I am trying to find out more about Oliver Sweet who was born 1746 in Kent Co, RI. Did he ever move to New York State? did he have a second wive named Alice? I found an Oliver in Herkermer Co, NY in1790 census. He has neighbors of Edmond Sweet and Benjamin Sweet ( who would be ages of sons) He fits the Oliver of Kent Co, RI except when he sells his land his wife's name is Alice not Susan. I would like to know more about the Oliver born in RI - his children etc. Marilyn

Marilyn wrote: > I am trying to find out more about Oliver Sweet who was born 1746 in Kent Co, > RI. Did he ever move to New York State? did he have a second wive named > Alice? I found an Oliver in Herkermer Co, NY in1790 census. He has neighbors > of Edmond Sweet and Benjamin Sweet ( who would be ages of sons) > > He fits the Oliver of Kent Co, RI except when he sells his land his wife's > name is Alice not Susan. I would like to know more about the Oliver born in RI > - his children etc. Oliver is mentioned in his father's will, dated 1783, but that's the last documentation I know of. I do not see him in RI in the 1790 census. In 1782, he appears in the state census in North Kingstown, with a household of 3+2 under 16, 0+1 under 22, 1+1 under 50, and 0+1 over 50. (That's M+F in each age bracket.) One son was apparently named Joseph, since the 1779 will of Jeremiah Fones of N.K. mentioned a Joseph Sweet, son of Oliver. I have no clues on the other children, other than the obvious guesses that they might be named after the immediate family, such as Oliver's parents Benjamin and Elizabeth or Susan's father George. I suppose you know about the marriage being recorded at East Greenwich, 1767 Feb 6. The fact that he was living in N.K. as of 1782 combined with the lack of any children recorded at E.G. suggests that he settled in N.K. soon after his marriage. As we all know, the N.K. vital records were mostly destroyed by bank robbers, and so the lack of children recorded there is only to be expected. John Chandler