Freegift (Kittle) Sherman (abt. 1703 - aft. 1772)

Ancestors

Wife of Nathaniel Sweet — married 7 Sep 1721 in Warwick, Providence, Rhode Island

Wife of Stephen Sherman — married 15 Jul 1749 in Exeter, Kings, Rhode Island

Descendants

Died after 1772 after about age 69 in Warwick, Kent County, Rhode Island

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Biography

Freegift, or Giffe, as she was known, was born around 1700 to Edward Kettle and Susannah Godfrey

She married Nathaniel Sweet on 7 September 1721, in Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island. ^[1]

The couple had the following children:

1. Giffe Sweet, b. 14 June 1722 ^[2]
2. Jane Sweet, b. 2 March 1724 ^[3]
3. William, b. 18 February 1725 ^[4]

On 27 May 1749, Giffe was awarded the administration of her husband's estate, stating her husband had gone to sea seven years ago and had not been heard from since. ^[5]

On 15 July 1749, she married her second husband, Stephen Sherman. ^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ "Rhode Island Marriages, 1724-1916", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8K1-2W1 : 22 January 2020), Giffe Kittle in entry for Nathaniel Sweet, 1721.
2. ↑ "Rhode Island Births and Christenings, 1600-1914", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F834-N43 : 17 December 2019), Giffe Sweet, 1722.
3. ↑ "Rhode Island Births and Christenings, 1600-1914", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F834-N4W : 17 December 2019), Jane Sweet, 1724.
4. ↑ "Rhode Island Births and Christenings, 1600-1914", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F834-N4C : 17 December 2019), William Sweet, 1725.
5. ↑ Ullmann, Helen Schatvet. Richard¹ Godfrey of Taunton, Massachusetts, and His Children and Grandchildren, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 2008) Vol. 162, WN 648, Page 272.
6. ↑ "Rhode Island Marriages, 1724-1916", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8VQ-L5F : 22 January 2020), Giffe Sweet in entry for Stephen Shearman, 1749.

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