Henry Sewall
M, b. 19 January 1748/49, d. 17 October 1772
Henry Sewall|b. 19 Jan 1748/49\nd. 17 Oct 1772|p4.htm#i95|Henry Sewall|b. 8 Mar 1719/20\nd. 29 May 1771|p3.htm#i72|Ann White|b. 28 Mar 1724\nd. 5 Jan 1755|p3.htm#i73|Samuel Sewall|b. 11 Jun 1678\nd. 27 Feb 1750/51|p2.htm#i36|Rebecca Dudley|b. 16 May 1681\nd. 14 Apr 1761|p2.htm#i37|Samuel White||p92.htm#i3683|Anna Drew||p92.htm#i3684|
Henry Sewall was born on 19 January 1748/49 in Brookline, Massachusetts.1 He was the son of Henry Sewall and Ann White. Henry Sewall graduated in 1768 from Harvard.2 He died on 17 October 1772 in Brookline, Massachusetts, at the age of 23 never married.2,3
Hannah Sewall
F, b. 2 September 1751, d. 21 August 1832
Hannah Sewall|b. 2 Sep 1751\nd. 21 Aug 1832|p4.htm#i96|Henry Sewall|b. 8 Mar 1719/20\nd. 29 May 1771|p3.htm#i72|Ann White|b. 28 Mar 1724\nd. 5 Jan 1755|p3.htm#i73|Samuel Sewall|b. 11 Jun 1678\nd. 27 Feb 1750/51|p2.htm#i36|Rebecca Dudley|b. 16 May 1681\nd. 14 Apr 1761|p2.htm#i37|Samuel White||p92.htm#i3683|Anna Drew||p92.htm#i3684|
Hannah Sewall was born on 2 September 1751 in Brookline, Massachusetts.1 She was the daughter of Henry Sewall and Ann White. Hannah Sewall married Edward Kitchin Wolcott, son of Josiah Wolcott and Isabella Campbell, in 1776 in Brookline, Massachusetts.2 Hannah Sewall died on 21 August 1832 in Dorchester, Massachusetts, at the age of 80 another source gives her death occurring at her daughter's house (Ann Ridgeway), Rochester, Massachusetts.3,4
Children of Hannah Sewall and Edward Kitchin Wolcott
- Ann Wolcott+ b. 4 Dec 1777
- Elizabeth Wolcott5 b. 26 Mar 1780
- Henry Sewall Wolcott5 b. 16 Jun 1782
- Hannah Sewall Wolcott6 b. 17 Apr 1785
- Rebecca Wolcott5 b. 20 Dec 1789
- Samuel Wolcott6 b. 6 Oct 1793
Citations
- [S335] Marston. Watson, Royal Families. Vol. 1., p. 99.
- [S34] Unverified internet information, http.wolcottfamily.com/henryjr.html.
- [S124] Samuel (Rev.) Sewall, Pedigree of Sewall.
- [S205] Newspaper, Salem Gazette, 31 August 1832.
- [S169] Chandler Wolcott, Wolcott genealogy, p. 127.
- [S5] William Darcy McKeough, McKeough Family Tree.
Edward Kitchin Wolcott
M, b. 30 April 1754, d. 11 September 1815
Edward Kitchin Wolcott|b. 30 Apr 1754\nd. 11 Sep 1815|p4.htm#i97|Josiah Wolcott|b. 1733\nd. 9 Dec 1796|p353.htm#i13648|Isabella Campbell||p419.htm#i16053|||||||Rev. John Campbell||p457.htm#i17448||||
Of Brookline, Massachusetts.3 Edward Kitchin Wolcott was born on 30 April 1754.1 He was the son of Josiah Wolcott and Isabella Campbell.1,2 Edward Kitchin Wolcott married Hannah Sewall, daughter of Henry Sewall and Ann White, in 1776 in Brookline, Massachusetts.2 Edward Kitchin Wolcott died on 11 September 1815 at the age of 61.4
Children of Edward Kitchin Wolcott and Hannah Sewall
- Ann Wolcott+ b. 4 Dec 1777
- Elizabeth Wolcott4 b. 26 Mar 1780
- Henry Sewall Wolcott4 b. 16 Jun 1782
- Hannah Sewall Wolcott5 b. 17 Apr 1785
- Rebecca Wolcott4 b. 20 Dec 1789
- Samuel Wolcott5 b. 6 Oct 1793
Citations
Ann Wolcott1
F, b. 4 December 1777
Ann Wolcott|b. 4 Dec 1777|p4.htm#i98|Edward Kitchin Wolcott|b. 30 Apr 1754\nd. 11 Sep 1815|p4.htm#i97|Hannah Sewall|b. 2 Sep 1751\nd. 21 Aug 1832|p4.htm#i96|Josiah Wolcott|b. 1733\nd. 9 Dec 1796|p353.htm#i13648|Isabella Campbell||p419.htm#i16053|Henry Sewall|b. 8 Mar 1719/20\nd. 29 May 1771|p3.htm#i72|Ann White|b. 28 Mar 1724\nd. 5 Jan 1755|p3.htm#i73|
Ann Wolcott was born on 4 December 1777 (4 September 1778 - Diary).2,3 She was the daughter of Edward Kitchin Wolcott and Hannah Sewall. Ann Wolcott married Philip Reynolds Ridgeway on 6 December 1801 in Newton, Massachusetts, a date of 7 November 1801 is recorded, which may be the date of the intention.4,5
Children of Ann Wolcott and Philip Reynolds Ridgeway
- Philip R. Ridgeway1 b. 26 Aug 1802, d. 10 Nov 1803
- Samuel S. Ridgeway1 b. 29 Oct 1803, d. 8 May 1871
- Philip R. Ridgeway+1 b. 29 Nov 1804, d. 4 Dec 1831
- Edward W. Ridgeway1 b. 15 Sep 1805, d. 24 Sep 1805
- John W. Ridgeway1 b. 17 Feb 1807, d. 24 Sep 1864
- Ann Sewall Ridgeway+1 b. 14 Feb 1808, d. 31 Oct 1891
- Henry W. Ridgeway3 b. 20 Apr 1809, d. 16 Apr 1859
- Edward W. Ridgeway3 b. 6 Jul 1810
- Sarah Ridgeway3 b. 24 Aug 1814, d. 25 Sep 1814
- Sarah A. Ridgeway3 b. 10 Jan 1816, d. 19 Feb 1817
- Joseph C. Ridgeway3 b. 8 Nov 1816, d. 22 Mar 1819
- Anthony B. Ridgeway3 b. 9 Mar 1819, d. 19 Oct 1866
Citations
- [S5] William Darcy McKeough, McKeough Family Tree.
