Ancestors of Christopher John Augustine Morry

Benjamin Sweetland

Sex: M

Individual Information

Birth Date: 14 Jan 1777 - Topsham, Devon, England ⁵⁶⁵ ^,1202 Christening: Death: 1797 - At Sea ( at age 20) ⁵⁶⁵ Burial: Cause of Death:

Parents

Father: David Sweetland ¹²⁰² Mother: Hannah Hill ¹⁶⁸ ^,1202 ^,5396 Marriage Did Not Marry ⁵⁶⁵

Notes
General:

06/02/02:

LDS gives this son of Hugh and Margaret as being christened February 20, 1741/42 - obviously an error so I do not include the date of christening in my data until this error is corrected.

Benjamin Sweetland

Sex: M

Individual Information

Birth Date: 27 Dec 1814 - St. Saviour's, Dartmouth, Devon, England ⁷⁰⁵⁸ Christening: 27 Jan 1815 - St. Saviour's, Dartmouth, Devon, England ¹⁶⁰ ^,459 ^,718 ^,743 ^,1202 Death: 19 Sep 1846 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ( at age 31) ⁵ ^,7426 Burial: 1846 - Dartmouth, Devon, England ⁵ Cause of Death: Lost at Sea
Events
• Alt. Birth: Bef 27 Jan 1815, Dartmouth, Devon, England.
• Minister/Priest: Robert Holdsworth, Minister of St. Saviours, 27 Jan 1815, Dartmouth, Devon, England.
• Court: Member of officials at 7th sitting of Southern Circuit Court, 10 Oct 1831, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. (Justice of Peace)
• Probate: Probate of Will of Elizabeth [Graham] Ellis, 23 Jul 1844, Dartmouth, Devon, England. (Beneficiary) Benjamin Sweetland, Grand Nephew of Elizabeth [Graham] Ellis,was left a bequest of £100 in her will.

In addition, each of the surviving children of Priscilla Sweetland, the Niece of Elizabeth [Graham] Ellis was to receive an equal share of 1/3 of the value of her dwelling house after the demise of the initial heir, Easter [sic] Graham Morry. These siblings included:
"William Henry Sweetland, Matthew Morry Sweetland, Benjⁿ Sweetland, Ann Sweetland, Priscilla Sweetland, & Mary Morry Sweetland"
• Occupation: Master Mariner, Bef 1846, Dartmouth, Devon, England.

Parents

Father: William Sweetland JP ²⁷⁸ ^,2969 Mother: Priscilla Ann Morry ⁵ ^,168 ^,4989

Spouses and Children

1. *Elizabeth Reeve ⁵ ^,7058 ^,7779 Marriage: 28 Dec 1840 - Whitechapel, Middlesex, England ¹⁰⁷ ^,1167 ^,3166 ^,7779 ^,7780
Marriage Events
• Minister/Priest: Edward Pumphrey, Curate, 28 Dec 1840, Whitechapel, Middlesex, England.
• Witnesses: Lewis Richardson Coles, Elizabeth Reeve (presumably a cousin of the same name), 28 Dec 1840, Whitechapel, Middlesex, England. Marriage Notes

250417 from FindMyPast:

First name(s) Benjamin
Last name Sweetland
Name note -
Marriage year 1840
Marriage date 28 Dec 1840
Marriage place Whitechapel
Father's first name(s) William
Father's last name Sweetland
Spouse's first name(s) Elizabeth
Spouse's last name Reeve
Spouse's father's first name(s) James
Spouse's father's last name Reeve
Residence Whitechapel, Middlesex, England
County Durham
Country England
Record set England Marriages 1538-1973
Category Birth, Marriage & Death (Parish Registers)
Subcategory Marriages & divorces
Collections from United Kingdom
Index (c) IRI. Used by permission of FamilySearch Intl

Children: 1. Annie Maria Sweetland 2. Frederick William Sweetland

Notes
General:

Email from Enid O'Brien 051206: She gave this as a transcript of Priscilla's gravestone as taken down by the mysterious spinster Mrs. Grey in 1937 according to Nimshi Crewe: "Priscilla, wife of Thomas Silly died 1847 age 28 years; also, Benjamin Sweetland, her brother, who with wife and child were lost at sea Sept 1846, age 32 years."

