The son of Samuel Sweet of Bristol, labourer, born c1791 in Bristol, and the father of Isaac Sweet II (A, 41C).
| 1805 | 19 Aug. He was apprenticed to Samuel Sheppard (A, Ao). |
| 1812 | 6 Oct. He obtained his freedom (F). |
| 1812 | Anvil Square, St Philip’s parish (P). |
| 1813 | 1 Aug. Kilkenny, St Philip’s parish (PPR). |
| 1814-17 | Barton Hill, St Philip’s parish (PPR). |
| 1820 | 9 Jan. Lawrence Hill, St Philip’s parish (PPR). |
| 1822 | 10 Feb. Dings, St Philip’s parish (PPR). |
| 1824 | 14 Mar. Barton Hill, St Philip’s parish (PPR). |
| 1826 | 26 Mar. St Philip’s parish (PPR). |
| 1832 | Barton Hill, St Philip’s parish (List of Electors BRO 04736). |
| 1832-41 | Barton Hill, St Philip’s parish (P). |
| 1841 | South Place, James’s Court, St Philip’s parish (50), living with his wife Ann (50) not born in Bristol and children (41C). |
| 1842 | 30 Aug. Noted as a potter when his son Joseph Sweet, a baker, of Somerset Square married Mary Ann Williams (JBPR). |
| 1851 | Potter, 2 Alfred Street, St Philip’s parish (61), living with his wife Ann (64), born in Herefordshire, and children (51C). |
| 1853 | 21 Mar. Noted as a potter when his son Joseph Sweet, a confectioner, and widower of North Street married Ellen Jane Hampson (JBPR) |
| 1854 | 18 Jun. Noted as a potter when his son Thomas Sweet, a grocer, of Kingsland Road married Gertrude St Ledger Cleaver (HTPR). |
| Children: Wife Ann William (aged 4 mths), bapt 1 Aug 1813 (PPR), Samuel (aged 1 mth), bapt 30 Oct 1814 (PPR), Isaac (aged 3 wks), bapt 21 Apr 1816 (PPR), Joseph (aged 1 mth), bapt 21 Dec 1817 (PPR), James (aged 1 mth), bapt 9 Jan 1820 (PPR), Thomas Williams (aged 1 mth), bapt 10 Feb 1822 (PPR), Ann (aged 1 mth), bapt 14 Mar 1824 (PPR), Eliza, bapt 26 Mar 1826 (PPR), Elizabeth, bapt 17 May 1829 (PPR) |