This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Sweet Tatch Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/HBRBAIB/1336.1 Message Board Post: Hello, I have a Sweet family that came to Illinois in the 1840s-1850s. The mother was Mercy Sweet, b. abt. 1792 in Mass. The children I know so far are: Emeline, b. 1820 in VT Lafayette, b. 1825 in VT, Maria, b. abt. 1827 in VT Benjamin F. b. abt. 1832 in MA Andrew A., b. abt. 1833 in Mass I think the father to this family is Silas Sweet, b. abt. 1877 (I'm still trying to locate a probate record for him to prove he's their father.) I did find a Silas Sweet buying 40 acres in Green County, Illinois in 1837, but I don't know if this is the same Silas. One son, Andrew A. Sweet bought a homestead in 1852 in Madison County. This is where I found the family on the 1850 census, living with their Mother, Mercy. Both Andrew and Lafayette were also listed in Macoupin County in 1850, so they were counted twice in this census. The oldest daughter, Emeline Sweet had married John N. Tatch in Fairhaven, Mass in 1837, and then they moved to Macoupin County in 1856. (These are my 3rd g-grandparents). I wonder if your Eliza Sweet is any relation to my Sweet family... If I find any mention of your Eliza Sweet in my research, I'll let you know. Marianne in CA