Benjamin Sweet (1722 - 1789)

Born 25 Mar 1722 in East Greenwich, Kent, Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Hill) Sweet — married 17 Jan 1743 in East Greenwich, Kent, Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

Descendants

Died 27 Feb 1789 at age 66 in East Greenwich, Kent, Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

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ID: I661

Name: Benjamin SWEET

Sex: M

Note:

The children of Benjamin and Margaret (Hammat) Sweet are listed in the printed vital records of E. Greenwich, RI.

Change Date: 29 MAR 2000

Father: Richard SWEET b: 1659 in Warwick, Kent, RI

Mother: Priscilla CARPENTER b: 24 JUL 1661 in Rehoboth, Bristol, MA

Marriage 1 Margaret HAMMETT

• Married: 11 MAY 1721 in E. Greenwich, Kent, RI 1 2

Children

1. Benjamin SWEET b: 25 MAR 1722 in E. Greenwich, Kent, RI

2. Susanna SWEET b: 11 MAY 1724 in E. Greenwich, Kent, RI

3. Susanna SWEET b: 3 MAY 1725 in E. Greenwich, Kent, RI

4. Thomas SWEET b: 8 JUN 1727 in E. Greenwich, Kent, RI

5. Margaret SWEET b: 7 APR 1729 in E. Greenwich, Kent, RI

6. Jeremiah SWEET b: 25 APR 1731 in E. Greenwich, Kent, RI

Sources:

1. Text: A. Children of Benjamin and Margaret (Hammett) Sweet, births and birthplaces from Vital Records of R.I., 1636-1850, Vol. I, Kent Co., by James N. Arnold (Prov., RI: Narragansett Hist. Pub. Co., 1891). Many other Jones records are also found in this volume of Rhode Island Vital Records.

B. Children of Silas Jones and Susanna, his wife, from the above source and from the original copy of vital records sent from E. Greenwich Town Clerk, RI.

2. Text: A. VITAL RECORD OF RHODE ISLAND, 1636-1850, Vol. I, Kent County, by James N. Arnold (Providence, RI: Narragansett Hist. Pub. Co., 1891), p. 75 - Entry 3-162, states m. by William Hall, Justice, May 11, 1721.

B. Same record, same page, for marriage of Susannah Sweet and Silas Jones, Nov. 21, 1741. Entry 3-147.

C. Same record, p. 158, for births of children of Benjamin (of Richard) and Margaret - names: Benjamin, Susanna, Susanna, 2d, Thomas, Margaret, and Jeremiah.