Brief Life History of Nathaniel
When Nathaniel Sweeting was born on 8 November 1720, in Rehoboth, Bristol, Plymouth Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Henry Sweeting Jr., was 32 and his mother, Esther Brown, was 32. He married Lydia Sanford on 20 March 1755, in Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, British Colonial America. He died on 3 October 1758, in Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, British Colonial America, at the age of 37, and was buried in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States.
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- Nathaniel Sweeting, "Rhode Island Town Births Index, 1639-1932"
- Nathaniel, "Rhode Island Town Marriages Index, 1639-1916"
- Nathanael Sweeting, "Find A Grave Index"
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1723 · Pirates Hung in Newport
On July 17, 1723, twenty-eight pirates are hung in Newport, Rhode Island.
Name Meaning
English:
from the Middle English personal name Sweting (Old English Swēting, a derivative of swēte ‘sweet’; see Sweet ).
nickname from Middle English sweting ‘darling, sweetheart’, used for a popular and attractive person, or for someone who habitually addressed people with the term.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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