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Descendants of Richard (1608-1684) and Mary (d. 1692) SISSON of Rhode Island Richard SISSON

Third Generation

(Continued)


24. Peleg TRIPP-454 (Anne SISSON , Richard ) was born about 1677 in North Kingsto, Washington Co., Rhode Island. He died before Jul 1746 in Rhode Island.

Peleg married (MRIN:353) Mary GARDNER-3121 on 28 Jan 1727/1728 in North Kingston, Washington Co., Rhode Island. Mary was born on 30 Nov 1707 in North Kingston, Washington Co., Rhode Island.

They had the following children.

  150 M i
Caleb TRIPP-3230 was born about 1729.
  151 F ii
Mary TRIPP-3231 was born about 1730.
  152 F iii
Lydia TRIPP-3232 was born about 1731.
  153 F iv
Tabitha TRIPP-3233 was born about 1732.

Peleg also married ( 2:MRIN:354) Sarah-3253.

25. Mary TRIPP-452 (Anne SISSON , Richard ) was born about 1677 in Portsmouth, Newport Co., Rhode Island. She died on 30 Jun 1729.

Mary married (MRIN:350) Deliverance SMITH-3119 in 1690/1691. Deliverance was born in 1667 in Dartmouth, Bristol Co., Massachusetts. He died on 30 Jun 1729 in Dartmouth, Bristol Co., Massachusetts.

They had the following children.

+ 154 F i Deborah SMITH-4104 was born in 1695.
+ 155 M ii George SMITH-4116 was born in 1701. He died in 1769.
+ 156 M iii Humphrey SMITH-4172 was born in 1705. He died in 1777.

26. Anne TRIPP-2627 (Anne SISSON , Richard ) was born about 1679 in Newport, Newport Co., Rhode Island. She died on 22 Aug 1736 in Newport, Newport Co., Rhode Island.

Anne married (MRIN:1433) Thomas ROGERS-3122 in 1724 in Rhode Island. Thomas was born about 1678. He died on 22 Aug 1736.

They had the following children.

  157 M i
Peleg ROGERS-3286 was born about 1700.
  158 M ii
Job ROGERS-3287 was born about 1700.
+ 159 F iii Anna ROGERS-3288 was born about 1700.
  160 F iv
Mary ROGERS-3291 was born about 1700.
       
Mary married (MRIN:1723) RICHMOND-3402. RICHMOND was born about 1698.
  161 F v
Elizabeth ROGERS-3292 was born about 1700.
       
Elizabeth married (MRIN:1724) WHEELER-3293. WHEELER was born about 1698.
+ 162 F vi Sarah ROGERS-3294 was born about 1700.
+ 163 F vii Ruth ROGERS-3297 was born about 1700.
  164 F viii
Leah ROGERS-3303 was born about 1700.
  165 F ix
Priscilla ROGERS-3304 was born about 1700.
       
Priscilla married (MRIN:1727) HILL-3305. HILL was born about 1821.
  166 F x
Rebecca ROGERS-3306 was born about 1700.
  167 F xi
Penelope ROGERS-3307 was born about 1700.
       
Penelope married (MRIN:1728) MACKNEAR-3308. MACKNEAR was born about 1698.

28. Richard ALLEN-2625 (Elizabeth SISSON , Richard ) was born on 8 Oct 1673 in Barnstable Co., Massachusetts. He died in 1731.

Richard married (MRIN:1429) Hannah BUTLER-3569. Hannah was born about 1670.

They had the following children.

+ 168 M i Daniel ALLEN-3570 was born in 1699. He died in 1732.

30. George ALLEN-2623 (Elizabeth SISSON , Richard ) was born on 19 May 1678 in Barnstable Co., Massachusetts. He died in 1728.

George Allen and Hannah Wooley were first cousins.

George married (MRIN:1428) Hannah WOOLLEY-4017, daughter of Edward WOOLLEY III-29449. Hannah was born on 8 Jul 1687. She died about 1750.

They had the following children.

