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

Eighth Generation

(Continued)


4370. Sanford A. SISSON-6721 (Green Bradford , Peleg , Philip , Richard , Richard , James , Richard ) was born on 30 Jan 1837 in Little Compton, Rhode Island. He died on 25 Dec 1866.

John L. Martin's Sisson Family, v 3, p 76-77.

Blacksmith. Enlisted as a Private on 11 August 1862 at age 25 in Company D, 40th Infrantry Regiment Massachusetts. POW on 27 Oct 1864 at Fair Oaks, VA. Escaped about 15 March 1865. Discharged 24 May 1865.

Sanford married (MRIN:9637) Rebecca J. GOFF-26122, daughter of Nathan B. GOFF-26123 and Mary-26124 (MRIN:9638), on 2 Jan 1859 in Dighton, Massachusetts.

They had the following children.

  6705 F i
Clara N. SISSON-26125 was born on 31 Dec 1859 in Rehoboth, Massachusetts. She died on 28 Sep 1861.
  6706 F ii
Clara A. SISSON-26126 was born on 9 Feb 1862 in Rehoboth, Massachusetts.
       
Clara married (MRIN:9639) Alberto BABBITT-26127.

4380. John Rogers SISSON-6742 (Harvey Handy , Peleg , Philip , Richard , Richard , James , Richard ) was born on 29 Jan 1854 in Harwichport, MA. He died on 21 Mar 1923 in Mattapoisett, Massachusetts. He was buried in West Harwich Cemetery.

John Rogers Sisson was a station agent in the N.Y., N.H., and H. railroad depot in Mattapoisett, MA.

John married (MRIN:3117) Phebe Winslow CHASE-13656, daughter of James W. CHASE-29224 and Rose B. KELLEY-29225 (MRIN:10835), on 25 Jul 1883 in Harwich, Barnstable Co., Massachusetts. Phebe was born on 6 Oct 1857 in West Harwich, MA.

They had the following children.

  6707 F i
unnamed SISSON-29226 was born on 3 Jun 1886. She died on 3 Jun 1886.
  6708 F ii
Rose Leighton SISSON-29227 was born on 20 Oct 1888. She died on 6 May 1928 in Saranac Lake, NY. She was buried in Harwich, MA.

Rose was a teacher.
       
Rose married (MRIN:10836) Walter E. FORSYTHE-29228, son of Ashley FORSYTHE-29229 and Kezia OLIVER-29230 (MRIN:10837), on 22 Apr 1911 in Worcester, Massachusetts. Walter was born about 1882 in Nova Scotia, Canada.
  6709 M iii
Rogers B. SISSON-11792 was born on 5 Nov 1890.
       
Rogers married (MRIN:4178) Gladys May SISSON-9251, daughter of Charles Edgar SISSON-4289 and Carrie BURTON-4290 (MRIN:2138), in 1912 in Mattapoisett, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts. Gladys was born on 9 Aug 1881 in Westport, Bristol Co., Massachusetts. She died on 30 Apr 1929 in New Bedford, Bristol Co., Massachusetts.
  6710 F iv
unnamed SISSON-29231 was born on 6 Apr 1892.
  6711 M v
Winslow Chase SISSON-29232 was born in 1893.
        Winslow married (MRIN:10838) Living-29233 on 17 Oct 1928 in Sudbury, MA.
  6712 F vi
unnamed SISSON-29235 was born on 28 Jan 1895.

4382. Benjamin B SISSON-6743 (Harvey Handy , Peleg , Philip , Richard , Richard , James , Richard ) was born on 6 Jul 1858 in Harwich, Barnstable Co., Massachusetts. He died on 7 Oct 1922. He was buried in Center Cemetery, Wareham, MA.

Benjamin B. Sisson was a harness and carriage dealer in Wareham, MA. His gravestone is marked "1859-1922".

Benjamin married (MRIN:10852) Hannah Sears HOWES-29264, daughter of Nehemiah D. HOWES-29265 and Mary-29266 (MRIN:10853), on 8 Apr 1883. Hannah was born on 12 Sep 1859 in Dennisport, MA. She died on 11 Sep 1928.

They had the following children.

  6713 F i
Maud SISSON-29267 was born in 1883.
       
Maud married (MRIN:10854) George L. HATHAWAY-29268.
+ 6714 M ii Benjamin Burleigh SISSON-29269 was born on 8 Aug 1885. He died on 15 Mar 1928.
  6715 F iii
Adella H. SISSON-29274 was born on 17 Jun 1887.
       
