Benjamin Sweetland

Abt 1842 - 1885  (~ 42 years)

• Name	Benjamin Sweetland
  Born	Abt Sep 1842	Trinity, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	4 Sep 1842	Trinity, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland   [2]
  Census	1880	Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States   [3]
  Benjamin Sweetland was a single man, aged 37, He, and a dozen or so more, were boarders in the home of Samuel Martin. He was working as a clerk in a store. The enumerator recorded that Benjamin was from Nova Scotia??
  Died	30 Apr 1885	Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States   [4]
  Benjamin's age was given as 44 at this time. He was a clerk, and both parents had been born in Newfoundland. No other details were given.
  Buried	2 May 1885	Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States   [4, 5]
  Address: Green-Wood Cemetery - Plot Lot 6006, Section 66
  Name referenced as Benjamine Sweetland in Green-Wood Cemetery. No photo of a headstone but he is listed as being buried in the same plot as his father and sister-in-law, Louisa Anne.
  Person ID	I3683	Families of Calvert (Caplin Bay), Newfoundland
  Last Modified	7 Mar 2018

  
  

  Father	Benjamin Sweetland,   b. 13 Feb 1790, Ferryland, Newfoundland ,   d. Abt 27 May 1884, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States  (Age 94 years)
  Mother	Tryphena Gaden,   b. 8 Jul 1805, St. John's, Newfoundland ,   d. 15 Aug 1879, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States  (Age 74 years)
  Married	4 Dec 1827	St. John's, Newfoundland   [6, 7]
  St. John's newspaper THE NEWFOUNDLANDER - Wednesday, December 5, 1827. Married yesterday evening, by the Rev. F.H. Carrington, BENJAMIN SWEETLAND, Esq. , of Caplin Bay, Merchant to TRYPHENA, the youngest daughter of the late GEORGE GADEN, Esq., Merchant of this place. Note: Their marriage record shows William Sweetland was one of the witnesses.(K.R.)
  Family ID	F450	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - Abt Sep 1842 - Trinity, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland Baptism - 4 Sep 1842 - Trinity, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland Census - 1880 - Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States Died - 30 Apr 1885 - Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States Buried - Address: Green-Wood Cemetery - Plot Lot 6006, Section 66 - 2 May 1885 - Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S90] Approximate date based on another recorded event, Reddigan, Kevin, (A date calculated by using a recorded date and a person's age, or by estimating the most likely date, based on other recorded life events). [S47] St. Paul's Anglican Church - Trinity - Baptisms, Marriages and Burials 1753 - 1867, Family History Society of Nfld & Labrador. [S98] 1880 United States Census, Ancestry.com, ([database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010), "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ8X-TKQ : 17 August 2017), Benj Swetland in household of Samuel Martin, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States; citing enumeration district ED 7, sheet 160C,. [S29] FamilySearch™ - LDS, ([online database] copyright (c) 2008, Intellectual Reserve, Inc.), "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2WS9-HJJ : 10 February 2018), Benjamin Sweetland, 30 Apr 1885; citing Death, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States, New York Municipal Archives, New York; FHL microfilm 1,323,801. [S92] Find A Grave, ([online database] http://www.findagrave.com/ ), Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 07 March 2018), memorial page for Benjamine Sweetland (unknown?May 1885), Find A Grave Memorial no. 58044173, citing Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings County (Brooklyn), New York, USA. [S20] The Newfoundlander, (Newspaper published at St. John's, Newfoundland by various members of the Shea family). [S53] Church of England Marriages - St. John's Cathedral.