Amos of Dryden

Private Amos Sweet, of Attleborough

Too many Amos'. Who's line is it anyway?

This is the old information that was submitted to the Church, but also to all descendents of Amos Jr. and Mary Dorcas.

The problem is that the information on Amos is incorrect.

There are multiple Amos' born in 1766.

Amos and Hannah Richardson Sweet
had Amos 30 Jun 1766 in Attleboro.  He is not our ancestor.

Our Amos did not marry two women:  1.  Mercy Carpenter and 2. Mary Dorcas.  They were having children at the same time, and Mercy's husband was in Canada.

Mercy's husband Amos was the son of Amos and Elizabeth Straight Sweet.  He was born 5 Mar 1766, and died 10 May 1838.  He is not our ancestor.

I have a birth date of 5 Feb 1766.  I cannot find proof to whom it belongs.
I have a death date of 1832.  I have not found whom that date belongs to either.
     These may be the dates of our Amos.

David's Amos was born 26 Dec 1755.  I have not found his wifes name but Amos receives the land at his father's death.  Land records may include her name.

Beekman Amos is thought to have been born about 1754.  (This is David's Amos:  born 26 Dec 1755)

Amos of Milford was born 15 Mar 1784 and died 28 Jan 1823.  This makes him too young to be the parents of the children listed above.

Ulysses Amos is a bit hard to read in 1800.  He has too many children in the household but he is the correct age.  He deserves more research.

OLD IGI RECORDS SHOW:
  Dorcas as the most common name of Amos' wife, mother of Sarah Grace.
  Marriage 1783, by two seperate submissions.
  Amos birth 1766 in Hoosick, Rensselaer, NY,  Death 1848.
  Mercy's husbands birth and death - which are incorrect.

Amos Sweet 1766 - 1848 of Hoosick, New York
Mary Dorcas// 1768 - 
  Married 1783
    Children:  Amos 1791-  (Aunt Betty Wood had 1784)
                    Elias 1795 -   ( Aunt Betty Wood had 1791)
                    Sarah Grace - 1799  (This information is from her children) in Hoosick, Ren, NY
                    Lydia - 1802
                 

Attleborough Births Abstracts

Source:  Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988  image 250 etc of 744
SWEET:

 Amos and Hannah Richardson
    Amos - son, b. 30 Jun 1766
    Asel - son, b. 2 May 1774
    Asel - son, b. 11 Oct 1776
    Elias - son, b. 31 Dec 1768
    Elizabeth - daughter, b. 5 Sep 1771
    Hannah - daughter, b. 22 Jan 1764
    John Coy - son, b. 29 Nov 1778
    Nancy - daughter, b. 22 Aug 1785
    Only - son, b. 14 Mar 1783
    Polly - daughter, b. 4 Dec 1788
    Stephen - son, b. 6 Mar 1781

Amos and Sally Sweet
    Amos - son, b.  3 Dec 1804
    Clarrissa - daughter, b. 9 Jun 1798
    Hannah - daughter, b. 19 Feb 1810
    Hannah - daughter b. 25 Aug 1814
    Joabert - son, b. 3 Jan 1812
    Joabert - son, b. 1 Oct 1818
    Margareet - daughter, b. 14 Feb 1802
    Sally - daughter, b. 3 Oct 1796 
    Summer - daughter, b. 27, May 1800

Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 forAmos Sweet, 
    Sally - daughter, b. 3 Oct 1796    
    Clarrissa - daughter, b. 9 Jun 1798
    Summer - daughter, b. 27, May 1800
    Margareet - daughter, b. 14 Feb 1802
    Amos - son, b.  3 Dec 1804
    Hannah - daughter, b. 19 Feb 1810 d. Jan 18 1814
    Joabert - son, b. 3 Jan 1812  d. Jan 14, 1814
    Hannah - daughter b. 25 Aug 1814
    Joabert - son, b. 1 Oct 1818
     
John and Sarah Maclaflen
    Amos - son, b. 9 Mar 1734-5
    Benjamin - son, b. 3 Sep 1738
    Ebenezer - son, b. 18 Jan 1743-4
    Hannah - daughter b. 2 Apr 1732
    Nathaniel - son, b. 16 Mar 1745-6
    Nehemiah - son, b. 26 Apr 1741
    Sarah - daughter, b. 4 Sep 1733
    Sarah - daughter, b. 3 Jan 1736-7

Amos Elias Sweet, husband of Hannah Richardson

This Amos stayed in the Attleborough, Bristol, Massachusetts area most of his life.  He was born there and died there.  Amos is the son of John Sweet (1684) and Sarah Claflin.

(Sons of Am Rev Membership Application)
Birth date:  9 Mar 1734 
Birth place:  Attleborough, Bristol, Massachusetts
Death date:  26 Jul 1801
Death Place;  Attleboro, Massachusetts
Spouse:  Hannah Richardson
Children:  Elizabeth Sweet

Amos Sweet (1734-1801) served as a private 1778, in Captain Elisha May's Company, Col. John Daggett's Massachusetts Regiment.  (It is recorded that Col. Daggett's Regiment marched on Lexington alarm).

Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records
Amos Sweet married Hannah Richardson in Attleboro, Massachusetts.
int.  Oct 9, 1762

They had a son named Amos Jr., born June 30, 1766.  Image
Amos Elias middle name came from Findagrave.com