Sweat, Samuel (1744-1792)

Name:

Sweat, Samuel (1744-1792)

Title:

Member, Congregational Church, Hallowell

Other Names:

Swett, Samuel

Born:

12/16/1744

Birthplace:

Kingston, NH

Died:

09/21/1792

Death Location:

Boston, MA

Residence:

Kingston, NH, 1744-1783
Hallowell, ME, 1790
Boston, MA, 1792

Nationality:

American

Occupation:

Joiner
Cabinetmaker (items listed in his journal include: chairs, clock case, buffet, table, chest of drawers, beds)

Father:

Sweat, Benjamin (1707-1787)

Mother:

Darling, Abigail (1709-1800)

Relations:

Friend of Josiah Bartlett, the Signer; Sweat did carpentry for him.

Spouse:

Mary Jones (1746-1820), August 28, 1766

Children:

Samuel Jones, born August 26, 1767, Kingston, NH
Mary, born September 9, 1768, Kingston, NH;
Benjamin, born c. 1771; m. 1796, Nabby Benson
Abigail, born c. 1773; died 1814; m. 1800, John Bodge
Mark Permot, born November 5, 1777, Hallowell, ME; died 1807; m. Abigail Wood Tower
James Jones, born c. 1780, Hallowell, ME; m. Christina Ceceliia vonHagen
Sarah, born c. 1782, Hallowell, ME
Elizabeth, born c. 1785, Hallowell, ME; m. John Flagner
Zebulon, born c. 1788, Hallowell, ME; died 1821

Notes:

Emma H. Nason, Old Hallowell on the Kennebec. (Augusta, ME: Burleigh and Flynt, 1909), 194.

Everett S. Stackpole, Swett Genealogy: Descendants of John Swett of Newbury, Mass. (Lewiston, Maine: The Journal Printshop, 1913), 21, 35-36.

Harriet S. Lacy, "Samuel Sweat's Diary, 1772-1774," Historical New Hampshire, 30(Winter 1975)4, 221-230.

Daybook (1764-1790), Josiah Bartlett Papers, NHHS

Samuel Sweat Journal, 1772-1774, NHHS