- [S169] Chandler Wolcott, Wolcott genealogy, p. 127.
- [S240] Samuel Sewall, Diary of Samuel Sewall (1888 ed.), p. xxix.
- [S89] LDS Record, A report of the Record Commissioners of the city of Boston containing the Selectmen's minutes Boston (Massachusetts). City Registrar.
- [S130] Massachusetts Vital Records, Vital Records of the Town of Newton, Massachusetts to the Year 1850.
Philip Reynolds Ridgeway1
M, b. 6 April 1777, d. June 1820
Philip Reynolds Ridgeway was baptised on 6 April 1777.2 He married Ann Wolcott, daughter of Edward Kitchin Wolcott and Hannah Sewall, on 6 December 1801 in Newton, Massachusetts, a date of 7 November 1801 is recorded, which may be the date of the intention.3,4 Philip Reynolds Ridgeway died in June 1820 in Boston, Massachusetts, at the age of 43.5
Children of Philip Reynolds Ridgeway and Ann Wolcott
- Philip R. Ridgeway1 b. 26 Aug 1802, d. 10 Nov 1803
- Samuel S. Ridgeway1 b. 29 Oct 1803, d. 8 May 1871
- Philip R. Ridgeway+1 b. 29 Nov 1804, d. 4 Dec 1831
- Edward W. Ridgeway1 b. 15 Sep 1805, d. 24 Sep 1805
- John W. Ridgeway1 b. 17 Feb 1807, d. 24 Sep 1864
- Ann Sewall Ridgeway+1 b. 14 Feb 1808, d. 31 Oct 1891
- Henry W. Ridgeway6 b. 20 Apr 1809, d. 16 Apr 1859
- Edward W. Ridgeway6 b. 6 Jul 1810
- Sarah Ridgeway6 b. 24 Aug 1814, d. 25 Sep 1814
- Sarah A. Ridgeway6 b. 10 Jan 1816, d. 19 Feb 1817
- Joseph C. Ridgeway6 b. 8 Nov 1816, d. 22 Mar 1819
- Anthony B. Ridgeway6 b. 9 Mar 1819, d. 19 Oct 1866
Citations
- [S5] William Darcy McKeough, McKeough Family Tree.
- [S83] NEHGR, Vol. 66 p. 335.
- [S89] LDS Record, A report of the Record Commissioners of the city of Boston containing the Selectmen's minutes Boston (Massachusetts). City Registrar.
- [S130] Massachusetts Vital Records, Vital Records of the Town of Newton, Massachusetts to the Year 1850.
- [S205] Newspaper, Concord Observer, 19 June 1820.
- [S240] Samuel Sewall, Diary of Samuel Sewall (1888 ed.), p. xxix.
Elizabeth Sewall
F, b. 12 March 1750, d. 25 March 1789
Elizabeth Sewall|b. 12 Mar 1750\nd. 25 Mar 1789|p4.htm#i100|Samuel Sewall|b. 2 May 1715\nd. 12 Jan 1771 or 19 Jan 1771|p3.htm#i74|Elizabeth Quincy|b. 15 Oct 1729\nd. 15 Feb 1770|p3.htm#i75|Rev. Dr. Joseph Sewall|b. 15 Aug 1688\nd. 4 Jul 1769|p2.htm#i40|Elizabeth Walley|b. 4 May 1693\nd. 27 Oct 1756|p2.htm#i41|Judge Edmund Quincy|b. 13 Jun 1703\nd. 4 Jul 1788|p20.htm#i710|Elizabeth Wendell|b. 20 Aug 1704\nd. 7 Nov 1769|p20.htm#i711|
Elizabeth Sewall was born on 12 March 1750. She was the daughter of Samuel Sewall and Elizabeth Quincy. Elizabeth Sewall married Deacon Samuel S. Salisbury, son of Nicholas Salisbury and Martha Salisbury, on 29 September 1768 in Boston (or 17 Sept 1768 according to McKeough. Thwing records the marriage intention as 1 Sep. 1768).1,2 Elizabeth Sewall died on 25 March 1789 at the age of 39.
