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Margaret "Peggy" ( Benoni ) COCHRAN * Sweet 1782 – 1872 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 25 Jul 1782

Birth Location: Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada

Death Date: 25 Jul 1872

Death Location: Windsor, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada

Father: George Cochran

Mother: Elizabeth Smith

Spouse(s): Benoni Sweet

Children(s): George Sweet, Benjamin Sweet, William Sweet, Albro Sweet, John Proctor, John Sweet, James Sweet, Joseph Proctor, Eber Sweet, Shubeal Sweet, Shubael Sweet, Jane Sweet, Rebecca Proctor, Margaret Brown, William Proctor, Daniel Sweet, Margaret Proctor, Sarah Sweet

The story of Margaret "Peggy" ( Benoni ) COCHRAN * Sweet began in 1782 in Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada. Margaret "Peggy" ( Benoni ) COCHRAN * Sweet married Benoni Sweet, and had children including George Sweet, Benjamin Sweet, William G. Sweet, Albro Sweet, John Proctor, John Sweet, James Sweet, Joseph Proctor, Eber Sweet, Shubeal Sweet, Shubael ** Sweet, Jane Elizabeth Sweet, Rebecca Proctor, Margaret Ann Brown, William Proctor, Daniel Sweet, Margaret Proctor, Sarah ** Sweet. Margaret "Peggy" ( Benoni ) COCHRAN * Sweet passed away in 1872 in Windsor, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada.

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Biography

  • The story of Margaret "Peggy" ( Benoni ) COCHRAN * Sweet began in 1782 in Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada.
  • Margaret "Peggy" ( Benoni ) COCHRAN * Sweet married Benoni Sweet, and had children including George Sweet, Benjamin Sweet, William G. Sweet, Albro Sweet, John Proctor, John Sweet, James Sweet, Joseph Proctor, Eber Sweet, Shubeal Sweet, Shubael ** Sweet, Jane Elizabeth Sweet, Rebecca Proctor, Margaret Ann Brown, William Proctor, Daniel Sweet, Margaret Proctor, Sarah ** Sweet.
  • Margaret "Peggy" ( Benoni ) COCHRAN * Sweet passed away in 1872 in Windsor, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Margaret Sweet's Ancestors

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Margaret Sweet
1782 – 1872
Birth Place: Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada
Parents
George Cochran
1735 – 1801
Carrikeel, Londonderry County
Elizabeth (Betsey) Smith
1739 – 1826
Ireland
Grandparents
Gore Cochran
1710 –
Clones, Monahan, Ireland
Mary Newell
1710 –
Clones, Monaghan, Ireland
Joseph Smith
1710 – 1792
New Britain, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Sarah Wyly
1719 – 1778
Mountmellick, Queens, Ireland
Great-Grandparents
Joseph Smith
1682 – 1755
Mary Royce
1681 – 1759
William Wyly
1685 –
Dorothy Houghton
1689 – 1749
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Lydia Huit
1658 – 1690
Isaac Royce
1643 – 1681
Isaac Haughton
1663 – 1738
Ellinor Wilson
1664 – 1707

Margaret Sweet's Descendants

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Margaret ("Peggy" ( Benoni ) COCHRAN *) Sweet (25 Jul 1782 – 25 Jul 1872) m. Benoni Sweet (7 Apr 1774 – 8 June 1854)
  1. 1. George Sweet (1796 – 7 May 1878)
  2. 2. Benjamin Sweet (1800 – 23 Sep 1874)
  3. 3. William (G.) Sweet (1802 – 1876)
  4. 4. Albro Sweet (1805 – 1876)
  5. 5. John Proctor (10 Jan 1807 – Sep 1889)
  6. 6. John Sweet (28 Oct 1807 – 14 Mar 1893)
  7. 7. James Sweet (21 June 1809 – 7 June 1884)
  8. 8. Joseph Proctor (8 Mar 1810 – Dec 1830)
  9. 9. Eber Sweet (1811 – 20 June 1861) m. Sara (Ann) Harvie (29 Jun 1816 – 1907)
    1. 1. Alice (**) Sweet (Abt 1842 – )
    2. 2. Thomas (Mark **) Sweet (1846 – 10 July 1893)
    3. 3. Alexander (**) Sweet (11 Sep 1855 – 23 Jan 1925)
    4. 4. Martha (Jane "Mattie" **) Sweet (Feb 1859 – 1927)
    5. 5. Alice (Margaret **) Sweet (May 1865 – 1940)
  10. 10. Shubeal Sweet (26 Jun 1814 – 1840)
  11. 11. Shubael (**) Sweet (26 Jun 1814 – 21 Apr 1870)
  12. 12. Jane (Elizabeth) Sweet (1815 – 1877)
  13. 13. Rebecca Proctor (6 Sep 1815 – Mar 1856)
  14. 14. Margaret (Ann) Brown (1818 – 4 January 1884)
  15. 15. William Proctor (6 Mar 1819 – Oct 1879)
  16. 16. Daniel Sweet (5 April 1819 – 18 March 1871)
  17. 17. Margaret Proctor (30 Aug 1822 – Apr 1884)
  18. 18. Sarah (**) Sweet ( – 1873)

Margaret Sweet's Timeline

2 Records

1782
25 Jul 1782
Birth of Margaret "Peggy" ( Benoni ) COCHRAN * Sweet in Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada
Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada
1872
25 Jul 1872
Age 90
Death of Margaret "Peggy" ( Benoni ) COCHRAN * Sweet in Windsor, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada
Windsor, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 25 Jul 1782
    Event Place: Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada
    Record Source: Canada, Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 25 Jul 1872
    Event Place: Windsor, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada
    Record Source: Canada, Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Old Parish Windsor, Hants County, Nova Scotia, Canada
    Record Source: Canada, Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current

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