290908:

A transcript of a record in a notebook believed to have been given to Jean Morry Funkhouser by Howard Morry. The entries appear to be transcribed from family-related gravestones but the hand is not that of Howard Morry so it is unclear who wrote these records but it is believed to be either of his two aunts Jane or Frances [NB: Nimshi Crewe papers MG281 confirm it was Jane Morry Gray (Dad Morry's Aunt Josey) who visited Dartmouth and took these notes]:

"Sacred to the memory of Priscilla, wife of Thomas Silly who died 26 Janry 1847 Aged 28 years. Also Benjamin Sweetland, her brother who with his wife and child was lost at sea Septr 1846 Aged 32. Also Matthew Moray [sic] Sweetland who died at sea July 29, 1852 Aged 39 years. Also Mary Moray [sic] Sweetland who died 30 May 1854 Aged 33 years."

211009: From The Deanery of Totnes CD SWEETLAND Benjamin 27 01 1815 St.Saviours William Priscilla Merchant

210812 from Find My Past:

Parish Record Collection - Baptism Record Surname:Sweetland Forenames:Benjamin Father's Forename: William Mother's Forename: Priscilla Father's Occupation: Merchant Year: 1815 Month: Jan Day: 27 Abode: St.saviours Parish: St Saviour Town Or City: Dartmouth County: Devon Record source: Devon Baptisms - Transcripts Data provider :Devon Family History Society Transcriptions © Devon Family History Society

220616:
In his notes on the purported "family tree" which was thought to connect the Kirkes to the Sweetlands, (found in the MG281 Nimshi Crewe Fonds at The Rooms) Nimshi Crewe reports this information about the tragedy that claimed the life of Benjamin Sweetland, his wife and at least one child:

"Bishop Feild's Journal for 1849, page 125, under date of 1st October 1849 says, referring to magistrate William Sweetland during the Bishop's stay at Bonavista:- "Mr. S----------, the magistrate, called on me and informed me of the loss of his married son, with a wife and child, in the hurricane of September 19, 1846. They were coming from England to visit their parents and friends in this country and were supposed to have reached very near Newfoundland, but the vessel was never heard of."

251121:

This is what William Sweetland said in the family bible:

"Sacred to the memory of Priscilla, wife of Thos Silly who died 26 Jan 1847 aged 28 years. Also Benjamin Sweetland her brother Who with his wife and child was lost at sea Sept 1846 ad 32 years. Also Matthew Moray [sic] Sweetland who died at sea July 29 1852 aged 39 years. Also Mary Moray [sic] Sweetland who died 30 May 1854 Aged 33 years."

Rev. Oliver Rouse in his journal had this to say of the storm:

"September 28, 1846
Bowring. The mercantile firm of Bowring Brothers was formed in 1841 by the sons of Benjamin Bowring (born 1778 in Mortonhemstead, Devon), a watchmaker of Exeter who had opened a shop in St. John's in 1815, and in 1823 "acquired a small schooner of forty-four tons, called the Charlotte". "By 1870 the Liverpool and Newfoundland branches of the firm were operating thirty-six ships." (O'Neill 1976.919-21, 961, 956-57.) For details on the history of this firm, and of the Bowring family, see David Kerr: The Bowring Story (London: The Bodley Head, 1962).
our safety. Some ship which had seen the Hawk after the hurricane must have reached St. John's about the time of the present journal-entry , for Maria managed to get a letter to OR by October 15th, telling him she knew that the Hawk had survived the storm. During the week following the Hawk's de- parture, however, Maria must have been gravely worried about her husband's safety. Certainly she had cause for deep con- cern, for the hurricane which raked the Avalon peninsula was (in the words of the Harbour Grace Herald of September 23rd) "one of the most awful and destructive storms that has ever been experienced in this country". The St. John's Times of

September 28, 1846 (continued)
of September 23rd and 30th carried reports of the storm from all over the peninsula: reports of high seas, torrential rains, and violent wind; of ships driven ashore or swamped, and buildings destroyed. Out-harbors which lacked natural protection from the howling northeast winds were particularly hard hit. The village of Grates Cove (which OR was later to serve as mission- ary) lost no fewer than sixty of the seventy fishing skiffs which were lying at anchor in its harbor, and several larger vessels loaded with fish and oil- the fruits of a full summer's labor- were also sunk. (Another source tells us that nearly half the population of Harbour Grace was left utterly destitute by the storm.) In St. John's itself bridges were washed away, brick buildings were demolished, and the well-constructed, wooden Church of St. Thomas "was moved, bodily, from its position about
4 inches"."

On Wikipedia we learn this about the storm from an American perspective:

Hurricane Two
September 10\endash 24. Hurricane originated near the Leeward Islands. On September 19, a gale, possibly a tropical cyclone, destroyed 11 schooners from Marblehead, Massachusetts, and took 65 lives. After this event, Gloucester, Massachusetts took over as the center of New England fishing.

