Stephen Sweet

Male13 November 1774–

Brief Life History of Stephen

When Stephen Sweet was born on 13 November 1774, in West Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island, United States, his father, Samuel Sweet, was 28 and his mother, Sarah Shear, was 27.

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Samuel Sweet
1746–1842
Sarah Shear
1747–1811
Stephen Sweet
1774–
Benjamin Sweet
1775–
Mary Sweet
1776–
John Sweet
1778–1830
Meribah Sweet
1780–1869
Sarah Sweet
1782–
Rowland Sweet
1784–
Pauline Sweet
1787–
Russell Sweet
1789–1861
Elizabeth Sweet
1792–
Martelda Sweet
1795–
Parmeal Sweet
1798–

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    1776

    Age 2

    Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.

    1776 · The Declaration to the King

    Age 2

    """At the end of the Second Continental Congress the 13 colonies came together to petition independence from King George III. With no opposing votes, the Declaration of Independence was drafted and ready for all delegates to sign on the Fourth of July 1776. While many think the Declaration was to tell the King that they were becoming independent, its true purpose was to be a formal explanation of why the Congress voted together to declare their independence from Britain. The Declaration also is home to one of the best-known sentences in the English language, stating, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."""""""

    1776 · Rhode Island Declares Independence

    Age 2

    Rhode Island declares independence from Great Britain on May 4, 1776, making it the first colony to do so officially.

    Name Meaning

    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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