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     Sarah J. Wilson was born circa 1833 in New Brunswick.² She married Crosby Eaton, son of Isaac Eaton and Almira Sewall, on 1 November 1855.³

     Charlotte W. Holmes was born in November 1828 in New Hampshire.² She married Jacob Smith Sewall, son of General Joseph Sewall and Eliza Smith, on 11 May 1841 in Bath, Sagadahoc, Maine.¹ "Mrs. Charlotte W. Sewall who lived in Skowhegan and taught the piano in the 60's and 70's."³ Charlotte W. Holmes died after 1910.⁴

     Charlotte Elizabeth Sewall was born in July 1851 in Bath, Maine, (Sinnett gives 11 July 1844).^1,2,3 She was the daughter of Jacob Smith Sewall and Charlotte W. Holmes.¹ Charlotte Elizabeth Sewall appears on the census of 1910 at Winchester, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, unmarried, living with her sister and their mother.⁴

     Josephine Holmes Sewall was born on 29 March 1848 in Maine (the 1900 Census records a date of March 1856).^2,3 She was the daughter of Jacob Smith Sewall and Charlotte W. Holmes.^2,1 Josephine Holmes Sewall appears on the census of 1910 at Winchester, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, unmarried, living with her sister and their mother.³

     Lorenzo Parker married Elizabeth Sewall, daughter of General Joseph Sewall and Eliza Smith, on 24 October 1851 in Bath, Sagadahoc, Maine.²

     Dr. Frederick R. Swazey was born circa 1831.² He married Ann Louisa Sewall, daughter of General Joseph Sewall and Eliza Smith, on 16 December 1857 in Bath, Sagadahoc, Maine.³ Dr. Frederick R. Swazey and Ann Louisa Sewall appear on the census of 1860 at Bucksport, Maine.²

     William Trufant was the son of Hon. David Trufant.¹

     (unknown) Sewall died in infancy.¹

     Sarah Elizabeth Swanton was born circa 1833 in Maine.³ She married Edward Sewall, son of William Dunning Sewall and Rachel Allen Trufant, on 2 July 1856 in Bath, Sagadahoc, Maine.⁴ Sarah Elizabeth Swanton appears on the census of 1910 at Washington Street, Bath, Maine, recorded as a widow living with two of her unmarried sisters. She is recorded as having eight children of which six were still living at the time.⁵

     Samuel Swanton Sewall was born on 16 September 1858 in Bath, Maine.^2,3,4 He was the son of Edward Sewall and Sarah Elizabeth Swanton.¹ Samuel Swanton Sewall graduated in 1880 from Yale College after being educated at Bath high school.¹ He married firstly Marcia Houghton, daughter of Silas Amory Houghton and Lucy Ann Jewell, on 15 November 1883 in Bath, Sagadahoc, Maine.⁵ Samuel Swanton Sewall married secondly Avice Beatrix Gilmour Meeker, daughter of John R. Meeker and Caroline Florence Gilmour, on 29 December 1925 in St. Martin's Church, Montreal.^6,7 Lived for some time in Redlands, California; formerly both a shipbuilder and shipowner. Republican; attended the New Jerusalem Church.¹

     Marcia Houghton was born on 20 May 1860 in Bath, Maine.^1,2 She was the daughter of Silas Amory Houghton and Lucy Ann Jewell.¹ Marcia Houghton married Samuel Swanton Sewall, son of Edward Sewall and Sarah Elizabeth Swanton, on 15 November 1883 in Bath, Sagadahoc, Maine.³ Marcia Houghton died on 9 February 1924 in Bath ?, Maine, at the age of 63.¹

     Silas Amory Houghton was born on 19 June 1821 in Bath, Maine.¹ He married Lucy Ann Jewell on 22 November 1843.¹ Silas Amory Houghton died on 18 October 1881 at the age of 60.¹

     Lucy Ann Jewell married Silas Amory Houghton on 22 November 1843.¹ Lucy Ann Jewell died on 10 July 1902.¹

      An orange grower of Redlands, San Bernadino, California.² Edward Houghton Sewall was born on 30 August 1884 in Maine.² He was the son of Samuel Swanton Sewall and Marcia Houghton.¹ Edward Houghton Sewall died on 28 October 1946 in San Bernadino, California, at the age of 62.

