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Elizabeth Sweet

Female 1713 -


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  • Name Elizabeth Sweet  [1, 2
    Birth 14 Nov 1713  East Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4
    Gender Female 
    Person ID I5158  Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of TNH
    Last Modified 5 Nov 2021 

    Father William Sweet   d. Aft 15 Feb 1737, East Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Thankful Hamilton,   b. 1689 
    Marriage Mar 1707  Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Family ID F6404  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Peter Wells,   b. 4 May 1713, South Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Mar 1782, East Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years) 
    Marriage 11 Dec 1733  East Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 6, 7
    Children 
    +1. Benjamin Wells,   b. 24 Dec 1745, West Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F2054  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 5 Nov 2021 

  • Notes 
    • Her date and place of death are unknown. She should not be confused with another nearby Elizabeth Sweet, daughter of a Richard Sweet, who also married a man named Peter Wells.

  • Sources 
    1. [S480] The Gardiners of Narragansett: Being a Genealogy of the Descendants of George Gardiner the Colonist, 1638 by Caroline E. Robinson. Providence, 1919.

    2. [S3508] History and Genealogy of the Ancestors and Some Descendants of Stukely Westcott: One of the Thirteen Original Proprietors of Providence Plantation and the Colony of Rhode Island by Roscoe L. Whitman. Oneonta, New York: Otesgo Publishing Co., 1932-39., misidentifies her as a daughter of Richard Sweet.

    3. [S481] Vital Records of Rhode Island, 1636-1850: First Series, Births, Marriages, and Deaths by James N. Arnold. Narragansett Historical Publishing Co., 1891-1912.

    4. [S6061] Find a Grave page for Elizabeth Sweet Wells.

    5. [S399] The Settlers of the Beekman Patent by Frank J. Doherty. Ongoing multivolume series begun in 1990.

    6. [S481] Vital Records of Rhode Island, 1636-1850: First Series, Births, Marriages, and Deaths by James N. Arnold. Narragansett Historical Publishing Co., 1891-1912., date only.

    7. [S480] The Gardiners of Narragansett: Being a Genealogy of the Descendants of George Gardiner the Colonist, 1638 by Caroline E. Robinson. Providence, 1919., date only.