unverified but maybe it will be a starting point. Shirley James was probably the son of David Sweet and Ethalanah Carpenter. He was a yeoman of Glocester. His will has not been traced, but Ethalanah's was proved on 27 July 1719; James was then of Cowesett, Rhode Island. http://home.att.net/~stevensweet/narrative.html (C) Copyright 1996-2000, . Daniel SWEET (983), b. abt 1681 the son of Philip SWEET (839) and Elizabeth ALLEN. Daniel m. Ethalannah (CARPENTER)(989) dau. of Timothy and Hannah (BURTON). Ethalannah b. abt 1690 and d. Dec. 1774. Their children were all born in Gloucester Rhode Island. Daniel's will dated Dec. 1734 mentions younger children. SOURCE: Salt Lake film #0385002, Descendants of John Sweet, Daniel was made freeman in Gloucester in 1708. He was Constable in the town of Providence in 1728; from records of Colonial Rhode Island vol. 4 pg. 38. He was married to Ethelannah Carpenter about 1702; from Vital records and Carpenter genealogy. Timothy Carpenter gave Daniel "power of Attorney" in the town of Providence in 1722/23, and in his will he mentions his grandson Philip Sweet. Philip 12, James 3, John 1 Children of Daniel (983) and Ethalannah (CARPENTER) Children born in Gloucester, Rhode Island i. Philip, (1294) b. abt 1710. m. Ann had dau. Susanna, b. 3 Mar 1738 * ii. Timothy (1295), b. abt 1712. He m. Ann (EDDY) 18 Sep 1736. iii. Hannah, (1296)b. abt 1714. iv. James,(1297) b. abt 1716 v. Jeremiah, (1298) b. abt 1718, R.I. He m. Freelove (WRIGHT). vi. Daniel,(1299) b. abt 1720. He d. 25 Dec. 1732. On Friday, June 4, 2004, at 01:00 PM, SWEET-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > > > SWEET-D Digest Volume 04 : Issue 81 > > Today's Topics: > #1 Daniel[4] son of James[3] son of J [john.chandler@alum.mit.edu > (John C] > #2 Re: Daniel[4] son of James[3] son ["Peg Forester" > <sweet4ester@infost] > #3 Re: Daniel[4] son of James[3] son [john.chandler@alum.mit.edu > (John C] > #4 Sweet Families ["Larry" > <loiselle@swissinfo.org>] > > Administrivia: > Administrivia: > Please consider supporting RootsWeb: > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html > > To unsubscribe from SWEET-D, send a message to > SWEET-D-request@rootsweb.com > that contains in the body of the message the command > unsubscribe > and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software > requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > > ______________________________ > > > From: john.chandler@alum.mit.edu (John Chandler) > Date: Thu Jun 3, 2004 6:22:40 PM US/Pacific > To: SWEET-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Daniel[4] son of James[3] son of John[2] (RI) > > > I call your attention to the will of James Sweet of Coweset (Warwick, > RI) written on 1717/8 Feb 10 and proved 1719 Jul 18 by his widow Jane > Sweet and son Nathaniel Sweet. The will mentions several children, > beginning with son Daniel, but the land all went to Nathaniel. Does > anyone know where this Daniel lived and whether he had a family? For > example, could he be the Daniel Sweet who married Ethelenah Carpenter > and settled in what became Glocester? If so, is there any proof? > > John Chandler > > ______________________________ > > > From: "Peg Forester" <sweet4ester@infostations.com> > Date: Thu Jun 3, 2004 7:29:01 PM US/Pacific > To: SWEET-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: Daniel[4] son of James[3] son of John[2] (RI) > > > John: > I would like a copy of this James Sweet's will. > > The Daniel you speak of, I have married to Ethelenah Carpenter.I have > him > the son of Philp. > Source: Salt Lake film # 0385003, Descendants of James Sweet. Daniel > was > made freeman of Glocester in 1708. He was Constable in the town of > Providence in 1728; from records of Colonial Rhode Island vol. 4 > pg.38. He > was married to Ethelannah Carpenter abt 1702; from Vital records and > Carpenter genealogy. Timothy Carpenter gave Daniel "power of Attorney" > in > the town of Providence in 1722/3, and in his will he mentions his > grandson > Philip Sweet. > > I see I may have another mistake to correct in my Sweet files. > > Peg Sweet Forester > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John Chandler" <john.chandler@alum.mit.edu> > To: <SWEET-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2004 6:22 PM > Subject: Daniel[4] son of James[3] son of John[2] (RI) > > >> I call your attention to the will of James Sweet of Coweset (Warwick, >> RI) written on 1717/8 Feb 10 and proved 1719 Jul 18 by his widow Jane >> Sweet and son Nathaniel Sweet. The will mentions several children, >> beginning with son Daniel, but the land all went to Nathaniel. Does >> anyone know where this Daniel lived and whether he had a family? For >> example, could he be the Daniel Sweet who married Ethelenah Carpenter >> and settled in what became Glocester? If so, is there any proof? >> >> John Chandler >> >> >> ==== SWEET Mailing List ==== >> Visit Daisy's Sweet Home Page! >> http://www.rootsweb.com/~daisy/sweet.htm >> >> > > ______________________________ > > > From: john.chandler@alum.mit.edu (John Chandler) > Date: Thu Jun 3, 2004 8:35:48 PM US/Pacific > To: SWEET-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: Daniel[4] son of James[3] son of John[2] (RI) > > > Peg wrote: >> I would like a copy of this James Sweet's will. > > I just have an abstract: > > James Sweet > Dated 1717/8 Feb 10 at Coweset. > Will: mentions sons Daniel and William, daughters Mary, Sarah, > Elizabeth, Renewed, and Freelove, son Nathaniel to inherit the land, > and executors wife and son Nathaniel. > An addendum inserts daughter Susannah as well. > The will implies that the widow was the mother of Nathaniel and, thus, > of all the children. > [RIGR p 3:34 TAG p 67:177] > >> The Daniel you speak of, I have married to Ethelenah Carpenter.I >> have him >> the son of Philp. > > You mean Philip[3], son of James[2]? I have an abstract of his will, > too, or at least some Philip of his era, and he is the only such Philip > I know about. > > Philip Sweet > dated 1709 Dec 12 at Warwick > proved 1710 Sep 26 at Warwick > Will: mentions wife, son Philip, and daughter Renewed. > [RIGR p 2:137 - Warwick Probate p 1:69] > > As you see, there is nothing about a son Daniel. That doesn't prove > there was no son Daniel, but I've also heard reports of land > transactions > of Philip Sweet, and there's no son Daniel mentioned there either. > Again, > that's not proof, but there's also no birth record for any of Philip's > children, so how would anybody know that there WAS a son Daniel? > >> Timothy Carpenter gave Daniel "power of Attorney" in >> the town of Providence in 1722/3, and in his will he mentions his >> grandson >> Philip Sweet. > > If that's the only clue to Daniel's parentage, then we must also > consider that Daniel's widow wrote a will soon after Daniel's death > and mentioned sons James, Daniel, Jeremiah, and Timothy. The name > Timothy can be accounted for as Ethelenah's father, and Daniel Jr was > perhaps just named after Daniel Sr, but the other two are possible > candidates. As it happens, the only likely Jeremiah is probably ruled > out by virtue of HIS will, which mentions the daughter of a deceased > son John, as well as a number of living children, but says nothing > about a deceased son Daniel. > > John Chandler > > ______________________________ > > > From: "Larry" <loiselle@swissinfo.org> > Date: Fri Jun 4, 2004 5:35:37 AM US/Pacific > To: SWEET-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Sweet Families > > > Anyone have any more info on these families? Thanks. > > 1860 U.S. Census . Pennsylvania . Philadelphia . Philadelphia, Ward 20 > - > image 441 > > Address - 2805 > > Joseph Sweet, 44, Tailor, born PA > Elizabeth Sweet, 31, born England > Francis Sweet, 15, Male, born PA > Catherine Sweet, 9, born PA > William Sweet, 5, born PA > Thomas Miller, 27, Plasterer, born PA > > 1880 U.S. Federal Census > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > Philadelphia > > District 603 image 14 > > Address - 118 Anderson Street > > Sweet, William F., 26, Driver, born PA, father born PA, mother born Eng > Sweet, Emma, 22, wife, Housekeeper, she/parents born VA > Sweet, Frank, 6, son, At School, he/father born PA, mother born VA > Sweet, Katie, 3, daughter, she/father born PA, mother born VA > Sweet, Emma, 11 mos., daughter, she/father born PA, mother born VA > > Database: Philadelphia City Directory, 1890 > Name: Sweet William F. > Profession: laborer > Address: h 2949 Norwood av > > > Larry Loiselle > ditvenet@hotmail.com > "Be Righteous Not Politically Correct!" > >