Research Log:

Books on FS in the Card Catalog:

•   https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/2057803.   Church record in Hoosick, no Sweets listed.  
• Ancestry Sketches by Caroline Knous:  Truman Sweet, son of Palmer and Lucy Bidwell married Mary Glover.  They had a daughter Mary Ann Sweet who married James Babcock Shultas, son of John Shultas.  Sweet line stops on Tuman's father.
• A Biographical Sketch of the Sweet Family by Lorenzo Luman Sweet, Nov 29, 1748..  This record includes the descendants of Elijah Sweet 1748-1838 and Elizabeth Wright.  I added some to FamilySearch Family Tree, but stopped after a few pages.  I left sources on 96% of those I added.
• The descendants of Timothy Carpenter of Pittstown, Rensselaer Co., New York by Charles Lorain Carpenter, 1976.  Only lists Lois Sweet.
• The First List of Freemen of Kings Town, by Ray Greene Huling.  Sweets on pages:  203(image 219) Richard Sweet, 204 (image 220), 205, 206, 316.  Just lists church leaders.
• Genealogical Record of the Hodges Family of New England.  A Bunch of names:  Index on image 563/571.  Extracted some information, Lydia is not our Lydia and other names not looked at as they are not the names I currently have.
• Information collected in Michigan on Sweet family... completed by Candice Carol Walters Hanson.  includes John Edson Sweet, image 17 of 71. b. 1832.  Image 19 shows descendant of Joseph C. Sweet and Polly Clark.  Joseph is son of Amos Sweet Jr. and Mercy Carpenter.  Image 20 shows Amos and Mercy.
• Stevens, Strickland, Sweet - other family marries into Sweet family, not pertinent to me
• The Sweet family heritage book - not pertinent to my research
• Sweet Sheets - v.5 Dorfner, Beverly F. Sweet shows Amos and Hannah Richardson on image 16
• Sweet Sheets v 10; ibid, image8: ....ggd/o Amos and Hannah Richardson)... Amos Sweet (1734-1801 pvt 1778 Capt May's company MA regt b. & d. Attleborough Ma N...  plus more
• The Sweet Family of Waterloo, New York,  Ruth Bigelow Sweet 1882-1985, can be viewed online.  Research done on ancestors.  
• pg 2:  (1) John Sweet, first of this line, married Mary, parents of James.
• (1.1) James Sweet and Mary Green, son Benoni.
• (1.1.1) Benoni Sweet b, 28 Mar 1663.  Married Elizabeth.  Had son James
• (1.1.1.1.)  James Sweet, b. 28 May 1686. He and wife had son Job.
• (1.1.1.1.1,) Job Sweet b. 1 Dec 1724.  Married (a.)  Jemima Sherman  (b) Sarah Kingsley, daughter of John Kingsley in 1753 in North Kingston, and had James.
• (1.1.1.1.1.1)  James Sweet b 17 Oct 1760.  This James is the proven line of this authors subject, and was born in Exeter, Rhode Island in 1767.                                                                          More information follows on her line, but does not include our Amos'.
• pg 7:  ...genealogy is not complete, ... due to the records at Exeter, Rhode Island, having been lost in the Church fire.
• There is an old legend in the Sweet family, that "Jan the Swede" landed in Cornwall, England, about the time of William the Conqueror, and was the originator of the Sweet Family, and as the name appears both in England and America, with the following spelling -- Swede, Swett, Swete, Sweet, and several other variations -- the legend may have some foundation, but I do not vouch for it.  
• The name of Sweet or Swett is said to have been of ancient Saxon origin and derived from the nickname of "the sweet," having reference to the disposition of its first bearer. ... Families of this name were to be found at early dates in the counties of Oxford, Cambridge, Devon, Somerset, York, and London and were, for the most part, of the landed gentry and yeomanry of Great Britain.
• More information starts at the bottom of page 7 about English Ancestors)
• Her direct line begins on image 17 of 133, page 9:  with James and Mary Green [Sweet].
• Moves on to descendants but is too late for my research.
• The Sweet journey:  England to New England  Ward, Sally Sweet:  
• Image 97:  Amos Sweet of Grafton (which is too late for my research)
• Image 184:  Amos Sweet Sr., born 1730, moved to Stephentown in 1780....
• Image 56:  ....Sawmill Amos; and Sweet's Corner....
• Image 23:  More information about ancestors 

Search Mary Dorcas Sweet on Digital Library at FamilySearch Books:  no results pertinant  3-2024

Google searched Amos Sweet born 1730      

• Amos Elias Sweet 1734-1801 WikiTree Sweet 267, married Hannah Richardson
• Amos Sweet 1730-1795 WikiTree Sweet-285:  Amos Sr. 

Family Tree Maker – Rootsweb Alford Genealogy Sweet pdf:

    pg 3. Amos Elias Sweet and Hannah Richardson with children #9

    Amos Sweet Jr. b. 30 Jan 1766 d 1843. Marries Sally Sweet 1777-1841 #11

Hoosick Historical Society Word Doc Sweet- John 13, accessed on 11/16/2020.  Because I have not received permission to share I have not made this link available to anyone but me.

Research notes from 2011 are not included here.  They are in my original SWEET book.

State of NY deeds, 1654-1901; index, 1630-1966  Misc. county records;

     464901 - no

     464902 - no Amos grantor, no Dorcas

     468075 - no Amos grantee, no Dorcas

     469678 - no

     532618_6 - Baptist

2133553_2 Cemetery Records of Hoosick, Rensselaer, NY:  copied

Early History of Hoosick and Hoosick Falls NY:

    The title to the soil of the town of Hoosick comes from three original patents - the Hoosick, the Walloomsac and the Schneider. 

