Dr. Benoni Sweet

Male 1663 - 1751  (88 years)

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  • Name Benoni Sweet 
    Title Dr. 
    Birth 28 Mar 1663  Warwick, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male 
    Death 19 Jul 1751  North Kingstown, RI Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I03161  Sorensen-Remington Family Tree
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 

    Father James Sweet,   b. 1622, Wales Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Jun 1698, Kingstowne, RI Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years) 
    Mother Mary Greene,   b. 19 May 1633, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage Abt 1654  RI Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F01379  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elizabeth Manchester,   b. Abt 1667   d. Abt May 1754, North Kingstown, RI Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1686 
    Children 
     1. Dr. James Sweet,   b. 28 May 1687, North Kingstown, RI Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Margaret Sweet,   b. Abt 22 Sep 1690, North Kingstown, RI Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1727 (Age 36 years)
     3. Benoni Sweet,   b. 28 Mar 1692
     4. Mary Sweet,   b. Between 8 Dec 1696 and 1699, North Kingstown, RI Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1775, North Kingstown, RI Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)
     5. Elizabeth Sweet,   b. Abt 20 Feb 1700/01
     6. Thomas Sweet,   b. 9 Aug 1703
    Family ID F01190  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 

  • Notes 
    • Benoni (bonesetter) b 28 Mar 1663 in Warwick, RI; md Elizabeth (Manchester). The following is from "Updike's History of the Narragansett Church": Benoni had been a Captain in the British service; was well informed and of polished manners; was a "natural" bonesetter and the progenitor of the race of bonesetters in RI; was styled "Dr. Sweet"; practiced in restoring dislocations only; was a regular communicant of the church; officiated as vestryman until his death. In the proceedings of the General Assembly held for the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations at Newport, 6 Mar 1696, admitted freeman were: Philip, James, Benoni, John, and Daniel Sweet. Benoni died 19 Jul 1752: Capt. Benoni Sweet of North Kingstown, in the 90th yr of his age.

  • Sources 
    1. [S012887] RI Genealogical Register, Vol. 5, No. 4, 344.

    2. [S012454] James N. Arnold's Vital Record of RI, Warwick -- Births and Deaths.