flag male ancestor  Benoni  SWEET

  (b. abt. 1774 Nova Scotia, Canada   d. 8 June 1854 Windsor, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada )  

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Benoni SWEET was born abt. 1774 in Nova Scotia, Canada

Benoni SWEET was the child of Benoni SWEET   and   Lydia DIMOCK and the grandchild of: (maternal)  Shubael DIMOCK and Eunice MARSH

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Benoni  married  Margaret Peggy COCHRAN abt. 1795 in Ardoise, West Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Margaret Peggy COCHRAN  was born abt. 1782 in Windsor, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada.  Margaret Peggy died 25 July 1872 in Windsor, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada.  Margaret Peggy was the child of George COCHRAN and Elizabeth SMITH.

Benoni SWEET died 8 June 1854 in Windsor, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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Benoni SWEET married flag female ancestor Margaret Peggy COCHRAN-- Date: abt. 1795 Place: Ardoise, West Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada
Margaret Peggy COCHRAN was the child of George COCHRAN and Elizabeth SMITH




Children of Benoni SWEET and Margaret Peggy COCHRAN:

flag male ancestor Benjamin SWEET (b.abt. 1797, Wentworth, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada  d. 23 September 1874, St. Croix, West Hants, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada)
m. Jane Rachel HUNTER 4 December 1828



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News1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.
News1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada
News1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.
Kings and Queens1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England
Kings and Queens1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England
Kings and Queens1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England
News1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada
Invention 1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
News1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.
death1854 Death
8 June 1854
Windsor, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada
Added: 12/2/2025 10:45:07 PM - Updated: 12/14/2025 6:57:27 PM

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