2442. Harvey Handy SISSON (Peleg , Philip , Richard , Richard , James , Richard ) was born 1 Mar 1815 in Westport, Massachusetts. He died 27 Jun 1896 in Harwich, Barnstable Co., Massachusetts and was buried in Center Cemetery, Harwich, Barnstable Co., MA.

Harvey Handy Sisson ran the first stage line from Yarmouth to Chatham, MA.

Harvey married Mary A ROGERS, daughter of Josiah ROGERS and Tamson DOAN, on 13 Jan 1853 in Harwich, Barnstable Co., Massachusetts. Mary was born 4 Oct 1828 in Harwich, Barnstable Co., Massachusetts. She died 6 Mar 1904 in Harwich, Barnstable Co., Massachusetts and was buried in Center Cemetery, Harwich, Barnstable Co., MA.

2444. Rudolphus W. SISSON (Peleg , Philip , Richard , Richard , James , Richard ) was born about 1812.

Rudolphus was an innkeeper in that part of Fall River which was in Tiverton, RI, now called the "Narrows." In the 1850 census, his family is living in Lynn, MA.

Rudolphus married Elizabeth Ann CROSBY on 27 Jan 1832 in Fall River, Bristol Co., Massachusetts.

2446. Mary SISSON (Robert Hemptonstall , Philip , Richard , Richard , James , Richard ) was born 18 Sep 1805 in Charlestown, Massachusetts and was christened 12 Oct 1806.

Mary married John B. MC ALVIN. John was born about 1802.

2447. Robert SISSON [scrapbook] (Robert Hemptonstall , Philip , Richard , Richard , James , Richard ) was born 11 Mar 1808 in Charlestown, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts and was christened 5 Apr 1808. He died 28 Jun 1873 in Lynn, Essex Co., Massachusetts and was buried in Pine Grove Cemetery, Lynn, MA.

Robert married (1) Nancy SPINNEY on 31 Jul 1831 in Lynn, Essex Co., Massachusetts. Nancy was born 6 Jul 1812 in Lynn, Essex Co., Massachusetts. She died 18 Feb 1843.

Robert also married (2) Eliza Ann BROWN, daughter of John BROWN and Mary RHODES, on 11 Jun 1843 in Lynn, Essex Co., Massachusetts. Eliza was born 22 Sep 1822 in Lynn, Essex Co., Massachusetts. She died 7 Dec 1877 in Lynn, Essex Co., Massachusetts and was buried in Pine Grove Cemetery, Lynn, MA.

2449. William Bates SISSON (Robert Hemptonstall , Philip , Richard , Richard , James , Richard ) was born 3 Aug 1811 in Charlestown, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts. He died 11 Jun 1882 in Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts.

William married Mary Farnsworth CURTIS, daughter of James CURTIS and Prudence BIRD, on 2 Feb 1831. Mary was born 2 Oct 1813. She died 3 Mar 1884.

2450. Francis SISSON (Robert Hemptonstall , Philip , Richard , Richard , James , Richard ) was born 30 Mar 1813 in Charlestown, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts.

Francis married Caroline Matilda SYLVESTER about 1837.

2451. Sarah Burroughs SISSON (Robert Hemptonstall , Philip , Richard , Richard , James , Richard ) was born 13 Dec 1816. She died 5 Jul 1873 in Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts.

Sarah married John HIGGINS Jr. on 26 Sep 1838. John was born 23 Jun 1815 in Boston, Massachusetts. He died 13 Jul 1868 in Lexington, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.

2452. George Henry SISSON (Robert Hemptonstall , Philip , Richard , Richard , James , Richard ) was born 12 Feb 1818 in Charlestown, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts.

George Henry Sisson married first Nancy Stone and second Nancy Brown. George had five children, but who their mother was is not known. See The Sisson Newsletter, v 5 #4 p 10.

George married (1) Nancy BROWN. Nancy was born about 1818.

George also married (2) Nancy STONE. Nancy was born about 1822.

2453. Elizabeth SISSON (Philip , Philip , Thomas , Richard , James , Richard ) was born 19 Jun 1786.

Lemuel and Elizabeth (Sisson) Brightman lived in Tiverton, Little Compton, and Westport, Rhode Island. Elizabeth married second, after 1820, a Mr. Howland, and moved to Ithaca, New York, where she later cared for her mother Susannah Bowen Sisson. Elizabeth lived in Ithaca, Tompkins County, New York, at the time that her father Philip Sisson, Jr's, estate was being administered in 1833 and 1834. Elizabeth died a widow.

Elizabeth married (1) Lemuel BRIGHTMAN, son of Israel BRIGHTMAN and Bethany PALMER, on 19 Nov 1809 in Little Compton, Newport Co., Rhode Island. Lemuel was born about 1780.