     Marcia Stuart Sewall was born on 11 October 1887 in Maine.^1,2 She was the daughter of Samuel Swanton Sewall and Marcia Houghton.¹

     Oscar Trufant Sewall was born circa 1861 in Bath, Maine.^1,2 He was the son of Edward Sewall and Sarah Elizabeth Swanton.¹ He was one of the most successful businessmen of Bath. He was educated at Bath High School and in about 1878 he entered Yale College but the sudden death of his father, after an accident in New York City whilst he was there on a business trip, changed his plans and he left college to take a position in San Francisco with the shipping firm of Williams, Diamond & Co. He rose to become a member of the firm and a dozen years before his death he returned east to become manager of his California company on the Atlantic side of the continent with an office in the Wall Street district of New York whilst his home was at Englewood in New Jersey.¹ Oscar Trufant Sewall married Josefa Neilson Crosby, daughter of Rev. Arthur Crosby, on 5 September 1900 in San Rafael, Marin County, California, The wedding was private and was performed by the bride’s father, Rev. Arthur Crosby. Mr. Sewall was attended by Waren Dearborn of New York, and the bride by her sister, Miss Louise Crosby.³ Oscar Trufant Sewall died on 19 January 1914 in a santitorium, Englewood, New Jersey, of locomotor ataxia which first became evident after he had a fall from a horse some four years earlier.^1,4,5 The funeral of Oscar Trufant Sewall took place on 21 January 1914 at Bath, Maine.⁵

     Josefa Neilson Crosby was born on 13 October 1875 in Brooklyn, New York.² She was the daughter of Rev. Arthur Crosby.¹ Josefa Neilson Crosby married firstly Oscar Trufant Sewall, son of Edward Sewall and Sarah Elizabeth Swanton, on 5 September 1900 in San Rafael, Marin County, California, The wedding was private and was performed by the bride’s father, Rev. Arthur Crosby. Mr. Sewall was attended by Waren Dearborn of New York, and the bride by her sister, Miss Louise Crosby.³ Josefa Neilson Crosby married secondly Grosvenor Hyde Backus, son of Truman J. Backus and Sarah C. Glass, on 20 June 1916 in Englewood, New Jersey.⁴ In December 1916 Josefa Neilson Crosby applied for a passport for herself, her maid, Jennie Gibbons and her daughter to travel to Nassau for Louise's convalescence after illness.²

      Oscar Sewall attended Brasenose College Oxford. During the war he served in the Air Force.² Oscar Crosby Sewall was born on 8 August 1901 in Rye, New York.^3,4 He was the son of Oscar Trufant Sewall and Josefa Neilson Crosby.¹ Oscar Crosby Sewall married firstly Hon. Barbara Bagot, daughter of Sir William Bagot, Bart. 4th Baron Bagot of Bagot's Bromley and Lilian Marie May, on 1 June 1934.² Oscar Crosby Sewall and Hon. Barbara Bagot were divorced in 1945.^2,5 Oscar Crosby Sewall died in March 1978 probably in Dublin, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, at the age of 76.⁴

     Louise Crosby Sewall was born on 28 August 1902 in Rye, New York.¹ She was the daughter of Oscar Trufant Sewall and Josefa Neilson Crosby.² In December 1916 Josefa Neilson Crosby applied for a passport for herself, her maid, Jennie Gibbons and her daughter to travel to Nassau for Louise's convalescence after illness.¹ Louise Crosby Sewall died on 3 November 1977 in San Francisco, California, at the age of 75.

     Capt. Edward Robinson Sewall was born circa 1863 in Maine.² He was the son of Edward Sewall and Sarah Elizabeth Swanton.¹ Capt. Edward Robinson Sewall appears on the census of 1880 at Bath, Maine, where he is described as a sailor.³ He was probably the Edward R. Sewall who married Susie M. Baker in 1886 in California.⁴ On 9 April 1898 it was reported in the New York Times that Edward R. Sewall, an officer on the steamship El Sud of the Morgan Line, was yesterday arrested on an order signed by Justice Pryor in the Supreme Court. He was afterwards released on bail. He was charged with having alienated the affections of Clara Gertrude, wife of Theodore W. Crowley, who sued him for $50,000 damages.
The Crowleys were married in 1894, and Crowley, who was an officer on the Morgan Line steamers, said that soon after the marriage his wife's conduct toward him became changed. He said that he had many letters written by Sewall to his wife, urging her to leave her husband for him.Crowley had also begun an action for absolute divorce.⁵ Equally probably he may be the Edward R. Robinson claiming to be a widower who is only 63 years old and the proprietor of a shipbuilding corporation. who appears on the census of 1920 at Brooklyn, New York, he is there living with his niece, one Margaret Collins, a 41 year old born in New York of Irish extraction.⁶

