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Sweet in Earliest Records - 18th Century

Earliest Mentions in the Merriott Records - the 18th Century

The earliest mention of the surname SWEET in the Merriott records was the baptism of Mary Sweet in 1719, daughter of John & Mary Sweet, but it wasn't until the mid 1750s that the surname SWEET started to pick up numbers in Merriott.

MARRIAGES

MALES - 11

FEMALES - 7

22 February 1750 Robert Sweet m Mary Stone? (Lopen)
25 February 1754 William Sweet m Frances Paul
4 September 1755 John Sweet m Susannah Douch
17 May 1762 Samuel Sweet m Susannah Shutler
13 February 1766 James Sweet m Margaret Wills
12 April 1773 Samuel Sweet m Charity Lawrence
28 September 1791 Samuel Sweet m Catharine Osborne
26 December 1793 John Sweet m Elizabeth Raindle
29 October 1795 William Sweet m Mary Trask
2 July 1797 John Sweet m Joan Osborne
4 February 1799 James Sweet m Mary Raindle

26 December 1759 Ann Sweet m Robert Eason
12 August 1787 Anne Sweet m Robert Lawrence
8 November 1787 Sarah Sweet m Thomas Marks
26 December 1791 Mary Sweet m Matthew Rendel
21 May 1792 Tamsin Sweet m Samuel Osborne
22 July 1793 Fanny Sweet m Simon Lawrence
18 December 1797 Mary Sweet m George Higgins

BAPTISMS (and Burials where indicated)

John & Mary Sweet	Baptism 1 February 1719 Mary Baptism 26 December 1721 John Baptism 24 July 1726 Mary Baptism 18 August 1728 James	Baptism 17 June 1730 William Burial 11 April 1731 James Baptism 23 April 1732 Eliz Baptism 24 March 1733 James Baptism 17 ? 1737 Samuel
John & Elizabeth Sweet	Baptism 20 September 1724 Ann
John & Susannah (nee Doutch) Sweet	Baptism 7 March 1756 John Burial 21 January 1759 John	Baptism 30 April 1758 Samuel
William & Francis/Fanny (nee Paul) Sweet	Baptism 16 February 1757 Sarah Baptism 5 January 1760 John Baptism 21 November 1762 William Burial 9 October 1763 William Burial 9 October 1763 John Baptism 28 October 1764 Ann	Baptism 2 November 1766 Mary Baptism 14 March 1769 William Baptism 26 August 1770 Henry Baptism 23 February 1772 Katherine Burial 31 December 1779 John Baptism 6 August 1778 John
Elizabeth Sweet	Burial 18 Feb 1759 Thomas
Samuel & Susannah (nee Shutler) Sweet	Baptism 28 October 1764 Susannah Baptism 8 March 1768 John	Burial 6 December 1772 John [Note: Wife Susannah buried 26 August 1771]
James & Margaret (nee Wills) Sweet	Baptism 15 June 1766 John Baptism 8 March 1768 Tamson Baptism 30 January 1771 James Baptism 12 June 1774 Mary	Baptism 18 December 1778 Susannah Baptism 6 February 1781 Hannah Burial 26 May 1782 Hannah Baptism 12 April 1784 Hannah
Samuel & Charity (nee Lawrence) Sweet	Baptism 27 March 1774 Ann Baptism 18 February 1776 John Baptism 23 January 1778 Samuel Baptism 24 April 1780 Robert Baptism 8 March 1782 Joseph	Baptism 4 February 1785 William Baptism 28 October 1787 James Burial 27 April 1788 William Baptism 9 January 1791 Mary Baptism 25 December 1794 William
Fanny Sweet	Baptism 7 February 1779 Elizabeth
Jenny Sweet	Burial 15 February 1780 Elizth
Susanna Sweet	Baptism 22 July 1792 Matthew, BC Note: a Bastardy Examination of Susanna Sweet for this child states the father's name as Matthew Pattemore. This child possibly was also known as Matthew Pattemore.
John (a Labourer) & Elizabeth (nee Raindle) Sweet	Baptism 21 September 1794 James Baptism 4 September 1796 Mary Baptism 22 March 1799 Sarah Baptism 30 August 1801 John Baptism 18 November 1808 Susanna Baptism 18 November 1808 Ann	Baptism 26 December 1808 Hannah Baptism 8 January 1815 Robert Baptism 8 January 1815 Matthew Baptism 8 January 1815 Ann Baptism 25 December 1818 Hannah Baptism 26 December 1820 Edwin
William & Margaret Sweet	Baptism 25 December 1796 Mary Baptism 9 April 1798 William	Baptism 5 October 1800 John
John (a Labourer) & Joan (nee Osborne) Sweet	Baptism 9 September 1798 John Baptism 22 December 1799 William Baptism 23 November 1800 Samuel Baptism 13 June 1802 Thomas Baptism 29 September 1805 Hannah Baptism 29 September 1805 Susanna Baptism 29 September 1805 Catharine	Baptism 25 January 1807 Robert Baptism 23 October 1808 Joseph Baptism 18 June 1815 Isaac Baptism 18 June 1815 James Baptism 12 May 1823 Ann Baptism 12 May 1823 Josias

BURIALS

On 7 September 1785, two little girls were buried: Susanna Pattemore and Susanna Sweet, both
"supposed to be poisoned by eating toadstools for mushrooms". The two Susannas were not related.

MALES - 4	FEMALES - 9
5 May 1745 George Sweet 11 April 1731 James Sweet 22 October 1752 John Sweet 24 May 1787 William Sweet Pauper	24 April 1782 Elizabeth Sweet 24 March 1799 Fanny Sweet 23 May 1780 Jane Sweet 14 December 1783 Martha Sweet Pauper 9 February 1766 Mary Sweet 7 May 1766 Mary Sweet 3 December 1797 Mary Sweet 26 August 1771 Susannah Samuel's wife Sweet 7 September 1785 Susanna Sweet Supposed to be poisoned by eating toadstools for mushrooms

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