Elizabeth also married (2) Jabez HOWLAND about 1817/1833 in Ithaca, Tomkins Co., New York. Jabez was born about 1784. He died before 1833.

Marriage noted in "Report of Cases Argued and Determined in the Circuit Court of the United States," Fall Circuit, Rhode Island, November Term, 1832, at Providence, p. 235-236: In case "Philip Sisson and others v. Cornelius Seabury".

2455. Thomas SISSON (Philip , Philip , Thomas , Richard , James , Richard ) was born 15 Dec 1788 in Tiverton, Newport Co., Rhode Island. He died 1 Dec 1850 in Tecumseh, Lenawee Co., Michigan.

Thomas Sisson was a farmer. He and his wife Hannah Brown moved to Tecumseh, Michigan, apparently from Aurora, New York, where their son George W. Sisson was born, according to The Sisson Newsletter, v 5 #4 p 11. See also the Raisin Twp. Lenawee County, Michigan, 1850 census. According to the Sisson Newsletter, v 6 #1 p 15, "Thomas and Hannah had at least six children, the first born in Rhode Island, and five born in Michigan." Immediately following George W. Sisson's birth is noted for 11 Sep 1819, in Aurora, Cayuga County, New York. The 1840 census shows: 2 m 5-10, 1 m 10-125, and 1 m 50-60; 2 f 5-10, 1 f 15-20, and 1 f 40-50. See also Raisin Twp, Lenawee County, Michigan, 1840 census, p 142, and 1850 census, p 487. Thomas lived in Tecumseh, Lenawee County, Michigan, at the time that his father Philip Sisson, Jr's, estate was being administered in 1833 and 1834. The Sisson Newsletter v 12 #4 p 11 lists all fourteen children mentioned in Thomas' will (dated 10 Nov 1849, son George and son-in-law William Tilton, executors) and gives Sources: RI VRs Arnold 4:106; Birth record book 1:149, 4:143, Town Hall records of Tiverton, RI; Thomas' will dated 10 Nov 1849;Tecumseh VR compiled by Clara Waldron; Raisin Twp, Lenawee County, Michigan, 1840 census page 142 and 1850 census page 487; Monona County, Iowa 1870 census for Thomas, Jr., (which states that both his parents were born in Michigan); family data from Mary (Kaercher) Smith, Cleveland, Ohio; family data from Laurel (Damon) Steffes, Orefield, PA.

This update to Thomas' story comes from The Sisson Newsletter, v 13, no 4: Thomas went to Tecumseh, Michigan, from Ithaca, Tompkins County, New York in 1827. He purchased 80 acres, then 160 acres "adjoining the river there." Thomas served in various civic positions in 1828 and following years.

Thomas married Hannah BROWN. Hannah was born about 1793 in Rhode Island. She died 13 Jun 1861 in Tecumseh, Lenawee Co., Michigan.

Hannah Brown was probably born in Tiverton or Little Compton, Rhode Island.

2456. Holder SISSON [scrapbook] (Philip , Philip , Thomas , Richard , James , Richard ) was born 27 Sep 1790 in Tiverton, Newport Co., Rhode Island. He died 26 Apr 1878 in Lockport, Will Co., Illinois and was buried 29 Apr 1878 in Old Pioneer Cemetery, Lockport, Will Co., Illinois.

Holder's descendants Gary Ward and Nancy Bruce Crilly were involved in a project to move the family graves from old farmland in 1998. They were assisted by Illinois archeologist Dawn Cobb. The photo in the "scrapbook" shows the new grave for Holder Sisson in the Lockport City Cemetery.

Holder Sisson was a farmer and a soldier in the War of 1812, near Evansville, Indiana, drafted January 14, 1814. According to a biographical article from "The Silent Evangel" (no publishing information available) regarding Millford Hall Lyon, a grandson of Holder, "Holder Sisson fought with General Scott at Lundy's Lane in the war of 1812, and was afterwards captain of a company during the during the Black Hawk war, and commanded a company at Fort Dearborn, where Chicago now stands." He was granted a claim (#14334) of $55 in Will County, Illinois, as a soldier of 1812 to replace personal property worn out, lost, or destroyed. He and his first wife Mary "Polly" Anderson moved to Monticello, New York. Holder and Polly had two children born in New York, one who died an infant, the other Allen Shepard Sisson. It has been reported that Holder had a younger brother Allen Shepherd born in 1812, but this was actually his son Allen who was raised by Samuel and Jerusha Anderson, Polly's parents. Polly died in 1817 "in the third year of their marriage." Holder married his second wife, Clarissa Bronson, in Vigo County, Indiana. (Other records put the wedding in Lockport, Illinois.) They moved to Will County, Illinois, in October 1831. He was a captain in the Black Hawk War and the first commissioner of Cook County and Will County. Holder lived in Cook County, Illinois, at the time that his father Philip Sisson Jr's estate was being administered in 1833 and 1834. In 1835 and following, school classes were held in a little room built by Holder as an addition to the house. Later a separate school was built. Sources: Bureau of War Records Index, Division of Military and Naval Affairs, Albany, NY; Affadavit signed by Holder Sisson, April 13, 1871, Pension File, National Archives; "Genealogical and Biographical Record of Will County, Illinois," 1900, Bronson, p 311; family records of Dr. H.L. Sisson; Vigo County Marriages, 1818-1850; RI VRs, Arnold, 4:106; Dartmouth, Mass., VRs; "History of Will County, Illinois," 1878 pp 253-4, 416, 428; family records of Dr. H.L. Sisson; Holder Sisson's obituary, "Lockport Standard," May 1, 1878; "The Hoosier Genealogist," 1963, v 3, no 2, pp 2-5. See "Holder Sisson (Capt), Obituary, RI-IL," Illinois State Genealogical Society Quarterly, v 27, no 3 (Fall 1995).