Children of Elizabeth Sewall and Deacon Samuel S. Salisbury
- Samuel Salisbury+3 b. 10 Aug 1769, d. 24 Jan 1849
- Martha Salisbury+1 b. 14 Mar 1771, d. 29 Sep 1803
- Elizabeth Salisbury+ b. 1772, d. 1848
- Rebecca Salisbury1 b. 1776
- Stephen Salisbury1 b. s 1778
- Joseph Sewall Salisbury1 b. s 1780
- Josiah Salisbury+4 b. 1781, d. 1826
- Sarah Salisbury+5,6 b. 1782, d. 28 Aug 1839
Citations
- [S102] Annie Haven Thwing, Inhabitants of the Town of Boston, 53416.
- [S124] Samuel (Rev.) Sewall, Pedigree of Sewall.
- [S102] Annie Haven Thwing, Inhabitants of the Town of Boston, 53417.
- [S18] Various editors, Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Vol. 9, p. 217.
- [S4] Sandra MacLean Clunies, Clunies files.
- [S27] Herbert Tappan, Tapan Genealogy.
Deacon Samuel S. Salisbury1
M, d. 2 May 1818
Deacon Samuel S. Salisbury|d. 2 May 1818|p4.htm#i101|Nicholas Salisbury||p156.htm#i6840|Martha Salisbury||p271.htm#i10846|Nicholas Salisbury||p156.htm#i6841||||||||||
Deacon Samuel S. Salisbury was the son of Nicholas Salisbury and Martha Salisbury.2,3 Deacon Samuel S. Salisbury married Elizabeth Sewall, daughter of Samuel Sewall and Elizabeth Quincy, on 29 September 1768 in Boston (or 17 Sept 1768 according to McKeough. Thwing records the marriage intention as 1 Sep. 1768).3,4 Deacon Samuel S. Salisbury was living in Boston. He died on 2 May 1818.4
Children of Deacon Samuel S. Salisbury and Elizabeth Sewall
- Samuel Salisbury+5,6 b. 10 Aug 1769, d. 24 Jan 1849
- Martha Salisbury+3 b. 14 Mar 1771, d. 29 Sep 1803
- Elizabeth Salisbury+ b. 1772, d. 1848
- Rebecca Salisbury3 b. 1776
- Stephen Salisbury3 b. s 1778
- Joseph Sewall Salisbury3 b. s 1780
- Josiah Salisbury+7 b. 1781, d. 1826
- Sarah Salisbury+8,9 b. 1782, d. 28 Aug 1839
Citations
- [S70] Unknown author, The Chandler family. The descendants of William and Annis Chandler, who settled in Roxbury, Mass. 1637., p. 1177.
- [S62] William Richard Cutter, New England Families.
- [S102] Annie Haven Thwing, Inhabitants of the Town of Boston, 53416.
- [S124] Samuel (Rev.) Sewall, Pedigree of Sewall.
- [S102] Annie Haven Thwing, Inhabitants of the Town of Boston, 53417.
- [S130] Massachusetts Vital Records, Vital Records of Cambridge, Massachusetts to the Year 1850.
- [S18] Various editors, Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Vol. 9, p. 217.
- [S4] Sandra MacLean Clunies, Clunies files.
- [S27] Herbert Tappan, Tapan Genealogy.
Hannah Sewall
F, b. 15 March 1753, d. 24 July 1827
Hannah Sewall|b. 15 Mar 1753\nd. 24 Jul 1827|p4.htm#i102|Samuel Sewall|b. 2 May 1715\nd. 12 Jan 1771 or 19 Jan 1771|p3.htm#i74|Elizabeth Quincy|b. 15 Oct 1729\nd. 15 Feb 1770|p3.htm#i75|Rev. Dr. Joseph Sewall|b. 15 Aug 1688\nd. 4 Jul 1769|p2.htm#i40|Elizabeth Walley|b. 4 May 1693\nd. 27 Oct 1756|p2.htm#i41|Judge Edmund Quincy|b. 13 Jun 1703\nd. 4 Jul 1788|p20.htm#i710|Elizabeth Wendell|b. 20 Aug 1704\nd. 7 Nov 1769|p20.htm#i711|
Hannah Sewall was born on 15 March 1753. She was the daughter of Samuel Sewall and Elizabeth Quincy. Hannah Sewall married James Hill on 26 January 1772 in Sharon, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. Hannah Sewall died on 24 July 1827 at the age of 74 (or 4 July according to the Samuel Sewall tree).1
Citations
- [S25] Samuel Sewall, Diary of Samuel Sewall (1973 ed.), p. 1088.
James Hill
M, b. 1744, d. 19 June 1824
James Hill was born in 1744 calculated from age at death.1 He married Hannah Sewall, daughter of Samuel Sewall and Elizabeth Quincy, on 26 January 1772 in Sharon, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. James Hill died on 19 June 1824.1
Citations
- [S124] Samuel (Rev.) Sewall, Pedigree of Sewall.
