Sylvester Sweet

Born: 6 Jun 1725, Prudence Island, Portsmouth, Newport, Colony Of Rhode Island And Providence Plantations

Died: 20 Apr 1805, East Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

Occupation: Deacon; Elected Deputy Of Town East Greenwich 1777

Religion: Baptist

Father: James Sweet, b. about 1700, Prudence Island, Portsmouth, Newport, Colony Of Rhode Island And Providence Plantations; d. 19 Jul 1751 [location unknown]

Mother: Sarah Stephenson, b. about 1701, Prudence Island, Portsmouth, Newport, Colony Of Rhode Island And Providence Plantations

Brother of Hannah Sweet, Sarah (Sweet) Luther, Freelove Sweet, Renewed Sweet, Samuel Sweet and Margaret Sweet

Married 1)

26 Sep 1746, Swansea, Bristol, Colony Of Massachusetts

Spouse: Avie Luther, b. 17 Dec 1726 in Swansea, Bristol, Colony Of Massachusetts; d. 3 Sep 1747

Married 2)

7 Oct 1748, Portsmouth, Aquednok Island, Newport, Colony Of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

Spouse: Waite Brown, b. abt 1727, Providence, Providence Co., Colony Of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations; d. before 1757

Note: SWEET Sylvester, of Portsmouth, and Wait Brown, of Providence; m. by Robert Lawton, Asst., Oct. 7, 1748. VR Portsmouth, RI Vol. 2, p.

Children:

• Lydia Sweet, b. 16 Nov 1749, Portsmouth, Aquednok Island, Newport, Colony Of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations; m. 30 May 1770, East Greenwich, Kent, Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, John Johnson
• Almy Sweet, b. 8 Oct 1751, Prudence Island, Portsmouth, Newport, Colony Of Rhode Island And Providence Plantations, m. 12 Aug 1773, East Greenwich, Kent, Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Amos Vaughn
• James Sweet, b. 7 Apr 1753, Portsmouth, Aquednok Island, Newport, Colony Of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations; d. 27 Apr 1844, East Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island; m. Hannah Luther Tanner

Married 3)

14 Aug 1757, East Greenwich, Kent, Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

Spouse: Mary Johnson, b. abt 1736, East Greenwich, Kent, Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations; d. Nov 1780, East Greenwich, Kent, Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

Note: Married by Thomas Shippee, Justice VR East Greenwich, RI, Vol. 2, p. 10

Children, all born in East Greenwich, Kent, Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations:

• Waite Sweet, b. 29 Aug 1758; d. 25 Nov 1821, North Kingston, Washington, R.I.; m. 16 Jun 1776, North Kingston, Colony Of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, George Wightman
• Samuel A Sweet, 9 Jan 1761; d. 5 Aug 1811, Woodstock, Windham Co., CT; m. 20 Nov 1781, Greenwich, Kent Co., RI, Catherine Aylesworth
• Sylvester Sweet Jr, b. 19 Oct 1762; d. 4 Dec 1803, Petersburg, Rensselaer, New York; m. 30 May 1782, North Kingston, Washington, Colony Of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Hannah Luther Tanner
• Thomas Sweet, b. 2 Sep 1764; d. 1830, East Greenwich, Kent, RI
• Sarah Sweet, b 17 Oct 1766; d. 1780; m. William Sleid
• Susannah Sweet, b. 20 Jul 1768; m. Charles Sleid
• Mary Sweet, b. 2 Nov 1770; d. 19 Aug 1854, West Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island; m. Charles Pardon Tillinghast
• Elisha Sweet, b. 26 Jan 1775; d. 22 Nov 1836; m. 31 Jan 1796, Sarah Wilbur
• Tabitha Sweet, b. 2 Nov 1778; d. 24 Jun 1852, Woodstock, Windham Co., Connecticut; m. 11 Feb 1807, East Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island, John Weaver

Married 4)

22 May 1783, East Greenwich, Kent, Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

Married by Elder Nathan Hill

Spouse: Dorcas Whitman, b. about 1745; d. 8 Feb 1826, Woodstock, Windham Co., Connecticut

Child:

• Patience SWEET
• Note:

VR Portsmouth, RI Vol. 2, p. 21 gives birth as Jan 25, 1725.

Will dated 7 Mar 1804 was proved 25 Jan 1806 in East Greenwich, RI, mentions wife Dorcas, sons James, Samuel, Thomas, Sylvester (deceased), and Elisha; daughters Tabitha Sweet, Lydia Johnson wife of John Johnson, Almy Vaughn wife of Amos Vaughn, Wait Wightman wife of George Wightman, Mary Tillinghast wife of Charles Tillinghast, Sarah Sleid wife of William Sleid and Susannah Sleid wife of Charles Sleid and grandson Luther Sweet, son of Slyvester, deceased.

Capt. of Militia in 1755 and 1756, a Deacon of the Baptist Church of East Greenwich, Justice of the Peace. His will names a farm that he owned, other properties and two black slaves. His household in the 1774 RI census had 14 including two former slaves. He volunteered in the Revolution.

1782 RI census as Sylvester Sweet, p. 207 next to Thomas Spencer and Remington Kinyon, called census of East Greenwich, has A 1, a 3, B 2, b 0, C 1, c 0, D 1, d 0, X 0, Y 0, Z 2, where A is <16, B 16-22, C 22-50, D >50, Z Black. Capitals are male, lower case female. 1790 RI, Kent, East Greenwich, p. 56 130411

"The evidence I have is a will abstract from the Rhode Island Genealogical Register, vol. 10, p. 289:

Herringshaw's Encyclopedia of American Biography of the Nineteenth Century. page 909

Will of Sylvester Sweet, yeoman, advanced in life, dated 7 Mar 1804, proved, East Greenwich 25 Jan 1806, mentions wife Dorcas Sweet who received furniture she brought at time of our marriage, sons James Sweet, Samuel Sweet, Thomas Sweet, Sylvester Sweet, dec., and Elisha Sweet, daughters Tabitha Sweet, Lydia Johnson wife of John Johnson, Almy Vaughn wife of Amos Vaughn, Wait Wightman wife of George Wightman, Mary Tillinghast wife of Charles Tillinghast, Sarah Sleid wife of William Sleid and Susannah Sleid wife of Charles Sleid, and grandson Luther Sweet, son of Sylvester Sweet, deceased. The will itself is supposedly in book 5, page 76, but I have not obtained a copy. If anyone has it, I would greatly appreciate a copy. John Chandler once said that he had notes that the above is in vol 2 p 29 of the RI Gen. Reg."

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Sources:

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Sweet-624

http://www.thesorensens.net/familytree/gp3210.htm#head0

Representative Men and Old Families of Rhode Island: Genealogical Records and Historical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens and of Many of the Old Families ... J.H. Beers & Company, 1908

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