1. Thomas SISSON [scrapbook].

In the 1790 census of Union County, South Carolina, on p. 84, four Sisson men appear living within 12 households of each other. These are:

John Sisson, 1 free white male 16 or over, 1 free white male under 16, 3 free white females
[6 households between]
Joshua Sisson, 1, 1, 3
[2 households between]
William Sisson, 1,1,2, and 2 slaves
David Sisson, 1,2,5

Based on comparison of old wills and deeds, these men have been supposed to be the sons of a Thomas Sisson of Virginia. This identification should be considered a conjecture or working hypothesis.

Thomas Sisson of Brunswick, Virginia, has been reported as the son of a Thomas Sisson Sr. who emigrated to Virginia in 1683 aboard the “Richard and Elizabeth,” captain Nicholas Pryn. (See “Some Early Emigrants to America,” p. 17, by Cregoe D. P. Nicholson.)  Research is ongoing for firmer documentation of this link. There is a will for a Thomas Sisson Sr., probated in Surry Co. VA in 1731, that names his children as Elizabeth, Ann, Isabel, Mary, Stephen, Thomas, and William. (Library of Virginia, Richmond: Thomas Sisson, 1731; Deeds, Wills, Etc., 1730-1738, pp. 105-106)

A Thomas Sisson was reported to have been indentured (not necessarily transported) to a William Hunt in Charles City Co., VA, in 1691, and then to a Rice Hughes in the adjoining New Kent Co., VA, in 1693.

Thomas Sisson and Hannah Parker Raines are reported to be the parents of the children listed below. Research is ongoing for firmer documentation of these links.

Thomas married Hannah PARKER, daughter of Richard PARKER and Mary, before 3 Jun 1736 in Brunswick/Surry Co., Virginia.

Hannah PARKER married first John RAINES before 1731. From Brunswick Co., VA, deedbook WB/DB 1,p. 268, 3 June 1736: Thomas Sisson & his wife Hanah of Brunswick Co. to Edward Broadnax of Charles City Co. L25 VA 370 acres (which was part of a 570 acre survey for John Raines dec'd, 200 acres of which at the upper end was devised by John Raines will to William Carrill & the remaining 370 acres devised to the sd Hanah then wife of sd John Raines, as recorded in Surry Co), on the north side of Maherrin River. Wit: Stephen Dewey, J. Scott, W. Battersby. Proved 3 Jun 1736.

Hannah Sisson is named as a daughter in the will of Richard Parker (b. 1669), probated Feb. 19, 1750. (See "The Heritage of Union County, North Carolina 1992")