Thank you so very much for your interest, PK! I have the census records for John PIERCE - the only one that makes me believe I have MY John is the 1825 Census, which indicates the birth of a male child in the preceeding year (1824, the year my great grandfather was born). I have noted the other SWEETs in the area, but have no way of connecting them to Phoebe. John died in 1840 in Cortland Co. Phoebe PIERCE apparently migrated with her 4 sons to Jones/Linn Cos., Iowa, as she is found as head of a family of 3 sons. My great grandfather, Edward Leroy, was married and had his own home by then. They apparently followed the PEET families to Iowa. Edward married Romelia PEET. Just a moment, I will go see if I can find info on SWEETs that is not yet entered to the computer - - - I did not find it, but I will and get back to you. Laura ----- Original Message ----- From: <pksweet@juno.com> To: <SWEET-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, September 23, 2002 1:40 PM Subject: Re: Phoebe SWEET, Cortland Co., NY > On Sun, 22 Sep 2002 22:37:24 -0700 "Genie Bea" <geniebea@charter.net> > writes: > > > "Can any of you SWEET people tell me about Ph(o)ebe who married my great, > great grandfather John PIERCE in Cortland Co., NY Mar 1820? I would be > delighted if you can!" > > > > I can offer nothing definite but it appears from the 1820 census that > John Pierce was living in Truxton, Cortland, NY. If so, then perhaps > Phoebe was related to the other Sweets -- Amos B(abcock) Sweet and > Godfrey Sweet -- who lived in Truxton at that time and later showed up in > Grafton, Rensselaer, NY. Amos was born in 1792 and died in Grafton in > 1847, while census records indicate that Godfrey was born ca. 1792. I > wonder if Phoebe, Amos and the younger Godrey could be the children of > Godfrey Sweet (1756 - 1810)? He was listed in Grafton in the 1800 census > and married to Lucy Babcock, the daughter of Amos Babcock. Whether or > not this is Phoebe's line could perhaps be an avenue for further study. > Does anyone know the identities of the children born to the elder Godfrey > Sweet and Lucy Babcock? > > > ==== SWEET Mailing List ==== > List problems? First, read the Welcome Message that you received > when you subscribed to this list. > >