Tabitha (Bentley) Sweet (abt. 1706 - 1755)

Born about 1706 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Thomas Sweet — married 11 Apr 1728 in South Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island, United States

Descendants

Died 1755 at about age 49 in Rhode Island

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Biography

Tabitha was born about 1706.

She married Thomas Sweet in 1728.^[1]

Tabitha Bentley is named in William Bentley's her father's will.

Research Notes

Need source for her birth place and year. Also need to determine her appropriate death date and her children's birth dates. Currently, appears to be a conflict, getting error: "A mother's death date should not be before one of her children's birth dates"

Name

Name: Tabitha /Bentley/^[2]

Birth

Birth Date: 1706

Place: Stonington, New London, Connecticut. ^[3]

Marriage

Marriage Date: 11 Apr 1728

Place: Kingston, Washington, Rhode Island. ^[4][5][6]

Notes

Note N969 Author: cnjsweet1 - Surnames: Classification: queries posted Aug 2010 Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.sweet/1035.4.2.2.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Vickey - I am also descended thru Thomas Sweet, b. 1732 and Frances Congdon and have been trying for years without success to document his parents as James Sweet and Mary Sherman. The Thomas Sweet who married Tabitha Bently was born in 1703. Thomas and Tabitha did have a child born Oct 8, 1742 (not 1732) that may have been named Thomas but James N. Arnold's "Vital Records of Rhode Island - 1636 - 1850" indicates the name of the child was illegible on official records. Both Thomas, who married Tabitha, and James, who married Mary Sherman, were sons of Benoni Sweet and Elizabeth Mmanchester. Those births are documented in Arnold's as well. I would like to compare notes/information on the children of Thomas and Frances.  I am descended thru Samuel Thomas Sweet, b. Jan 8, 1765.

Tabitha was born in 1706. ^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ ["Rhode Island Marriages, 1724-1916", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8KB-ZHC : 22 January 2020), Tabitha Bently in entry for Thomas Sweet, 1728.]
2. ↑ Source: #S-296529718 Page: Source number: 2924.040; Source type: Family group sheet, FGSE, listed as parents; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: . Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=worldmarr_ga&h=96185&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Note: Data: Text: Birth date: 1706Birth place: Marriage date: 1728Marriage place: RI APID: 1,7836::96185
3. ↑ Source: #S-296529718 Page: Source number: 2924.040; Source type: Family group sheet, FGSE, listed as parents; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: . Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=worldmarr_ga&h=96185&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Note: Data: Text: Birth date: 1706Birth place: Marriage date: 1728Marriage place: RI APID: 1,7836::96185
4. ↑ Source: #S-296529718 Page: Source number: 2924.040; Source type: Family group sheet, FGSE, listed as parents; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: . Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=worldmarr_ga&h=96185&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Note: Data: Text: Birth date: 1706Birth place: Marriage date: 1728Marriage place: RI APID: 1,7836::96185
5. ↑ The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, Vol. 67 publication year 1913
6. ↑ Bentley Gleanings https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/27011/images/dvm_GenMono007295-00013-0?ssrc=&backlabel=Return&pId=12
7. ↑ Unsourced family tree handed down to Carol Sweet.

• Source: S-296529718 Repository: #R-592189140 Title: U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Author: Yates Publishing Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004.Original data - This unique collection of records was extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases. Originally, the information was deriv Note: APID: 1,7836::0 Repository: R-592189140

• Source: S-414227856 Repository: #R-592189140 Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network. http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=8390315&pid=1022

• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (R), Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998. Ancestral File Number JRV5-31