Stephentown, NY from Wikipedia accessed 3/18/2011:

    Stephentown was first settled around 1765, the same year Berlin was settled.  Stephentown pioneers were from New England, primarily Rhode Island and Connecticut, and arrived from the southeast.  

    It seems to have been settled that the earliest inhabitants of Stephentown came, not as individuals or as single families, but in small colonies of a dozen or a score each, following some explorer who went ahead to ascertain the nature of the new country and the most advantageous site for the establishment of a colony

    .... Elnathan Sweet located very early in the southern part of the town.

Marriage at the Seventh-day Baptist Church in Hoosick 1801-1838  This was the first church formed in N. Berlin, in Dec 1780.

John I. Brimmer to Hannah Sweet

Luther Sweet to Clarissa Cory

Jerry Milliard to Betsey Sweet

Samuel Alesworth to Paty Sweet

Jonathan Smith, 25 to Silvene Sweet, 18 in 1835

History of the Towns of Rensselaer County page 117:

After the revolution new settlers began to come in and enlarge the boundaries of cultivation.  Mechanical arts began to increase.  A saw mill was built near the year 1780 by Amos Sweet, in the hollow east of the Christian chapel.  A blacksmith shop was opened by Thomas Sweet, on the east side of the road, a short distance north of Sweet's Corners.  This was much earlier than the above date.  (earlier than 1765)

In 1813 an epidemic made its appearance in the alley of the Hoosick and swept through the country like a tornado.

Dorcas as a last name research IN THE 1800 census:

Alexander Dorcas, in Montgomery, Orange, New York =  very long way for the families to meet.

  

American Ancestors search of "Amos Sweet".  Nov 2019
Search only resulted in Beekman and Attlebougho Amos's.  Those results included on pages for both


Possible things to research as of 11/22/2019 in FamilySearch Card Catalog:

• United States, New York, Rensselaer, Hoosick - Cemeteries _{( 2 )}
  1. Cemetery records of Hoosick, Rensselaer County, New York
     

     Author:	Radz, Clare; Radz, Don; Rensselaer County (New York) cemetery name extraction project

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  2. Inscriptions of some small burying grounds, town of Hoosick, Rensselaer County, New York
     

     Author:	Wanzer, William H.

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• United States, New York, Rensselaer, Hoosick - Church history _{( 1 )}
  1. Inscriptions of some small burying grounds, town of Hoosick, Rensselaer County, New York
     

     Author:	Wanzer, William H.

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• United States, New York, Rensselaer, Hoosick - Church records _{( 1 )}
  1. Records of the Reformed Dutch Church of Tiashoke at Buskirk : (formerly Buskirk's Bridge or Tiossiook) in the town of Hoosick, Rensselaer Co., N. Y.
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• United States, New York, Rensselaer, Hoosick - Directories _{( 1 )}
  1. Hoosick Falls (New York) city directories
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• United States, New York, Rensselaer, Hoosick - Societies - History _{( 1 )}
  1. One hundred years of freemasonry in the town of Hoosick
     

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     Beckett, James A From Sweet to Sweet by Martin, Goldie Sweet 1902-, Williams, Helen Myrie Martin, 1924- and Bayless, Dorothy Martin, 1927. found at FamilySearch, accessed 4 March 2024. Link pg 54: “Amos Sweet m 1759 Elizabeth Straight, moved to Sweet’s Corners near …. Pg 473: “near Berlin, NY. Issue: 5481. Amos… More information: Look at the index (also look up pg 473: ...either marriage. King worked for the Pinkerton Detective Agency. Amos Sweet (son of David 75) b. N …. The Sweet family heritiage book - shows addressses of Sweets Sweets across America – appears to be more addresses The Ellis Sweet Family 1979 – Schiebout, Joan Adella 1938- pg. 55: The Sweet family is of Ancient English Lineage and has produced many distinguished men. The Rhode Island …. More information, especially history of ancestors included, appears to be from page 59. Sources from 1st draft of Research report: 1. compiled by Dean Wood [(E-ADDRESS), & MAILING ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE], Delta, Utah, "Dean Wood Gedcom," supplied by Wood, 3 Mar 2011; copy held by [RESEARCHER & CONTACT INFORMATION FOR PRIVATE USE]\. 2. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch," database, \i FamilySearch\i0  (http://new.familysearch.org), accessed 18 Mar 2011), entry for Amos Sweet, person ID LHVY-D6V. 3. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, International Genealogical Index. 4. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ordinance Index (TM) (1 Mar 1993 Edition). 5. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch," database, \i FamilySearch\i0  , accessed 18 Mar 2011), entry for Sarah "Sally" Sweet, person ID KHYH-4HD. 6. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch," database, \i FamilySearch\i0  , accessed 18 Mar 2011), entry for Temperance Sweet, person ID 26WM-KGQ. 7. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch," database, \i FamilySearch\i0  , accessed 18 Mar 2011), entry for Lydia Sweet, person ID LHVY-XYG. 8. George C. Tanner, William Tanner of North Kingstown, Rhode Island and his descendants (Minneapolis, Minnesota: 1905), 26;  (: HeritageQuestOnline, ), . 9. , Lydia married Abel Tanner abt 1783.  They had six children from 1783-1794.  Abel died 2 Jun 1830.  Looking at "William Tanner of North Kingstown, Rhode Island and His Descendents" page 26 there is no thoughts that they were divorced, which would make this other marriage impossible for her. 10. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch," database, \i FamilySearch\i0  , accessed 18 Mar 2011), entry for Mary Dorcas, person ID LW6B-V3C.

Amos Sweet x3 Research Log from my early research.  There is nothing here that tells who Dean's Amos ancestry is.