Robert Leroy Sizemore

   Another name for Robert is Bobby.

  Research Notes:

Ephraim Sizemore
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The Sizemores have been in America since at least the 17th century. Some branches spell it Sisemore. The name is cognate with Cismor and other Portuguese Jewish surnames. It derives from Sis(a)mai, a Judahite of the descendants of the daughter of Sheshan and Jarha and is a Phoenician god's name, meaning water crane or swallow. "Sheshan had no sons, only daughters; Sheshan had an Egyptian slave, whose name was Jarha... Eleasah begot Sisamai, and Sisamai begot Shallum" (1 Chronicles 2:34-40). They were Portuguese Jews who blended with the Saponi, Powhatan, Mattaponi, Cherokee and Creek.


“Sismai” in Hebrew (read right to left) is ymss or the letters S-S-M-Y and is transliterated CISMAY.

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Notes for EPHRAIM SIZEMORE:
This (hypothetical) Sizemore family tree represents the research and discussion paper of Silas at [email protected] <mailto://[email protected]> (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..

  Noted events in his life were:

� Occupation: Massage Pratitioner, 1988-, Seattle, WA.

� Occupation: School Field Trip Director- "The Living Desert Zoo," 2006-, 47900 Portola Ave Palm Desert, CA.

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