Benjamin Sweetland JP

Sex: M

Individual Information

Birth Date: 13 Feb 1790 - Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ²³ Christening: 28 Feb 1790 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ⁵ ^,142 ^,8222 Death: 27 May 1884 - Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States of America ( at age 94) ²³ Burial: 30 May 1884 - Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States of America ²³ ^,3247 Cause of Death:
Events
• Interesting: Matthew Morry and Co. and Benjamin Sweetland and Co. fishing activity, Cir 1780-1820, Calvert, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Both of these companies which were based at the head of the bay utilised Stone Island Shooting Point as a shoreline attachment for fishing gear according to Kevin Reddigan in Courageous Souls.
• Alt. Birth: Bef 28 Feb 1790, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Baptism: 28 Feb 1790, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Minister/Priest: Walter Price, Anglican Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, 28 Feb 1790, St. John's, Newfoundland. Benjamin Sweetland

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Name Benjamin Sweetland
Gender Male
Event Type Birth
Birth Place St John's, Newfoundland, Canada
Father
Henry Sweetland
Mother
Ann Sweetland.
• Census: Household of Robert and Ann Carter, 1800, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Including daughter, Ann Carter Sweetland (widow) and her son Benjamin Sweetland.
• Property: Purchased house and land in Caplin Bay near Old Woman's Pond from James Hayley [sic], 11 Aug 1814, Calvert, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. (Resident)
• Property: Occupied by lease from the Holdsworth family a parcel of land near the Old Woman's Pond, Cir 1815-1834, Calvert, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It is not clear if this is the same land on which the house, parts of which still exist, was constructed. A description of the property they leased from the Holdsworth interests is found amongst other properties listed for sale by the latter in the Public Ledger dated March 7, 1827 (see attached).
• Court: Surrogate Court Records GN-5-1-C-1 34-35 Division of R Carter Plantation, 9 Jan 1816, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. (Witness)
• Property: Bill of sale of property in Caplin Bay By Patrick Clancy to Wm. & Benj. Sweetland and Co.,, 27 Nov 1817, Calvert, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. (Party)
• Court: GN-5-1-C-1 52-54 Commission on the Case of J Square vs M Morry & Co, 30 Sep 1818, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. (Party)
• Residence: Between 1820 and 1835, Calvert, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Court: Case as Defendants, Second Sitting of the Southern Circuit Court, 4 Nov 1826, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. (Party)
• Court: Case as Plaintiffs, Second Sitting of the Southern Circuit Court, 6 Nov 1826, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Benjamin Sweetland and Matthew Morry v. Patrick Evoy. Judgement by confession. £10.0.0. Value of bait supplied to Evoy and his servants during season.
• Court: Cases as Defendant, Second Sitting of the Southern Circuit Court, 8 Nov 1826, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Michael Murphy v. Benjamin Sweetland & Co. Judgement for Plaintiff. £1.1.0 of the amount claimed - £3.3.0.
• Employment: Served as the attorney and representative of Thomas Prosser of Stratford, Ireland, 1827, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. He was mentioned in an indenture between William Goff and Willaim Kydd in the Southern Court records as being the agent who was responsible for lands rented to William Goff on the Northside of Ferryland which actually belonged to Thomas Prosser in Ireland.

SDC Vol 1 Fol 50-54 William Goff to William Kydd 04-12-1827.
• Court: Member of Grand Jury, Third Sitting of the Southern Circuit Court, 2 Oct 1827, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Presiding: The Honourable Richard Alexander Tucker, Esq., Chief Judge of the Supreme Court

B. G. Garrett, Clerk and Registrar, SCC

John Bulger, Deputy Sheriff
William Carter, Magistrate & Custos Rotulorum (Keeper of the Rolls)
Andrew Morrison, Magistrate
John Preston, Magistrate
Richard Sullivan and John McLennan, Constables
Peter Gorman, Gaoler

Grand Jury:
Charles Hutchins (FOreman); Thomas Congdon, G. Brown; James H. Carter; Matthew Morry; John Morry; John Row; W. Richards; N. Stabb; P. Winsor; Thomas Norris; Thomas Norris, Jr.; John W. Saunders; M. Brazil; E. Stabb; A. Clift; B. Sweetland; Phillip Wright; Robert Evans; William Goff.
• Court: Henry Studdy v. John W. Saunders, Third Sitting of the Southern Circuit Court, 3 Oct 1827, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. (Juror)
• Court: Convicted of Raping an Employee, Ellen Delahunty, 3 Nov 1827, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. (Juror)
• Occupation: Merchant, 1828-1834, Calvert, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Court: Member of officials at 4th sitting of Southern Circuit Court, 4 Nov 1828, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. (Witness)
• Occupation: Merchant, Caplin Bay, 9 Nov 1828, Calvert, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Property: Purchase of property from William Shelley, South side, 5 Dec 1828, Calvert, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. SDC Vol 1 Fol 81-82 Walter Shelley to Benjamin Sweetland 05-12-1828 transcribed by Kevin Reddigan.