Sarah Sewall
F, b. 14 January 1756, d. 14 September 1780
Sarah Sewall|b. 14 Jan 1756\nd. 14 Sep 1780|p4.htm#i104|Samuel Sewall|b. 2 May 1715\nd. 12 Jan 1771 or 19 Jan 1771|p3.htm#i74|Elizabeth Quincy|b. 15 Oct 1729\nd. 15 Feb 1770|p3.htm#i75|Rev. Dr. Joseph Sewall|b. 15 Aug 1688\nd. 4 Jul 1769|p2.htm#i40|Elizabeth Walley|b. 4 May 1693\nd. 27 Oct 1756|p2.htm#i41|Judge Edmund Quincy|b. 13 Jun 1703\nd. 4 Jul 1788|p20.htm#i710|Elizabeth Wendell|b. 20 Aug 1704\nd. 7 Nov 1769|p20.htm#i711|
Sarah Sewall was born on 14 January 1756.1 She was the daughter of Samuel Sewall and Elizabeth Quincy. Sarah Sewall died on 14 September 1780 in Cambridge at the age of 24 unmarried.2
Chief Justice Samuel Sewall LL.D.
M, b. 11 December 1757, d. 8 June 1814
Chief Justice Samuel Sewall LL.D.|b. 11 Dec 1757\nd. 8 Jun 1814|p4.htm#i105|Samuel Sewall|b. 2 May 1715\nd. 12 Jan 1771 or 19 Jan 1771|p3.htm#i74|Elizabeth Quincy|b. 15 Oct 1729\nd. 15 Feb 1770|p3.htm#i75|Rev. Dr. Joseph Sewall|b. 15 Aug 1688\nd. 4 Jul 1769|p2.htm#i40|Elizabeth Walley|b. 4 May 1693\nd. 27 Oct 1756|p2.htm#i41|Judge Edmund Quincy|b. 13 Jun 1703\nd. 4 Jul 1788|p20.htm#i710|Elizabeth Wendell|b. 20 Aug 1704\nd. 7 Nov 1769|p20.htm#i711|

Samuel Sewell (1757-1814)
Children of Chief Justice Samuel Sewall LL.D. and Abigail Devereaux
- Rev. Samuel Sewall+ b. 1 Jun 1785, d. 18 Feb 1868
- Henry Devereaux Sewall+ b. 21 Aug 1786, d. 8 Jun 1846
- Joseph Henchman Sewall4 b. 5 Oct 1788, d. 17 Feb 1795
- Lydia Maria Sewall b. 14 Apr 1791, d. 11 Aug 1822
- Anne Henchman Sewall b. 18 Mar 1793, d. 6 Feb 1848
- Joseph Henchman Sewall b. 6 Feb 1795, d. 26 Sep 1813
- Rev. Edmund Quincy Sewall+ b. 1 Oct 1796, d. 15 Sep 1866
- Elizabeth Quincy Sewall+ b. 10 Jun 1798, d. 19 Jun 1848
- Rev. Charles Chauncy Sewall+ b. 10 May 1802, d. 22 Nov 1886
Abigail Devereaux
F, b. 17 June 1766, d. 22 February 1847
Abigail Devereaux|b. 17 Jun 1766\nd. 22 Feb 1847|p4.htm#i106|Dr. Humphrey Devereaux|b. 11 Dec 1730\nd. 3 Dec 1773|p24.htm#i833|Anna Henchman|b. 18 May 1742|p236.htm#i9571|||||||||||||
Abigail Devereaux was born on 17 June 1766 in Marblehead, Massachusetts.2 She was the daughter of Dr. Humphrey Devereaux and Anna Henchman.1,2 Abigail Devereaux married Chief Justice Samuel Sewall LL.D., son of Samuel Sewall and Elizabeth Quincy, on 8 December 1781. Abigail Devereaux died on 22 February 1847 in Boston at the age of 80 at the home of Thomas R. Sewall.3
Children of Abigail Devereaux and Chief Justice Samuel Sewall LL.D.
- Rev. Samuel Sewall+ b. 1 Jun 1785, d. 18 Feb 1868
- Henry Devereaux Sewall+ b. 21 Aug 1786, d. 8 Jun 1846
- Joseph Henchman Sewall1 b. 5 Oct 1788, d. 17 Feb 1795
- Lydia Maria Sewall b. 14 Apr 1791, d. 11 Aug 1822
- Anne Henchman Sewall b. 18 Mar 1793, d. 6 Feb 1848
- Joseph Henchman Sewall b. 6 Feb 1795, d. 26 Sep 1813
- Rev. Edmund Quincy Sewall+ b. 1 Oct 1796, d. 15 Sep 1866
- Elizabeth Quincy Sewall+ b. 10 Jun 1798, d. 19 Jun 1848
- Rev. Charles Chauncy Sewall+ b. 10 May 1802, d. 22 Nov 1886
Dorothy Sewall
F, b. 23 December 1758, d. 31 October 1825
Dorothy Sewall|b. 23 Dec 1758\nd. 31 Oct 1825|p4.htm#i107|Samuel Sewall|b. 2 May 1715\nd. 12 Jan 1771 or 19 Jan 1771|p3.htm#i74|Elizabeth Quincy|b. 15 Oct 1729\nd. 15 Feb 1770|p3.htm#i75|Rev. Dr. Joseph Sewall|b. 15 Aug 1688\nd. 4 Jul 1769|p2.htm#i40|Elizabeth Walley|b. 4 May 1693\nd. 27 Oct 1756|p2.htm#i41|Judge Edmund Quincy|b. 13 Jun 1703\nd. 4 Jul 1788|p20.htm#i710|Elizabeth Wendell|b. 20 Aug 1704\nd. 7 Nov 1769|p20.htm#i711|
Dorothy Sewall is also recorded as Dolly Sewall.1 She was born on 23 December 1758. She was the daughter of Samuel Sewall and Elizabeth Quincy. Dorothy Sewall married Colonel Joseph May, son of Samuel May and Abigail Williams, on 28 December 1784 in Boston, Massachusetts.2,3 Dorothy Sewall died on 31 October 1825 at the age of 66.