      President of the Sewall Paint and Glass Company in Kansas City.³ Frederic Norris Sewall was born in October 1864 in Maine.⁴ He was the son of Edward Sewall and Sarah Elizabeth Swanton.² Frederic Norris Sewall graduated in 1882 from Bath High School, Maine.⁵ He married Ruby Rogers Fisher on 5 October 1887 in Bath, Sagadahoc, Maine.¹ Frederic Norris Sewall died on 14 December 1908 at his home on Forty-fifth and Walnut Streets, Kansas City, at 12.45 from injuries received the previous Saturday after a fall from his horse whilst jumping a ditch near Shawnee Mission. He had been drag hunting at the Country Club. His death certificate gives the cause of death as a fractured skull at the age of 44.^6,3

      He was the manager of the Texas Oil Company according to Sinnett however the Maine Biography describes him as the owner of the firm M.W. Sewall & Company, the largest and oldest concern in Bath, dealing in coal, wood, ice and petroleum. The firm employed more than a score of hands and had a capacity of 78,000 tons of coal in its bins and motot trucks.^1,2 Mark Warren Sewall was born on 26 January 1867 in Bath, Maine.^2,3 He was the son of Edward Sewall and Sarah Elizabeth Swanton.¹ Mark Warren Sewall married Rachel F. Thompson, daughter of Joseph A. Thompson, on 1 January 1890 in Bath, Sagadahoc, Maine.^2,4 Mark Warren Sewall and Rachel F. Thompson appear on the census of 1900 at Washington Street, Bath, Maine, with their two children.⁵

     Frank Lewis Sewall was born circa 1869 in Maine.² He was the son of Edward Sewall and Sarah Elizabeth Swanton.¹ Frank Lewis Sewall married Julia Griffin say 1907.³ Frank Lewis Sewall died on 15 January 1930 in Los Angeles, California.⁴

     Blanche A. Sewall was born circa 1869 in Maine.² She was the daughter of Edward Sewall and Sarah Elizabeth Swanton.¹ Blanche A. Sewall married Joseph Cobham Noyes, son of Edward Alling Noyes and Julia Augusta Edwards, on 20 December 1904 probably in Bath, Maine.^1,3

     Joseph Cobham Noyes was born on 29 October 1875 in Portland, Cumberland County, Maine.¹ He was the son of Edward Alling Noyes and Julia Augusta Edwards.² Joseph Cobham Noyes married Blanche A. Sewall, daughter of Edward Sewall and Sarah Elizabeth Swanton, on 20 December 1904 probably in Bath, Maine.^2,3 Joseph Cobham Noyes died in April 1963 at the age of 87.⁴

      Of Portland, Maine.¹ Edward Alling Noyes married Julia Augusta Edwards.

      Of San Francisco, California.² Richard Porter Ashe was born in 1823 in Wilmington, North Carolina.³ He married Carolina Joyce Loyall. Richard Porter Ashe died in 1871.⁴

     Carolina Joyce Loyall married Richard Porter Ashe.

      A poet and artist. Alice Archer Sewall was born on 23 August 1870 in Glendale, Ohio.² She was the daughter of Rev. Dr. Frank Sewall and Thedia Redelia Gilchrist.¹ Alice Archer Sewall married John Haugh James on 14 June 1894.¹ Alice Archer Sewall died in 1955. She was the founder of the Urbana Movement and ran a school of classic art instruction interspersed with the beliefs and readings of the Swedenborgian Church. She was author of Ode to Girlhood and Other Poems, 1899.³

      Lawyer.¹ John Haugh James was born circa 1870 in Ohio.¹ He married Alice Archer Sewall, daughter of Rev. Dr. Frank Sewall and Thedia Redelia Gilchrist, on 14 June 1894.²