JEFFERSON

Some researchers have theorized (and unfortunately published information on the Internet) that a William Sismore, the son Children

of Michael and Martha Sismore, who was christened in London in 1670 and apprenticed to Francis and Elizabeth Weeks in 1685, 4. b: 15 FEB 1808 in Tennessee

came to Virginia and is the progenitor of the Virginia Sizemores. That is a theory which I certainly cannot disprove, but neither Marriage 2 b: 1780 in North Carolina

can I find any documentation to prove it. That theory is apparently based on the following: William Sizemore was apprenticed to Francis and Elizabeth Weeks of London in 1685 Francis Weeks’, unmarried, will probated in London in 1714 mentions land on

• Married: 1797

the Rappahannock River in VA The 1704/1705 Virginia Rent Roll includes Francis Weeks in Middlesex Co, VA which is on the Children

Rappahannock River. The 1704/1705 Virginia Rent Roll also includes a William Seamour with 236 acres in King & Queen Co, 40. b: 1797 in Tennessee

VA which borders Middlesex County. In 1708 in Middlesex Co, VA, Thomas Seamour, son of William and Joannah Seamour was 41. b: 1798

baptized.

42. b: 1799 in Virginia

To base such theory on this limited information is a “stretch”, but it is currently the best theory that we have. However, the 43. b: 1800 in Tennessee

fact that the given name Michael was non existent in the early Virginia Sizemore families has to raise a “red flag” that seriously 44. b: 1801 in Virginia

questions the theory of William, son of Michael, as the progenitor of the Virginia Sizemore families.

45. b: 1803

…“Mr. Miller, the Sizemores of old man Ned was the people that was actually entitled to that money tho we all got our blanks 46. b: 1804 in Clay County, Kentucky

wrong. We claimed through his descent and we ought to a claimed through her descent. We all failed to give her Indian name and 47. b: 1805 in Clay County, Kentucky

it was Aruna Hart. I suppose I had heard my grandfather G.J. Sizemore claimed the Indian Blood by his mother. He claimed her 48. b: 1806

to be the Cherokee Indian. We are the people no doubts, but our applications was wrong I suppose. Yours Truly, Frank Sizemore”

49. b: 1807 in Clay County, Kentucky

In another letter Frank writes “Mr. Guion Miller: My kind friend, will inform you that my great grandfather sometime in the 50. b: 1810 in Clay County, Kentucky

19th century, he married this Cherokee squaw woman. Ed Sizemore was his name and Elizabeth Hart, if mistaken not, was her 51. b: 1816 in Clay County, Kentucky

name….”

52. b: 1810 in Clay County, Kentucky

From: I N T R O D U C T I O N

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