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/1187.1 Message Board Post: My records for Sarah Sweet follow: 1 Sarah Sweet. [1] Born ca 1744 in Providence, Providence, RI. Sarah married Joseph Ballou. 2 Benjamin Sweet. Born in 1712 in N. Kingston, RI. Benjamin died in Gloucester, RI on 9 Apr 1777; he was 65. [1] Benjamin married Anne Eddy [1]. 3 Anne Eddy. [1] Born on 27 Dec 1708 in Providence, Providence, RI. 4 Rufus Sweet. [1] Born in 1665. Rufus died in Gloucester, RI on 23 Dec 1732; he was 67. [1] Rufus married Elizabeth Sweet. 5 Elizabeth Sweet. 8 John Sweet. [2], [3], [4] Born in 1620 in Old Traine, Modbury, Devonshire, Eng. John died in Warwick, RI on 16 Jul 1677; he was 57. In 1650 when John was 30, he married Elizabeth Jeffreys [5], in Warwick, Kent, RI. 9 Elizabeth Jeffreys. [5] Born in 1629 in London, London, England. [6] Elizabeth died in Warwick, RI on 18 Sep 1684; she was 55. 16 John Sweet. [7], [8], [9], [5] Born in 1579 in Modbury, Devonshire, Eng. John died in Salem, MA on 15 May 1637; he was 58. [10] John married Mary Wescott. 17 Mary Wescott. Born in 1581 in England. Mary died in Salem, MA on 31 Jul 1681; she was 100. 18 Robert Jeffrey (Jeoffries). 32 Robert (aka Isaac) Swete. [7], [11] Born in 1552 in Hackney, London, Eng. Robert (aka Isaac) died in Hackney, London, Eng. on 7 May 1578; he was 26. On 7 May 1578 when Robert (aka Isaac) was 26, he married Johanna Richardson [12], in Rainham, Essex, Eng. 33 Johanna Richardson. [12] Born in 1554 in Rainham, Essex, England. [6] Johanna died in England. 64 John Sweet. [2], [13], [6], [14] Born in 1530 in Modbury, Devonshire, England. John died in 1613; he was 83. In 1550 when John was 20, he married Mary Periam. 65 Mary Periam. Born in 1531 in Hackney, London, England. Mary died in England. 128 John Sweet. [7], [9], [13] Born in 1512 in Upton Manor In South Milton, Eng. John died in 1541; he was 29. John married Johanna Scoos. 129 Johanna Scoos. Born in 1504 in Essex, Eng. 130 same as ahnentafel number 16 258 John Scoos. Born in 1450. John died on 5 Aug 1520; he was 70. [15] Sources 1. rexdrr@deseretonline.com, Ancestry.com/William Sweet/Ancestry World Tree, 10551. 2. Stephen Sweet, 4/7/2001, Genealogy/Sweet. 3. 8/29/1942, George H. Sellick, The Harford Times. 4. Crystal Sweet-Williams, “Amos Sweet-Mercy Carpenter-Mary Gorcas,” GenForum/Sweet, 8/10/2001, 2125. 5. Maribelle Smiley and Iola Young., The Sweet Saga, West Hants Historical Society, Windsor, Nova Scotia, 231 pp., 1994. 6. “Descendants of John Swete, Sr. 1504 & Johane Scoos Swete 1500,” Aug. 10, 2001, Brenda Charles. 7. Bob Ellsworth, “Re: John Sweet of Malbury Co England,” Genealogy.com/GenForum/Sweet, 9/6/1998, 232. 8. The Harford Times, Harford, Conn., Aug. 29, 1942, Fraser Gurley/Dixie Smith, George H. Selleck. 9. Mary L. G. Sweet and Orville K. Sweet, The Story of Four Families Sweet-Fitts-Gwaltney-Gallaher, M. L. G. Sweet, Kimberling City, MO, May 25, 1996, Fraser Gurley, Library of Congress Call No. CS71.S976. 10. Mark Dionne, “Sweet, Toomey, French and Sibbald,” Ancestry.com/Isaac Sweet/World Tree, 11/1/2001. 11. The Hardford Times, August 29, 1942, Genealogy/Sweet, George H. Sellick, Fraser Gurley. 12. Dale Underwood, Ancestry.com/John Sweet/Pedigree file. 13. Ben H. Swett, “Swet, Swete, Swett Coat of Arms,” http://home.dn.net/~bswett/gen/07arms.html, 2/25/2001. 14. Fred Bacon et al, FamilySearch.com/Ancestral File. 15. Bob Ellsworth, “Re: Robert Sweet of Hackney,” GenForum.com/Sweet, 9/6/1998. Index Ballou Joseph spouse of 1 Eddy Anne 3 Jeffrey Jeoffries Robert 18 Jeffreys Elizabeth 9 Periam Mary 65 Richardson Johanna 33 Scoos Johanna 129 John 258 Sweet Benjamin 2 Elizabeth 5 John 8 John 16 John 64 John 128 Rufus 4 Sarah 1 Swete Robert (aka Isaac) 32 Wescott Mary 17

Dixie wrote: <<My records for Sarah Sweet follow: 1 Sarah Sweet. [1] Born ca 1744 in Providence, Providence, RI. Sarah married Joseph Ballou. 2 Benjamin Sweet. Born in 1712 in N. Kingston, RI. Benjamin died in Gloucester, RI on 9 Apr 1777; he was 65. [1] Benjamin married Anne Eddy [1].>> The Vital Records of RI contain the marriage of TIMOTHY Sweet (not Benjamin) to Anne Eddy on 10 September 1736 at Glocester. (Arnold, Vol. 3, Part 1, p. 37). The will of TIMOTHY Sweet, (not Benjamin), refers to his daughter Sarah Ballou. Sarah Sweet m. 4 April 1771 Glocester, RI Joseph Ballou. (Arnold, Vol. 3, Part 1, p. 37). Sarah and Joseph Ballou are possibly the same as these found in the Rhode Island Cemetery Project, on-line: Sarah Ballou b. ca. 1747; d. 25 April 1826; bur. Cary-Ballou Lot, Lapham Farm Road, Burrillville, RI; Joseph Ballou b. ca. 1749; d. 9 February 1801; bur. Cary-Ballou Lot, Lapham Farm Road, Burrillville, RI. Cyndi Sweet