Adella married (MRIN:10857) Frederick K. ENGLISH-29275, son of John ENGLISH-29276 and Jane KENT-29277 (MRIN:10858), on 9 Jul 1919 in Wareham, MA. Frederick was born in 1883 in Wareham, MA.
  6716 F iv
Doris E. SISSON-29278 was born in Feb 1889.
       
Doris married (MRIN:10859) Emil W. K. MEIER-29279, son of Emil K. MEIER-29280 and Wilhelmina PAHLKE-29281 (MRIN:10860), on 25 Sep 1926 in Wareham, MA. Emil was born about 1890 in Wareham, MA.

4383. Harvey Handy SISSON Jr;.-6744 (Harvey Handy , Peleg , Philip , Richard , Richard , James , Richard ) was born on 3 Mar 1861 in Harwich, Barnstable Co., Massachusetts. He died on 16 Dec 1926 in Harwich, Barnstable Co., Massachusetts.

Harvey Handy Sisson, Jr. was a railroad employee and then a farmer in West Harwich.

Harvey married (MRIN:10841) Mary A. NICHOLSON-29238, daughter of Malcolm NICHOLSON-29239 and Sarah S. MCINNES-29240 (MRIN:10842), on 16 Nov 1893 in Harwich, Barnstable Co., Massachusetts. Mary was born about 1869 in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.

They had the following children.

+ 6717 F i Ethel Newton SISSON-29241 was born on 5 Apr 1896.
  6718 F ii
Josie May SISSON-29245 was born on 27 May 1898.
       
Josie married (MRIN:10845) Earl N. NICKERSON-29246, son of Daniel H. NICKERSON-29247 and Dora H. LONG-29248 (MRIN:10846), on 28 Sep 1916 in Harwich, Barnstable Co., Massachusetts. Earl was born about 1893 in Dennisport, MA.
  6719 F iii
Lucille Rachael SISSON-29249 was born on 12 Dec 1899.
       
Lucille married (MRIN:10847) Roy THORTON-29250, son of Charles THORTON-29251 and Lottie STREETER-29252 (MRIN:10848), on 30 May 1917 in Harwich, Barnstable Co., Massachusetts. Roy was born about 1895 in North Attleboro, MA.
  6720 F iv
Ruth Reed SISSON-29253 was born on 21 Jun 1907.
       
Ruth married (MRIN:10849) Edgar Monroe WILBUR-29254, son of Charles E. WILBUR-29255 and Jennie L. NICKERSON-29256 (MRIN:10850), on 26 Apr 1923 in Harwich, Barnstable Co., Massachusetts. Edgar was born about 1898 in Harwich, Barnstable Co., Massachusetts.

4385. George Thatcher SISSON-6741 (Harvey Handy , Peleg , Philip , Richard , Richard , James , Richard ) was born on 15 Mar 1868 in Harwich, Barnstable Co., Massachusetts.

George Thatcher Sisson was a milkman.

George married (MRIN:3116) Daisy B. NICKERSON-29257, daughter of John K. NICKERSON-29258 and Laurana PHILIPS-29259 (MRIN:10851), on 27 Nov 1895 in Harwich, Barnstable Co., Massachusetts. Daisy was born in 1873 in Harwich, Barnstable Co., Massachusetts. She died on 18 Nov 1940 in Harwichport, MA.

They had the following children.

  6721 M i
Norman Adams SISSON-8152 was born on 3 Jul 1896.
  6722 M ii
Holman Shannon SISSON-29260 was born on 21 Apr 1898. He died on 14 Oct 1901.
  6723 F iii
Madonna Thatcher SISSON-29261 was born on 2 Nov 1899. She died on 15 Nov 1900.
  6724 M iv
Randolph Hearst SISSON-8153 was born on 7 Oct 1904. He died on 16 Feb 1992.
  6725 M v
George Warren SISSON-29262 was born on 20 Apr 1907.
  6726 M vi
David Roswell SISSON-29263 was born on 19 Jun 1908.

4391. Charles P. SISSON-26063 (Robert , Robert Hemptonstall , Philip , Richard , Richard , James , Richard ) was born on 13 Feb 1843 in Lynn, Massachusetts.

Shoemaker. John L. Martin's Sisson Family, v 4, p 34.

Charles married (MRIN:9609) Sarah M. WOODBURY-26064 about 1866.

They had the following children.

  6727 F i
Ann Augusta SISSON-26065 was born on 5 Apr 1868 in Lynn, Massachusetts.
       
Ann married (MRIN:9610) Charles E. MOULTON-26070.
+ 6728 M ii Milton F. SISSON-26066 was born in 1872.
  6729 M iii
Charles H. SISSON-26067 was born in 1879 in Beverly, Massachusetts.
       