Children of Dorothy Sewall and Colonel Joseph May
- Charles May4 b. 2 Nov 1785, d. 16 Apr 1786
- Catherine May5 b. 30 Dec 1786, d. 14 Mar 1815
- Charles May5 b. 19 Mar 1788
- Louisa May5 b. 31 Dec 1792, d. 14 Nov 1828
- Edward May b. 1795, d. c 1802
- Rev. Samuel Joseph May5 b. 12 Sep 1797, d. 1 Jul 1871
- Elizabeth Sewall May+5 b. 5 Dec 1798, d. 1822
- Abigail May+ b. 8 Oct 1800, d. 25 Nov 1877
Citations
- [S205] Newspaper, The Massachusetts Centinel. 29 Dec 1784.
- [S25] Samuel Sewall, Diary of Samuel Sewall (1973 ed.), p. 1088.
- [S89] LDS Record, A report of the Record Commissioners of the city of Boston containing the Selectmen's minutes Boston (Massachusetts). City Registrar.
- [S361] Unknown author, A Genealogy of the Descendants of John May, page number not available from on-line database.
- [S5] William Darcy McKeough, McKeough Family Tree.
Colonel Joseph May
M, b. 25 March 1760, d. 27 February 1841
Colonel Joseph May|b. 25 Mar 1760\nd. 27 Feb 1841|p4.htm#i108|Samuel May||p52.htm#i1726|Abigail Williams||p52.htm#i1727|||||||||||||
A merchant.2 Colonel Joseph May was born on 25 March 1760 in Boston.3 He was the son of Samuel May and Abigail Williams.1 Colonel Joseph May married Dorothy Sewall, daughter of Samuel Sewall and Elizabeth Quincy, on 28 December 1784 in Boston, Massachusetts.3,4 Colonel Joseph May died on 27 February 1841 in Boston at the age of 80.3
Children of Colonel Joseph May and Dorothy Sewall
- Charles May5 b. 2 Nov 1785, d. 16 Apr 1786
- Catherine May6 b. 30 Dec 1786, d. 14 Mar 1815
- Charles May6 b. 19 Mar 1788
- Louisa May6 b. 31 Dec 1792, d. 14 Nov 1828
- Edward May b. 1795, d. c 1802
- Rev. Samuel Joseph May6 b. 12 Sep 1797, d. 1 Jul 1871
- Elizabeth Sewall May+6 b. 5 Dec 1798, d. 1822
- Abigail May+ b. 8 Oct 1800, d. 25 Nov 1877
Citations
- [S18] Various editors, Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Vol. 7, p. 316.
- [S102] Annie Haven Thwing, Inhabitants of the Town of Boston, 45208.
- [S25] Samuel Sewall, Diary of Samuel Sewall (1973 ed.), p. 1088.
- [S89] LDS Record, A report of the Record Commissioners of the city of Boston containing the Selectmen's minutes Boston (Massachusetts). City Registrar.
- [S361] Unknown author, A Genealogy of the Descendants of John May, page number not available from on-line database.
- [S5] William Darcy McKeough, McKeough Family Tree.
Abigail May
F, b. 8 October 1800, d. 25 November 1877
Abigail May|b. 8 Oct 1800\nd. 25 Nov 1877|p4.htm#i109|Colonel Joseph May|b. 25 Mar 1760\nd. 27 Feb 1841|p4.htm#i108|Dorothy Sewall|b. 23 Dec 1758\nd. 31 Oct 1825|p4.htm#i107|Samuel May||p52.htm#i1726|Abigail Williams||p52.htm#i1727|Samuel Sewall|b. 2 May 1715\nd. 12 Jan 1771 or 19 Jan 1771|p3.htm#i74|Elizabeth Quincy|b. 15 Oct 1729\nd. 15 Feb 1770|p3.htm#i75|
Abigail May was born on 8 October 1800 in Boston, Massachusetts.1 She was the daughter of Colonel Joseph May and Dorothy Sewall. Abigail May married Amos Bronson Alcott on 23 May 1830 in King's Chapel, Boston.2 Between 1832 and 1834 Abigail May was living in Germantown, Pennsylvania.3 In 1834 Abigail May was living in Boston.3 In 1840 Abigail May was living in Concord.3 She died on 25 November 1877 in Concord, Massachusetts, at the age of 77 of dropsy.4
Children of Abigail May and Amos Bronson Alcott
- Anna Bronson Alcott+ b. c 1831
- Louisa May Alcott b. 29 Nov 1832, d. 6 Mar 1888
- Elizabeth Alcott b. c 1835, d. 14 Mar 1858
- May Alcott+3 b. Dec 1840, d. 29 Dec 1879
Amos Bronson Alcott
M, b. 29 November 1799, d. 4 March 1888
Amos Bronson Alcott was born on 29 November 1799 in Wolcott, Connecticut.1 He married Abigail May, daughter of Colonel Joseph May and Dorothy Sewall, on 23 May 1830 in King's Chapel, Boston.2 Amos Bronson Alcott died on 4 March 1888 in 10 Louisburg Square, Boston, Massachusetts, at the age of 88.3 "He achieved what was probably his greatest success in life by marrying Miss Abby May." All reports concur in extolling her patience, endurance, and placid good nature under much privation and serious perplexity. She reflected Mr. Alcott's own beautiful spirit, and their home, however humble, was a very happy and attractive one. For about three years after his marriage Mr. Alcott endeavored to establish a school in Germantown, Pa. It was in this place that his daughter, Louisa May, was born. Not meeting with the success he desired, Mr. Alcott returned to Boston with his family and undertook a school in the old Masonic Temple in Tremont street. He had as his assistants Margaret Fuller and Elizabeth P. Peabody. The school had a wide reputation, and for several years good success, but finally lost caste and failed. His views, as set forth in Conversation with Children on the Gospels, published 1836, induced some of his patrons to remove their children from his school, and others were seriously annoyed when he received a coloured girl as a pupil. A second time the school was closed, and Mr. Alcott removed to Concord, Mass., at the instigation of Ralph Waldo Emerson.
