Hi Mary Jo, I think you have a good idea here and naming patterns do indeed lead you to more possibilities.? Good luck with this one!? Regards,? Joan Fitzsimmons Mary Jo Sisson March <benoni@centurytel.net> wrote: I hardly know where to begin with my update on my Jane/Card/Freeman/ Sisson research. But I have found some very interesting records. I decided instead of ignoring the Freeman theory, that I would search for Freeman history. One of the unconfirmed records says that Jane was the dau. of William Freeman. William was born in 1664/65, and Jane was allegedly born about 1690, and Thomas Sisson was born 1686, so the time line is plausable. What started me on this was the name William. That was not a Sisson or Card name, either one. But it was a (very) popular name with the Freemans. The Freemans also used the names Rebecca and Rachel, and I don't believe the Sissons or Cards did. Jane and Thomas had children named William, Rebecca and Rachel. This Freeman line is extremely interesting. John Major Freeman was the emigrant from England, and the above mentioned William Freeman was his son. John Freeman had married Mercy Prence, whose father was William Prence, governor of New Plymouth. Mercy Prence Freeman's mother was Patience Brewster, dau. of the "most famous Plymouth colonist William Brewster," of the Mayflower. He was a preacher, and died 1644, April l0, at Plymouth, Massachusetts. There is a fine photo of him on the Encylopedia site. There is that name William again. If Jane Sisson had a grandfather that famous she would most likely have wanted to use the name William for one of her children. William and John Major Freeman both resided in Eastham, Barnstable, Mass., which I believe was originally part of Plymouth. Perhaps that is why we have had so much trouble searching for Jane. Since I only just began on this line of Freeman research, I am not vouching for any of it. But it certainly seems promising. Perhaps I have been wrong in ignoring the Freeman record. Jane Freeman's mother Lydia Sparrow Freeman was from Newport, R. I., so perhaps that is how they could have known the Sissons. I would appreciate your comments on this subject. Mary Jo ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SISSON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ________________________________________________________________________ More new features than ever. Check out the new AOL Mail ! - http://webmail.aol.com