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Philip Sisson, Jr., was a member of the family which released the "Negro
Jack" to fight in the American Revolution (see The Sisson Newsletter, v 8
#1). Philip was a ship builder and dealer in confiscated cargo. He had a
half-brother Alvin Shepard. Philip and his wife Susannah (or Lusannah)
Bowen were married by Judge Thomas Durfee at Freetown (later Troy),
Massachusetts. Philip inherited land from his grandfather Thomas, on the
Massachusetts-Rhode Island state line, seven miles from Fall River. They
drove a cow across the state line to avoid paying a levy on the cow. The
house had six bedrooms on the second floor, with a smokehouse above them.
Downstairs was a keeping room, two parlors, a store room, bedroom,
kitchen, pantry and hall. They had four slaves. In June 1813 the family
moved to New York (probably State), then in 1816 they removed to Terra
Haute, Indiana. Philip died circa 1817 in Indiana. See a map of Philip's
house on the border of Rhode Island and Massachusetts: The Sisson
Newsletter, v 5, no 1, pages 19 and 20. Sources: Alice Hunt's "The
Merrill Family History"; Vital Records of Rhode Island Families, 4:58,
106/7, v.4, pt.7, pp. 106-107; Births recorded in Book 1 p. 149,
Tiverston,RI, VRs; "History of Vigo County, Indiana" pp 186 & 344; "A.P
Sisson Family Lineage," Clarence Sisson, 1994, including rememberance
story tol to granddaughter by Abigail (Sisson) Lyons.
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In tiverton, Newport, RI on 1790 (p373) Federal census.