Mr. Alcott pursued his studies in reform, in social economics, and in theology, getting a very humble living by lectures and conversations. Mr. Emerson said of him: "I think he has more faith in the ideal than any man I have known;" and his daughter, in her grand way, referring to his reputation, and knowing the close poverty his home had witnessed, gave the definition of a philosopher as, "A man in a balloon, with his family and friends holding the ropes which confine him to earth, and trying to haul him down." Mr. Alcott visited England in 1842 at the invitation of James P. Greaves of London, an educational theorist and friend of Pestalozzi. Mr. Greaves died before his arrival, but he was cordially received by his friends, and on his return was accompanied by two of these, Charles Lane and H. G. Wright. These gentlemen, impressed with Mr. Alcott's enthusiasm, went with him to Harvard, Mass., where Mr. Lane purchased a farm, which was called "Fruit-lands." Here it was proposed to gather a community that should live in the region of high thought on a vegetable diet. The farm was sold. His English friends returned home, and Mr. Alcott went back to Concord. Here he remained, eeking out an often-times scanty living by lectures and conversations in public halls or private homes throughout the country. The topics he presented were largely of a transcendental character, although including a wide range of purely practical questions. It was with difficulty that Mr. Alcott could write. Emerson said of him: "When he sits down to write, all his genius leaves him - he gives you the shells and throws away the kernel of his thought." In fact, his first book, Tablets, was published in 1868, and 1839-42 he contributed frequently to the Dial in a series of papers called Orphic Sayings. He was, withal, brave. When Garrison was dragged through Boston streets, Alcott was close beside him, and when one remonstrated, said, "I do not see why my body is not as fit for a bullet as any other." His publications include: Concord Days (1872); Table Talk (1877); New Connecticut (1881); Sonnets and Canzonets (1882); Ralph Waldo Emerson (1882).
Mr. Alcott pursued his studies in reform, in social economics, and in theology, getting a very humble living by lectures and conversations. Mr. Emerson said of him: "I think he has more faith in the ideal than any man I have known;" and his daughter, in her grand way, referring to his reputation, and knowing the close poverty his home had witnessed, gave the definition of a philosopher as, "A man in a balloon, with his family and friends holding the ropes which confine him to earth, and trying to haul him down." Mr. Alcott visited England in 1842 at the invitation of James P. Greaves of London, an educational theorist and friend of Pestalozzi. Mr. Greaves died before his arrival, but he was cordially received by his friends, and on his return was accompanied by two of these, Charles Lane and H. G. Wright. These gentlemen, impressed with Mr. Alcott's enthusiasm, went with him to Harvard, Mass., where Mr. Lane purchased a farm, which was called "Fruit-lands." Here it was proposed to gather a community that should live in the region of high thought on a vegetable diet. The farm was sold. His English friends returned home, and Mr. Alcott went back to Concord. Here he remained, eeking out an often-times scanty living by lectures and conversations in public halls or private homes throughout the country. The topics he presented were largely of a transcendental character, although including a wide range of purely practical questions. It was with difficulty that Mr. Alcott could write. Emerson said of him: "When he sits down to write, all his genius leaves him - he gives you the shells and throws away the kernel of his thought." In fact, his first book, Tablets, was published in 1868, and 1839-42 he contributed frequently to the Dial in a series of papers called Orphic Sayings. He was, withal, brave. When Garrison was dragged through Boston streets, Alcott was close beside him, and when one remonstrated, said, "I do not see why my body is not as fit for a bullet as any other." His publications include: Concord Days (1872); Table Talk (1877); New Connecticut (1881); Sonnets and Canzonets (1882); Ralph Waldo Emerson (1882).
