Phoebe Robertson

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

of Michael and Martha Sismore, who was christened in London in 1670 and apprenticed to Francis and Elizabeth Weeks in 1685, Birth 1651

came to Virginia and is the progenitor of the Virginia Sizemores. That is a theory which I certainly cannot disprove, but neither Death 1743

can I find any documentation to prove it. That theory is apparently based on the following: William Sizemore was apprenticed to Aged: 92 years

Francis and Elizabeth Weeks of London in 1685 Francis Weeks’, unmarried, will probated in London in 1714 mentions land on Name:

the Rappahannock River in VA The 1704/1705 Virginia Rent Roll includes Francis Weeks in Middlesex Co, VA which is on the Born: 20 Jan 1700 at Cobbs Henrico Co, VA

Rappahannock River. The 1704/1705 Virginia Rent Roll also includes a William Seamour with 236 acres in King & Queen Co, Married: 1 Aug 1728 at Chesterfield Co, VA

VA which borders Middlesex County. In 1708 in Middlesex Co, VA, Thomas Seamour, son of William and Joannah Seamour was Died: 6 Sep 1757 at Cobbs Henrico Co, VA

baptized.

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

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

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

m. Name:

…“Mr. Miller, the Sizemores of old man Ned was the people that was actually entitled to that money tho we all got our blanks wrong. We claimed through his descent and we ought to a claimed through her descent. We all failed to give her Indian name and Born: 20 Jan 1709 at Williamsburg, James City Co, VA

it was Aruna Hart. I suppose I had heard my grandfather G.J. Sizemore claimed the Indian Blood by his mother. He claimed her Died: 22 Apr 1775 at Cobbs , Chesterfield Co, From Henrico , VA

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

Father:

In another letter Frank writes “Mr. Guion Miller: My kind friend, will inform you that my great grandfather sometime in the Mother:

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