When Elizabeth Sweetser was born on 27 January 1755, in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Michael Sweetser Sr, was 47 and her mother, Mary Smith, was 44. She married William Gould Jr on 30 December 1779, in Wakefield, Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States in 1755. She died on 3 March 1839, in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Middle Cemetery, Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States.
English: from Middle English swet(e) ‘sweet, pleasant, agreeable’ + sire, sier ‘master’, a respectful form of address, especially towards an older man. As a nickname it was probably applied to someone who habitually used the expression. Compare Sire .
Possibly also an altered form Switzer , a surname of ultimately German or Swiss German origin.
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