It is notable that it was at this time the Sweetland's were still acquiring and accumulating land holdings in Caplin Bay. I had previously assumed that they had acquired their property in Caplin Bay much earlier.
• Court: Benjamin Sweetland, Esq. v Patrick Congdon at 6th sitting of Southern Circuit Court, 27 Oct 1830, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Action to recover £1.6.0. for rent. Defendant admitted claim. Award to Plaintiff.
• Court: William Carter, Esq. v John Hutchins at 6th sitting of Southern Circuit Court, 27 Oct 1830, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. (Arbitrator)
• Court: Benjamin Sweetland & Co v various at 6th sitting of Southern Circuit Court, 4 Nov 1830, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Two cases heard on this day:
Benjamin Sweetland & Co. v Robert Swain, William Wade, Edward Kough & Timothy Brien

Action to recover £5.7.0. Matter left to Ewen Stabb and Noah Clift to arbitrate who decided for the Plaintiff without costs.

Benjamin Sweetland & Co. v Patrick Clancy
Action to recover £9.0.0. Settled.
• Court: Benjamin Sweetland v Patrick Congdon at 7th sitting of Southern Circuit Court, 10 Oct 1831, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Action to recover £13.4.0 Stg. Settled.
• Property: SDC Vol 2 No 443 Fol 5-8 Grant to Benjamin Sweetland, 22 May 1832, Calvert, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Transcribed by Kevin Reddigan.
• Owner: The SNIPEFISH; Returned from St. John's, 28 Aug 1832, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. (Witness)
• Appointment: Junior Magistrate, Cir Dec 1832, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Occupation: Merchant, Caplin Bay, 15 Dec 1832, Calvert, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Appointment: Deputy Sherrif, 1833, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Court: Bryan, Nicholas a.t.s Benjamin Sweetland at 1833 sitting of Southern Circuit Court, Between 19 Oct 1833 and 30 Oct 1833, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Action to recover £9 for non-fulfillment of agreement. Petty Jury determined no cause of action.
• Court: Member of officials at 1833 sitting of Southern Circuit Court, Between 19 Oct 1833 and 30 Oct 1833, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. (Deputy Sheriff)
• Property: Bankruptcy Sale of business articles, The Public Ledger, Between 22 Apr 1834 and 1 May 1834, Calvert, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. According to Robert Carter's diaries, as reported by Kevin Reddigan in his book, Courageous Souls, on page 211-212 the sale was not very successful. The same was covered in the Law Society book "A Merchant Magistrate..." Vol. 1, Pg 86:

Thursday, 1 May 1834
" Was at Caplin Bay at sale of B. Sweetland & Co. effects, few purchases." This sets down for the first time the timeline of the closure of Sweetland business operations in Caplin Bay prior to Benjamin' s departure for Trinity and William' s to Bonavista as Magistrates in those towns.

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• Occupation: Merchant, Caplin Bay, 29 Aug 1834, Calvert, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Appointment: Magistrate for the Southern District, 24 Sep 1834, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Court: Member of officials at 1835 sitting of Southern Circuit Court, Between 29 Oct 1835 and 4 Nov 1835, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. (Deputy Sheriff)
• Property: Indenture to sell two parcels of land on south side to Matthew Whelan, 24 Jun 1836, Calvert, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. (Trustee)
• Probate: Application for probate of his estate by sons William and Benjamin, 3 Aug 1836, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. (Witness)
• Court: Coulman, William v William & Benjamin Sweetland at 1837 sitting of Southern Circuit Court, Between 3 Nov 1837 and 10 Nov 1837, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. (Party)
• Occupation: Magistrate earning £30 per quarter, 1839, Trinity, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Occupation: Clerk and Storekeeper for James Howe Carter, 1842, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Court: Appointment of Justices of the Peace in the Northern District, 1843, Trinity, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Court: NDC Vol 9 Fol 465 Benjamin Sweetland et al from Patrick Fowlow 05-10-1843, 5 Oct 1843, Trinity, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Patrick Fowlow donates land for a school to the local ministers and the members of the Board of Education, including Benjamin Sweetland.
• Appointment: Member of Protestant School Board, 1852, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Appointment: Outport Road Commissioners, 1858, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Trinity - Benjamin Sweetland, J. P. and Alexander W. Bremner
Ragged Hbr to Bird Is. - Alexander Bremner, Esw., J. P.
Bonavita - William Sweetland, J. P.
Burnt Island Exploits - William Menchinton
Ferryland and Fermeuse - Richard Cashin
Placentia and St. Mary's - Francis L. Bradshaw, J. P.
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• Occupation: Stipendiary Magistrate and Judge for Labrador Coast, Between 1862 and 1865, Trinity, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Occupation: Stipendiary Magistrate & Judge of Labrador coast., Between 1864 and 1865, Trinity, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. HARBOUR GRACE

Sweetland, Benjaminbookkeeper, Water St., nr. Cochrane
Sweetland, Chas, Ed, Geo, John, all fishermen, Bear's Cove.TRINITY
Sweetland, BenjaminStipendiary Magistrate & Judge of Labrador coast.

