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John Isaac Sweet 1579–1637 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 26 August 1579

Birth Location: Traine Manor, Modbury, Devon, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 15 May 1637

Death Location: Providence, County of Providence Plantations, Colony of Rhod, Rhode Island, USA

Father: Robert London

Mother: Joanna Rainham

Spouse(s): Mary Periam, Mary Skinner

Children(s): Benjamin Capt., John Sweet, Mirabah Sweet, Thomas Sweet, Daniel Sweet, William Sweet, James Sweet, Abigail Sweet, Richard Sweet, Jeremiah Sweet, Priscilla Sweet

John Isaac Sweet was born in 1579 in Traine Manor, Modbury, Devon, England, United Kingdom, the child of Robert Isaac Sweet Of London And Joanna Rainham. John Isaac Sweet married Mary Lacy, Mary Margaret Wescott Periam, Mary Skinner, Phebe Benton, and had children including Abigail Sweet, Benjamin Swett Capt, Daniel Sweet, James Isaac Sweet, Jeremiah Sweet, John Isaac Sweet, Meribah Renewed Sweet, Mirabah Or Meribah Later Called Renewed Swett Or Sweet, Priscilla Holliman Sweet, Richard Sweet, Thomas Sweet, William Henry Sweet. John Isaac Sweet passed away in 1637 in Providence, County of Providence Plantations, Colony of Rhod, Rhode Island, USA.

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Biography

  • John Isaac Sweet was born in 1579 in Traine Manor, Modbury, Devon, England, United Kingdom, the child of Robert Isaac Sweet Of London And Joanna Rainham.
  • John Isaac Sweet married Mary Lacy, Mary Margaret Wescott Periam, Mary Skinner, Phebe Benton, and had children including Abigail Sweet, Benjamin Swett Capt, Daniel Sweet, James Isaac Sweet, Jeremiah Sweet, John Isaac Sweet, Meribah Renewed Sweet, Mirabah Or Meribah Later Called Renewed Swett Or Sweet, Priscilla Holliman Sweet, Richard Sweet, Thomas Sweet, William Henry Sweet.
  • John Isaac Sweet passed away in 1637 in Providence, County of Providence Plantations, Colony of Rhod, Rhode Island, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

John Sweet's Ancestors

Self
John Sweet
1579–1637
Birth Place: Traine Manor, Modbury, Devon, England, United Kingdom
Parents
Robert Isaac Sweet of London
1552–1578
Hackney, London Borough of Hackney, Greater London, England
Joanna Rainham
1554–1583
Rainham, Essex, England
Grandparents
John (Sweet) III
1531–1613
Modbury, South Hams District, Devon, England
Margery ("Mary") Periam
1535–1552
Exeter, City of Exeter, Devon, England
John (Perham Rainham) ***
1529–1603
Rainham, Essex, England
Margaret Holme
1531–1554
Rainham, Essex, England
Great-Grandparents
Sir II
1512–1541
Johane Scoss
1504–1550
John Periam
1510–1573
Margaret Periam
1512–1573
Sir Townshend
1510–1540
Lady Hone
1512–1554
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John I
1450–1512
Margaret Nutt
1455–1520
Robert Hone-England
1490–1543
Johane Franey
1490–1543

John Sweet's Descendants

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John (Isaac) Sweet (26 August 1579–15 May 1637) m. Mary (Margaret Wescott) Periam (1581–31 July 1681) m. Mary Skinner (1600–abt 1717)
  1. 1. Benjamin (Swett) Capt. 1624–1677 m. Esther Weare 1627–1718
    1. 1. Joseph (Swett) Capt. 1659–1721 m. Sarah (Thomas) Andrews 1670–1745
      1. 1. Jonathan (Swett) Capt. 1712–1751 m. Jane Rowe 1717–1750
        1. 1. Joseph Swett 1739–1797 m. Jemima Wormwood 1743–
      2. 2. Hannah Swett 1708–1748
  2. 2. John (Isaac) Sweet 1620–1677
  3. 3. Mirabah (or Meribah, later called Renewed, Swett or) Sweet 1625–1681
  4. 4. Thomas Sweet 1624–1628
  5. 5. Daniel Sweet 1621–1728
  6. 6. William (Henry) Sweet 1623–1639
  7. 7. James (Isaac) Sweet 1622–1698
  8. 8. Abigail Sweet 1630–1656
  9. 9. Richard Sweet 1626–
  10. 10. Jeremiah Sweet 1629–
  11. 11. Priscilla (* (Holliman)) Sweet 1618–1652

John Sweet's Timeline

2 Records

1579
26 August 1579
Birth of John Isaac Sweet in Traine Manor, Modbury, Devon, England, United Kingdom
Traine Manor, Modbury, Devon, England, United Kingdom
1637
15 May 1637
Age 58
Death of John Isaac Sweet in Providence, County of Providence Plantations, Colony of Rhod, Rhode Island, USA
Providence, County of Providence Plantations, Colony of Rhod, Rhode Island, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 26 August 1579
    Event Place: Traine Manor, Modbury, Devon, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Source number: 2924.034; Source type: Family group sheet, FGSE, listed as parents; Number of Pages: 1
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 15 May 1637
    Event Place: Providence, County of Providence Plantations, Colony of Rhod, Rhode Island, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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