On This Day, January 14th

Some of the historic buildings in Newport, near the coast (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

January 14, 1645- My ninth great granduncle, William Hall, is born to William Hall & Mary Thomas in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island.

January 14, 1666- My eighth great granduncle, Andrew Bacon, is born to Nathaniel Bacon & Ann Miller in Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut.

November 1740, Rhode Island

National Register of Historic Places listings in Newport County, Rhode Island (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

November 30, 1740- Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island. Thomas Sherman marries his third wife, Anne Sisson.  "Shearman, Thomas, (3d. m.), and Ann Sisson; m. by Gideon Cornell, Asst., Nov. 30, 1740."
Anne is the younger sister of his first wife, Sarah Sisson.  Thomas and Anne will name their first child Sarah.

(Anne Sisson is my first cousin 9 times removed. Our common ancestors are George Sisson & Sarah Lawton. Thomas Sherman is her second cousin.
Thomas Sherman is my second cousin 9 times removed. Our common ancestors are Thomas Lawton & Elizabeth Salisbury.)

January 1736, Rhode Island

January 23, 1736- Isaac Shearman is born to Thomas Sherman & Sarah Sisson in Rhode Island.

January 30, 1736- My eighth great grandfather, John Harrington, dies at the age of 73 in Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island.
He was the son of Benjamin Harrington and Elizabeth White. In 1687, he married Lydia Cranston.

(Isaac Sherman is my second cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are George Sisson & Sarah Lawton and Thomas Lawton & Elizabeth Salisbury.)

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1734, Rhode Island

1734- John Shearman is born to Thomas Shearman & Sarah Sisson in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island. Also known as John Sherman, he would die young.

Giles Slocum is admitted as Freeman of Portsmouth.

(John Shearman is my second cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are George Sisson & Sarah Lawton.  
Giles Slocum is second cousin once removed to John Shearman. Giles Slocum is my second cousin 9 times removed. Our common ancestors are Thomas Lawton & Elizabeth Salisbury.)

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January 1733, Rhode Island

January 14, 1733- Thomas Shearman is born to Thomas Shearman & Sarah Sisson in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island.

(Thomas Shearman is my second cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are George Sisson & Sarah Lawton and Thomas Lawton & Elizabeth Salisbury.)

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August 1730, Rhode Island

August 1, 1730- Christopher Sherman is born to Thomas Shearman & Sarah Sisson in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island.

August 4, 1730- My sixth great grandfather, John Randall, is born in Foster, Providence County, Rhode Island. There is an issue with the research here. Most family trees list his parents as Henry & Susanna Randall. This is highly unlikely, as Susanna was born in 1674. This does not seem possible, and throws much of my earlier Randall associations into question. I'm working on it.
One possibility is that he is the child of John Randall & Martha Williams, but I have not found verification.
Connecticut Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) Record for John Randall lists his father as Captain John Randall. 
The American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) lists his birthdate as 1730, in the rolls of Connecticut men who served in the French and Indian War. This would account for his also being referred to as "Captain."


(Christopher Sherman is my second cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are George Sisson & Sarah Lawton.)

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May 1726, Rhode Island

May 31, 1726- Peleg Sisson is born to George Sisson & Elizabeth Shearman in Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island.

(Peleg Sisson is my second cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are George Sisson & Sarah Lawton.)

December 1724, Rhode Island

December 27, 1724- Richard Sisson is born to George Sisson & Elizabeth Shearman in Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island.

(Richard Sisson is my second cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are George Sisson & Sarah Lawton.)

1723 Rhode Island

1723- John Sisson is born to George Sisson & Lydia Cole in Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island.

George Sisson, son of Richard, marries Elizabeth Shearman in Portsmouth.

(John Sisson and George Sisson are my first cousins 9 times removed. They are first cousins. Our common ancestors are George Sisson & Sarah Lawton.)