Charles married (MRIN:9612) Barbara STEPHENS-26072.
  6730 M iv
Chester A. SISSON-26068 was born in 1881 in Beverly, Massachusetts.
       
Chester married (MRIN:9613) Jennie M. NICHOLSON-26073.
  6731 F v
Estelle F. SISSON-26069 was born in 1888 in Beverly, Massachusetts.
       
Estelle married (MRIN:9614) William H. BURGER-26074.

4393. Robert Sylvester SISSON [scrapbook]-22819 (Robert , Robert Hemptonstall , Philip , Richard , Richard , James , Richard ) was born on 4 Jun 1846 in Lynn, Massachusetts. He died on 7 Oct 1921 in Lynn, Essex Co., Massachusetts.

John L. Martin's Sisson Family, v 4, p 36; David Martin's Town Records, p 213, 223.

Robert Sylvester Sisson was the first Penny Postman in Lynn, Massachusetts, and was in city and state government. He also owned Robert Sisson & Son Insurance Agency in Lynn, Massachusetts.

Robert married (MRIN:8643) Abbie Eliza THAYER-26075, daughter of William D. THAYER-26076 and Nancy L. DODGE-26077 (MRIN:9615), about 1873 in Lynn, Essex Co., Massachusetts. Abbie was born on 24 Sep 1849 in Weymouth, MA. She died on 5 Jun 1935 in Lynn, Essex Co., Massachusetts.

They had the following children.

+ 6732 M i Walter Sylvester SISSON-26078 was born on 28 Dec 1874. He died on 9 Feb 1951.
  6733 M ii
Arthur Eugene SISSON-26079 was born on 7 Sep 1876 in Lynn, Massachusetts. He died on 24 Sep 1877 in Lynn, Essex Co., Massachusetts.
  6734 M iii
Bertrand Grant SISSON-26080 was born on 5 Dec 1878 in Lynn, Massachusetts. He died on 29 Jan 1887 in Lynn, Essex Co., Massachusetts.

Some references give Bertrand's first name as Bertram, but his grave marker states "Bertrand".
+ 6735 M iv Robert Thayer SISSON Sr.-26081 was born on 21 Feb 1881. He died in Dec 1974.
+ 6736 M v Rev. Howard Robert SISSON-22818 was born on 1 Sep 1883. He died on 16 May 1946.
+ 6737 F vi Maude Franklin SISSON-26082 was born on 26 Aug 1886. She died on 30 Nov 1971.

4399. Hannah Maria SISSON-12329 (William Bates , Robert Hemptonstall , Philip , Richard , Richard , James , Richard ) was born on 22 Apr 1833. She died on 6 Apr 1895 in Hingham, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts.

Hannah married (MRIN:5226) Joseph LUNT-12983. Joseph was born about 1830.

They had the following children.

  6738 F i
Annie Haven LUNT-13125 was born about 1855.

Hannah also married ( 2:MRIN:5227) Charles B LEWIS-12937. Charles was born about 1830.

They had the following children.

  6739 M ii
William Wallace LEWIS-13304 was born about 1855.

A NATIONAL REGISTER OF THE SOCIETY SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION PRINCIPAL EVENTS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION.

WILLIAM WALLACE LUNT (name changed from Lewis), Hingham, Mass. (11319). Son of Charles Benjamin and Hannah Maria (Sisson) Lewis; grandson of William Bates and Mary Farnsworth (Curtis) Sisson; great-grandson of Robert and Molly (Calef) Sisson; great2-grandson of Daniel Calef, private, Craft's Artillery Regt; great-grandson of James and Prudence (Bird) Curtis; great2-grandson of Calvin Curtis, Captain Mass. Militia; great2-grandson of Joseph and Ruth (Leathers) Bird; great2-grandson of Joseph Bird, Corporal Mass. Militia.

4416. Matilda SISSON-11620 (Thomas , Philip , Philip , Thomas , Richard , James , Richard ) was born on 27 Nov 1810 in Rhode Island. She died on 18 Jan 1867.

Matilda Sisson was "probably" born in Rhode Island.

Matilda married (MRIN:5028) William TILTON-22616, son of Joseph TILTON-25296 and Abigail BROOKS-25297 (MRIN:8521), on 12 Sep 1829. William was born on 31 Jul 1803 in New York State. He died on 24 Jul 1889.

William Tilton arrived in Tecumseh, Michigan in 1825.

They had the following children.

  6740 M i
Albert TILTON-25298 was born on 8 Dec 1830. He died on 18 Jan 1870.
       
Albert married (MRIN:9402) Harriet MANLEY-25299. Harriet died.
  6741 F ii
Harriet TILTON-25300 was born on 6 Oct 1832. She died on 12 Apr 1891.

