When John N. Sisson was born in 1828, in Washington, Rhode Island, United States, his father, Lodowick Sisson, was 40 and his mother, Mary Saunders, was 41. He married Amy Frances Ecclestone on 15 September 1868, in Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island, United States in 1880. He died in 1880, at the age of 52, and was buried in Hopkinton Cemetery, Hopkinton, Washington, Rhode Island, United States.
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English:
from the Middle English female personal name Sis(se), Cisse, a pet form of Cecily (see Sisley ) + -son.
variant of Syson, a habitational name from Syston (Leicestershire), from a short form of an Old English personal name such as Sigehǣth or Sigefrith + Old English tūn ‘farmstead, estate’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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