Amos Sweet is a man I have tried to find for many years.  He is the father of Sarah Grace Sweet Wood, who was my husband’s Great-great-grandmother.  Very little is known of this family but there has been some research done which led me to scratch my head as I began looking for Amos’ parents.
 
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  Early (about 1972) Family Group Sheet Information  w/Errors

Amos Sweet
 born:  5 Mar 1766 in Hoosick, Albany, New York  (goes with a different Amos)
 died:  10 May 1838 in Berlin, Rensselaer, New York (goes with a different Amos)
    married: about 1783 of Hoosick, Rensselaer, New York
Mary Dorcas
 born: about 1765 in Hoosick, Rensselaer, New York
 died: 14 Nov 1828 in Dunham, Missisquoi, Quebec, Canada (Mercy Carpenters info)

Children: (had to go back to Mary and Aunt Betty Wood’s records)
  Amos B. Sweet
  Elias Sweet b. 1784 d. 1832
  Sarah Grace Sweet b. 13 Jan 1799, d. 4 July 1863 born in Hoosick, Albany, New York
  Lydia Sweet b. 30 July 1802, d. 23 Oct 1885
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The problem is that the records are not plentiful for that time frame and that area but with the 1790 census we find three Amos Sweet’s in Stephentown, Albany, New York.  These families have had their marriages, children, and dates of events mixed up and shared almost to the point of total confusion.  We would have to toss everything we found online in the PAF program and go back to older records to even find a place to start.

Starting with what we once had:
 Nora Carter Wood (1878-1960), granddaughter of Sarah Grace put a wonderful history together of Sarah’s life story.  As it is the earliest compilation of records we could find we looked very closely at the hints she gave us:
1. The mother of Wellington Wood was Sarah Sweet, daughter of Amos and Dorcas Sweet.  She was born 13 January, 1799 in Hoosick, Rensselaer County (it was actually still Albany), New York.  She grew to womanhood in New York State.  She was a small woman with dark hair and dark brown eyes.
2. Ancestors John and Mary Sweet emigrated to America with Roger Williams.  The were neighbors in Salem, Massachusetts, and went with Roger William when he settled Providence, Rhode Island in 1636.  (Parents not listed)
3. The parents of Sarah Sweet lived in the Mohawk Valley.
4. Sarah Sweet married 4 March 1823 in Rensselaer County (via Nauvoo project 9/18/19)
         (1) Zenos C. Warren and they were the parents of:
a. John W. Warren, b. Nov 1824 in New York
b. Charles Wesley Warren, b. 3 Jan 1826 in Pennfield, Monroe, New York
c. Amos Sweet, b. 10 Jun 1831, Harland, Niagara, New York
d. Mary Dorcas,  b. 7 May 1833, Somerset, Niagara, New York.
The family moved to Oakland Count, Michigan and Zenos died 4 March 1936.
Sarah married (2) Daniel Wood 2 Apr 1937
a.       Wellington Wood, b. 17 Aug 1841 in Royal Oak, Oakland, Michigan.
                          ( Wellington was named after his fathers first wife Abby M. Wellington but he is the
                          son of second wife Sarah Sweet.)

Problems:
As this is the information written closest to the subject in relationship and time we must take this information very seriously.  However, there are some things that we still do not understand.
1. Parents of Sarah Sweet lived in the Mohawk Valley.  The Mohawk Valley includes Schenectady, Montgomery, Fulton, Herkimer, and Oneida which does not correspond to any locations of events we have.  Hudson Valley is much more likely.

More Problems Creep In:
Research from the 1960's with the Four-Generation Program of the LDS Church:
In the library of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are Four-generation sheets that members of the church submitted.  On these charts Amos is given parents and a birth and death dates. This is where the serious problems begin.

1790 Federal Census:
There are 6 Amos Sweets in the United States in 1790 they are:
(1)  Amos of Stephentown, NY  1.1.2  (suspected to be our Amos)
(2)  Amos of Stephentown, NY   1.0.2 (father of Amos Jr., wife of Elizabeth Straight)
(3)  Amos Jr. of Stephentown, NY  1.1.2  (Mercy's Amos, son of Amos and Elizabeth Straight)
(4)  Amos of Beekman, Dutchess, NY  1.4.3  (David's son)
(5)  Amos of Bristol, Attleboro, MA   3.4.2 (Hannah's son, 
(6)  Amos of Rutland, Pittsford, VA  1.1.2

1800 Federal Census:
There are __ Amos Sweets in the United States in 1790 they are:
(1)  Amos of Stephentown, NY     (suspected to be our Amos)
(2)  Amos of Stephentown, NY    (father of Amos Jr., wife of Elizabeth Straight)
(3)  Amos Jr. of Stephentown, NY    (Mercy's Amos, son of Amos and Elizabeth Straight)
(4)  Amos of Beekman, Dutchess, NY  4.1.1.1.0   1.1.1.1.0   0.0  (David's son)
(5)  Amos of Bristol, Attleboro, MA   well documented descendants  (Hannah's son, 
(6)  Amos of Rutland, Pittsford, VA 
(7)  Amos of Cayuga, Ulysses, NY  4.2.0.0.1   1.1.0.1.0  0.0
(8)  Amos of Otsego, Burlington, NY  1.0.0.1.0   2.0.0.1.0.   0.0
(9)  Amos of Nicholson, Luzerne, PA   0.0.4.0.1   1.1.0.0.1   0.0.

John Warren of Troy, Rensselaer, NY   2.1.1.2.1   3.1.1.1.0    0.0

(10) Amos of Milford, Otsego, NY   CONTEMPORARY OF MY AMOS
      FindaGrave:  birth 15 Mar 1784 Rhode Island, death 13 Jan 1863 (78) Milford, Otsego, NY
         son f Jonathan Sweet 1755-1836 and MaryAnn Brimmer 1768-1835
         wife of Patience Eldred 1783-1857
         Children:  Amos Sweet    ?  - 1871
                          Mary Ann Sweet (Knapp) 1813-1896
                          John Sweet (1820-1890)
                          Jane Sweet (1826-1837)

Published 9/18/2019, moved to the top 11/9/2020