Jim Waldron of Livermore, CA, is a descendant of Harriet. He furnish the information for the Autumn 1999 v. 13, no 4, Sisson Newsletter update for this family.
       
Harriet married (MRIN:9403) James COLVIN-25301.
  6742 F iii
Abigail TILTON-25302 was born on 13 May 1840. She died on 21 Nov 1918.
       
Abigail married (MRIN:9404) Alonzo BEAN-25303.
+ 6743 M iv George W. TILTON-25304 was born on 17 May 1842. He died on 8 Jan 1901.

4417. Ellery SISSON-11621 (Thomas , Philip , Philip , Thomas , Richard , James , Richard ) was born about 1813 in New York State. He died on 7 Jan 1893 in Jackson, Jackson Co., Michigan.

Ellery Sisson was probably born in New York State. He was a farmer. He resided in Tecumseh and Raisin, Michigan, for over 70 years. He died in 1893 age 90 [sic], at the home of his daughter, Mrs. George Shuart, in Jackson, Michigan. He is listed in the Raisin Twp, Lenawee County, Michigan 1840 census, p 138, with free white males, one under 5, two 20-30, females, one 20-30. Sources: "Michigan Historical Collections," v 22 p 137; death certificate. The Sisson Newsletter for Autumn 1999 (v 13, no 4) says that "Son Elery drove a team of oxen which brought the ironworks for the Globe Mill from Cleveland, OH, to Tecumseh in the 1830s."

Ellery and Mary were divorced June 3, 1879 (ledger book at Lenawee County Clerk's office in Tecumseh, MI). In the 1880 census, Ellery listed himself as divorced; but Mary listed herself as married. She was living with her son Thomas and his wife Jemima in Moscow Township, Hillsdale, County, MI.

Tecumseh News, January 12, 1893: "For three years he [Ellery] was a member of John C. Fremont's command command in his adventurous trip over the Rockies to California and took an active part in Fremont's campaign."

(Thanks to Peggy Hanton for much information on this line!)

1850 US census, Tecumseh township, Lenawee Co., Michigan
household 876/876
Ellory Sisson, age 44, laborer, born NY
Mary Sisson, age 32, born NY
Charles Sisson, age 10, born Michigan
George Sisson, age 9, born Michigan
Susan Sisson, age 9, born Michigan
John Sisson, age 7, born Michigan
Almira Sisson, age 1, born Michigan

1860 US census, Raisin township, Lenawee Co., Michigan
household 509/514
Elery Sisson, age 49, farmer, born NY
Mary Sisson, age 42, born NY
George Sisson, age 20, born Michigan
Susan Sisson, age 17, born Michigan
John Sisson, age 16, born Michigan
Jane Sisson, age 11, born Michigan
Nelson Sisson, age 9, born Michigan
Warren Sisson, age 7, born Michigan
Thomas Sisson, age 5, born Michigan

Ellery married (MRIN:5029) Mary BRYAN-22635, daughter of Gideon BRYAN-22689 and Melinda WARNER-22688 (MRIN:8535), about 1839. The marriage ended in divorce. Mary was born in 1817 in New York. She died before 1886.

Mary Bryan and her parents "left Connecticut in 1816, but did not arrive in Michigan until 1830." In son John's death certificate, her name is given as USHAM.

Mary's grandson Melvin reported to cousins that Mary died before her son Warren Sisson's marriage in 1886. He said that she was buried somewhere between Quincy, Branch County, and Tecumseh, Lenawee County, Michigan.

They had the following children.

+ 6744 M i Charles H. "Charlie" SISSON-23134 was born about 1839. He died on 3 Mar 1908.
+ 6745 M ii George E. SISSON-23128 was born about 1841. He died in 1928.
+ 6746 F iii Susan SISSON-22613 was born about 1842. She died about 1910.
+ 6747 M iv John William SISSON-23130 was born about 1845. He died on 14 Sep 1877.
  6748 F v
Almira Jane "Jenny" SISSON-22637 was born about 1849. She died in 1911.

Jenny lived in Jackson, Michigan.
+ 6749 M vi Nelson "Net" SISSON-22639 was born about 1851. He died after 1926.
+ 6750 M vii Warren John SISSON-32657 was born on 9 Jun 1853. He died on 4 Apr 1933.
+ 6751 M viii Thomas G. SISSON-22641 was born on 29 Jul 1855. He died on 28 May 1910.

4420. George W SISSON-6746 (Thomas , Philip , Philip , Thomas , Richard , James , Richard ) was born on 11 Sep 1819 in Aurora, Cayuga Co., New York. He died on 15 Mar 1894 in Raisin, Lenawee Co., Michigan.