Holder married (1) Mary Polly ANDERSON "Polly", daughter of Samuel ANDERSON and Jerusah LYONS, on 16 Jul 1815 in Scipio, Cayuga Co., New York. Polly was born about 1795. She died 1817 in Monticello, Sullivan Co., New York.

Holder also married (2) Clarissa BRONSON, daughter of Thomas BRONSON and Anne RUMSEY, on 28 Feb 1821 in Vigo Co., Indiana. Clarissa was born Sep 1793 in Roxbury, Litchfield Co., Connecticut. She died 6 Aug 1858 in Lockport, Will Co., Illinois and was buried in Lockport, Will, Illinois, Old Pioneer Cem.

Shirley Egan sent the following information to David and Joan Sisson who published it in Vol. 8, No. 4, page 10, of The Sisson Newsletter: Clarissa Brownson/Bronson was born in Roxbury, Connecticut, and moved with her parents to Barrington, Yates County (then Ontario County), New York, about 1807. Cyrus Brownson/Bronson is correctly given as her brother, but Abraham and Rhoda (Warner) Brownson/Bronson, previously thought to be their parents, are not. Thomas Brownson, Clarissa's father, was the uncle of an Abraham Brownson, however. It is likely that Clarissa and her husband Holder Sisson never moved to Monticello, New York. Holder lived near enough to Barrington during the period 1810-1820, and he did serve in the same campaign with Cyrus Brownson, to account for his meeting Clarissa in New York State, even though they were apparently married in Indiana. However, this Indiana marriage may not be fact either. Perhaps they misplaced the proof of their marriage and needed another solemnization in Indiana? See page 311 of the "Genealogical and Biographical Record of Will County, Illinois, 1900," (Chicago: Bio. Pub. Co., n.d.) by Rick Bronson of Spokane, Washington, which covers the biography of Eliel S. Bronson, son of Cyrus (Clarissa's brother) and his second wife. Rick Bronson identifies his grandfather as Thomas Bronson of Roxbury, and reports that his father Cyrus was reared in New York State although born in Roxbury, and that his father's brother-in-law was Holder Sisson. The erroneous information that Clarissa was the daughter of Abraham Bronson is pervasive in the Bronson family genealogies. Shirley Egan hopes that it will not spread to infect the Sisson genealogies.

Warranty Deed for land of Holder Sisson and his wife Clarrissa, 26 May 1856, was signed by Clarrissa.  (Source for spelling of Clarrissa.)

Holder also married (3) Abigail SCUDDER on 16 Jan 1859 in Lockport, Will Co., IL. Abigail was born about 1808 in New Jersey. She died 29 Dec 1897 in Michigan.

Abigail was the widow of George Spicer.

2457. Susan SISSON "Sukey Seibsey" (Philip , Philip , Thomas , Richard , James , Richard ) was born 11 Jun 1792 in Tiverton, Newport Co., Rhode Island. She died before 1880 in Hillsdale Co., Michigan.

Susan "Sukey" (Sisson) and her husband John Tripp lived in Warsaw, Genesee County, New York, at the time that her father Philip Sisson, Jr's, estate was being administered in 1833 and 1834.

Susan is in the 1870 census in Litchfield Twp., Hillsdale Co., MI, in the household of her son Philip.

Susan Sisson Tripp is named as mother-in-law in Daniel Stivers' obituary in July 1916.

Sukey Seibsey married John TRIPP in Warsaw, New York. John was born 24 Mar 1789 in Massachusetts. He died 28 Apr 1867 in Hillsdale Co., Michigan.

John Tripp was "of Warsaw, New York" when he married Susan "Sukey" Sisson. They lived in Warsaw also.