Brief Life History of John
When John Jewett was born on 6 August 1773, in Aspinock, Windham, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Joseph Jewett, was 32 and his mother, Rachel Nichols, was 33. He died in July 1790, at the age of 16.
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- John Jewett, "Connecticut, Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
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Name Meaning
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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