Windmuller-Heynen Family Tree

American Biography:

John Kissam, who was born in 1644, of English ancestry, and settled
at Great Neck, Long Island, February 4, 1678. His name in early records
is spelled "Ocasson," "Ockeson," and "Okeson," but in a deed of part
of this Great Neck farm made to his son, Daniel, he wrote his name
"Kissam."

KISSAM FAMILY

This family name was originally in England and Wales written "Casson";
later, in Ireland, with the prefix of an "O"; later still, in Amsterdam,
Holland, it was spelt and written by the refugees, "Ockerson," and
is so written in the early records at Albany, N. Y.

First Generation

JOHN KISSAM; of Flushing, L. I, 1644; of English origin; had a license
dated July 10, 1667, for marriage with Susannah, daughter of William
Thorne, of Jamaica, L. I.

Sons of the American Revolution: The Sons of the American Revolution:
New York State Society, 1893-94

John Kissam, who was born in 1644, of English ancestry, and settled
at Great Neck, Long Island, February 4, 1678. His name in early records
is spelled "Ocasson," "Ockeson," and "Okeson," but in a deed of part
of this Great Neck farm made to his son, Daniel, he wrote his name
"Kissam." The Casson (Kissam) arms are are follows:

Arms—Argent, three chevrons, and a canton gules, on each chevron,
a mullet of the field. Crest—From a tower a dove rising a

John Kissam married, July 10, 1667, Susanna, daughter of William
Thome (Thorne), of Jamaica. Long Island;