Posted by Alan Lerwick But there is no evidence that William & Martha had any children (at least that I have found). Where they lived is now in Chesterfield Co, VA. William Sis(e)more/Sizemore (1670) born in London, England is also the same William Sizemore that appears later in Henrico Co, VA and was married to a woman named Margery. They had sons named Ephraim Sizemore (b.abt 1695 Middlesex Co, VA) and Henry (b.abt 1698 Middlesex Co, VA). William Sis(e)more (1670) died in abt 1755 Halifax Co, VA. He appears in the records of Henrico Co, VA as well as Amelia Co, VA; Brunswick Co, VA; Lunenburg Co, VA; and Halifax Co, VA. William's wife Margery also appears in the records of Henrico Co, VA and Halifax Co, VA. She died abt 1757 Halifax Co, VA. Ephraim & Mary had three sons: Unknown where Ephraim (1718) died or if he was married last record found for him is dated 1748 Lunenburg Co, VA William (1720) died aft 1774 Mecklenburg Co, VA he married Winnefred Elizabeth Green d/o Henry Green & Elizabeth Griffin. William & Winnefred Elizabeth had only one child (that I know of) he was their first child: John H Sizemore b.abt 1743 Brunswick Co, VA d.abt 1803 Halifax Co, VA; he married abt 1765 Mecklenburg Co, VA to Mary "Mollie" Gregory. George (1722) died 1790 Stokes Co, NC he married abt 1752 Halifax Co, VA to Elizabeth. George & Elizabeth had 4 children: ------------------------------------------ Henry had three children: Unknown who James Sizemore married; he had three sons: All three sons of James Sizemore appear in the old Tryon Co, NC Court records. George also appears mentioned in Jul 1778 in a record dated 24 Jul 1778 Burke Co, NC Edward Sizemore (1725) died in abt 1780 Wilkes Co, NC he married abt 1747 Lunenburg Co, VA to Elizabeth Rachel Jackson. Edward & Elizabeth Rachel had (at least these) three sons: Ephraim (1748) d.1836 Spartanburg Co, SC (md 1775 Mecklenburg Co, NC to Winnefred Ford) Sarah Sizemore (1728) d.aft 1775 Halifax Co, VA (mdabt 1753 Halifax Co, VA to George Weir)
on 2/27/2006, 12:32 pm, in reply to "sizemore-shepard-greene ealry jewish families"
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Yes, that's true that the earliest Sizemore in Virginia were William & Martha Sismore, they were in Virginia as early as 1620.
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The earliest Sizemore in our family line is William Sis(e)more/Sizemore that was apprenticed in 1685 in London, England to Francis & Elizabeth Weeks of Middlesex Co, VA for 9 years (until 1694). This William Sis(e)more/Sizemore was born in 1670 London, London Co, England to Michael & Martha Sismore. William was baptised on 10 March 1670 in the Church of St. Katherine by the Tower. William was the 4th child of 6 children of Michael Sismore's that appear in the Church records of St. Katherine by the Tower. Michael had an older daughter by his 1st wife Mary named Sarah who was born in 1664. Michael & Martha's children that appear in the church records of St. Katherine by the Tower are: John Sismore b. 1666, Thomas Sismore b. 1668, William Sismore b. 1670, Richard Sismore b. 1672, and Martha Sismore b. 1676.
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And likely Michael & Martha were also the parents of Samuel Sizemore b.abt 1674 that appears in the records of Norfolk County, Virginia living in Norfolk, Norfolk Co, VA. His son Samuel Sizemore b.abt 1696 Norfolk Co, VA died abt 1721 Chowan Co, NC and was married abt 1718 Chowan Co, NC to Elizabeth Hooker.
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William & Margery's sons Ephraim & Henry appear with their father William in a road order of Henrico Co, VA dated Nov 1741.
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Ephraim's wife Mary appears as a widow in the 1741 (Dec) Brunswick Co, VA Tax List.
Ephraim Sizemore b.abt 1718 Henrico Co, VA
William Sizemore b.abt 1720 Henrico Co, VA
George Sizemore b.abt 1722 Henrico Co, VA
Mary Alice b.abt 1753 Halifax Co, VA d.aft 1850 Floyd Co, KY (md abt 1796 Stokes Co, NC to William Sloan/Slone)
William b.abt 1755 Halifax Co, VA d. aft 1819 Stokes Co, NC; he married in 1780 Rowan Co, NC to Catherin Adams
Newman b.abt 1757 Halifax Co, VA (unknown who he married) last known record of Newman Sizemore is 1790 Census Stokes Co, NC
Jane b.abt 1759 Halifax Co, VA she married abt 1779 Surry Co, NC to Samuel West/Vest
Henry Sizemore b.abt 1698 Middlesex Co, VA (unknown who he married) died after 1755 Halifax Co, VA
James Sizemore b.abt 1722 Henrico Co, VA
Edward Sizemore b.abt 1725 Henrico Co, VA
Sarah Sizemore b.abt 1728 Henrico Co, VA
Edward b.abt 1745 Brunswick Co, VA d.1810 Hawkins Co, TN (md abt 1767 Pittsylvania Co, VA to Mahala Jackson)
John b.abt 1747 Lunenburg Co, VA (unknown if he married)
George b.abt 1749 Lunenburg Co, VA d.1822 Clay Co, KY (md abt 1770 Tryon Co, NC to Agnes Shepherd d/o William Shepherd)
Edward appears in Court records dated 1771 & 1774.
