Individual Details

By his marriage to Catherine Joyner he came into possession of 100 acres of "Scotland". William married secondly Elizabeth Bullock Alvey, the daughter of John and ? Assiter, and the widow of Arthur Alvey, with no children. In 1701 William administered the estate of Arthur Alvey )Acc't 21:382). William acquired an additional 100 acres of "Scotland" which ws resurveyed for him on 12/10/1714 and patented to him on 9/10/1716.

William Cissell, a planter, wrote his will 22 Jun 1742 and was admitted to probate on 28 Nov 1744.(24:2-4) To his son Arthur he left 100 acres of "Scotland", and to his granddaughter Elinor (daughter of Arthur) he left the land between Arthur's plantation and where John Harden now lives. To his son Luke he left the other part of "Scotland", 50 acres he had obtained by "Judgement in Chancery". He left his daughters Margaret Thompson and Ann Edwards the plantations where they were living. To his son Matthew he left the plantation where he was living, which was 50 acres of "White Acres", William had inherited from his father, plus Clare his wife he left a shilling. To his daughter Elizabeth, the wife of Charles Payne, he left the land between William Cissell's and Ann Edward's, deeded from her brother William Cissell's land. To his daughter Clare Barton he left one acre now in possession of William Cissell's son John. To his daughter in law Elizabeth___, now married to Charles Neal, he left access to William Cissell's land. His children were all named as his heirs.

William is mentioned in the will of his father, John Cissell, dated 28 April 1694.
Notes of March 1697/1698 as recorded in the annals of PGC, MD, a William Cecil "by the request of my wife as she lay upon her deathbed " disposed of his children John, age 7, Phillip, age 5, ans Susan, age 2, to Mareen Duval (the Elder) and his wife. May be a diffent William-as it is, there seems to be no real agreement on which children belonged to which wife.
Appears property was received from his half brothers Richard Cecil and Robert Cecil, of 100 acres, since they both had died young if had come to him, ref: Elise Greenup Jordan, Early Families of Southern Maryland, Vol. 1.

This land called Scotland was first granted to Mathias O'Bryan!
Bryan, Matthias Scotland, 100 ac. 1651
Head, Adam & Caecil, Scotland, 455 ac.* 1707
John Caecill, William Scotland, 100 ac. 1716
Cooper, Nathaniel, Jr. Part of Scotland, 151 ac. 1726
(Cert. in name of Nathaniel Cooper
and Thomas Williams)


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Birth	Bef 1669	St. Mary's Co, Md
Marriage	Abt 1684	Smc, Md -
Marriage	Bet 1688 and 1692	Smc, Md -
Marriage	Bet 1688 and 1692	Smc, Md -
Death	Bef 28 Nov 1744	St. Mary's Co, Md
Alt name		William Sessell Cecil
Alt name		William * Cissell
Occupation		a planter
Religion		Catholic
Land		White Acres, 50a
Title (Nobility)		Sr.

Father	John Baptist Cissell (1638 - 1698)
Mother	Mary Calvert (1636 - 1698)
Sibling	Thomas Cissell (1673 - 1724)
Sibling	John Cissell (1663 - 1722)
Sibling	Thomas Cissell (1664 - 1701)
Sibling	Edward Cissell (1674 - 1744)
Sibling	Richard Cissell (1679 - 1722)
Sibling	Robert Cissell (1679 - 1722)
Sibling	James * Cissell (1680 - 1717)