  169 M i
William ALLEN-12367 was born on 7 Nov 1704.
  170 M ii
Matthew ALLEN-4018 was born in 1706. He died in Mar 1719 in Shrewsbury.
  171 F iii
Lydia ALLEN-4019 was born on 19 Sep 1708.
  172 F iv
Mary ALLEN-4020 was born on 12 Nov 1710.
  173 F v
Abigail ALLEN-4021 was born on 12 Aug 1712.
  174 M vi
Daniel ALLEN-4022 was born on 4 Sep 1715.
  175 M vii
Richard ALLEN-11209 was born on 17 Dec 1717.
  176 M viii
Matthew ALLEN-4023 was born on 6 Oct 1719.
  177 M ix
Joseph ALLEN-4024 was born on 10 Jul 1723.
       
Joseph married (MRIN:2024) Desire ROGERS-4025 about 1742. Desire was born about 1723.
  178 M x
James ALLEN-4026 was born on 7 Feb 1725/1726.
       
James married (MRIN:2025) Catherine NEWMAN-4027 about 1747. Catherine was born about 1726.

35. Richard SISSON-1054 (James , Richard ) was born on 9 Feb 1681/1682 in Dartmouth, Bristol Co., Massachusetts. He died on 9 Oct 1744 in Dartmouth, Bristol Co., Massachusetts.

Richard Sisson (Richard 3, James 2, Richard 1) lived in the village of Westport, Massachusetts Bay Colony. He was a Quaker and lived in Swansea and Bristol County.  His will was proved November 12, 1744, and named his wife, sons Richard, Thomas, George, James and Lemuel, and daughters Susanna and Lydia Soule.  Avis is omitted from the will, for some reason. SOURCES: Will 14:364-7 prob. of Taunton, Mass.;Dartmouth VR. Arnold, 7-32, 10-71; New England Hist Gen Register, v.20, p 338-9, "Births, marriages, and deaths in Dartmouth"; "A.P.Sisson Family Lineage," Clarence Sisson, Garden Prairie, Illinois, 1994.

Richard married (MRIN:685) Mehitable FISH-4685, daughter of Thomas FISH-27416 and Grizzell STRANGE-27417 (MRIN:10143), in 1704. Mehitable was born on 26 Jul 1684 in Dartmouth, Bristol Co., Massachusetts. She died on 24 Dec 1775 in Dartmouth, Bristol Co., Massachusetts.

Mehitable was born July 22 or 26, 1684, after her father's death. Her mother later married Samuel Cornell.

They had the following children.

  179 F i
Susannah SISSON-2542 was born on 24 Oct 1703 in Dartmouth, Bristol Co., Massachusetts. She died on 1 Aug 1745.
       
Susannah married (MRIN:1402) Beriah GODDARD-2535 on 1 Jul 1745 in Dartmouth, Bristol Co., Massachusetts. Beriah was born about 1703 in Dartmouth, Bristol Co., Massachusetts.
+ 180 M ii Richard SISSON Jr.-2541 was born on 17 Jul 1705. He died on 20 May 1790.
+ 181 M iii Thomas SISSON-2540 was born on 22 Apr 1707. He died in Jan 1777.
  182 M iv
George SISSON-2539 was born on 26 Mar 1711 in Dartmouth, Bristol Co., Massachusetts.
  183 F v
Lydia SISSON-2538 was born on 8 Sep 1714 in Dartmouth, Bristol Co., Massachusetts.
       
Lydia married (MRIN:1401) Jonathan SOULE-2534 on 12 Feb 1736. Jonathan was born about 1710.
+ 184 M vi James SISSON-4684 was born on 11 Jul 1716. He died in 1798.
+ 185 F vii Avis SISSON-2537 was born on 6 May 1720.
+ 186 M viii Lemuel SISSON-2536 was born on 21 Sep 1725. He died on 11 Nov 1813.

37. Sarah SISSON-2668 (James , Richard ) was born about 1687 in Dartmouth, Bristol Co., Massachusetts. She died before 6 Sep 1753 in Dartmouth, Bristol Co., Massachusetts.

