Sylvester Sweet, Jr.

Born: October 19th, 1762, East Greenwich, Kent, / alt bpl: North Kingston, / Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

Died: December 14th, 1803, Petersburg, Rensselaer, New York

Father: Sylvester Sweet, b. Jun 6, 1725, Prudence Island, Portsmouth, Newport, Colony Of Rhode Island And Providence Plantations

Mother: Mary Johnson, b. East Greenwich, Kent, Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, dau. of Elisha Johnson and Mary Greene

Marriage: May 30th, 1782, North Kingston, Washington, Colony Of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

Spouse: Hannah Luther Tanner , b. February 28, 1766, North Kingstown, R. I. ; d. May 15th, 1851; dau. of Benjamin Tanner and Sarah Aylesworth

Children

1. Luther SWEET b: 2 APR 1783 in North Kingston, Washington Co., R I
2. Valentine SWEET b: ABT 1784
3. Benjamin SWEET b: 2 APR 1785 in Kent Co., R I
4. Polly SWEET b: 21 OCT 1787 in North Kingston, Washington Co., R I
5. Wanton Alonzo SWEET b: 6 OCT 1789 in North Kingston, Washington Co., R I
6. Sylvester SWEET b: ABT 1791 in Hancock, Berkshire Co., Mass
7. Betsey SWEET b: 4 AUG 1791 in North Kingston, Washington Co., R I
8. Sally SWEET b: 7 MAY 1793 in North Kingston, Washington Co., R I
9. Phoebe SWEET b: 16 NOV 1795 in North Kingston, Washington Co., R I
10. Tabitha SWEET b: ABT 1797 in North Kingston, Washington Co., R I
11. Harry SWEET b: 17 NOV 1798 in North Kingston, Washington Co., R I
12. Parker SWEET b: 30 JUL 1802 in Berlin, Rensselaer Co., New York
13. Lydia SWEET b: 30 JUL 1802

Sources:

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

Title: Will of sylvester Sweet, Location: R I Genealogical Register vol. 10 Pg 289?

From William Tanner of North Kingstown, Rhode Island, and His Descendants, by George Clinton Tanner, 1905, p.53 :

Hannah

, Benjamin, Palmer, William, William; m. May 30th, 1782, Sylvester Sweet, Jr., b. in North Kingstown, R. I., October 19th, 1762; he d. December 14th, 1803; wife d. May 15th, 1851.

Children :

LUTHER, b. April 3rd, 1783, in R. I.

BENJAMIN, b. April 3rd, 1785. in R. I.

POLLY, b. October 21st, 1787, in R. I., d. September 27th, 1825.

WANTON, b. October 6th, 1789. in R. I., d. April 4th, 1830.

BETSEY, b. August 4th. 1791, in R. I.

SALLY, b. May 7th, 1793, in R. I.

PHEBE, b. November 16th, 1795, in R. I., d. July 15th, 1796.

HARRY, b. November 27th, 1798. in R. I.,d. August 27th, 1804.

LYDIA, b. July 30th, 1802, in Berlin. N. Y.

TABITHA, b. , 1797, in R. I., d. November 16th, 1797.

[Information given by Mrs. William Wanton Sweet, of Gilman, Illinois.]

Sources:

William Tanner of North Kingstown, Rhode Island, and his descendants by Tanner, George C. (George Clinton), 1834-1923, Published 1905

Sylvester Sweet Jr (1762 - 1803) - https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Sweet-603