This is in response to the Sisson/Cranfield query. I did do quite a bit of research in the Cranfield, Bedforshire records There were many generations of Lawtons there, some were buried in the church yard. I also learned that the Lawtons were descended from several prominent local families. But while doing my Cranfield research, I never saw any mention of any Sisson. I studied several passenger lists of that era and learned that a relative of Thomas had migrated to America before he did. I also found Wodells listed on the passenger list for the same ship. In fact there were several Cranfield names listed. It would seem that there was a small migration from Cranfield to America at that time. There were no Sissons listed among those records either. I have no proof whatsoever, but I really doubt that there were any Sissons living in the Cranfield area. In times past I have found many incorrect records in the IGI records. In fact a Sisson relative of mine who lives in Utah and is a Mormon had access to the IGI records before most people did. While attempting to discover what Jane's, wife of Thomas, maiden name was, he had made an error. He had entered a record which said that a will of one of our prospective fathers, I believe Arnold, had named a daughter Jane Sisson in his will. I was very pleased, but skeptical until I had proof. I soon learned that the Jane Sisson he had found was not our Jane, wife of Thomas Sisson, that she was actually the wife of a Richard Sisson. Therefore the will was of no use in determining who the real Jane's father was. After that I was a little more cautious of the IGI records. I no longer have the address I used to find the marriage record of Thomas Lawton and Elizabeth Salisbury, it came from the Bedfordshire official records in Bedford, Bedfordshire. Perhaps a query could be sent there to see if there were any Sissons listed, but I rather doubt it. Mary Jo