When Ezra Jewett was born on 14 October 1710, in Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Aquila Jewett, was 26 and his mother, Anne Tenney, was 27. He married Mary Herrick on 4 March 1734, in Littleton, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 16 March 1793, in Westford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Old Burying Ground, Littleton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.
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English (northern): from the Middle English female personal name Jouet, Jouot, Juet. This was an Anglo-Norman French pronunciation of the Biblical name Judith and also a pet form (with the Anglo-Norman French suffix -et(te)) of both Judith and the much commoner female name Julian (from Latin Juliana, a derivative of Julius). See Jew and Julian .
Americanized form of French Jouet or Jouët (see Jouett ) and possibly also of some other similar (like-sounding) French surname.
History: This surname is listed along with the variant Jouett in the (US) National Huguenot Society's register of qualified Huguenot ancestors.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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