Forwarded from Howard: -----Original Message----- From: Howard & Chris Watkins [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, August 23, 2003 1:42 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [SISSON-L] Sisson/Ferguson/Crandall connections Carol, Thanks for sharing another great story! My wife, who also descends from Alcha Crandall, now has a bunch more of identified cousins. To mix some metaphors, genealogy spreads faster than a conspiracy of soft peanut butter. Howard -- Husband of Chris Watkins, 9th ggranddaughter of 1) Richard & Mary Sisson; 2) George & Sarah [Lawton]; 3) Thomas & Jane [Freeman]; 4) Giles & Elizabeth [Arnold]; 5) John & Alcha [Crandall]; 6) John Jr. & Hannah [Gardner]; 7) Daniel H. & Malinda [Eves]; 8) Wilson C. & Phebe [Cabbage]; 9) Lottie Sisson & Lewis [Wehe]; 10) Winifred Wehe & George [Kamp]; 11) George Kamp & Frances; 12) Chris & Howard Watkins > From: "Regehr, Carol" <[email protected]> > > 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.