IMHO There is no proof, or implied proof, that John Baptist Cissell, of
St. Mary's Co, MD, owner of the ship Martha Constant, is related to the
William Cissell of Prince George's Co. We have not yet been able to
establish the parentage of John Baptist Cissell
I did find this:
London: - Marriage Licences, 1520-1610
Burials.
Marriage Licences Granted by the Bishop of London.
1605.
County: London
Country: England
05 Jun 1605 Mr Thomas Cecill, Esq., about 24, son of Rt Hon. Thomas,
Earl of Exeter, of the Savoy, & Mrs Anne Lee, Maiden, 18, dau. of Sir
Robert Lee, Kt & Alderman of London, of St Andrew Undershaft, both
fathers consenting; at St Andrew Undershaft aforesaid
The second marriage to Susan Oxenbridge, daughter of Sir John
Oxenbridge, came through the Oxenbridge family files. It is still
speculative that she is the mother of Henry and William Cecil.
Here is a Cissell who is a servant:
London: All Hallows, Bread Street & St. John the Evangelist - Parish
Registers, 1538-1851 Burials.
Burials.
Burialls as folowethe.
County: London
Country: England
12 Mar 1563 in ye churche, Robarte Cyssell, s'vant to Mysteris Bowre
Here is a gent. Wm Cecil in Ireland:
Gloucestershire: - Calendar of Wills, Court of Bishop of Gloucester,
1541-1650 Burialls 1604.
Calendar of Gloucestershire Wills.
1625.
County: Gloucestershire
Country: England
Cecill, Wm., Bandon in Ireland, gent
Here is a Cecil dispensing alcohol illegally:
Middlesex: - Calendar to the Sessions Records, 1615-1616 Additional
Baptisms.
Middlesex Sessions Records.
Sessions Roll.
County: Middlesex
Country: England
Alice Bromhill of St. Peter's Lane, spinster, Elizabeth Tailor of
Clerkenwell, spinster, Elizabeth Parker of the same, Susan Fisher of
Charterhouse Lane, spinster, and Margery Cecyll of the same, spinster,
all presented by the Jury of Annoyances for selling drink without
licence.
Not sure how they all tie in, but it tells me there were more than just
the titled Cecil's.
Sysstel was at one time a given Welsh name.
From Penny Cecil Bloodhart's research:
" The English Cecil family goes back many centuries. The name itself is
spelled in a staggering number of ways. "Cacelius" in Latin meant
"blind" and there are records of Romans with this name. Perhaps it was
carried to Britain during Roman conquests there. It is often spelled
"Syselt", "Syssel", "Cyssell" etc. Even the great Lord
Burleigh,
advisor and confidant of Elizabeth Tudor, Queen of England, commented on
the varied spellings of his name."
Also, according to Penny's research, there was also a William Cecill in
PA, a carpenter from Oxfordshire, who bought land from William Penn in
1681.
Melissa Alexander
Bellevue, WA
mada_melissa(a)earthlink.net