1755-1832) who was a fourth cousin twice removed of Elvira. William Sisson (1797-1872) married Austress Crandall (1802-1875) who was a first cousin once removed of Elvira. For Crandalls associated with the line of Richard and Mary Sisson of Rhode Island, go to: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~dasisson/richard/findex4.htm#CRANDALL The Crandall Family Association has many resources online at: http://www.geocities.com/eperry/cfa/contents.html Is this too much fun or what? %^) Carol Sisson Regehr Sisson-L list mom My Sisson lines: 1.Richard&Mary Sisson of Rhode Island 2.George 3.Thomas 4.Giles 5.John Sisson m. Alcha Crandall 6.Benjamin 7.JohnCrandallSisson 8.WmBenj 9.BenjFr 10.Edgar 11.Willie 12.myself And 1-6.same 7.Eli 8.Mary Sisson REED 9.Louisa Jane Reed SISSON 10-12.same -- [email protected]