⍉ Dorcas Casey Sweet aka Dorcas Joanna Casey

American Ancestors:   Dutchess County, NY:
The Settlers of the Beekman Patent Vol 10, page 564

   

Dorcas Casey, daughter of Thomas Casey and Alice Tripp (link goes to Family Search, accessed May 9, 2026 for this writing)  was born 16 June 1749 in Exeter, Kings, Rhode Island, British Colonial America, image not available, source Rhode Island Births and Christenings 1600-1914.  Dorcas Casey married Stephen Sweet in 1773, suggested Duchess County, New York.  He was  born  about 30 May 1745 (FamilySearch) or 30 March 1745 (Settlers of the Beekman Patent, image included) the son of Stephen Sweet (FS 1710-1790) and Ann (Baker) Austun (FS shows Ann Baker 1715-1780 Rhode Island, with sources attached to Anna Austun).  Research from "The Baker Genealogy (Book 1911), descendants of Rev. Thomas Baker, page 10 and 11 shows Anna as the daughter of Thomas Baker of Newport, Rhode Island, and Mary _(Ward)_.  Ann m. April 9, 1732 Daniel Austin and second, Stephen Sweet; he  (Daniel Austin) died 1737.

Stephen Sweet Ancestry:

Daniel Austin and Ann Baker were married 9 April 1732 in North Kingstown, Kings, Rhode Island.  They had one child Oliver Austin (1733-1778) with Daniel dying in 1737.

Note from FamilySearch:  "Stephen Sweet, born 1710, married Ann, daughter of Thomas Baker and widow of Daniel Austin. (Ref.: Vital Records of Rhode Island, Vol. V. Wash. Co. North Kingston Marriages.) Thomas Baker died 1743 and mentions daughter Ann, wife of Stephen Sweet. Children: Thomas, Ann, Mary, Sarah and Sylvester, born 1741. Source: Baker Genealogy by John Komar at Warren Co., NY GenWeb Site McCallum Family Genealogy (Online) Report of the Record Commissioners of Boston, Massachusetts 1630 1699"

Then Ann Baker Austin married Stephen Sweet 16 December 1738 in North Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island.  (Source from Rhode Island Marriages shows event date extracted as 13 Dec 1742): original record is ripped, missing year) but previous record is 1742)  (WikiTree shows marriage 16 Dec 1738 in North Kington, Washington, Rhode Island)

Children listed as of 9 May 2026 in FamilySearch include:  (no direct sources linking them to Stephen and Ann however)

Sarah Sweet abt 1739-1813 (no sources attached)

Thomas Sweet abt 1739-1813 (no sources attached)

Anna Sweet  abt 1740 (no sources attached)

Sylvester Sweet 1741-1809  (no birth source) (WikiTree shows b. 30 April 1741 North Kingstown, Kings Rhode Island - d. 27 Jan 1809 Alburg, Grand Isle, Vermont, but no sources attached.

Sarah Sweet abt 1742- (no source attached)

Mary Sweet from 1739-1750 (no source attached)

      Marriage as per record

Stephen Sweet 1745-1794, (FS:  married Mary Congdon m. 28 Jan 1776 North Kingstown)  WikiTree shows: b. 30 May 1745 South Kingstown, Kings, Rhode Island - d. 1794 in North Kingstown)

Sylvester Sweet 1749-1811. (source from death shows of Vermont)

In FamilySearch, Julie Tompkins Tron attached source on 18 October 2017:  

Coenradt Esselstne (Asselstine): ancestry ad descendants of Conrad Esseltine, some allied families and other Asseltnes page 58 shows:

6.  Stephen Sweet, (Sr), born 1710, Newport; married Ann, daughter of Thomas Baker and widow of Daniel Austin.  (Reference: Vital records of R. I. Vol V. Washington Co, N. K. Marriages)  "Stephen Sweet, late of Charlestown, and Ann Austin; married December 16-17-" (part of page defaced, probably about 1738).  Thomas Baker of North Kingston dies 1746 and mentions daughter Ann, wife of Stephen Sweet."

Stephen Sweet (Jr.) and Dorcas Casey Descendancy:

Stephen Sweet (Jr). about 30 May 1745 in North Kingstown, Washington, R.I., son of Stephen Sweet and Anna [Baker] (Austin) Sweet of Rhode Island

FamilySearch shows he married Mary Congdon 28 Jan 1776 in North Kingstown, Washington, RI, but it also shows that he married Dorcas Joanna Casey (1749-1835) in 1773.  However he would not be married to both and having children with Mary in the middle of his children with Dorcas Casey.  Obvious error or combined Stephen's incorrectly.

Dorcas Joanna Casey, born 16 June 1749 in Exeter, Kings, R.I., daughter of Thomas Casey and Alice Tripp (source from Rhode Island, Town Births Index only lists her as Dorcas Casey.)  She died aged 85-86 in November 1835 and is buried in the Quaker Cemetery of Pawling, Dutchess County, New York, USA.  (The Government record shows he birth 16 Jun 1749, same) and death Nov 1835 in Dover Plains, Dutchess, New York, but it also is the source for her birth name being Dorcas Joanna Casey.

