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James Sweet

Male Abt 1630 - 1698  (~ 68 years)


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  • Name James Sweet 
    Birth Abt 1630  England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Death 18 Jun 1698  South Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Burial Sweet-Austin Lot, North Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I12529  Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
    Last Modified 27 Nov 2024 

    Father John Sweet,   b. Abt 1603   d. Between 6 Jun 1637 and 25 Dec 1637, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 34 years) 
    Mother Mary   d. Bef 31 Jul 1681 
    Marriage Bef 1628  England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Family ID F1609  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Greene,   b. Bef 19 May 1633   d. 6 Nov 1686, Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 53 years) 
    Marriage Bef 1655  [1
    Children 
    +1. Samuel Sweet,   b. 1 Nov 1667, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Nov 1728, North Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years)
    Family ID F7375  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 8 Nov 2021 

  • Notes 
    • From his Find a Grave page (citation details below):

      The second son of John & Mary Sweet, James Sweet came with his parents to America in 1632. He worked at a grist mill with his step-father, Ezekiel Holliman. He was an inhabitant of Warwick in 1648, Commissioner in 1653/1658/1659, freeman in 1655, juryman in 1656 and lived at the estate of the late William Congdon at the foot of Ridge Hill. He married Mary Greene, daughter of John Greene & Joane (Tattersol) Greene, about 1654 in Providence, RI. On Sept. 30, 1660, he sold to Thomas Greene, the lot he had received from the town of Warwick along with meadow land. Later, the family moved to Prudence Island in Portsmouth Twp. about four miles soutwest of Bristol in 1664 being one of the first families to live on the island from 1664 to about 1685. Several family members are buried in the old family burying ground in the center of the island.

      On November 8, 1686, he deeded his land in Providence that he had inherited from his father to eldlest son, Philip of Prudence Island. On the same date, he deeded to son, Benoni, certain land in Mashiantatack, and to son, James of Prudence Island, Valentine of Kingstown, and Samuel & Mary Sweet living with their parents, land in Mashiantatack. In 1695, James deposed and gave his age as 73. He died at age 76 years.

      All the "bone-setter" family lines originate with James Sweet and his wife, Mary, who learned the art of bone-setting from her surgeon father, John Greene. James Sweet & his brother, John Sweet were interpreters to the Indians for first settlers and their names can be found on early Indian deeds. James Sweet signed with his mark.

  • Sources 
    1. [S101] The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633, Volumes 1-3 and The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volumes 1-7, by Robert Charles Anderson. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1996-2011.

    2. [S7947] Find a Grave page for James Sweet.

    3. [S679] The Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island by John Osborne Austin. Albany, New York; 1887. Corrected edition, including corrections by John Osborne Austin and material by G. Andrews Moriarty from The American Genealogist. Baltimore: Genealogicical Publishing Co., 1969, 1978.