When Haviland Sweet was born on 10 January 1837, in Alburg, Grand Isle, Vermont, United States, his father, Stephen Vanrensselaer Sweet, was 46 and his mother, Sarah Sophronia Straight, was 29. He died on 3 May 1839, at the age of 2.
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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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