This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: SWEET, HALSTEAD, MERRITT Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/HBRBAIB/1355 Message Board Post: I am seeking information on a Benoni or Benjamin Sweet, reportedly born in 1765 in RI or NY, d. 1848 in NY. Benoni/Benjamin married Jerusha Halstead, daughter of Stephen Halstead and Elizabeth Merritt. Benoni's children, reportedly 15 from the obit of son Abraham Sweet, are Halstead Sweet William H. Sweet Stephen Sweet Egbert Sweet Abraham M. Sweet Isaac Halstead Sweet Any help or leads would be greatly appreciated.