Children of Amos Bronson Alcott and Abigail May
- Anna Bronson Alcott+ b. c 1831
- Louisa May Alcott b. 29 Nov 1832, d. 6 Mar 1888
- Elizabeth Alcott b. c 1835, d. 14 Mar 1858
- May Alcott+4 b. Dec 1840, d. 29 Dec 1879
Rev. Samuel Joseph May1,2
M, b. 12 September 1797, d. 1 July 1871
Rev. Samuel Joseph May|b. 12 Sep 1797\nd. 1 Jul 1871|p4.htm#i112|Colonel Joseph May|b. 25 Mar 1760\nd. 27 Feb 1841|p4.htm#i108|Dorothy Sewall|b. 23 Dec 1758\nd. 31 Oct 1825|p4.htm#i107|Samuel May||p52.htm#i1726|Abigail Williams||p52.htm#i1727|Samuel Sewall|b. 2 May 1715\nd. 12 Jan 1771 or 19 Jan 1771|p3.htm#i74|Elizabeth Quincy|b. 15 Oct 1729\nd. 15 Feb 1770|p3.htm#i75|
Rev. Samuel Joseph May was born on 12 September 1797 in Boston, Massachusetts.2 He was the son of Colonel Joseph May and Dorothy Sewall.3 Rev. Samuel Joseph May married Lucretia Flagge Coffin, daughter of Peter Coffin and Anne Martin, on 1 June 1825.2 He graduated from Harvard, A.B., 1817, A.M. and B.D., 1820. He was ordained to the Unitarian ministry, March 14, 1822 at Boston, Mass., and became pastor of the First Ecclesiastical Society of Brooklyn, Conn., March 17, 1822. In January, 1823, he established The Liberal Christian, in whose pages he made explicit statements of Unitarian doctrine. He wrote and preached as an advocate of total abstinence and in opposition to slavery as early as 1826; was burned in effigy at Syracuse, N.Y., in 1830, and was mobbed several times at Rutland and Montpelier, Vt., and at Haverhill, Mass. He was a member of the first New England anti-slavery society in 1832, and in 1833 befriended Prudence Crandall. He helped to organize a National Antislavery society in Philadelphia in 1833 and signed the "Declaration of Sentiments." He was general agent of the Massachusetts Anti-slavery society, 1835-53. He was pastor of the Unitarian church at South Scituate, Mass., 1836-42; was principal of the Girls' Normal School, Lexington, Mass., 1842-44; pastor at Syracuse, N.Y., 1845-67, and did missionary work in central New York, 1867-71. He did much to improve the public-school system of Syracuse, and was president of the board of education of that city at the time of his death. He is the author of: Education of the Faculties (1846); Revival of Education (1855); and Recollections of the Anti-Slavery Conflict (1868). G.B. Emerson, Samuel May, and T. J. Mumford edited: Memoir of Samuel Joseph May (1873).2 Rev. Samuel Joseph May died on 1 July 1871 in Syracuse, New York, at the age of 73 sometime after 10pm when he was taken very ill.2,4 He was buried on 6 July 1871 in Oakwood Cemetery.5
Citations
- [S3] Nina Moore Tiffany, Samuel E. Sewell: a memoir, p.36. Surmised from footnote.
- [S18] Various editors, Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Vol. 7, p. 316.
- [S5] William Darcy McKeough, McKeough Family Tree.
- [S223] Thomas James] ed. Mumford, Samuel Joseph May, p. 292.
- [S223] Thomas James] ed. Mumford, Samuel Joseph May, p. 295.
Katherine Sewall
F, b. 5 June 1760, d. 24 October 1788
Katherine Sewall|b. 5 Jun 1760\nd. 24 Oct 1788|p4.htm#i113|Samuel Sewall|b. 2 May 1715\nd. 12 Jan 1771 or 19 Jan 1771|p3.htm#i74|Elizabeth Quincy|b. 15 Oct 1729\nd. 15 Feb 1770|p3.htm#i75|Rev. Dr. Joseph Sewall|b. 15 Aug 1688\nd. 4 Jul 1769|p2.htm#i40|Elizabeth Walley|b. 4 May 1693\nd. 27 Oct 1756|p2.htm#i41|Judge Edmund Quincy|b. 13 Jun 1703\nd. 4 Jul 1788|p20.htm#i710|Elizabeth Wendell|b. 20 Aug 1704\nd. 7 Nov 1769|p20.htm#i711|
Katherine Sewall was born on 5 June 1760. She was the daughter of Samuel Sewall and Elizabeth Quincy. Katherine Sewall married Henry Gallison, son of Col. John Gallison and Eunice Bourne, on 24 May 1787 in Marblehead.1,2 Katherine Sewall died on 24 October 1788 in Marblehead at the age of 28 She died a few hours after giving birth.3
Child of Katherine Sewall and Henry Gallison
- John Gallison4 b. 24 Oct 1788, d. 24 Dec 1820
Henry Gallison
M, b. 2 December 1759, d. 8 January 1825
Henry Gallison|b. 2 Dec 1759\nd. 8 Jan 1825|p4.htm#i114|Col. John Gallison||p182.htm#i7719|Eunice Bourne|b. 16 Feb 1732\nd. b 9 Jul 1781|p182.htm#i7720|||||||||||||
Henry Gallison was born on 2 December 1759. He was the son of Col. John Gallison and Eunice Bourne. Henry Gallison graduated in 1778 from Harvard.1 He married firstly Katherine Sewall, daughter of Samuel Sewall and Elizabeth Quincy, on 24 May 1787 in Marblehead.2,3 Henry Gallison married Betsey Lewis on 27 April 1806 there were three children of this marriage.3 Henry Gallison died on 8 January 1825 at the age of 65 of dyspepsia.
