Sylvester
Sweet
Jr.
Born in North Kingston, Rhode Island
Ancestors 
Son of Sylvester Sweet
and Patience Mary (Congdon) Sweet
Brother of
Mollie (Sweet) Parr, Stephen Congdon Sweet, Mary Canfield (Sweet) Helmes, James Sweet, Marinda Sweet, Frances Mercy (Sweet) Parr, Hannah (Sweet) Parr, Sarah (Sweet) Chilton and Patience Sweet
Husband of
Mary Catherine (Eldred) Sweet
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Thomas Eldred Sweet Sr, Hannah (Sweet) Eldred, Philinda Sweet, Sylvester Sweet III and Delilah Sweet
Died
at age 63
in Highgate, Franklin, Vermont, United States
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Biography
Son of Sylvester Sweet Sr. and Patience Congdon, Sylvester was born 1769 in North Kingston, Rhode Island. He passed away 1833 in Highgate, Franklin, Vermont, United States. Silvester passed away in 1833.
Sources
- "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V89Q-CBY : 19 February 2021), Sylvester Sweet in entry for Thomas Eldrid Sweet, 1789.
- "Vermont, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1732-2005," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89ML-XNFB?cc=1987653&wc=Q8ZY-CF3%3A324710501%2C324710502%2C324710503 : 22 May 2014), Grand Isle > Alburg > Town records 1792-1824 vol 1-3 > image 23 of 602; citing various town clerks and records divisions, Vermont.
- "Vermont Births and Christenings, 1765-1908", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F82G-WV3 : 16 December 2019), Sylvester Sweet in entry for Hannah Sweet, 1793.
- "Vermont, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1732-2005," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9ML-XF6N?cc=1987653&wc=Q8ZY-CF3%3A324710501%2C324710502%2C324710503 : 22 May 2014), Grand Isle > Alburg > Town records 1792-1824 vol 1-3 > image 24 of 602; citing various town clerks and records divisions, Vermont.
- "Vermont Births and Christenings, 1765-1908", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8LZ-KJK : 16 December 2019), Sylvester Sweet in entry for Sylvester Sweet, 1798.
- "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V89Q-CYG : 19 February 2021), Silvester Sweet, 1833.
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/63804783/silvester-sweet: accessed 03 October 2023), memorial page for Silvester Sweet (1769–22 May 1833), Find a Grave Memorial ID 63804783, citing Highgate Falls Episcopal Church Cemetery, Highgate Falls, Franklin County, Vermont, USA; Maintained by Barb Destromp (contributor 46785064).
- Vermont, U.S., Vital Records, 1720-1908
Rhode Island Census, 1774
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Sylvester 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 Sylvester:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Sylvester 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 Sylvester:
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~1.56%
Joanne (Jurkowski) Saltman
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A601691 [compare], Ancestry member JoanneSaltman76
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T168100 [compare], FTDNA kit #290193
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~1.56%
~1.56%
Linda Fauvelle :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch H977864 [compare], Ancestry member lindaloo33
+
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch H977864 [compare]
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~0.78%
Susan (Perry) Louie :
23andMe
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~0.78%
Brian Roth :
23andMe, GEDmatch TH9676940 [compare]
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~0.78%
Donna (Duffy) DeLor :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member ddelor1
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~0.78%
Susan (Bills) Woodford :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A115904 [compare], Ancestry member WoodfordS30
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~0.78%
~1.56%
Dawn (Smith) Wilhelm :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Dawn_Wilhelm
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Victoria (Sears) Fraser :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member biddybump65
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~0.78%
Deb Smith :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Corrie Harris :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member corriejean76
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~0.78%
Connie Scheer :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch PX2518213 [compare], FTDNA kit #IN27760
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~0.39%
Jennifer Goodspeed :
23andMe, GEDmatch MX7224974 [compare]
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Sweet-5972 and Sweet-2256 appear to represent the same person because: Duplicate
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T (Gibson-Wilhelm) Gibson
Sweet-2860 and Sweet-2256 appear to represent the same person because: Duplicate
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