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• Occupation: Lawyer, Commissioner of Subpoenas, Stipendiary Magistrate, JP, Coroner, 1871.
• Emigration: From Trinity, Newfoundland, Between 1872 and 1880, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States of America.
• Property: Sale of Sweetland house and property near Old Woman's Pond, 1872, Calvert, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Property sold by Thomas Graham Morry to John "Kough" (Keough) whose heirs still occupy a vestige of the old house.

Kevin Reddigan believes that this house was purpose built for Benjamin and William Sweetland ca 1820 (Courgeous Souls, Page 134).
• Census: 1537 Pacific Street, 1880, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States of America. Household of Ben Sweetland 89 with daughter Marie Hall 49 and grandniece Elenor Sweetland 17.
• Residence: 1537 Pacific St., 2 Jun 1880, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States of America. Ben [sic] Sweetland a widower, 89, living with his daughter, Marie Hall (a widow), 49, and one "grandniece" (granddaughter?), Elenor [sic] Sweetland, 17, and a servant.
• Alt. Death: 22 Dec 1883, New York, New York, New York, United States of America.
• Alt. Death: 22 May 1884, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States of America.
• Alt. Burial: After 27 May 1884, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States of America. 060318 from Find A Grave

Benjamin Sweetland
BIRTH13 Feb 1790
DEATH27 May 1884 (aged 94)
BURIAL
Green-Wood Cemetery
Brooklyn, Kings County (Brooklyn), New York, USA
PLOTLot 6006, Section 66
MEMORIAL ID58044172 · View Sour.

Parents

Father: Capt. Henry J. Sweetland JP ⁴⁹³ ^,1202 ^,2965 ^,2966 ^,2967 Mother: Anne Carter ¹⁰ ^,168 ^,2957

Spouses and Children

1. *Tryphena Gaden ²⁷⁸ ^,493 Marriage: 4 Dec 1827 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ⁶⁹ ^,159 ^,278 ^,481 ^,4755
Marriage Events
• Alt. Marriage: May 1827, Dartmouth, Devon, England.
• Minister/Priest: Rev. Frederic Hamilton Carrington, Rector, 4 Dec 1827, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Witnesses: Thos. Bannister [?], Jane B Blaikie, J. M. Mortimer [?], Geo. T. Gaden, Joanna Keating, William Sweetland, J. W. Benly [?] and Sarah W. Blaikie, 4 Dec 1827, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Marriage Notes

The Newfoundlander (St. John's newspaper). 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

141109 from NGB corrections by Jill Marshall:
Dec 4 1827 Benjamin Sweetland, Esq., bach, n/g, Caplin Bay &
Tryphena Gaden, spin, CE, StJ. WIT: Jane B Blaikie, William
Sweetland. St Johns ANG CATH.

091116:
And here is the full transcript of the original register:

N^o. 451 -- Benjamin Sweetland Esq. of Caplin Bay,
(Bachelor) and Tryphena Gaden, of this Parish
(Spinster) were Married in this Church, this
Fourth day of December, in the year, One Thousand
Eight Hundred and Twenty Seven,
By me, Frederic: Hamilton Carrington, A.B., Rector

This Marriage } Benjamin Sweetland
was solemnized between Us } Tryphena Gaden

In the } Tho^s. Bannister [?] Jane B. Blaikie
Presence of } J. M. Mortimer [?]
Geo. T. Gaden
Joanna Keating
W^m. Sweetland
J. W. Benly [?]
Sarah W. Blaikie
Children: 1. Henry Sweetland 2. Emma Sweetland 3. Charles Henry Sweetland 4. Tryphena Elizabeth Spencer Sweetland 5. Maria Selina Sweetland 6. George Sweetland 7. Benjamin Sweetland 8. William Frederick Sweetland 9. Margaret Richardson Sweetland

Notes
General:

In an email from Kevin Reddigan dated 13/12/00:

"The Sweetland family (Benjamin and Tryphena) lived in Caplin Bay for a period of time during the 1820s/1830s."

