When Hiram Sweet was born on 26 March 1800, in Berlin, Rensselaer, New York, United States, his father, Samuel Thomas Sweet, was 35 and his mother, Sarah Babcock, was 32. He married Deborah Simmon about 1820, in Garoga, Ephratah, Fulton, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Ephratah, Ephratah, Fulton, New York, United States for about 5 years and Genoa Township Cemetery Busse Addition, Genoa, DeKalb, Illinois, United States in 1880. He died on 27 March 1884, in DeKalb, DeKalb, Illinois, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Genoa Township Cemetery Busse Addition, Genoa, DeKalb, Illinois, 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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