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Friday, March 18, 2011

Amos Sweet marries Elizabeth Straight

Straight, Elizabeth marries Amos Sweet April 8, 1759.

Sweet, Amos, of N. Kingstown, and Elizabeth Straight, of E. Greenwich [Rhode Island, USA]; m. by Thomas Shippee, April 8, 1759.

SOURCE: Vital Records of Rhode Island, 1636-1850, first series, birth, marriage and deaths: a family register for the people, Vol 1., Part II.

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Sarah Grace Sweet

Sarah Grace Sweet was born 13 Jan 1799 in Hoosick, Rensselaer, New York to Amos Sweet Amos was originally believed to be the son of Amos Sweet Sr. and Elizabeth Straight, but this is not true. Amos and Elizabeth Straights son married Mercy Carpenter and after his death their family eventually moved to Quebec, Canada. Sarah Grace's mother is Dorcas, unknown parentage. However, in 1790 there is only one person in the USA Census, Alexander Dorcas in southern New York.

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

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

Temperance Sweet - b. 1 Jan 1800; d. 8 Sep 1858

Benjamin Sweet - b. abt 1788; d. bef 1863

Kylar Sweet - 1812; d. 29 Oct 1862

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Friday, March 18, 2011

Amos Sweet marries Elizabeth Straight