Mary Periam Sweet was born 1581 in Modbury, Devonshire, England to William Periam (1533-) and died 1681 Warwick, Kent County, Rhode Island of unspecified causes. She married John Sweet (1579-1637) in England.
Biography
On July 1, 1639, Mary Holliman is mentioned in a letter from Rev. Hugh Peters of Salem, to the church at Dorchester. He says that she and certain others had "the great censure passed upon them in this church" and that "they wholley refused to hear the church, denying it and all churches in the Bay to be true churches". She and her husband were followers of Roger Williams and removed from Salem to establish their own colony in Rhode Island.
The widow Mary Holliman dated her will July 31, 1681 and gave all interest in her house, lot, meadow and upland in Warwick to her daughter and son-in-law, John and Renewed Gereardy, who were formerly of Warwick and now of Prudence Island.
Marriage & Family
1st Marriage: John Sweet
She married 1st to John Sweet (1579-1637) was the son of Robert Swete of London and married by about 1628 Mary Periam, the daughter of John and Margaret (Hone) Periam and granddaughter of William Periam & Robert Hone (from Rhode Island Genealogies, p. 911). They had 3 children: John, James, & Meribah, changed to Renewed (Sweet) Gereardy.
In the Dec. 25, 1637 division of meadow and swamp, the Widow Sweet was granted three quarters of an acre for a household of four.
2nd Marriage: Ezekiel Holliman
She married (2) about 1638 Ezekiel Holliman, the first minister of the Providence Colony under Roger Williams.
After the marriage of the widow Sweet to Ezekiel Holliman, he changed the name of her daughter, Meribah, to Renewed and the daughter used the later name when she married.
Children
Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
John Sweet (1620-1677) | 1620 Modbury, Devonshire, England | 27 February 1677 Warwick, Kent County, Rhode Island | Elizabeth Jeffrey (1629-1684) |
James Sweet (1622-1698) | |||
Meribah Sweet (1632-) |
Siblings