George W. Sisson was a farmer. One of his daughters with Frances A. Taylor married Albert Waring; another married Mr. Dougherty. Sources: "Michigan Historical Collection," v. 26; "Cleveland Genealogy," by Cleveland, p 1189; Raisin Twp, Lenawee County, Michigan, 1850 census, p 487; family data from Mary Marsh (Kaercher) Smith. Marriage source: Sue & Bobby Bates gives the marriage date as 27 Nov 1861. The Sisson Newsletter for Autumn 1999 (v 13, no 4) says that "Son George W. inherited a farm in Tecumseh."

George married (MRIN:3118) Frances A. TAYLOR-8154 in 1848 in Lenawee Co., Michigan. Frances was born about 1830. She died on 29 Aug 1859.

Frances A. Taylor waws born on a farm adjoining George W. Sisson's.

They had the following children.

+ 6752 M i Charles H. SISSON-8155 was born on 20 Sep 1849.
  6753 F ii
Cornelia SISSON-8156 was born on 4 Dec 1853 in Raisin, Lenawee Co., Michigan.
  6754 F iii
Harriet E. SISSON-8157 was born on 3 Jan 1856 in Raisin, Lenawee Co., Michigan.

Harriet E. (Eve?) Sisson.
  6755 F iv
Julia A. SISSON-8158 was born on 23 Apr 1858 in Raisin, Lenawee Co., Michigan.
  6756 F v
Eva H. SISSON-23509 was born in 1858. She died after 1880.

George also married ( 2:MRIN:3119) Sophia CLEVELAND-8159, daughter of John CLEVELAND-12542, on 27 Nov 1862. Sophia was born on 2 Apr 1836 in Tecumseh, Michigan. She died on 23 Jun 1905 in Tecumseh, Michigan.

They had the following children.

  6757 F vi
Frances A. SISSON-8160 was born on 2 Apr 1864 in Michigan.
+ 6758 M vii Edward J. SISSON-8161 was born on 4 Jul 1865. He died on 24 Nov 1916.
  6759 F viii
Florine SISSON-8162 was born on 4 Jan 1867 in Michigan. She died on 21 Dec 1872.
+ 6760 F ix Mabel E. SISSON-8163 was born on 8 Jun 1873. She died on 23 Feb 1956.
  6761 F x
May E. SISSON-8169 was born on 8 Jun 1873 in Raisin, Lenawee Co., Michigan. She died in 1946 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan.

Harry and May E. (Sisson) Stevens had no children.
       
May married (MRIN:3668) Harry STEVENS-23510.

4421. Susan SISSON-11626 (Thomas , Philip , Philip , Thomas , Richard , James , Richard ) was born in 1820 in Otsego Co., New York.

Susan Sisson's brother, name unknown, was a minister who had a farm on Sisson Road, four miles northeast of Blissfield, Lenawee County, Michigan. Susan's oldest children Andrew and Adonis Bailey lived with this brother after Susan's husband's death. Source: Karl Bailey, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.

The Sisson Newsletter for Autumn 1999 (v 13, no 4) says that "Daughter Susan and her husband lived across the road from her sister Matilda."

Susan married (MRIN:5032) Alpheus STEARNS-22622 in 1840/1842 in Blissfield, Lenewee Co., Michigan. Alpheus was born about 1820.

They had the following children.

  6762 F i
Julia STEARNS-25306.
        Julia married (MRIN:9406) Living-25307.
  6763 F ii
Hannah STEARNS-25308.
        Hannah married (MRIN:9407) Living-25309.

Susan also married ( 2:MRIN:5033) Sidney BAILEY-11627 in Blissfield, Lenawee Co., Michigan. Sidney was born on 10 May 1807 in Fort Ann, Washington Co., New York. He died on 19 Jun 1852 in Redding, Hillsdale Co., Michigan.

They had the following children.

  6764 M iii
Andrew BAILEY-11628 was born in 1844 in Fort Ann, Washington Co., New York. He died in 1906.

When their father died, Andrew and Adonis Bailey went to live with their mother's brother, name unknown, a minister who had a farm on Sisson Road, four miles northeast of Blissfield, Lenawee County, Michigan. Andrew and Adonis both served in the Civil War.
  6765 M iv
Adonis BAILEY-11629 was born in 1846 in Fort Ann, Washington Co., New York. He died on 22 Jan 1865 in Civil War.
  6766 F v
Romenia BAILEY-11630 was born in 1848.
  6767 F vi
Catherine BAILEY-11631 was born in 1851.

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