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James Sweet

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Son of James Sweet, Jr. and Hannah Sweet
Husband of Sarah Sweet and Sarah Tew
Father of Sylvester Sweet and Sarah Sweet
Half brother of Job Sweet and Mary Sweet

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About James Sweet

James Sweet

Born about 1700, Prudence Island, Portsmouth, Newport, Colony Of Rhode Island And Providence Plantations

Died 19 Jul 1751

Father: James Sweet, b. 8 May 1657, North Kingston, Washington, Colony Of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations; d. 8 Nov 1725, Portsmouth, Aquednok Island, Newport, Co., Colony Of Rhode Island And Providence Plantations; Son of James Sweet and Mary Greene

Mother: Hannah Atchman, b. 1659, Prudence Island, Portsmouth, Newport, Colony Of Rhode Island And Providence Plantations

Brother of Sarah Sweet, Renewed Sweet and Hannah Sweet

Marriage 1)

Spouse: Mary E (Hill) Tanner, b. about 1718, North Kingston, Colony Of RI, Brit. America

Marriage 2) 14 Dec 1722, Portsmouth, Newport Co., Colony Of RI, Brit. America

Note: In Arnold Vital Records of Rhode Island listed as Portsmouth Vol. 2, pg. 21 SWEET James, of James, and Hannah, and Sarah Stephenson, of Richard, and Sarah, both of Prudence Island; m. by Daniel Pearce, Justice, Dec. 14, 1722.

Spouse: Sarah Stephenson, b. abt 1701, Prudence Island, Portsmouth, Newport, Colony Of Rhode Island And Providence Plantations; daughter of Richard and Sarah Stephenson.

Children born on Prudence Island, Portsmouth, Newport, Colony Of Rhode Island And Providence Plantations:

  • Hannah Sweet, b. 22 Sep 1723; d. 7 Oct 1792; m. after 1748, Portsmouth, Aquednok Island, Newport, Colony Of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Peleg Gardiner
  • Sylvester Sweet, b. 6 Jun 1725; d. 20 Apr 1805, East Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island; m. 1) Anie Luther; m. 2) Waite Brown ; m. 3) Mary Johnson; 4) Dorcas Whitman
  • Sarah (Sweet) , b. abt 10 May 1727; d. abt 7 Mar 1793, Swansea, Bristol, MA; m. 13 Mar 1745 in SWANSEA, Bristol, MA, Edward Luther
  • Freelove Sweet, b. 18 Jul 1729; d. 1754; m. 14 Sep 1749, Prudence Island, Portsmouth, Newport, Colony Of Rhode Island And Providence Plantations, Joseph Gardiner
  • Samuel Sweet, b. 22 Nov 1736; d. 1829, North Kingston, Washington, Rhode Island; m. Ann Aylesworth
  • Margaret Sweet, b. 29 Oct 1740

Child born in Warwick, Kent, Colony Of Rhode Island And Providence Plantations:

  • Renewed Sweet, b. Dec 1730; d. 15 May 1810, Amenia, Dutchess, Colony of New York; m. Jonathan Cord

Sources:

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Sweet-643

   *  WikiTree profile Sweet-643 created through the import of Clancy Family 9.ged on Aug 22, 2011 by  Shirley Becker. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Shirley and others. 
   * Source: S68 Type: Web Site Owner: Mark Dionne Title: Sweet, Toomey, French and Sibbald URL: http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com DATV 2008 CNTC mark@markdionne.com Source Detail: Home url: http://markdionne.com/ged/ 

Taylor Family Tree - http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=bobtny&id...

Plain Sweet - http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=sbckr1&id...

Periodical: The Genealogical Dictionary of RI, by John Osborn Austin, Pub: Baltimore,MD, Genealogical Publishing Co, Inc, 1969, Page: p 194
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James Sweet's Timeline

1675
1675
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1690
Newport, Newport, RI
1725
June 5, 1725
Portsmouth, Newport County, Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
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