Benoni Sweet was a Captain in the British service, was well informed and of polished manners. He was a natural bone-setter and the progenitor of the race in Rhode island. He was styled "Dr. Sweet", but he practiced in restoring dislocations only. He was a regular communicant of the church, and officiated as a vestryman until his death July 19, 1751. The record states, "Died, Captain Benoni Sweet, of North Kingston, in the 90th year of his age. Dr. MacSparran preached his funeral sermon, and buried him in the cemetery of his ancestors."

Sources 

1. [S45] Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode island, John Osborne Austin, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. Baltimore, MD, 1969), pg 195.
2. [S68] Sweet, Toomey, French and Sibbald.

Links

• The Bonesetter Sweets of South County, Rhode Island, by Martha R. McPartland
• http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jonsaunders&id=I14239
• http://www.clancywrightgenealogy.org/getperson.php?personID=I1002&tree=101c