Notes for Lazaro Jose Gabriel Sistare, Capt.

Notes for Lazaro Jose Gabriel Sistare, Capt.

Various spellings include- Sistaire, Sistera, Cistéré, Sistéré, Sistaré, Sistaire, Sustare, Sisstare, Sustar, Sistair, Sistar, Sistarelli

Captain Gabriel Sistaire (marked as Sistarre, in the 1790 Connecticut Census-Marlon Sustaire) was born May 1, 1725 in Barcelona, Spain. His parents were Don Gabriel Sistare and Marie Mitzavila. In Barcelona he married Maria Francesca Molas and had one son, Gabriel, III, Jr., who subsequently came to America in 1772 with a Captain De Shon. Captain Gabriel Sistarie's wife Maria could not come over, so he divorced her and remarried an English girl named Elizabeth Beebe. Captain and Elizabeth had 7 children, which together with Gabriel Jr. makes 8 branches of the family. Sistares that are relatives live in Mexico City and Barcelona, Spain today. Excite.com list Sistare in Portugal.