Sarah E Sweeting was born about 1841 in Harbour Island, Bahamas to John W Sweeting and Emma Clementine Albury Sweeting.
She married William Henry "Billy Beau" Cleare, son of John Henry Cleare and Elizabeth "Betsy" Saunders Cleare, 25 January 1862, in Harbour Island. Billie Beau and Sarah Cleare had children - among them Louise Wilson Cleare, Alice Hortencia Cleare, Beatrice Cleare, Lucien Wilson Cleare, and George Cleare (who died at 11 days).
Sarah Sweeting Cleare died 18 November 1879 from the complications of childbirth - in Harbour Island, Bahamas.
"Bahamas Births, 1850-1891", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XLLW-KYF : 16 December 2019), Louisa Wilson Cleare, 1865. Birth of a daughter.
"Bahamas Births, 1850-1891", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XLL7-S9V : 16 December 2019), Alice Cleare, 1868. Birth of a daughter.
"Bahamas Births, 1850-1891", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XLL7-YVC : 16 December 2019), Beatrice Cleare, 1871. Birth of daughter Beatrice.
"Bahamas Civil Registration, 1850-1959," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GRS5-9GY6?cc=1922411&wc=Q4ZG-16D%3A216290201 : 20 May 2014), Deaths 1877-1882 > image 333 of 600; Registrar General, Nassau. Birth and death of George Cleare.
"Bahamas Civil Registration, 1850-1959," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GRS5-9GY6?cc=1922411&wc=Q4ZG-16D%3A216290201 : 20 May 2014), Deaths 1877-1882 > image 333 of 600; Registrar General, Nassau. Death Of Sarah Sweeting Cleare.
Records of Ida Curry Cleare.
Maternal relationship is confirmed by a triangulated group consisting of Glenda (Solomon) Meyer GEDmatch M150125, David Freeman GEDmatch A248056, and John Sills GEDmatch T054053 sharing a 13.4 cM segment on chromosome 18 from 60.1 million to 68.1 million. Their shared ancestral couple is Richard Curry and Jemima Gibbons.
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