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  • Robert Swett (1599 - d.)
    CAME TO CHESAPEAKE VIRGINIA ON THE SHIP NEPTUNE IN 1618, HE WAS FROM Modbury LONDON UK. LATER HE INHERITED FROM HIS FATHER MONEY, HE USED TO PURCHASE LAND. OTHER NAMES ARE SWET, SWEET, SWEETING AND SWE...

Robert Sweete came to Virginia from England in 1618 on the ship Neptune. Robert served as a burgess in 1640. He is on the list of qualifying ancestors for the Jamestowne Society.

There are many variations of the Sweete surname. They include: Swait, Sweat, Sweatt, Sweet, Sweett, Sweit, Swet, Swete, Swett, Switt

   

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Robert Sweet who settled in Virginia in 1623; George settled there in 1 653; Thomas Sweet settled in Boston Mass. in 1633; William Sweet settled in Virginia in 1654.

Profiles to be added to this project can be descendants of Robert Sweete, or others who were first settlers in the colonies.