SWEET ANNEX

 

Harriet Angeline (Sweet) Briant Pedigree

(Start at generation 3, below.)

 

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Origin of the surname “Sweet:”

 

 

Generation

 

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6   Stephen Congdon Sweet

 

1. Biographical notes:

 

Born 9 November 1763 at North Kingstown, Washington County, Rhode Island.  Died 8 May 1847 at Alburg, Grand Isle County, Vermont.

 

2. Wife: Anne Austin

 

Born 1766.  Died 1845.  Married Stephen Sweet in 1783 in Rhode Island.

 

3. Children:

 

a. George Sweet: Born 1  June 1783 at Alburg, Grand Isle County, Vermont.  Died there 18 January 1843.

 

b. Abigail Sweet: Born November 1785 at Alburg, Grand Isle County, Vermont.  Died there November 1785.

 

c. Mary Polly Sweet: Born 5 December 1786 at Alburg, Grand Isle County, Vermont.  Died January 1843 in Vermont.

 

d. James Stephen Sweet: Born 23 February 1789 at Alburg, Grand Isle County, Vermont.  Died 6 September 1867 at Bombay, Franklin County, New York.

 

e. Fanny Francis Sweet: Born 5 June 1791 at Alburg, Grand Isle County, Vermont.  Died there June 1860.

 

f. Benjamin A. Sweet: Born 1793 at Alburg, Grand Isle County, Vermont.  Died 1864 in New York.

 

g. Patience Sweet: Born 25 January 1793 at Alburg, Grand Isle County, Vermont.  Died there 20 November 1864.

 

h. Stephen Congdon Sweet, Jr.: Born 27 August 1799 at Alburg, Grand Isle County, Vermont.  Died 5 May 1863 at Bombay, Franklin County, New York.

 

i. Anne Sweet: Born 24 August 1800 at Alburg, Grand Isle County, Vermont.  Died 1825 at Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri.

 

j. Sarah Sweet: Born 1804 at Alburg, Grand Isle County, Vermont.  Died 1880 in Michigan.

 

k. William Samuel Sweet: See generation 5, below.

 

5   William Samuel Sweet

 

1. Biographical notes:

 

Born 15 July 1804 at Alburg, Grand Isle, Vermont.  Died 29 August 1859 at Mooers Forks, Clinton County, New York.

 

2. Wife: Jane Parks

 

Born 1807 Derry, County Down, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom; daughter of John and Elizabeth (McGaul) Parks.  Died 1887 at Wishaw, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom.  Married William Sweet in 1827 in Vermont.

 

3. Children:

 

a. Hiram Sweet: Born August 1812 at Alburg, Grand Isle, Vermont.  Died there 30 January 1888.

 

b. Elizabeth Jane Sweet: Born 1828 at Moore's Fork, New York.  Died 1841.

 

c. Benjamin Franklin Sweet: Born 24 May 1831 at Alburg Springs, Alburg, Grand Isle, Vermont.  Died 16 August 1903 at Fond Du Lac, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin.

 

d. Lorenzo Sweet: See generation 4, below.

 

e. Hannibal Livingston Sweet: Born 17 March 1834 at Mooers, Clinton County, New York.

 

f. Owen Addison Sweet: Born 4 June 1836 in New York.  Died 4 September 1909 at Fair Haven, New Haven Township, New Haven County, Connecticut.

 

g. William Wallace Sweet: Born 23 February 1839 in Canada.  Died 2 November 1898 in Manchester Township, Freeborn County, Minnesota.

 

h. Annie Elizabeth Sweet: Born 9 May 1842 in Mooers Township, Clinton County, New York.  Died 15 March 1910 at Kingston, Meeker County, Minnesota.

 

i. Edwin Ruthren Sweet: Born 1846 at Moore's Fork, New York.  Died July 1930 in Rosendale Township, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin.

 

j. George A. Sweet: Born 1851 in Canada.  Died 1931 in New York.

 

4   Lorenzo Sweet

 

1. Biographical notes:

 

Born March 1832 in Philadelphia Township, Jefferson County, New York.  Died 9 September 1901 at Sterlingville, Philadelphia Township, Jefferson County, New York; interred Gates Cemetery, Sterlingville, LeRay/Philadelphia Township, Jefferson County, New York (now on Fort Drum military reservation).  Veteran of the American Civil War; served in the 10th NYS Heavy Artillery Regiment.

 

1850 US Census: Lorenzo Sweet, age 18 (b. NYS) resided in the household headed by Lucius V. Scott, age 31 (b. CT), in Wilna Township, Jefferson County, New York.  Apart from Lucius's family, the household also included Edwin Sweet, age 20 (b. NYS).

 

1855 NYS Census: Lorenzo Sweet, age 23 (b. Jefferson Co., NY) and employed as a farmer, was heading a household in Wilna Township, Jefferson County, New York.  He had resided in Wilna for 3 years.  The household also included his wife, Angeline Sweet, age 21 (b. Jefferson Co., NY).  She had resided in Wilna for 9 years.

 

1860 US Census: Lorenzo Sweet, age 28 (b. NYS) and employed as, was heading a household in Wilna Township, Jefferson County, New York.  The household also included his wife, Angeline Sweet, age 25 (b. NYS).

 

1865 NYS Census: Lorenzo Sweet, age 33 (b. Jefferson Co., NY) and employed as a farmer, was heading a household in Philadelphia Township, Jefferson County, New York.  The household also included his wife, Angeline Sweet, age 31 (b. Jefferson Co., NY); son, Melvin L. Sweet, age 1 (b. Jefferson Co., NY; and servant, Maria Obry, age 16 (b. Jefferson Co., NY) and single.

