May 14, 1754 John Sweet, orphan to John Sweet deceased. Elizabeth Tripp, widow of Job Tripp, of North Kingstown appeared to notify council that John Sweet had arrived at age to choose guardian.
-Aug. 1745 Job Tripp and wife Elizabeth of North Kingstown vs. John Gardner of Exeter, cordwainer, and John Toms of Exeter, laborer, for Elizabeth's dower right in the estate of her late husband, John Sweet, deceased of Kingstown, yeoman. [Gleanings from Newport Court Files 1669-1783, 1998, Jane Fletcher Fiske, item 791]
