Person:Jeremiah Sweet (4)
Jeremiah Sweet
b.Abt 1676 Rhode Island, United States
d.Bef 8 Jul 1760 Exeter, Washington, Rhode Island, United States
Parents and Siblings
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  1. James Sweet - Bef 1719
  2. Daniel SweetAbt 1657 - Bef 1728
  3. Richard SweetAbt 1660 - Abt 1744
  4. John Sweet - Bef 1717
  5. Henry SweetAbt 1661 - 1728
  6. Benjamin SweetAbt 1666 -
  7. William SweetAbt 1674 -
  8. Jeremiah SweetAbt 1676 - Bef 1760
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Jeremiah SweetAbt 1676 - Bef 1760
  • W.  Ruth AlbroAbt 1678 - Bef 1756
  1. George Sweet - Bef 1796
  2. Ruth Sweet - Aft 1784
  3. Elizabeth Sweet - Bef 1756
  4. Samuel Sweet - Bef 1761
  5. Isabel Sweet - 1770
  6. John SweetAbt 1715 - Abt 1756
  7. Jeremiah SweetAbt 1717 - Bef 1774
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Facts and Events
Name Jeremiah Sweet
Gender Male
Birth? Abt 1676 Rhode Island, United States
Marriage to Ruth Albro
Will[1] 30 Jul 1756 Exeter, Washington, Rhode Island, United States
Death[1] Bef 8 Jul 1760 Exeter, Washington, Rhode Island, United StatesWill proved
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Abstracts of Exeter Wills, in Alden G. Beaman. Rhode Island Genealogical Register. (The Rhode Island Genealogical Research Institute)
    6:72.

    WILL:
    Dated July 30, 1756; pvd Exeter July 8, 1760, p. 126-7; "being old and full of days";
    Sons: Samuel, John deceased, George and Jeremiah;
    Daughters: Ruth Niles, Elizabeth Sweet deceased with heir and Isabel Sweet;
    Granddaughter Ruth Sweet daughter of son John.
    Witnesses: Mary Olin, Samuel Sweet Jr. and Griffen Sweet.

  2.   LAND:
    -July 1712 Nicholas Lange of Newport, clerk, to sell vacant land in Kingstown, to Joseph Carpenter and Jeremiah Sweet both of Kingstown, yeoman. [North Kingstown Land 2:240-1]
    -Feb 1712/3 We with[burn] mentioned Joseph Carpenter and Jeremiah Sweet to Job Babcock of Kingstown. Signed: Joseph Carpenter, Jeremiah Sweet, Mary Carpenter. [North Kingstown Land 2:241]
    -March 17, 1712/3 William Bently Jr of Kingstown and Elizabeth his wife for £ one[burn] 45 to Jeremiah Sweet of Kingstown 67 Acres land in Kingstown bounded: E my brother James Bently [burn], SW Joseph Reynolds and Robert Reynolds [burn], N highway [burn]. Witnesses: James Eldred, Robert Eldred. [North Kingstown Land 3:107-8; RIGR 18:255
    -Oct 1713 Jeremiah Sweet of [burn] for £105 to Benjamin Mory of said town 110 Acres in Kingstown bounded: N [burn] Benjamin Ellery, NW [burn] Thomas Willcox, S [burn], E Pettiquamscott Purchase. Dtd, ack Oct. 1713, Signed: Jeremiah Sweet. Witnesses: [burn] Bently, [burn]cke. [North Kingstown Land 3:196-7; RIGR 18:268]
    -Feb. 20, 1718/9 Jeremiah Sweet and wife Ruth sold to Edmund Sheffield land in Kingstown. [North Kingstown Land; RIGR 20:204]
    -Aug. 7, 1721 Edmund Sheffield of Kingstown house carpenter, and wife Sarah conveyed to Jeremiah Sweet of Kingstown, yeoman, the land formerly sold to him by Sweet. [Genealogies of RI Families, Vol. 2]
    -James Bentley sold to Jeremiah Sweet of Kingstown ... dated Jan. 22, 1714. Witnesses: John Albro and Martha Allen. [North Kingstown Land 1715-7 p. 96; RIGR 14]
    -Samuel Bowerman of Kingstown, weaver, to Jeremiah Sweet of Kingstown, ... land in Westerly ... Oct. 23, 1721. [Westerly Land Book 3, p. 61]
    -Jeremiah and Ruth Sweet of Westerly, yeoman, to Stephen Wilcox son to Stephen of North Kingstown, yeoman, ... 430 Acres ... bounded: N-John Mumford, E-John Hoxsie & John Seager and partly Thomas Parker and John More, S-William James, John Baker, W-Nicholas Lange ... March 2, 1728. Witnesses: Job Babcock Jr. and James Helme. [Westerly Land Book 5, p. 104]
  3.   MISC:
    -Aug. 12, 1717 North Kingstown TCP 5:241 Joseph Sheffield and Isaac Gardner testified that they saw JEREMIAH SWEET sign as witness to will of John Sweet (his brother)
    -July 15, 1728 Samuel Boon of North Kingstown, merchant, vs. Jeremiah Sweet of Westerly, yeoman, in custody of the sheriff for 20:15:8 1/2 due for goods sold and delivered from 20 April 1727 to 16 March 1727/8; Nathaniel Newdigate attorney. Accounting includes charges for "cotton checks, silk handkerchiefs, blew callaco, blew rusel, sewing silk, allam, tape, worsted caps, raiser, 2 felt hatts, 1 bocket book, 1/2 bushel buckwheat, scyths, nails, ozingbrigs..." [Gleanings from Newport Court Files 1669-1783, 1998, Jane Fletcher Fiske, item 403]
    -July 22, 1728 Joseph Sheffield of South Kingstown, yeoman, vs. Jeremiah Sweet of Westerly, yeoman, 12 pounds due by bond dated 28 December 1727 witnessed by Wm James and Stephen Wilcocks of Daniel (signed by defendant with a mark like a double H or a crossed I laid horizontally); Nathaniel Newdigate attorney. [Gleanings from Newport Court Files 1669-1783, 1998, Jane Fletcher Fiske, item 410]
    -Freeman of North Kingstown May 4, 1736.
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