When Jesse Sweet was born on 24 October 1802, in Rensselaer, Rensselaer, New York, United States, his father, Wanton Sweet, was 26 and his mother, Olive Carr, was 19. He married Elizabeth Potter on 10 March 1831, in Salisbury, Herkimer, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He died on 2 January 1837, in Avon Township, Lorain, Ohio, United States, at the age of 34, and was buried in Avon Cemetery, Avon Center, Lorain, Ohio, United States.
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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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