Brief Life History of Griffin
When Griffin Sweet was born on 17 September 1742, in East Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island, United States, his father, Griffin Sweet, was 33 and his mother, Priscilla Sweet, was 24. He married Olive about 1768. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Stephentown, Rensselaer, New York, United States in 1790 and Lorraine, Jefferson, New York, United States in 1810.
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Family Time Line
Sources (2)
- Grifen Sweet, "Rhode Island, Births and Christenings, 1600-1914"
Spouse and Children
Parents and Siblings
1709–1802 Male
1718–1782 Female
Siblings (12)
1737– Male
1738–1802 Male
1740–1831 Female
1742– Male
1743–1798 Male
+7 More Children
World Events (6)
1776
Age 34
1791
Age 49
1803
Age 61
Name Meaning
English (Somerset): from the Middle English personal name Swet(e) (Old English Swēt(a) (male), Swēte (female)), or else a nickname from Middle English swet(e), sweyt ‘sweet; pleasing; beloved; attractive’ (Old English swēte, swōt), from which the personal names derive. Compare Swett .
Americanized form (translation into English) of German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) Suess and French Ledoux ‘the gentle, the sweet’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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