Sarah married (MRIN:1422) William DEVOL-2593 on 30 May 1708 in Dartmouth, Bristol Co., Massachusetts. William was born in 1683 in Dartmouth, Bristol Co., Massachusetts. He died on 6 Sep 1753.

"Colonial Families of America" gives William's parents as Jonathan Davol and Hannah Odlin. His will was dated 1753 but proved in 1772.

They had the following children.

  187 F i
Phebe DEVOL-3005 was born after 1708.
       
Phebe married (MRIN:1606) MERIHEW-3311. MERIHEW was born about 1698.
  188 M ii
Joshua DEVOL-3006 was born after 1708.
+ 189 F iii Lydia DEVOL-3003 was born on 30 Jun 1709. She died in 1788.
  190 F iv
Sarah DEVOL-3004 was born in 1712. She died in 1776.
       
Sarah married (MRIN:1605) WOOD-3310. WOOD was born about 1710.
+ 191 F v Hannah DEVOL-3007 was born on 13 Jan 1711/1712. She died in 1776.
+ 192 M vi William DEVOL-3094 was born in 1716.
+ 193 M vii David DEVOL-3095 was born in 1722.

38. Jonathan SISSON-2645 (James , Richard ) was born in 1689 in Dartmouth, Bristol Co., Massachusetts. He died in 1775 in Dartmouth, Bristol Co., Massachusetts.

Jonathan was a Quaker.

Jonathan married (MRIN:1393) Mary WOOD-2525, daughter of Thomas WOOD-26571 and Content THURSTON-27156 (MRIN:9817), on 7 Feb 1722/1723 in Little Compton, Rhode Island. Mary was born on 6 Feb 1701/1702 in Little Compton, Newport Co., Rhode Island. She died before 1751 in Dartmouth, Bristol Co., Massachusetts.

Cary (Howland) Provost, 32 Garfield Avenue, Hyde Park, MA 02136, says that Mary was the daughter of Thomas and Content (Thurston) Wood.

They had the following children.

+ 194 M i William SISSON-2524 was born on 9 Nov 1723. He died before 2 Aug 1763.
+ 195 M ii Jonathan SISSON Jr.-2523 was born on 4 Jan 1724/1725. He died on 23 Jul 1805.
+ 196 F iii Mary SISSON-2520 was born on 6 Oct 1726. She died in 1775.
  197 F iv
Content SISSON-2522 was born on 6 Oct 1726 in Dartmouth, Newport Co., Rhode Island. She died in 1775.
       
Content married (MRIN:1398) SISSON-13494. SISSON was born about 1725. He was buried in unknown.
  198 M v
James SISSON-2521 was born about 1728 in Dartmouth, Newport Co., Rhode Island.

Leatha Boudreau Sisson has identified this James as a James Sisson who went to York, New Brunswick, Canada, as a Loyalist. James and Elizabeth had a son Jonathan and two daughters, one named Mary Ann. Jonathan had 7 daughters and 3 sons. One of the sons was named James and was called James Sisson Jr. Leatha documents many generations of descendants in her books "Our Family Tree: Acadian, Colonial, Loyalist and Mayflower," Volumes 1 and 2. Many of these descendants are buried in Burtt's Corner, York, New Brunswick. Some descendants returned to the United States in later generations and lived in California, Colorado, New York, and Maine.
       
James married (MRIN:1397) Elizabeth HOWLAND-4378, daughter of Zoeth HOWLAND-12460 and Sarah-12129 (MRIN:1264). Elizabeth was born in 1741.
+ 199 M vi John SISSON-2519 was born about 1732.
  200 F vii
Lydia SISSON-2518 was born about 1735 in Dartmouth, Newport Co., Rhode Island. She died in 1774.
       
Lydia married (MRIN:1396) Wesson TALLMAN-4564 on 24 Oct 1754 in Tiverton, Newport Co., Rhode Island. Wesson was born about 1730.
  201 F viii
Desire SISSON-2517 was born about 1738.
       
Desire married (MRIN:1395) James ANTHONY-13397 after 7 Oct 1758.
+ 202 M ix Stephen SISSON-2516 was born about 1745. He died in 1774.
+ 203 F x Hannah SISSON-2515 was born about 1747.

