Benoni
Sweet
Born in Ardoise, Hants, Nova Scotia, BNA
Ancestors 
Son of Benoni Sweet
and Lydia (Dimock) Sweet
Brother of
Sarah (Sweet) Vaughn, John Sweet, James Sweet, Shubael Sweet, Eunice (Sweet) Mumford, Albro Sweet, Eber Sweet and Tryphosa (Sweet) Dodge
Husband of
Margaret (Cochran) Sweet
— married
about 1795 in Hants, Nova Scotia, British North America
Descendants 
Father of
George Sweet, William G Sweet, Benjamin Sweet, Albro Sweet, John Sweet, James Sweet, Eber Sweet, Shubael Sweet, Jane (Sweet) Salter, Margaret Ann (Sweet) Brown and Daniel Sweet
Died
at age 80
in Martock, Hants, Nova Scotia, BNA
Profile last modified
| Created 14 Apr 2010
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Biography
Benoni Sweet was born on April 7, 1774 in Nova Scotia son of Benoni Sweet and Lydia Dimmock.
Benoni married Margaret Cochran about 1795 in Ardoise, West Hants, Hants, Nova Scotia.
Benoni passed away June 8, 1854 in Windsor, Hants, Nova Scotia and was buried in Old Parish Burying Ground, Windsor, Hants, Nova Scotia. [1]
Notes
- Family Search
- The Sweet Family of Truro, Colchester County, Nova Scotia, with origins in Rawdon, Hants County Prepared by H. Douglas Goff Publication: Updated Sept. 25, 2016 Note: 7748 Wellington Rd. 22 Guelph, ON N1H 6J2 email goff.doug at gmail.com
- Nova Scotia Historical Vital StatisticsYear: 1870 - Book: 1809 - Page: 58 - Number: 58 Note: Death certificate of his son Shubael.
Sources
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 31 October 2022), memorial page for Benoni Sweet (1774–8 Jun 1854), Find A Grave: Memorial #46114167, citing Old Parish Burying Ground, Windsor, Hants County, Nova Scotia, Canada; Maintained by Barbara Lea (contributor 47213935) .
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Benoni by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Benoni:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Benoni by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Benoni:
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~6.25%
Barbara (Sweet) Schaad
:
AncestryDNA
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~1.56%
Tim Multer :
23andMe
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AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Timothymulter
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~1.56%
Beth (Huntley) Bourassa :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch YL7056292 [compare], Ancestry member BethHuntleyBourassa
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~1.56%
Bruce Johnsen :
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch TG3412225 [compare], yourDNAportal BRUceba5983
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Jan Delzer :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Lori Sanford :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member littleonev123
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Greg Bishop
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See https://novascotia.ca/archives/census/results.asp?Search=sweet&Start=17 for 1817 census of Nova Scotia townships
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