American Ancestors:   Dutchess County, NY:
The Settlers of the Beekman Patent Vol 3, page 320

Extracted from "The Settlers of the Beekman Patent page 320" image above:

4.  Dorcas Casey... was born in N. Kingstown 16 June 1749 and m. in Pawling, Stephen, born 30 March 1745, the son of Stephen and Anna [Baker (not included)] (Austin) Sweet of Rhode Island.  Stephen Sweet was taxed i Pawling in 1777-78.  On 8 Dec 1804 he and his wife Dorcas gave a mortgage to John R. Livingston of Rhinebeck on a farm in Pawling.  The farm was 332 1/4 acres and was located on the line of lots 14 and 15 at the NE corner of Jonathan Hustis.  The farm bounded John Tallman and woodlots 2, 3, 4, and 5.  [M 10:167].  He was listed in Pawling in 1790 at 3-3-5 and was next to Darius Tallman and Job Briggs and was two away from Thomas Casey.  He was a customer at the Duncan store in Dover.

Dorcas (Casey) Sweet died Nov. 1835 at age 86 and was bd. in the Quaker Hill Cemetery in Pawling.  Her grave stone reads:  "Dorcus Sweet, mother of Sarah Ferris, and dau. of Thomas and Alice Casey of Rhode Island, died 1835, Nov., age 86." [OGDC 182].  Stephen Sweet of Dover died 18 March 1808 per statement on Jonathan Hustis [no relationship found with quick search] of Dover  He left widow Dorcas who with sons Thomas and Stephen Sweet, Jonathan Hustis and Thomas Casey were all on bond of $5,000 [DCW box 491].

Children:  (Sweet)  (links will take you to FamilySearch)

i.        Thomas, b. 7 May 1774; m. Phebe _____.  [MDDC 101].  d. 9 Nov 1843 (age 69) Poughkeepsie, Dutchess, NY.  Buried Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery.  Born at Chestnut Ridge.  Married Margaret Ann Cheesman 1793-1865.  Child:  Anna Katharine "Kate" Sweet Hatch 1835-1905 [Find a Grave]    

ii.       Mary, b. 24 April 1777; m. Zacheus Mead [FamilySearch shows marriage 24 Dec 1800 in Dutchess, NY.  Zaccheus Mead was b. 20 Feb 1770 and died 8 Aug 1837 in Duanesburg, Schenectady, NY.  Nine children listed]

iii.      Stephen, b. 20 Sept. 1779; m. Margaret (Titus?); he d. 8 July 1825. [MDDC101]. [FamilySearch shows Margaret Titus 1789-1874 married 20 Feb 1819 in Pawling, Dutchess, New York.

iv.      John, b. 16 April 1782; He d. 27 Nov 1838 while on a visit to Ohio.

v.       Nehemiah, b. 7 Feb 1785; m. Mary Whitman who was b. 8 Feb 1785 and d. 10 July 1851.  Nehemiah Sweet d. 15 Sep 1856. [OGDC 248].  [FamilySearch shows him married to Mariam Titus with six children.  He is buried in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess, New York.] 

vi.     Sarah, b. 12 July 1787; m. [Edgar] Peleg Ferris as his second wife after 21 Jan. 1811.  Peleg was b. 21 Jan. 1781 [Quaker Hill, Dutchess, NY, the son of Benjamin and Mary (Howland) Ferris.  He m. 1st, ca.  16  June 1804, Polly, b. 9 Dec. 1784, dau. of Abiel and Joanna (Howland) Sherman.  [Peleg died 24 Jan 1838 at age 57 in Pawling, Dutchess, NY and is buried there in the Quaker Cemetery. Source:  Find a Grave] [Sarah died 21 Mar 1867 and is buried in the Quaker Cemetery in Pawling Dutchess, NY.  Source:  Find a Grave]

vii.     Ann, b. 6 April 1790

viii.   Silas, b. 8 Oct 1792.  [m. Elizabeth Titus 1798-1891.  Silas died 1 Nov 1877, Dutchess, NY, and is buried in the LaGrange Rural Cemetery, Poughkeepsie, Dutchess, NY.  Source:  FamilySearch]

(FamilySearch shows a Phoebe Sweet born 12 June 1787, just one month before Sarah.  Bogus).  No sources.  She came showing father John Sweet and mother Dorcas Joanna Casey AND Stephen Sweet as father with Dorcas Joanna Casey.  She was added with a merge.  Orange County FS deleted the relationship as a duplicate with John Sweet, after a merge .  Relationship was added Sep 12, 2012.)

My Research Summary:  Dorcus Casey is not the Dorcas or Mary Dorcas that married Amos Sweet and had children with him including Sarah Grace Sweet Warren Wood.  She is buried in the Quaker Cemetery in Pawling, Dutchess, New York.  Stephen did not die until 1808, in Dover, Dutchess, NY,  which rules out that this Dorcas would have had children with an Amos Sweet while Stephen was alive.  Stephen is not listed with a headstone in the Quaker Cemetery Memorials on Find a Grave.  There are no matches on Find a Grave for a Sweet in Pawlings that died in 1808.  

American Ancestors:   Dutchess County, NY: The Settlers of the Beekman Patent Vol 5, page 140

American Ancestors:   Dutchess County, NY: The Settlers of the Beekman Patent Vol 7, page 831