Luther SWEET, Sr

Male 1783 - 1861  (78 years)


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  • Name Luther SWEET  [1
    Suffix Sr 
    Birth 3 Apr 1783  North Kingston, Washington Co., Colony Of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 3 Nov 1861  Berlin, Town Of Berlin, Rensselaer Co., New York Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Luther Sweet Farm, N Side Of Rt 2, Petersburg, New York. Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I642  Clancy Ancestors
    Last Modified 4 Sep 2015 

    Father Lawrence David MIELAK 
    Mother Marie Helen HAVLOVIC 
    Family ID F473  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Father Sylvester SWEET, Jr,   b. 19 Oct 1762, East Greenwich, Kent Co., Colony of Rhode Island And Providence Plantations Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Dec 1803, Petersburg, Rensselaer Co., NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 41 years) 
    Mother Hannah Luther TANNER,   b. 28 Feb 1766, North Kingston, Washington Co., Colony Of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 May 1851, Stephentown, Rensselaer Co., New York Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years) 
    Marriage 30 May 1782  North Kingston, Washington Co., Colony Of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    Family ID F268  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Sarah\ Sally,   b. 17 Jun 1792, New York, Little Hoosick Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Jan 1850, Berlin, Town Of Berlin, Rensselaer Co., New York Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 57 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1805  Berlin, Town Of Berlin, Rensselaer Co., New York Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Luther SWEET,   b. 25 Sep 1805, Berlin, Town Of Berlin, Rensselaer Co., New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Apr 1853, Petersburg, Rensselaer Co., NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 47 years)
     2. Sarah SWEET,   b. 13 Sep 1807
     3. Mariah SWEET,   b. 14 Aug 1811
    +4. Hannah SWEET,   b. 14 Aug 1811
     5. James SWEET,   b. 17 Jan 1813   d. 9 Dec 1847 (Age 34 years)
     6. Thomas H SWEET,   b. 12 Nov 1816
     7. Sylvester SWEET,   b. 16 Sep 1818
    +8. Ephraim T. SWEET,   b. 18 Feb 1821, Berlin, Town Of Berlin, Rensselaer Co., New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Apr 1891, Berlin, Town Of Berlin, Rensselaer Co., New York Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years)
     9. Maudana SWEET,   b. 13 Mar 1824
    +10. Roxana SWEET,   b. 20 Oct 1827, Berlin, Town Of Berlin, Rensselaer Co., New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1883 (Age 55 years)
    Family ID F271  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 4 Sep 2015 

  • Photos
    Sweet Gravestone
    Sweet Gravestone
    Luther Sweet Sr stone
    Luther Sweet Sr stone

  • Notes 
    • From NYS Pedigrees in Jefferson County Journal 1993,#35 4th section, Chula Vista Main Library, 365 F Street, Chula Vista, CA 91910: submitted by Leose Schuyler, 898 Cordilleras Ave., San Carlos, CA 94070

      From: John F. Chandler [mailto:JCHBN@CUVMB.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU]
      Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2001 5:06 PM
      To: SWEET-L@rootsweb.com
      Subject: Re: Sylvester Sweet Jr
      Lew wrote:
      My source of information is my GG grandmother's letter to the Worthington Family Group circa 1895. Sylvester Jr. b 10/19/1762 , N Kingston , RI , d Petersburg , NY 12/14/1803
      This is a pretty close match to Sylvester Sweet who was born in EastGreenwich (not North Kingstown) on October 7 of that year, the son of Sylvester and Mary (Johnson) Sweet. The will of Sylvester Sr, written in 1804, mentioned grandson Luther Sweet as son of Sylvester Sweet deceased
      Luther b 4/3/1783 ; Benjamin b 1785 ; Polly b 10/21/1787 ;Wanton (my line) b 10/6/1789 Betsey b 8/4/1793 ; Sally b 5/7/1793 ;Phebe b 11/16/1795; Tabitha b 11/16/1797 Harry b 11/27/1798 all in RI.; Lydia b 7/30/1802 in NY.
      Betsey is shown above with birth date three months after Sally's. I deduce that her birth year is wrong and probably should be 1791.
      The family moved to Petersburg , NY in 1799 via the Mohawk Trail. Three boys reached maturity.
      Note that the 1800 census shows Sylvester Sweet Jr still in East Greenwich. The tally has one adult male 26-45, one male 16-26, two boys 10-16, one adult female 26-45, one girl 10-16, and two girls under 10. This is a good match to the list of children shown above, assuming Harry died as a baby, as well as two of the four girls born in the 1790's.
      John Chandler

    Born:
    • poss Kent Co

  • Sources 
    1. [S129] NYS Pedigrees.