This family was in Hancock, Berkshire, MA in the 1850 census. The gedcoms I have seen identify Sylvester as the Jeremiah Sweet and Jane Eldred. Sylvester was born in Hancock in 1787, married Sarah Bentley, and died in Stephentown on 7 Feb 1865. I've not seen a list of their children, but perhaps someone else can help.

Paul wrote: > This family was in Hancock, Berkshire, MA in the 1850 census. The > gedcoms I have seen identify Sylvester as the Jeremiah Sweet and > Jane Eldred. Sylvester was born in Hancock in 1787, married Sarah > Bentley, and died in Stephentown on 7 Feb 1865. I've not seen a > list of their children, but perhaps someone else can help. Note that 1787 is 10 years later than the specified 1777. It seems likely that we're talking about two different Sylvesters. In any case, I don't have a complete list of the children of Sylvester and Sarah, but the census of 1850 shows three: Patience, Phebe, and Ira, aged 34, 22, and 20, respectively. The rest had presumably gone off to make their own way in the world, or else died. Patience and Phebe, like their father, were both buried in the Baptist Cemetery in Stephentown. John Chandler