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Rhode Island, has descended from father
to son to the present time.
George Sisson married Sarah Lawton,
daughter of Thomas Lawton. She died
July 5, 1718. Children: i. Elizabeth,
born August 18, 1669, died in 1752 ; married
Jeremiah Clark. 2. Mary, born October
18, 1670, died in 1718. 3. Ann, born
December 17, 1672 ; married Philip
Weeden. 4. Hope, born December 24,
1674; married William Sanford. 5.
Richard, born September 10, 1676, died in
1752; married Ann Card. 6. Ruth, born
May 5, 1680, married Richard Tew. 7.
George, born March 23, 1683 ; married
(first) Mercy; (second) Lydia Cole. 8.
Abigail, born March 23, 1685, died August
30, 1723 ; married William Tew. 9.
Thomas, of whom further. 10. John, born
June 26, 1688, died in 1784; married
Rebecca . 11. James, born July 26,
1690, married Deborah Cook.
(III) Thomas Sisson, son of George
and Sarah (Lawton) Sisson, was born
September 10, 1686, and died in 1775.
Under his father's will he inherited prop-
erty in Newport, and there spent the
greater part of his life. His wife, Jane,
died in 1758. Children: i. Giles, 2. Wil-
liam, of whom further. 3. Thomas. 4.
Peleg. 5. Rebecca.
(IV) William Sisson, son of Thomas
and Jane Sisson, was a prosperous farmer
and well known resident of Stonington,
Connecticut, where he married and where
his children were born, as follows: I.
Oliver, born March 30, 1738. 2. Nathan,
born April 14, 1740. 3. Hannah, born
June 17, 1742. 4. William, of whom
further. 5. Benajah, born September 17,
1746. 6. James, born August 15, 1748. 7.
Abigail, born October 24, 1750. 8. Jonathan,
born May 2, 1753. 9. Hannah, bom
June 17, 1755. 10. Thomas, born April 4,
1758, died October 2, 1841.
(V) William (2) Sisson, son of Wil-
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liam (i) Sisson, was born July 12, 1744,
and died October 15, 1798. He was a
leading merchant at Stonington, and
prominent in military aflFairs. William
Sisson married, April 10, 1766, Mary or
Marcy Noyes, daughter of John and Mary
or Marcy (Breed) Noyes, descendant of
James Noyes, who came to England in
1634 in the "Mary and John." Children:
I. Gilbert, of whom further. 2. Marcy,
born April 15, 1771. 3. Lucy, born Janu-
ary 28, 1773. 4. Abigail, born July il,
1775. 5. Huldah, born February 28, 1778.
6. Nancy, born July 9, 1780. 7. William,
born April 29, 1784. 8. Polly, born May
20,1787. 9. Hannah, born August 25, 1792.
(VI) Major Gilbert Sisson, son of William
(2) and Mary (Noyes) Sisson, was
born at Stonington, March 13, 1769, and
died September 11, 1840. He was a not-
able figure for decades in the public life
of the town and a leader in its military
activity. Major Gilbert Sisson married,
March 22, 1791, Desire Maine, daughter
of Amos and Abigail (Brown) Maine, of
Stonington, and a descendant of Ezekiel
Maine, founder of the family of America,
and one of the early residents of Stonington.
She was born March 31, 1772, and
died November 17, 1842. Children : i.
Polly, born November 17, 1791, died
August 17, 1794. 2. Esther, born December
8, 1793, died February 18, 1875; mar-
ried William Lewis. 3. Betsey, born September
19, 1796; married Clark D.
Thompson. 4. Noyes, born September 21,
1798, died August 7, 1872; married (first)
Eliza Browning, (second) Rachel Avery.
5. Gilbert, born September i, 1800, died
July 27, 1876; married Elizabeth Lewis.
6. William, bom September 6, 1802, died
April 6, 1875 ; married Abbie Browning.
7. Lucy A., died November 26, 1890 ; mar-
ried Henry Bliven. 8. Charles Grandison,
of whom further. 9. Emily, born June 7,
1809, died February 19, 1855 ; married