Individual Details
Barnett "Barney" Sisson
(24 Jan 1713 - 3 Mar 1775)
Events
| Birth | 24 Jan 1713 | Portsmouth, Newport Co., Rhode Island | |||
| Event | 30 Apr 1734 | admitted as a freeman - Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, British America |  | ||
| Marriage | 8 Jan 1738 | Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, British America - Catherine Briggs | | ||
| Event | 7 May 1742 | Rhode Island | | ||
| Event | 1753 | property line - RI | | ||
| Event | May 1758 | militia, Richmond, Kings, Rhode Island, British America | | ||
| Death | 3 Mar 1775 | Westerly, Kings, Rhode Island, British America |
Families
| Spouse | Catherine Briggs (1717 - 1753) |
| Child | Deborah Sisson (1741 - ) |
| Child | Rodman Sisson (1744 - 1810) |
| Child | Sarah Sisson (1751 - ) |
| Father | James Sisson (1690 - 1776) |
| Mother | Deborah Cook (1692 - 1750) |
| Sibling | Joseph Sisson (1714 - 1757) |
| Sibling | George Sisson (1716 - 1775) |
| Sibling | James Sisson (1720 - ) |
| Sibling | Lydia Sisson (1722 - 1775) |
| Sibling | Mary Sisson (1724 - 1809) |
| Sibling | James Sisson (1729 - 1785) |
Notes
Event
Barnet Sisson was admitted as a freeman in Portsmouth, Newport County, RhodeIsland, on April 30, 1734.
Marriage
Portsmouth Marriages, in Arnold, James N. Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636–1850: First series, births, marriages and deaths. A family register for the people. (Narragansett Hist. Publ. Co., 1891), 40.SISSON, Barnet, of Portsmouth, and Katherine Briggs, of Little Compton; m. by William Brown, Justice, Jan. 8, 1737-8.
Event
Barnet's earmark "a fork in the right ear and hold in the left ear" was assigned May 7, 1742. Source: "Early Records of the Town of Portsmouth" page 319.Event
Barnet's property line in 1753 was the dividingline between Westerly and Exeter, RI.
Event
From May 1758 to 1760, he was alieutenant in the Richmond, Kings County, RI, militia under Capt. Larkin.