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180202:

See Matthew Morry Jr's page for details on co-ownership of vessels the ECLIPSE and the IRIS:

It would appear that the latter vessel, the ECLIPSE, was re-registered after one of the original three owners, William Sweetland left the area (he went to Bonavisa and became a Stipendiary Magistrate). The fact that "Jr." is left off the name on this registration is likely not significant. This is not likely a registration pertaining to his father Matthew as all the other conditions remain the same as in the firstregistration.

The other two owners of the ECLIPSE and the IRIS were registered as: Benjamin Sweetland (Owner No. 1), Merchant, Caplin Bay William Sweetland (Owner No. 2), Merchant, Caplin Bay

William Sweetland was married to Matthew's sister, Priscilla Ann, andBenjamin was William's brother. I do not have a recorded date for when he left Caplin Bay, but it seems highly likely from this evidence that it was between 1825 and 1827, when this closure was recorded.

Benjamin was also listed as co-owner with Matthew Morry of the vessel SNIPE FISH. I assumed that the Matthew Morry in question was Matthew Morry senior since other registration records show "Matthew Morry Jr."explicitly as the registered owner. But I now believe that all these vessels were registered to Matthew the son of the emigrant, not his father. There is no way to know for sure from the records given.

From 1825 to 1828, the IRIS was registered to one owner, a Henry Sweetland. In 1828 the vessel was lost at sea. My guess is this Henry Sweetland was William and Benjamin's brother. I knew before that there wasa third child in the family but had no information on that child. Enid O'Brien confirmed in an email on 20/02/02 that the third child in the family was indeed Henry Sweetland.

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Enid O'Brien email 200202: Benjamin married Trypena Gaden on December 4, 1829 and, among others,had a son Henry, born August 20th, 1828 (Ref. Vit. Stats)

101109 from NGB: Benjamin SWEETLAND Henry & Ann bap Feb 29?* 1790 MARGIN NOTE: ''Date illegible, perhaps 29th.''

Note: there was no 29th of February in 1790 so I am making it the 28th.

0811211:

Frank Galgay, in his book "A Pilgrimage of Faith", records that Matthew Morry sat on the Board of Education for Ferryland from 1836 to 1841 when it was non-denominational and then on the Protestant Scool Board in 1845. By 1862, after Matthew had died, his son John was a Board Member. Other relations serving during these years included Robert Carter, H.M. Customs, Robert Carter, R.N., James Carter, Benjamin Sweetland, and Peter Windsor, MHA.

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210812 from Find My Past:

This record may refer to this Benjamin Sweetland:

Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills Index 1750-1800 First name(s):Benjamin Last name:SWEETLAND Place: County:Devon Month:July Year:1797 Record source:Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills Index 1750-1800 Data provider:Society of Genealogists Transcriptions © Society of Genealogists

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171012: Signed a petition against confederation with Canada in 1866 according to story in Newfoundland Ancestor this month by Lynn Fogwill. His signature was affixed at Harbour Grace. I was not aware previously that they moved there before departing for the US.

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141109 from NGB corrections by Jill Marshall: Dec 4 1827 Benjamin Sweetland, Esq., bach, n/g, Caplin Bay & Tryphena Gaden, spin, CE, StJ. WIT: Jane B Blaikie, William Sweetland. St Johns ANG CATH.

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150113:

4-Dec 1827 St. Johns Benjamin SWEETLAND, Esq., bach, Caplin Bay Tryphena GADEN, spin, St Johns. [Tryphena was the youngest daughter of the late George and Emma (Thistle) Gaden, Esq., Merchant.] Jane B. Blaikie, William Sweetland STJB [Benjamin Sweetland was born at Ferryland in 1789, son of Henry Sweetland of Uffculme (or Topsham), Devon, England and Anne (Carter) Hill, daughter of Robert Carter of Sidmouth, Devon, England and Ann Wyley of Ferryland]

Of Caplin Bay: The Newfoundlander (St. John's newspaper). 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

210615:
Kevin Reddigan transcribed a land grant to Benjamin Sweetland made in 1832 for a considerable piece of property in Caplin Bay. There is no explanation for what he may have intended to do with such a large piece of land as it was clearly too large for use in the fishery. A copy of the transcription is included here in the Media Gallery. Here is what Kevin has to say about the grant on his website:

This is the transcript of Crown Land Grant # 443 granted to Benjamin Sweetland of Caplin Bay in 1832. It is interesting to note that this is one of the grants from the volumes that are shown by Crown Lands as having been destroyed in the Great Fire of 1892. The grant is written on a three page pre-printed form, complete with the Royal Coat of Arms near the top. The land survey is attached on the fourth page. The grant shows that the land is being leased to Benjamin Sweetland at the rate of six pence per acre/per year. The land survey gives very few points of reference, but the southern boundary shows part of a pond (The Old Woman's Pond?) and a partial boundary with land already owned by Sweetland. This was a substantial piece of land, totalling over 27 acres. It is mentioned on 1N2-143 of the Cadastral Maps, but the location of the land could not be plotted because of insufficient survey information.