John appears in Court records dated (two records) 1772.
George appears in Court records dated 1771 thru Jul 1778.
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Ephraim b.abt 1748 Lunenburg Co, VA
George Edward b.abt 1750 Lunenburg Co, VA
Owen b.abt 1752 Halifax Co, VA
George Edward (1752) d.abt 1820 Ashe Co, NC (md abt 1770 Surry Co, NC to Anna Elizabeth Aruna Hart)
Owen (1752) d.1837 Hawkins Co, TN (md abt 1777 Wilkes Co, NC to Ailcey Brigham)
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they had children:
Edward Weir b.abt 1754 Halifax Co, VA
Fanny Weir b.abt 1756 Halifax Co, VA
--Previous Message--
: Notes for EPHRAIM SIZEMORE: This
: (hypothetical) Sizemore family tree
: represents the research and
: discussion paper of Silas at
: SiBeg@aol.com (September 2003). Some
: or all of the children listed for
: Ephraim may be those of his brother
: Henry Sizemore.
:
: The first Sizemore in America was a
: Portuguese Jew from Barbados.
: Sizemore is cognate with Cismor and
: similar Jewish surnames. It does not
: occur in England. A William Sismor
: and wife Martha were counted among
: the Living and the Dead in Virginia,
: 1623. He was identified as
: "Negor." Famous members of
: the family have been George
: Goldenhawk Sizemore, George Chief of
: All Sizemore, John Gourd Sizemore,
: an Indian doctor, and Old Ned
: Sizemore. The Sizemores filed over
: 2,200 applications for the Eastern
: Cherokee Band in 1907, representing
: over 7,000 persons and filling the
: entire vol. 10 in the Guion Miller
: depositions. 4. EDWARD (OLD3 NED,
: TORY NED) SIZEMORE (EPHRAIM2
: SIZEMORE, WILLIAM (?)1) was born
: Abt. 1725 in Hanover Co., Va. (?),
: and died Abt. 1780 in Montgomery
: Co., Va. (Valley of Virginia), or
: Wilkes Co., N.C. (?). He married
: ELIZABETH RACHEL JACKSON, daughter
: of WILLIAM JACKSON and DORCAS
: GREENE.
:
: Notes for EDWARD (OLD NED, TORY NED)
: SIZEMORE: Ned Sizemore probably had
: more than one wife. Probably the
: same as the Old Ned Sizemore who was
: hanged by Col. Ben Cleveland on the
: Tory Oak in Wilkesboro, N.C. (though
: witnesses could not remember this
: Sizemore's last name). The Sizemore
: family was said to be an Indian
: family, perhaps Saponi or Mattaponi,
: who served in a regiment of the
: Royal South Carolina troops during
: the Revolution. The ECAs often
: confuse him with his son George
: Edward Sizemore ca. 1790 Hawkins
: Co., Tenn. whose family ended up in
: W.V. In reality, the Sizemore family
: was one of the first
: Sephardic-Jewish families to
: establish a foothold in the eastern
: Appalachians. They appear to have
: come to Virginia and Charleston from
: Barbados and London. Recent DNA
: analyses have confirmed that the
: first Sizemore male was American
: Indian, matching samples from
: Panama, Alaska and North America. In
: 1746 He enters 400 acres at the
: mouth of Polecat Creek on the South
: side of Banister River. In 1754
: Henry Sizemore enters 400 acres
: between Polecat and the brances of
: Sandy Creek. This was in Lunenburg
: Co. VA. in 1746, Halifax County in
: 1752, in Pittsylvania Co. in 1767.
: He lived near the Greene Co., TN.
: Line.
: More About GEORGE ALL SIZEMORE:
: Ethnicity/Relig.: Halfblood Indian
: Fact: 1790, Voter list, Hawkins Co.,
: Tenn.
:
: More About AGNESS (AGGIE) SHEPHERD:
: Fact: Sephardic Jewish surname
:
: the sizemores are jews who mixed
: with the indians and the remarried
: back into jewish blood. the shepards
: are jews shepard means sephardic
: referring to the jews of spain
: portugal William Efraim Sizemore +
: Winifred Greene these were the
: parents of ned, greene is also is
: were listed as jews. dna testing now
: confirms this
: sizemore,shepard,greene,cooper,blevins
: all intermarried and were all
: confirmed to portugese and french
: jewish families..
:
:
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