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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: Old Parish Windsor, Hants County, Nova Scotia, Canada

Father: George Cochran

Mother: Elizabeth Smith

Spouse(s): Benoni Sweet

Children(s): Margaret Brown, Eber Sweet, Daniel Sweet, James Sweet, Albro Sweet, John NS-CA, Shubeal Sweet, Benjamin Sweet, William Sweet, George Sweet, Jane Sweet, Margaret Proctor, William Proctor, Rebecca Proctor, Joseph CAN1810, John can1807, Shubael CAN1814, Sarah Sweet

Margaret "Peggy" ( Benoni ) COCHRAN * Sweet was born in 1782 in Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada, the child of George Cochran And Elizabeth Betsey Smith. Margaret "Peggy" ( Benoni ) COCHRAN * Sweet married Benoni Sweet, and had children including Albro Sweet, Benjamin Sweet, Daniel Sweet, Eber Sweet, George Sweet, James Sweet, Jane Elizabeth Sweet, John Proctor Can1807, John Sweet Ns Ca, Joseph Proctor Can1810, Margaret Ann Brown, Margaret Proctor, Rebecca Proctor, Sarah Sweet, Shubael Sweet Can1814, Shubeal Sweet, William G Sweet, William Proctor. Margaret "Peggy" ( Benoni ) COCHRAN * Sweet passed away in 1872 in Old Parish Windsor, Hants County, Nova Scotia, Canada.

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Biography

  • Margaret "Peggy" ( Benoni ) COCHRAN * Sweet was born in 1782 in Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada, the child of George Cochran And Elizabeth Betsey Smith.
  • Margaret "Peggy" ( Benoni ) COCHRAN * Sweet married Benoni Sweet, and had children including Albro Sweet, Benjamin Sweet, Daniel Sweet, Eber Sweet, George Sweet, James Sweet, Jane Elizabeth Sweet, John Proctor Can1807, John Sweet Ns Ca, Joseph Proctor Can1810, Margaret Ann Brown, Margaret Proctor, Rebecca Proctor, Sarah Sweet, Shubael Sweet Can1814, Shubeal Sweet, William G Sweet, William Proctor.
  • Margaret "Peggy" ( Benoni ) COCHRAN * Sweet passed away in 1872 in Old Parish Windsor, Hants County, 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
Newill
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 Meath
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. Margaret (Ann) Brown 1818–1884
  2. 2. Eber Sweet 1811–1861 m. Sara (Ann) Harvie 1816–1907
    1. 1. Martha (Jane "Mattie" ** Sweet) CAN1859 1859–1927
    2. 2. Alice (Margaret ** Sweet) CAN1865 1865–1940
    3. 3. Alexander (** Sweet) CAN1855 1855–1925
    4. 4. Thomas (Mark ** Sweet) CAN1846 1846–1893
    5. 5. Alice (** Sweet) CAN1842 1842–
  3. 3. Daniel Sweet 1819–1871
  4. 4. James Sweet 1809–1884
  5. 5. Albro Sweet 1805–1876
  6. 6. John (Sweet *) NS-CA 1807–1893
  7. 7. Shubeal Sweet 1814–1840
  8. 8. Benjamin Sweet 1800–1874
  9. 9. William (G.) Sweet 1802–1876
  10. 10. George Sweet 1796–1878
  11. 11. Jane (Elizabeth) Sweet 1815–1877
  12. 12. Margaret Proctor 1822–1884
  13. 13. William Proctor 1819–1879
  14. 14. Rebecca Proctor 1815–1856
  15. 15. Joseph (Proctor) CAN1810 1810–1830
  16. 16. John (Proctor) can1807 1807–1889
  17. 17. Shubael (** Sweet) CAN1814 1814–1870
  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

    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

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Old Parish Windsor, Hants County, Nova Scotia, Canada
    Record Source: Canada, Find a Grave Index

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