When Hans Jacob Sauter was born on 5 January 1696, in Uesslingen-Buch, Thurgau, Switzerland, his father, Hans Heinrich Sauter, was 30 and his mother, Elsbeth Köller, was 27. He married Anna Keller on 16 October 1714, in Switzerland. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. He died on 1 October 1743, at the age of 47.
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German: occupational name for a shoemaker or cobbler (one who sews leather and other materials), Middle High German sūter (from Latin sutor, an agent derivative of suere ‘to sew’). Compare Sauder and Souter .
English (Kent): variant of Salter .
Dutch and Flemish: occupational name for a producer or seller of salt, from an agent derivative of Middle Dutch sout ‘salt’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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