 

1870 US Census: Lorenzo Sweet, age 36 (b. NYS) and employed as a farmer, was heading a household in Philadelphia Township, Jefferson County, New York.  His personal property was valued at $800.  The household also included his wife, Angeline Sweet, age 34 (b. NYS); son, Malvin L. Sweet, age 6 (b. NYS); daughter, Hattie A. Sweet, age 4 (b. NYS); and farm laborer, Henry Sizeland, age 36 (b. NYS).

 

1880 US Census: Lorenzo Sweet, age 48 (b. NYS; parents b. NYS) and employed as a farmer, was heading a household in Wilna Township, Jefferson County, New York.  The household also included his wife, Angeline Sweet, age 46 (b. NYS; parents b. NYS); son, Melvin L. Sweet, age 16 (b. NYS) and employed as a laborer; and daughter, Hattie A. Sweet, age 13 (b. NYS).

 

1900 US Census: Lorenzo Sweet, age 68 (b. Mar 1832 in NYS; parents b. NYS) and employed as a farmer, was heading a household in Philadelphia Township, Jefferson County, New York.  The household also included his wife of 47 years, Angeline Sweet, age 65 (b. Jul 1834 in NYS; parents b. NYS), who had had 2 children, both still alive.

 

2. Wife: Angeline Mitchell

 

Born July 1834 in Jefferson County, New York; daughter of John and Eliza Maria (Sloat) Mitchell.  Died 7 May 1919 in Philadelphia Township, Jefferson County, New York; interred with Lorenzo.  Married Lorenzo Sweet on 22 March 1853 at Sterlingville, Philadelphia Township, Jefferson County, New York.

 

1850 US Census: John Mitchell, age 47 (b. NYS) and employed as a farmer, was heading a household in Wilna Township, Jefferson County, New York.  The household also included his wife, Eliza Mitchell, age 48 (b. NYS); son, Charles Mitchell, age 24 (b. NYS); son, Chester Mitchell, age 20 (b. NYS); daughter, Angeline Mitchell, age 16 (b. NYS); daughter, Caroline Mitchell, age 13 (b. NYS); daughter, Harriett Mitchell, age 11 (b. NYS); son, George Mitchell, age 9 (b. NYS); and daughter, Josephine Mitchell, age 4 (b. NYS).

 

3. Children:

 

a. Melvin L. Sweet: Born 26 January 1864 in Jefferson County, New York.  Died after 1900.

 

1900 US Census: Melvin L. Sweet, age 36 (b. Jan 1864 in NYS; parents b. NYS) and employed as a printer, was heading a household on the public square in the City of Watertown, Jefferson County, New York.  The household also included his wife, Kate S. Sweet, age 39 (b. Aug 1861 in NYS; parents b. French-speaking Canada) and employed as a dress makere, who had had no children.

 

Melvin Sweet married Kate S. Lewis (b. Aug 1861 in NYS; d. 16 Jan 1916).

 

b. Hattie Angeline Sweet: See generation 3, below.

 

3   Harriet Angeline Sweet:

"Hattie"

 

Born 12 August 1866 in Wilna Township, Jefferson County, New York.  Died 11 February 1936, age 69, in the House of the Good Samaritan Hospital, Watertown, Jefferson County, New York.  Married (1st) (?).  Married (2nd) Henry Elbert Briant, paragraph 4.c.(3.(a. of generation 3 of the Briant Annex about 1892 (age 26).

 

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Other, still unidentified, Sweet names:

 

1. William Sweet: Born about 1779 in New York.

 

1850 US Census: William Sweet, age 71 (b. NYS) and employed as a farmer, was heading a household in Alexandria Township, Jefferson County, New York.  His real estate was valued at $30.  The household also included his wife, Susannah Sweet, age 70 (b. NYS); and daughter, Minerva Sweet, age 22 (b. NYS).

 

2. William D. Sweet: Born about 1818 in New York.

 

1850 US Census: William D. Sweet, age 32 (b. NYS), was heading a household in Alexandria Township, Jefferson County, New York.  The household also Included his wife, Anna Sweet, age 25 (b. NYS); daughter, Abigail Sweet, age 4 (b. NYS); and daughter, Esther Sweet, age 1 (b. NYS).

 

3. Samuel Sweet: Born about 1798 in New York.

 

1850 US Census: Samuel Sweet, age 52 (b. NYS), was heading a household in Philadelphia Township, Jefferson County, New York.  The household also included his wife, Eliza Sweet, age 50 (b. NYS).

 

4. Henry H. Sweet: Born about 1823 in New York.

 

1850 US Census: Henry H. Sweet, age 27 (b. NYS), was heading a household in Philadelphia Township, Jefferson County, New York.  The household also included his wife, Olive Sweet, age 19 (b. NYS).

 

5. Alvina Sweet: Born about 1812 in New York.

 

1850 US Census: Alvina Sweet (female), age 38 (b. NYS), resided in the household headed by Artemus Bates, age 68 (b. MA), in Adams Township, Jefferson County, New York.  Apart from Artemus's family, the household also included Henry Sweet, age 18 (b. NYS); Helen Sweet, age 10 (b. NYS); and William Sweet, age 7 (b. NYS).

 

6. William Sweet: Born about 1823.

 

1850 US Census: William Sweet, age 27, was heading a household in Ellisburg Township, Jefferson County, New York.  The household also included Hannah J. Sweet, age 18; and Chunny Smith, age 62 (b. MA).

 

 

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