SWEET ANNEX
Harriet Angeline (Sweet) Briant
Pedigree
(Start at generation 3, below.)
WORKING DRAFT
Last Change: 24 April 2022
|
|
Origin of
the surname “Sweet:”
Generation
7
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).
See Briant Annex
for More Info
XXXXX
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).
WARNING: This page is a working draft of the results of
ongoing research; all information on or linked to this page is subject to
change. Do not assume the
information displayed here is accurate. No
warranties, expressed or implied, are provided for its use or
interpretation. Please help us identify
inaccurate, incomplete, or inappropriate information and malfunctioning links
by clicking here or e-mailing us
at efamilyhistory1@gmail.com.