41. Content SISSON-3117 (James , Richard ) was born in 1694 in Dartmouth, Bristol Co., Massachusetts. She died before 1734 in Bristol Co., Massachusetts.

Content married (MRIN:320) Stephen PECKHAM-408 in 1715. Stephen was born about 1692.

They had the following children.

  204 F i
PECKHAM-407 was born about 1715.

This unnamed daughter of Content and Stephen Peckham was mentioned in Content's father's James Sisson's will.

43. James SISSON Jr.-2648 (James , Richard ) was born about 1700 in Dartmouth, Newport Co., Rhode Island. He died after 1774 in Dartmouth, Newport Co., Rhode Island.

Following death of James' father James, the younger James was given his father's earmark September 17, 1722. Source: "Early Records of the Town of Portsmouth" page 315.

James married (MRIN:1384) Bathsheba COOK-2499, daughter of Thomas COOK-12497 and Elizabeth PEARCE-12073 (MRIN:1272), on 17 Jul 1725 in Tiverton, Newport Co., Rhode Island. Bathsheba was born on 5 Nov 1705 in Tiverton, Newport Co., Rhode Island. She died on 25 Nov 1740 in Newport, Newport Co., Rhode Island. She was buried in Newport Common Burial Ground.

From Tiverton Wills from the Genealogical Register, VOlume 3, No. 4:

COOK, Thomas, of Tiverton, gentleman. Will dated 5 Feb 1750, proved 25 Feb 1750, pg 308. Mentions: sons John Cook, Thomas Cook, & Oliver Cook. Daughters Phebe Sisson, Mary Bennit, Elizabeth Potter, & Martha Wright. Also the heirs of Bathsheba Sisson & the heirs of Sarah Talman each receive the same legacy as daughter Phebe Sisson.

They had the following children.

+ 205 M i Gideon SISSON-2497 was born in 1726. He died on 11 Sep 1807.
  206 F ii
Elizabeth SISSON-2498 was born in 1726 in Dartmouth, Bristol Co., Massachusetts. She died on 22 Aug 1774. She was buried in Common Burial Ground, Newport, RI.

Elizabeth is buried in the Common Burial Ground, Farewell Street, Newport, RI. A picture of the grave marker can be seen at http://www.davidrumsey.com/farber/
  207 M iii
Robert SISSON-2496 was born in 1727 in Dartmouth, Bristol Co., Massachusetts. He died in 1795.
  208 M iv
James SISSON-2495 was born about 1730. He died after 1790 in Providence, Providence Co., Rhode Island.
       
James married (MRIN:1383) Deborah-2492. Deborah was born in 1729. She died on 13 Dec 1790.
  209 M v
John SISSON-2494 was born about 1732 in Dartmouth, Bristol Co., Massachusetts.
+ 210 M vi Lewis SISSON-2493 was born in 1738. He died on 3 Feb 1810.

48. John SISSON Jr-2669 (John , Richard ) was born in Newport, Newport Co., Rhode Island. He died before 10 Dec 1759 in Portsmouth, Newport Co., Rhode Island.

John's will was proved 10 December 1759.

John married (MRIN:1380) Abigail HEFFERLAND-2491, daughter of John HEFFERLAND-12072 and Abigail MOTT-12339 (MRIN:1382), in 1703. Abigail was born about 1688. She died before 9 Jun 1766.

Abigail's will was proved 9 June 1766.

They had the following children.

+ 211 M i John SISSON III-2490 was born on 14 Oct 1704.
+ 212 M ii Robert SISSON-2489 was born on 23 Oct 1706. He died on 7 Nov 1792.
+ 213 F iii Abigail SISSON-2488 was born on 21 Jul 1709.
  214 F iv
Sarah SISSON-2487 was born on 29 Mar 1712. She died in Feb 1759.
       
Sarah married (MRIN:1381) Thomas SHERMAN-12297. Thomas was born about 1710.
+ 215 F v Mary SISSON-2486 was born on 30 Mar 1721.

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