 1735 - 1801 (66 years)
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| Name |
Amos Sweet |
| Birth |
9 Mar 1734/35 |
Attleboro, Bristol County, MA  [1] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
26 Jul 1801 |
Attleboro, Bristol County, MA [1] |
| Burial |
Attleboro, Bristol County, MA [1] |
| Person ID |
I35966 |
Bob Juch's Tree |
| Last Modified |
31 Dec 2022 |
| Family |
Hannah Richardson, b. 11 Oct 1744, Attleboro, Bristol County, MA d. 15 Oct 1804, Attleboro, Bristol County, MA (Age 60 years) |
| Marriage |
18 Nov 1762 |
Attleboro, Bristol County, MA [1] |
| Children |
| | 1. Hannah Sweet, b. 22 Jan 1764, Attleboro, Bristol County, MA d. 5 Aug 1803, Harford, Susquehanna County, PA (Age 39 years) [natural] |
| | 2. Jr. Amos Sweet, b. 30 Jun 1766, Attleboro, Bristol County, MA d. 1843, Attleboro, Bristol County, MA (Age 76 years) [natural] |
| | 3. Asel Sweet, b. 2 May 1774, Attleboro, Bristol County, MA d. 25 Sep 1775, Attleboro, Bristol County, MA (Age 1 year) [natural] |
| | 4. Asel Sweet, b. 11 Oct 1776, Attleboro, Bristol County, MA d. 13 Mar 1871, Harford, Susquehanna County, PA (Age 94 years) [natural] |
| | 5. Stephen Sweet, b. 6 Mar 1781, Attleboro, Bristol County, MA [natural] |
| | 6. Polly Sweet, b. 4 Dec 1788, Attleboro, Bristol County, MA d. 23 May 1866, Harford, Susquehanna County, PA (Age 77 years) [natural] |
| | 7. Elias Sweet, b. 31 Dec 1768, Attleboro, Bristol County, MA d. 21 Apr 1812, Harford, Susquehanna County, PA (Age 43 years) [natural] |
| | 8. Elizabeth Sweet, b. 5 Sep 1771, Attleboro, Bristol County, MA d. 13 Apr 1849, Harford, Susquehanna County, PA (Age 77 years) [natural] |
| | 9. John Coy Sweet, b. 29 Nov 1778, Attleboro, Bristol County, MA d. 12 Aug 1867, Herrick Twp., Susquehanna County, PA (Age 88 years) [natural] |
| | 10. Olney Sweet, b. 14 Mar 1783, Attleboro, Bristol County, MA d. 18 Apr 1848, Gibson, Susquehanna County, PA (Age 65 years) [natural] |
| | 11. Nancy Sweet, b. 11 Aug 1785, Attleboro, Bristol County, MA d. 24 Sep 1787, Attleboro, Bristol County, MA (Age 2 years) [natural] |
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| Family ID |
F13238 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
31 Dec 2022 |
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| Notes |
- Amos occupied first the cabin built by the Nine Partners in the fall of 1790. It stood almost in the center of the Nine Partner tract on a shelf of land on the south slope of Farrar Hill. Soon he built his cabin near this spot on lot No. 11, a portion of which he owned at the time of his death. Here he also had his blacksmith shop, the first one in Harford.
Was a private in Capt. Alexander Foster's Co., Col. John Daggett's Regiment, Revolutionary War, for 22 days; company marched to Rhode Island on the alarm of December 8, 17777; reported discharged. He also served in Capt. Elisha May's Co., , Col. John Daggett's Regiment, August 23, 1778 to September 2, 1778 for 11 days, at Rhode Island; also Capt. Alexander Foster's Co., Col. Isaac Dean's Regiment, marched August 4, 1780, discharged August 8, 1780, 7 days. Company marched to Tiverton, R.I. on the alarm of July 31, 1780; roll sworn to at Attleborough.
A Muster Roll of a company of foot in his Majesty's service, under the command of Captain Jonathan Eddy, in a Regiment raised by the Province of the Massachusetts Bay for the Reduction of Canada, whereof Thomas Doty, Esquire, is Colonel." Time of service from Mar. 13th to Dec. 10, 1758.
Jonathan Eddy, Esq., Capt., Norton. ... Timothy Standley, Lieut., Attleboro. ... Amos Sweet, Corporal, Attleboro.
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