When Daniel Jewett was born on 18 November 1778, in Sheffield, Sunbury, New Brunswick, Canada, his father, Daniel Jewett, was 34 and his mother, Abigail Thurston, was 31. He married Lydia Gallop on 6 July 1802, in Kingsclear, York, New Brunswick, Canada. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Sunbury, New Brunswick, Canada in 1778 and Westmorland, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada in 1778. He died on 11 February 1868, in Jewetts Mills, Bright, York, New Brunswick, Canada, at the age of 89, and was buried in Pickard-Merrithew Cemetery, Keswick Ridge, Bright, York, New Brunswick, Canada.
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The British North America Act or Constitution Act of 1867 caused three British colonies, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Canada to be united as one under the name Canada. Until this point New Brunswick had been the British crown colony.
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.
Possible Related NamesThis NB Archives site locates Daniel Jewett's (Jouett) land grant on both sides of the Mactaquac River. "Daniel Jouett was an early settler here: PO 1885-1914: in 1898 Jewetts Mills was a settlement w …
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