Jesse Sweet

Brief Life History of Jesse

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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Family Time Line

Jesse Sweet
1802–1837
Elizabeth Potter
1807–1884
Marriage: 10 March 1831
Sabrina Sweet
1831–
Elizabeth Sweet
1833–1908
Watts Sweet
1834–1837
Burton Jesse Sweet
1836–1927

Sources (6)

  • Jesse Sweet, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Jesse Sweet in entry for Elizabeth Young, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
  • U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1700s-Current

World Events (8)

1803

France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.

1803

Ohio was the first state admitted to the Union from the Northwest Territory.

1812

War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.

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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