William is the son of William and Thankful Sweet. He was born Feb.14, 1715.[1]
He married Martha Case(Cass). They had a daughter Martha born in 1747.
Martha Case Sweet died in 1761 of smallpox. William married Sarah Brigs, the widow of Burton Brigs in a civil ceremony 5/3/1761 and they had a son named after Burton in 1762. Sarah died in 1775. William married Molly Matteson. They were still married when he died in 1796. Per 'The Sweet Connection' she and William, Martha and Thankful are mentioned in his will and the major part of his assets went to Burton.
Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/88785578#source : accessed 17 December 2018), memorial page for William Sweet (14 Feb 1715–9 Jan 1796), Find A Grave Memorial no. 88785578, citing Sweet Burial Ground, West Greenwich, Kent County, Rhode Island, USA ; Maintained by Jonathan Laing (contributor 46564844) .
Acknowledgments
Thank you to Susan Collins for creating WikiTree profile Sweet-1388 through the import of WarrenBurtonPottsIIIFamilyTree (4).ged on Oct 25, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Susan and others.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William 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 William: