This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/HBRBAIB/1184.3 Message Board Post: My Grandfather's name was Merritt Sweet. Grandmother.s name was Amanda Spicer Sweet. They lived in Illonois, Michigan, and Montana. According to the records I have, they also lived in and are burried in Wisconsin.

RE: Michele's Yahoo Sweet site. I would like to subscribe, but, is Yahoo free? I went to that site and it is not plain if sign up is free or not. Thank you for any info. VS ----- Original Message ----- From: SWEET-D-request@rootsweb.com Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2003 1:01 PM To: SWEET-D@rootsweb.com Subject: SWEET-D Digest V03 #32 Content-Type: text/plain SWEET-D Digest Volume 03 : Issue 32 Today's Topics: #1 Henry Sweet of Barbados, will ["Cheryl Marsh" <cmarsh@ctel.net>] #2 My Sweet Line [rradoll@wi.rr.com] #3 Re: My Sweet Line [RobinCoon@aol.com] #4 Edmond Sweet b abt 1770 [Utahpal@aol.com] Administrivia: Administrivia: Please consider supporting RootsWeb: http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html To unsubscribe from SWEET-D, send a message to SWEET-D-request@rootsweb.com that contains in the body of the message the command unsubscribe and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. ______________________________

Hi Virgene, Harriet Sweet was married before she married Lewis Chamberlain. I don't know her first husbands first name " ? Sweet " . In her probate record at Darlington , LaFayette Co. Wi. courthouse , states her children were all over the age of 21 in 1899. The children listed were Charles A Sweet, Sarah Sweet,Amos Sweet and Mary Etta Sweet. In the 1870 U S census record Charles A Sweet of Darlington Wi was 27 yrs old.which would give his birth year as 1843,and was born in Ohio. His wife Rosetta ? was born in Ill. I'm guessing this Charles was a brother to the one Harriet was married to and they named a son after this brother. At least this would make sense . there are too many Charles Sweets ! Carol

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/HBRBAIB/1184.2 Message Board Post: May I also be invited to your web site? Thanks much Geri

Michelle, Please add me to your Sweetgenealogy list. Thanks. Wanda Hilyard Gonzalez miche371@ameritech.net wrote:This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Sweet/Sweete/Sweat/Swett Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/HBRBAIB/1184 Message Board Post: Hi all, I have started a Yahoo group called sweetgenealogy. It is a group where researchers can exchange information on the Sweet/Sweete/Sweat and anyother variation of the name. It is close to this message board but you can also post pictures and other great stuff. If you would like to join please e-mail me and I'll send you an invitation to join. Hope you'll join, Michelle Gonzales ==== SWEET Mailing List ==== Search this list's archived messages! http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Platinum - Watch CBS' NCAA March Madness, live on your desktop!

I would be interested in the SWEET group. My family of Sweets come out of NS, Canada to MI late 1800's. Phyllis Ceratto Evans------PO Box 1101--Poulsbo, WA, 98370

John, The Sisson-L has had great success with DNA testing, altho so far no common ancestor. Check it out at <A HREF="http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~dasisson/ ">Sisson DB</A> & scroll to the link for DNA testing. Barb Austin, who unfortunately has no direct line male Sisson. I am daughtered out.

Hi Michele, I would be interested in joining. Hope I will be able to find some of my Sweet relatives as I am at a dead end and going no where fast. Linda Leclair ----- Original Message ----- From: <miche371@ameritech.net> To: <SWEET-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, March 28, 2003 11:01 AM Subject: Sweet genealogy > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: Sweet/Sweete/Sweat/Swett > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/HBRBAIB/1184 > > Message Board Post: > > Hi all, > I have started a Yahoo group called sweetgenealogy. It is a group where researchers can exchange information on the Sweet/Sweete/Sweat and anyother variation of the name. It is close to this message board but you can also post pictures and other great stuff. If you would like to join please e-mail me and I'll send you an invitation to join. Hope you'll join, Michelle Gonzales > > > ==== SWEET Mailing List ==== > Search this list's archived messages! > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > >

Hi Michelle, I would be intrested in joining, I have SWEET relatives from Berkshire, England Regards, Laura Ing Ontario, Canada ----- Original Message ----- From: <miche371@ameritech.net> To: <SWEET-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, March 28, 2003 8:01 AM Subject: Sweet genealogy > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: Sweet/Sweete/Sweat/Swett > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/HBRBAIB/1184 > > Message Board Post: > > Hi all, > I have started a Yahoo group called sweetgenealogy. It is a group where researchers can exchange information on the Sweet/Sweete/Sweat and anyother variation of the name. It is close to this message board but you can also post pictures and other great stuff. If you would like to join please e-mail me and I'll send you an invitation to join. Hope you'll join, Michelle Gonzales > > > ==== SWEET Mailing List ==== > Search this list's archived messages! > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl >

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Sweet/Sweat/Sweete/Swett Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/HBRBAIB/1184.1 Message Board Post: Hi again, If you would like to join you can also go to www.groups.yahoo.com/group/sweetgenealogy and request to become a member.

I think it's fascinating! I've read several accounts of this being used in various families, sometimes with very unexpected results. This would be a really interesting line of research! Cyndi -----Original Message----- From: John F. Chandler [mailto:JCHBN@CUVMB.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU] Sent: Friday, March 28, 2003 3:25 PM To: SWEET-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Sweet genealogy: a new approach A whole new field of genealogical research is now opening up, thanks to modern science. It relies on the simple biological fact that the Y chromosome, unlike all others, is passed intact and virtually unchanged from father to son down through the generations. It is therefore possible to do a simple DNA analysis on two men and learn immediately (well, actually the analysis takes a few weeks) whether the two are related on the paternal side or not. In particular, if we could find and recruit direct male-line descendants of the early Sweet immigrants, it would be possible to learn whether the immigrants were related or not. Obviously, it would be necessary to test several such descendants for each immigrant in order to be really sure of the results, but that's all it would take. If it turns out that the Sweet immigrants were from different families, it should be possible to do two very useful things that Sweet genealogists have only dreamed of before now: (1) any living male Sweet who is having trouble connecting back to the era of the immigrants could take the DNA test and find out which group is his, and (2) testing Sweets in England could provide direct proof of which Sweet immigrants are related to which Sweets in the old country. Needless to say, if all the American Sweets turn out to have the same Y chromosome, the first of these schemes would fall flat, but experience with lots of other surname groups has shown that most surnames really do have lots of different unrelated families. Similarly, the second scheme would be more or less meaningful depending on how many different types of Sweets there are. What it all depends on, of course, is recruiting male Sweets who are interested enough to take the DNA test, particularly males whose lineage can be reliably traced back to one or another of the immigrant Sweets. It's not enough to be a descendant of one of the Sweet families -- the only people who have the right DNA for testing are direct male-line descendants whose surname is Sweet (or would be Sweet, except for an adoption or whatever). I know that some male Sweets do participate in this discussion from time to time, and there are presumably lots of others who have uncles, cousins, brothers, husbands, etc., who would qualify. If there is enough interest, we could organize a Sweet DNA study and start getting answers. Note: I haven't described how the DNA testing works, since the first thing to determine is whether people are actually interested. I will just say that it's easy and painless and does NOT require drawing blood, so that squeamishness should not be a problem. What do you think? John Chandler ==== SWEET Mailing List ==== Visit Daisy's Sweet Home Page! http://www.rootsweb.com/~daisy/sweet.htm Visit Daisy's Roots! http://www.rootsweb.com/~daisy/1daisy.htm

A whole new field of genealogical research is now opening up, thanks to modern science. It relies on the simple biological fact that the Y chromosome, unlike all others, is passed intact and virtually unchanged from father to son down through the generations. It is therefore possible to do a simple DNA analysis on two men and learn immediately (well, actually the analysis takes a few weeks) whether the two are related on the paternal side or not. In particular, if we could find and recruit direct male-line descendants of the early Sweet immigrants, it would be possible to learn whether the immigrants were related or not. Obviously, it would be necessary to test several such descendants for each immigrant in order to be really sure of the results, but that's all it would take. If it turns out that the Sweet immigrants were from different families, it should be possible to do two very useful things that Sweet genealogists have only dreamed of before now: (1) any living male Sweet who is having trouble connecting back to the era of the immigrants could take the DNA test and find out which group is his, and (2) testing Sweets in England could provide direct proof of which Sweet immigrants are related to which Sweets in the old country. Needless to say, if all the American Sweets turn out to have the same Y chromosome, the first of these schemes would fall flat, but experience with lots of other surname groups has shown that most surnames really do have lots of different unrelated families. Similarly, the second scheme would be more or less meaningful depending on how many different types of Sweets there are. What it all depends on, of course, is recruiting male Sweets who are interested enough to take the DNA test, particularly males whose lineage can be reliably traced back to one or another of the immigrant Sweets. It's not enough to be a descendant of one of the Sweet families -- the only people who have the right DNA for testing are direct male-line descendants whose surname is Sweet (or would be Sweet, except for an adoption or whatever). I know that some male Sweets do participate in this discussion from time to time, and there are presumably lots of others who have uncles, cousins, brothers, husbands, etc., who would qualify. If there is enough interest, we could organize a Sweet DNA study and start getting answers. Note: I haven't described how the DNA testing works, since the first thing to determine is whether people are actually interested. I will just say that it's easy and painless and does NOT require drawing blood, so that squeamishness should not be a problem. What do you think? John Chandler

Michelle; I would like to join the Sweet group. Joseph Sweet 36 Bean Farm Dr. Kingston, RI 02881 (401) 783-2679 -----Original Message----- From: gc-gateway@rootsweb.com [mailto:gc-gateway@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of miche371@ameritech.net Sent: Friday, March 28, 2003 11:01 AM To: SWEET-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Sweet genealogy This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Sweet/Sweete/Sweat/Swett Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/HBRBAIB/1184 Message Board Post: Hi all, I have started a Yahoo group called sweetgenealogy. It is a group where researchers can exchange information on the Sweet/Sweete/Sweat and anyother variation of the name. It is close to this message board but you can also post pictures and other great stuff. If you would like to join please e-mail me and I'll send you an invitation to join. Hope you'll join, Michelle Gonzales ==== SWEET Mailing List ==== Search this list's archived messages! http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl

Hello, I don't have much info But I would like to join Ginny Stevens Plumley gindre43920@yahoo.com d/o Edgar Locker Hunt Stevens Jr. & Judith Sweet ===== May God Bless you and Keep you Safe yours truly Ginny __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Platinum - Watch CBS' NCAA March Madness, live on your desktop! http://platinum.yahoo.com

Hi Carol -- If Harriet L. Sweet married Lewis Chamberlain, wouldn't the surnames of their children be Chamberlain? And how could Harriet b. 1833 have son Charles A. b. 1843?? Did you mean that they were siblings? I am interested in the Charles A. Sweet b. 1843 that you mention. I, too, have a Charles A. Sweet b. 1843 as listed below. Also, in my notes on Charles A. Sweet (see below) there is 1860 census info. on another Charles A. Sweet about the same age, b. in NY. (Please note that I have evidence on some of this info, but received some of the info. from another researcher.) The line of SWEETS discussed below were in VT, MI & OR. However, I believe them to be related to Sweets who were in OH 1820's - 1852 when they went to Oregon. Charles Abner Sweet b. 8 Dec 1834 in Springfield, Windsor Co., VT; d. 26 Oct 1900 in Gresham, Multnomah Co., Oregon. He was the son of William S. Sweet and Harriet Bisbee per other researcher. He m. (1st) Perlina Melvin on 9 Oct 1856 in Owosso, Shiawassee, Michigan; she died 22 Apr 1861 in Three Rivers, St. Joseph Co., MI. They had two children: ?Armeda? b. about 1857 (she may have died young) and Frank b. about 1860. He m. (2nd) Lodema Howey on 22 Oct 1862 in Union City, Branch Co., MI Their children: 1. W. M. Sweet (mentioned in obit of his father) 2. Harriet "Hattie" Lelah Sweet b. 15 Nov 1866 in Athens, Calhoun Co. MI, d. 19 Apr 1959 in Eugene, Lane Co., Oregon. She married Frank Thomas Wostell. 3. Agnes B. Sweet b. Oct 1868 in MI, d. LA, CA -- never married 4. Beulia Sweet b. 1873, d. 1874 5. Milo G. Sweet b. 19 Mar 1875 6. Morris M. Sweet (could this be same person as W.M. Sweet and the "W" was a misprint?) 7. Lula Lodema Sweet b. 28 Oct 1883 in Yamhill Co., OR 8. Guy Ira Sweet b. 10 Jul 1885 in Yamhill Co., OR If anyone has further info. on these children, please let me know. Below are my notes on the above Charles Abner Sweet. Note that anything in square [brackets] was difficult to read and is only "my best guess." BIRTHDATE & PLACE: From 1900 U.S. Census; see below AGE: Charles was age 25 in July 1860 so must have been born about 1835. This is from Civil War Pension File. SPOUSES: From Civil War Pension File: 1 - Perlina/Pauline Melvin m. 9 Oct 1856 Owosso, Shiawassee Co., Michigan; she died 22 Apr 1861 in Three Rivers, St. Joseph Co., Michigan 2 - Lodema Howey m. 22 Oct 1862 Union City, Branch Co., Michigan 1860 U. S. CENSUS: Lockport Twp., P. O.: Three Rivers, St. Joseph Co., Michigan, July 1860, page 465, Dwelling 1447, Family 1463: Charles Sweet 25 M farmer 300 NY Perlina 21 F Mich [Armeda] 4 F Mich Frank 9/12 M Mich Note: On Page 460 is the family of David S. Sweet, age 54 (possibly the father of Charles?) and Royallin or Reyalla Twp., Berrien Co., Michigan, Page 24 (or 44?), Dwelling [X65], Family [79] is another: Sweet, Charles A. 24 M farmer 400 -00- b. NY 1861-66 MILITARY: Charles A. Sweet. Pvt. Company F, 1st Mich. Light Artillery Volunteers; 29 Nov 1861 to 19 Feb. 1864, 3 yrs. 3 mo. Re-enlisted 1st Lieut.; Company H, 12th U.S. Heavy Artillery; 13 Sept 1864 to 28 April 1866, 2 yrs. 7 mo. P.O. Sandy, Oregon. Shot in right leg. This information comes from Oregon 1890 Special Federal Census of Union Veterans and Their Widows; LDS FHL 979.5, X28m. MILITARY: From Declaration for Invalid Pension filed 6 August 1890 in Clackamas Co., Oregon: AGE: 55 RESIDENT OF: Sandy, Clackamas Co., Oregon MILITARY SERVICE: Enrolled 29 Nov. 1861 in Co. F. of the 1st Michigan Light Artillery Volunteers; became a sargeant; discharged at Knoxville, Tennessee on 19 Feb 1864. Re-enlisted in Co. H. of the 12th U.S. Colored Heavy Artillery and finally discharged. "Is about totally unable to earn a support by reason of gunshot wound of right leg. At times near helplessness from [lameness] of ankle; shell wound of abdomen, wounded in head by a piece of minney ball at Peach Tree Creek, Ga. July 22, 1864; weakness and [cauiercess] of ankle; also Brights Disease of the kidney." PENSION INFO: This form states that he currently is a pensioner under Certificate No. 134761 at $4.00 per month on first, for disability. This form requests that his pension be increased to $10.00 per month. RESIDENCES: Apr, 1861 - Three Rivers, St. Joseph Co., Michigan Aug, 1890 - Sandy, Clackamas Co., Oregon Sep, 1899 - Gresham, Multnomah Co., Oregon 1900 U.S. Census; Oregon, Gresham, Multnomah Co., Oregon, 5 June 1900, SD 2, ED 92, Sheet 3, Line 92, Dwelling 67, Family 68: Sweet, C. A. Hd W M Dec 1834 65 M 38 Vt NY Vt --Lodema Wf W F Jul 1838 61 M 38 7 5 Mich NY NY --Lulu Da W F Oct 1882 17 S Oreg Vt Mich --Guy Sn W M Jul 1885 14 S Oreg Vt Mich 1900 OBITUARY: From THE EVENING TELEGRAM, Portland, Oregon, October 30, 1900, page 3: FUNERAL OF C. O. SWEET; Services Held From the Baptist Church Last Sunday; Gresham, Oct. 30 -- The funeral services of C. A. Sweet were held from the Baptist Church Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock under the auspices of the G.A.R. Post of Pleasant Home of which the deceased was a prominent member. As Mr. Sweet was an old settler, a large audience was present from the community at large. The floral offerings were large, the casket being covered. The interment was in the Gresham Cemetery, close by the church. Mr. Sweet leaves a wife and five children to mourn his loss. One daughter Miss Agnes B. Sweet, well known in Portland, is a trained nurse who was called to Manila last year and is still absent, not being able to be present. Mrs. Wostull, another daughter, is living in Alaska. The oldest son, W. M. Sweet, assistant Western Union Telephone Company in California arrived this morning, too late for the funeral. The other two children are living at home. Mr. Sweet came to this country 20 years ago, from Michigan, living at McMinnville several years, removing from there to Sandy and from there to this vicinity where he has lived five years. In Michigan he enlisted in light artillery and served the Rebellion five years and seven months. His death occurred Friday morning, October 26, at 11 o'clock, resulting from Bright's disease. If spared until January 8, Mr. Sweet would have been 61 years of age. He was a man highly respected and much thought of, and as an old pioneer his death is keenly felt. 1900 PROPERTY: Per an affidavit filed in March 1901 by Ruth A. Howey of Lake City, Missaukee, Michigan in support of Lodema (Howey) Sweet's request for pension after the death of Charles, she states that "I have been personally acquainted with Lodema Sweet and her late husband since 1860." In the first part of their married life, she often met and visited with them. Later on when they moved west, they corresponded and she visited with them in their home ruing the winter season of 1900. She state that they have five children living and that they have "160 acres of land also a house & lot in Gresham, Oregon. I should judge from what I know of the their property that it would produce an income of more than $65 per year." Virgene Travis ----- Original Message ----- From: "ckeskey" <ckeskey@charter.net> To: <SWEET-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2003 11:48 AM Subject: sweets in wi 1858s & oh 1843s > I have Harriet L Sweet b. Vt .2/1833----d .4/10/1899 Wis. She ended up > in Darlington Wi. married to my Lewis Chamberlain. > She had Mary Etta Sweet > Amos M. sweet > Charles A. Sweet b. 1843 Ohio wed Rose ? they had 4 girls > born in Wi. > Sarah Sweet b. 1858 Wi. wed Delos Williams They had 1 girl > & 2 boys born in Wi. > Carol >

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Sweet/Sweete/Sweat/Swett Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/HBRBAIB/1184 Message Board Post: Hi all, I have started a Yahoo group called sweetgenealogy. It is a group where researchers can exchange information on the Sweet/Sweete/Sweat and anyother variation of the name. It is close to this message board but you can also post pictures and other great stuff. If you would like to join please e-mail me and I'll send you an invitation to join. Hope you'll join, Michelle Gonzales

My SWEET Family is 1. John SWEET m. Alpha 2. Elija SWEET m. Emma Ann SLY 3. Elijah T. SWEET m. Jane CHAPMAN 4. Susan E. SWEET m. Joseph H. FREEMAN 5. Charles C. FREEMAN - My greatgrandfather. I am willing to share what little I have. My SWEET ancestors left Sun Prairie and moved to Excelsior, Sauk, WI in 1868. Cathy H

I have Harriet L Sweet b. Vt .2/1833----d .4/10/1899 Wis. She ended up in Darlington Wi. married to my Lewis Chamberlain. She had Mary Etta Sweet Amos M. sweet Charles A. Sweet b. 1843 Ohio wed Rose ? they had 4 girls born in Wi. Sarah Sweet b. 1858 Wi. wed Delos Williams They had 1 girl & 2 boys born in Wi. Carol

My 4th ggfather Edmond Sweet was born about 1770 ( I'm not sure where) In 1790 Census he is in Norway, Herkimer Co, New York. neighbors to Oliver Sweet and Benjamin Sweet. Edmond and Benjamin are about the same age - Oliver is old enough to be their father. I know there were Oliver Sweets born in RI about 1745 - but I think maybe this family came from England. Does anyone have information on the Sweets of Herkimer Co, New York? Marilyn

Linda, I have Sweets that were in Scriba, Oswego County, New York. Joseph F. Sweet, born 1774 (don't know where), Died Sep 9, 1834. Married Ruth ??. She lived with her daughter Mary Sweet Coon in Scriba. Mary was born in 1818 and died 1892. Her huband was Jacob Coon. I don't have sibling names, so don't know if we connect or not. Robin