Born in Green Turtle Cay, Abaco, Bahamas
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Benjamin Edward Sawyer
— married
1874 in Green Turtle Cay, Abaco, Bahamas
Wife of
William Aladdin Sawyer
— married
22 Jun 1899 in Key West, Monroe County, Florida
Descendants 
Mother of
Susie Edith (Sawyer) Roberts
Died
at age 70
in Key West, Monroe County, Florida
Profile last modified
| Created 27 Jan 2016
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Amana (Sweeting) Sawyer is part of a Bahamian family.
Biography
Amana Sweeting was born in 1857 in Green Turtle Cay, Abaco, Bahamas.
Benjamin Edward Sawyer and Amana Sweeting, daughter of Henry Sweeting, were married by Reverend Joseph Prior in 1874 at the home of Samuel Sawyer in Green Turtle Cay. Benjamin Edward was 20 years of age, and Amana Sweeting was 17.
The Sawyers moved to Key West and had a daughter - Susie Edith Sawyer- born in 1893. Benjamin Edward Sawyer died the same year at 41 years of age. Amana subsequently married William Aladdin "Laddie" Sawyer in Key West in 1899.
Amana Sweeting Sawyer died in Key West, Florida in 1928.
Burial: Key West Cemetery Key West Monroe County Florida
Sources
Jeffrey L. Haines, Genealogical Notes on Conch Families, MS, 2016.
Bahamas Civil Registration, 1850-1959, Marriages GTC, 1868-1882. (The day and month of the marriage are obscured on the record.)
1900 - 1920 United States Federal Censuses, Key West, Florida.
Florida Death Index, 1877-1998, 1928.
Find A Grave Memorial# 154220051 - created by Donna Jean Robinson, 2015.
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