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The location of the massive old stone house owned by the Sweetlands in Caplin Bay is well known. Kevin Reddigan took me there a couple of times. During the 1900s it was trimmed down to a workable size by the then owners (the Powers) and is still in existence to this day. See a photo in the Media Gallery taken from Google Earth.

Nimshi Crewe reported to Sir Brian Dunfield in a letter dated 4 August 1964 that Henry Sweetland Sr. built the house but eventually moved to Ferryland. He did not say why or when. If true, it was most likely because of his wife, Anne Carter (widow of Sam Hill) having much property in Ferryland, perhaps of better quality than what Henry had in Caplin Bay.

But most people who have studied this matter, especially Kevin Reddigan, believe that the house was not built by or for henry Sr. but rather by his sons, mainly Henry Jr. and William, as a company house for their fishing enterprise in Caplin Bay.

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Today Kevin discovered an advertisement in The Public Ledger on April 22, 1834 for a bankrupty sale being conducted by Matthew Morry in regard to the equipment but not the property of the now defunct company, Benjamin Sweetland and Company.

Despite this fact, it is interesting to note that there were land transactions and other documents pertaining to his involvement in Caplin Bay long after that date.

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Also this information turned up in the diaries to Robert Carter:

Wednesday, 24 September, 1834
"Benjamin Sweetland sworn in by the usual oaths this day as Magistrate for the Southern District." Other information shows that Benjamin Sweetland and Company had gone bankrupt either earlier in this year or the previous year and Sweetland would have been anxious for some new form of income. He was fortunate to have friends in high places who arranged for him to have this position.

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Until now I had him born in Caplin Bay (Calvert) but believe that this was a mistake since his parents lived in Ferryland and the family's time in Caplin Bay did not begin until much later. I am changing his birth place to Ferryland today.

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From the Miscellaneous Deeds and Wills collection at The Rooms (GN169) which or online in digital form for the members of the FHSNL only:

Vol. 21, Pages 21-28

The reason that Benjamin Sweetland is associated with a document in this series is that he had left Ferryland for an appointment as Stipendiary Magistrate and Justice of the Peace in the Northern District at Trinity by this time. The indenture involves the ceding of rights to waterfront in Trinity for the purpose of building a public wharf and Benjamin Sweetland as the local JP was the party paying the £3 consideration to the previous owner, John Garland, who had before this time quit Newfoundland and returned to Dorset and had no further use of his waterside premises.

Bill of Sale John B Garland to Benjamin Sweetland 11 Nov 1851

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On May 10,1832, James Clift of St. John's, Josiah Parker and James Frederick Cawley of Harbour Grace and George Lilly of St. John's on the one part and Emma Gaden and others on the second part, as well as a long list of others in third, forth and fifth parts are involved in an extremely complex indenture found in Vol. 4, Folio 160 of the Northern Circuit Court records at the ROD by which Emma Gaden and others convey their title to other properties in Harbour Grace to a long list of debtors, one of whom is Benjamin Sweetland of "Capling Bay", although he is only owed ten shillings.

In another Northern District Court document (NDC Vol 9 Fol 465 Benjamin Sweetland et al from Patrick Fowlow 05-10-1843), we find Benjamin acting as a member of the Board of Education in Trinity in 1843. The exact date of his appointment as Magistrate in Trinity is not known but this back dates it from an earlier reference to his being there and acting in that capacity. ⁸²²³

Benjamin Sweetland

Sex: M

Individual Information

Birth Date: 20 Apr 1837 - Trinity, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ⁷¹⁶ Christening: 4 Sep 1842 - Trinity, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ⁵ ^,8224 Death: Bef 2 May 1885 - Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States of America ³²⁴⁷ Burial: 2 May 1885 - Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States of America ³²⁴⁷ Cause of Death:
Events
• Alt. Death: Cir 1920, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States of America.

Parents

Father: Benjamin Sweetland JP ³⁰⁵ Mother: Tryphena Gaden ²⁷⁸ ^,493

Notes
General:

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For reasons unknown, it now appears to me that Benjamin and Tryphena Sweetland chose to have three of their children, Benjamin, Marie and Tryphena, who were possibly born and possibly already Christened in Caplin Bay, re-Christened in Trinity years later. Otherwise I am at a loss to explain why children of those names appear in the Trinity baptisms without a corresponding birth record. On the basis of this and other evidence provided to me today by Kevin Reddigan I am merging the two records I had for a Marie and a Maria and the two Tryphena's. There was only one Benjamin in my list of children and that is as it should be, but there are two christenings shown for him in Trinity.

