"Scruffy" believes this man to be the Amos from Attleboro. His name is not public on blog.
Interesting book "Who Was This Amos Sweet?" self published by author. Book in my possession.
Well researched, admittedly creative book suggests nine partners left Attleboro at the end of April, 1790 wanting to find land in Albany they could purchase. Amos was in Attleboro in 1790, and married there to Sally Sweet in 1796. Author states they are in Dryden in 1797. About 1801 it is suggested that Sweet returns to Attleboro.
If this Amos is of Attleboro he is not "our Amos", and the author of the above book seems to have researched his book well; well enough I will not do my own research to see if this is our Amos.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Research before 2018
Previously ruled out as our Amos line, I am willing to relook at Amos of Ulysses to see if I can find any information about him that would lead me to think he may be our ancestor. The information is completely separate research with the information that follows in mind.
From comments on this page:
scruffyJanuary 21, 2017 at 12:54 PM (edited, check comments for full comments)
Amos Sweet of the Ulysses census data because he is the first settler of my town.
Source: DeZeeuw, Carl, past chairperson of the Central New York Genealogical Society. Transcription of Cayuga County Federal Census Abstract 1800. Tree Talks (1984)
It disagrees with your version of the Amos Sweet Ulysses entry, and when I looked at your scan, it was convincing and disconcerting. I believe the transcription was done very professionally. Now, in reviewing my source, I have found that the discrepancy can be explained, in my favor. There appears to be a tear in the scanned document you display, and the paper is misaligned in your scan, and to the right of the tear, you are seeing the entries of the household above Amos. The transcription looks like below:
Dean double checked this, from the bottom, and Scruffy is correct! Counting up shows the page behind. Also, there is an extra 3 in the 3rd column of women just below Amos. Do not count the first female column.
| Male | Female |
| 0 10 16 26 45 | 0 10 16 26 45 |
| Firstname Lastname | 10 16 26 45 + | 10 16 26 45 + | Slave
Cooper Richard | 2 3 . 1 | 1 1 . 1 . | . |
Amos Sweet | 4 2 . 1 . | 1 1 . 1 . | . |
Nathaniel Shelden | . . . 1 . | . . . 1 . | . |
See my comments under the Amos of Attleboro tab. I have a theory that the two are one in the same. The census data for Ulysses shown here is mistaken and Amos is actually under 45 in 1800. It looks like he stayed in Attleboro because his children were born there, but evidence is he lived in Dryden between 1797 and 1801, during which time they returned to Attleboro twice for birthing Clarissa and Sumner. It was customary for Sweet frontier women of the Attleboro family to return to Attleboro for birthing. Examples are Elias' wife, Abigail, and also their younger sister Elizabeth (Sweet) Read. Both of them returned for birthing to Attleboro from Nine Partners (Harford PA) whenever they could.
Children of Amos and Dorcas: (Aunt Betty Wood's records)
Amos Sweet b. abt 1791
Elias Sweet b. 1784 d. 1832
Sarah Grace Sweet b. 1799 d. 1863
Lydia Sweet b. about 1802 d. 1885
Amos Sweet and Dorcas in NY, Cayuga, Ulysses in 1800
4 (M 0-9) Amos ? ? ? StephenVanrensselaer, Amos
2 (M 10-15) Elias ? Benjamin,
1 (M age 45+) Amos Sweet
1 (F 0-9) Sarah Grace Sweet ( Lydia is born after the census) Phoebe , Elizabeth
1 (F 10-15) ?
1 (F 26-44) Mary Dorcas
(Mercy's familydoesn't seem to fit any better. They moved to Canada at some point. I had assumed before 1800.)
Children of a different Amos and Mercy Carpenter:
Benjamin abt 1788 d. bef 1863
StephenVanrensselaer - b. 1792
Phoebe Sweet - b. abt 1793; d. 30 Jul 1858
Amos Sweet - b. 19 Aug 1797; d. 29 Oct 1872
Elizabeth (Betsy) b. 1799
Temperance b. 1 Jan 1800 d. 8 Sep 1858
Joseph Carpenter - b. Apr 1805; d. 29 Dec 1887
Mercy Sweet - b. Oct 1808; d. 3 Sep 1890
Hannah - b. 1810
Gazetteer of the State of New York: Embracing a Comprehensive
(Dryden, Tompkins County) California, is a hamlet in the s. part. The first settlement was commenced in 1797, by Amos Sweet, on the present site, Dryden Village.' Joseph Chaplin built a road from Oxford, Chenango Co., to Ithaca, passing through this town in 1792-93-04. There are 9 churches in town.History of Tioga, Chemung, Tompkins and Schuyler Counties, New York:
Amos Sweet built the first house, in 1797. Nathaniel Sheldon built the first framed house. It stood where the old brick store erected by John Southworth now stands. Lyman Hurd built the first framed barn, in 1801. John Southworth built the first brick house and store, both erected the same year, 1836.
1800 US Census
|
FIND A GRAVE 2/11/2017
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
See my comments under the Amos of Attleboro tab. I have a theory that the two are one in the same. The census data for Ulysses shown here is mistaken and Amos is actually under 45 in 1800. It looks like he stayed in Attleboro because his children were born there, but evidence is he lived in Dryden between 1797 and 1801, during which time they returned to Attleboro twice for birthing Clarissa and Sumner. It was customary for Sweet frontier women of the Attleboro family to return to Attleboro for birthing. Examples are Elias' wife, Abigail, and also their younger sister Elizabeth (Sweet) Read. Both of them returned for birthing to Attleboro from Nine Partners (Harford PA) whenever they could.
ReplyDelete