Hi Barb, I also have a James D. Sweet who is my great grandfather. He was married to a Sarah middle intial A. last name unknown at this time. He immigrated from Canada in 1880. The 1900 census in Malden, Mass. says his b-day was Dec. 1849 and Sarah's Nov. 1850, I think they made a mistake though as they say she was 39 and he 50. They had 15 children but only 7 living in 1900 one being my grandmother Eva Ethel b. Sept. 18, 1879, she was the only one born in Canada the rest in Mass. I found that James and Sarah was b. somewhere in Nova Scotia and my grandmother was b. in Prince Edward Island, I think they might have had her on the way to the states. The other children living at home was William, b. Apr. 1883, Nora,b. Aug 1884, Sadie, B. Feb. 1887, Edna, b. Mar. 1892 and Muriel, B. Oct. 1897. The only one I can remember is Muriel as she use to come and see my Dad in the early 1950's when I was a little girl. I have no other infomation on My ggrandfather James then this so if you think their is a connection would love to trade info. You can email me a lfrank@maine.rr.com Look forward to hearing from you. Linda (Clark) LeClair ----- Original Message ----- From: <BAustiin@aol.com> To: <SWEET-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, February 15, 2004 7:35 PM Subject: James Sweet? > Hi John, Is this "lineup" correct? Did any of > George S. Sweet's brothers have a James that > might have been mine? If so, dates please. Also > how about his grandchildren? > > The only clue I have is that my grandmother > saved a newspaper obit in which the ink > has eaten into the paper but I think the date > written is June 1827: "At Middletown on Saturday evening last, > Mrs. Fanny Sweet, wife of Capt. George S. Sweet, > and daughter of the late Paul Wightman, aged 37 years" > I assume that is my line. > My gg gf James might have crawled from under a rock for > all the clues I have found. > According to cards sent me by Violet Kettle, ancestors of > Geo. Smith Sweet are as follows, starting with > 1st gen. in America: > John > James > Benoni > James > James Jr. > Samuel > AND > George Smith Sweet who had 4 children with his 1st wife Mary > Wightman/Whitman (sister of Fanny, 2nd wife) > Issue: Oliver m 12-29-1822 Sarah Gould; > Benjamin m 11-7-1881 > George m ?10-16 > Albert m ?10-16 > Mary d 5-3-1824 age 15 Prov. Gazette > > Barb Austin > > > ==== SWEET Mailing List ==== > List problems? First, read the Welcome Message that you received > when you subscribed to this list. > >