Benjamin Sweetland

Sex: M

Individual Information

Birth Date: Cir 1741 - Uffculme, Devon, England ⁵⁶⁵ Christening: Death: 10 Nov 1796 - Gibraltar, Gibraltar ( about age 55) ⁵⁶⁵ Burial: After 10 Nov 1796 - Alphington, Devonshire, England Cause of Death:
Events
• Occupation: Deputy Receiver General and Inspector of His Majesty's Revenue, Bef 10 Nov 1796, Gibraltar, Gibraltar.

Parents

Father: Hugh Sweetland ¹²⁰² ^,1991 Mother: Margaret Hatswell ⁶⁰³ ^,1202 ^,1991 ^,5267 Marriage Did Not Marry

Living

Sex: M

Parents

Father: Living Mother: Gillian Narelle Colmer ⁶⁰³

Capt. Benjamin David Sweetland A. L. H. , A. I. F.

Sex: M

Individual Information

Birth Date: 1861 - Tenterfield, New South Wales, Australia ⁶⁰³ ^,8225 ^,8226 Christening: Death: 1940 - Mosman, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia ( at age 79) ⁸²²⁷ ^,8228 ^,8229 Burial: 1940 - Sydney, New South Wales, Australia ⁸²³⁰ Cause of Death:
Events
• Military: Capt. 1st Australian Light Horse, Boer War, Australian Imperial Force, Cir 1899-1902, South Africa. A. L. H., A. I. F. stands for Australian Light Horse, Australian Imperial Force.
• Military: Second Corporal, 4th Tun Coy., A. L. H., A. I. F., Between 1916 and 1917, Australia. Record Transcription:
Australian Imperial Force Nominal Roll 1914-1918

First name(s)Benjamin David
Last nameSweetland
Service number3683
RankSecond Corporal
Unit or regiment4Th Tun C Oy
Enlistment year1916
Enlistment date03 Mar 1916
Non-effect date08 Apr 1917
FateReturned to Australia
CountryAustralia
Record setAustralian Imperial Force Nominal Roll 1914-1918
CategoryMilitary, armed forces & conflict
SubcategoryRegimental & Service Records
Collections fromAustralasia
© DC Thomson Family History.

Parents

Father: Charles Henry Sweetland ⁴²⁴¹ Mother: Anne Jane Dickson ⁶⁰³

Spouses and Children

1. *Annie Margaret Wootten ⁶⁰³ Marriage: Cir 1909 - Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia ⁶⁰³ ^,8190 ^,8231 Marriage Notes

070320 from FindMYPast:

Record Transcription:
New South Wales Marriages 1788-1945
First name(s)Benjamin D
Last nameSweetland
Denomination-
Marriage year1909
Registration year1909
Registration districtNewcastle
StateNew South Wales
CountryAustralia
Spouse's first name(s)Annie M
Spouse's last nameWootten
Registration number11904
Volume reference-
Cross reference-
Record setNew South Wales Marriages 1788-1945
CategoryBirth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
SubcategoryCivil Marriage & Divorce
Collections fromAustralasia
© Brightsolid Online Records International

Children: 1. Patricia Anne Sweetland 2. Wilfred Wootten Sweetland

Notes
General:

A. L. H., A. I. F. stands for Australian Light Horse, Australian Imperial Force

Living

Sex: M

Parents

Father: Edward Maddox Sweetland ⁵⁶⁵ ^,566 Mother: Living

Charles Sweetland

Sex: M

Individual Information

Birth Date: Cir 1741 - Uffculme, Devon, England ⁵⁶⁵ Christening: Death: 13 Oct 1785 - Exeter, Devon, England ( about age 44) ⁵⁶⁵ Burial: Cause of Death:

Parents

Father: Hugh Sweetland ¹²⁰² ^,1991 Mother: Margaret Hatswell ⁶⁰³ ^,1202 ^,1991 ^,5267

Notes
General:

040818: Said to be married with six children. ⁵⁶⁵

Charles Basil Sweetland

Sex: M

Individual Information

Birth Date: Cir 1863 - New South Wales, Australia ⁶⁰³ Christening: Death: 16 Aug 1901 - Sydney, New South Wales, Australia ( about age 38) ⁷⁵⁸ Burial: Cir Aug 1901 - Waverley, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia ⁷⁵⁸ Cause of Death:

Parents

Father: Charles Henry Sweetland ⁴²⁴¹ Mother: Anne Jane Dickson ⁶⁰³

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