Child of Henry Gallison and Katherine Sewall
- John Gallison4 b. 24 Oct 1788, d. 24 Dec 1820
Hon. Joseph Sewall1
M, b. 9 March 1762, d. 5 May 1850
Hon. Joseph Sewall|b. 9 Mar 1762\nd. 5 May 1850|p4.htm#i115|Samuel Sewall|b. 2 May 1715\nd. 12 Jan 1771 or 19 Jan 1771|p3.htm#i74|Elizabeth Quincy|b. 15 Oct 1729\nd. 15 Feb 1770|p3.htm#i75|Rev. Dr. Joseph Sewall|b. 15 Aug 1688\nd. 4 Jul 1769|p2.htm#i40|Elizabeth Walley|b. 4 May 1693\nd. 27 Oct 1756|p2.htm#i41|Judge Edmund Quincy|b. 13 Jun 1703\nd. 4 Jul 1788|p20.htm#i710|Elizabeth Wendell|b. 20 Aug 1704\nd. 7 Nov 1769|p20.htm#i711|
Hon. Joseph Sewall was born on 9 March 1762 in Boston (c. 3 April 1762 calculated from his age at death).2 He was the son of Samuel Sewall and Elizabeth Quincy. Hon. Joseph Sewall was educated at Dummer Academy, Newbury.3 He married Mary Robie, daughter of Thomas Robie and Mary Bradstreet, on 21 September 1788 in Marblehead.4 He was a Treasurer of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.3 Hon. Joseph Sewall died on 5 May 1850 in Boston, Massachusetts, at the age of 88.5
Children of Hon. Joseph Sewall and Mary Robie
- Mary Sewall b. 1 Jul 1789, d. 21 Apr 1816
- Thomas Robie Sewall+ b. 28 Jul 1792, d. 30 Sep 1864
- Elizabeth Sewall6
- Elizabeth Sewall6
- Joseph Sewall
- Joseph Sewall6
- Samuel Edmund Sewall+ b. 9 Nov 1799, d. 20 Dec 1888
- Edward Bradstreet Sewall b. 24 Sep 1801, d. 12 Sep 1827
- Martha Higginson Sewall b. 11 Dec 1803, d. 12 Dec 1832
- Elizabeth Salisbury Sewall b. 20 Dec 1804, d. 2 Sep 1827
- Frances Robie Sewall7 d. b 8 Jul 1830
Citations
- [S3] Nina Moore Tiffany, Samuel E. Sewell: a memoir, p.5.
- [S102] Annie Haven Thwing, Inhabitants of the Town of Boston, 54160.
- [S3] Nina Moore Tiffany, Samuel E. Sewell: a memoir, p.5.
- [S205] Newspaper, Mass Gazette. 3 Oct 1788.
- [S130] Massachusetts Vital Records, Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910.
- [S3] Nina Moore Tiffany, Samuel E. Sewell: a memoir, p.9.
- [S3] Nina Moore Tiffany, Samuel E. Sewell: a memoir, p.10 (at 11/97 the only mention of this daughter).
Mary Robie
F, b. circa 1764, d. 23 July 1834
Mary Robie|b. c 1764\nd. 23 Jul 1834|p4.htm#i116|Thomas Robie|b. 26 Apr 1730\nd. 1811|p4.htm#i117|Mary Bradstreet||p7.htm#i227|Thomas Robie|b. 20 Mar 1688/89\nd. 28 Aug 1729|p7.htm#i226|Mehitable Sewall|b. 21 May 1695|p13.htm#i422|Rev. Simon Bradstreet 3rd|b. 26 Jun 1709\nd. 5 Oct 1771|p23.htm#i821|Mary (Unknown) widow Hills||p403.htm#i15455|
Mary Robie was born circa 1764 in Marblehead, Massachusetts.1,2 She was the daughter of Thomas Robie and Mary Bradstreet. Mary Robie married Hon. Joseph Sewall, son of Samuel Sewall and Elizabeth Quincy, on 21 September 1788 in Marblehead.3 Mary Robie died on 23 July 1834 in Boston, Massachusetts.
Children of Mary Robie and Hon. Joseph Sewall
- Mary Sewall b. 1 Jul 1789, d. 21 Apr 1816
- Thomas Robie Sewall+ b. 28 Jul 1792, d. 30 Sep 1864
- Elizabeth Sewall4
- Elizabeth Sewall4
- Joseph Sewall
- Joseph Sewall4
- Samuel Edmund Sewall+ b. 9 Nov 1799, d. 20 Dec 1888
- Edward Bradstreet Sewall b. 24 Sep 1801, d. 12 Sep 1827
- Martha Higginson Sewall b. 11 Dec 1803, d. 12 Dec 1832
- Elizabeth Salisbury Sewall b. 20 Dec 1804, d. 2 Sep 1827
- Frances Robie Sewall5 d. b 8 Jul 1830
Citations
- [S124] Samuel (Rev.) Sewall, Pedigree of Sewall.
- [S130] Massachusetts Vital Records, Vol: 176 ; Page: 152.
- [S205] Newspaper, Mass Gazette. 3 Oct 1788.
- [S3] Nina Moore Tiffany, Samuel E. Sewell: a memoir, p.9.
- [S3] Nina Moore Tiffany, Samuel E. Sewell: a memoir, p.10 (at 11/97 the only mention of this daughter).
Thomas Robie
M, b. 26 April 1730, d. 1811
Thomas Robie|b. 26 Apr 1730\nd. 1811|p4.htm#i117|Thomas Robie|b. 20 Mar 1688/89\nd. 28 Aug 1729|p7.htm#i226|Mehitable Sewall|b. 21 May 1695|p13.htm#i422|William Robie|b. 1648\nd. 1718|p68.htm#i2610|Elizabeth Greenough|b. 30 Nov 1664|p68.htm#i2611|Major Stephen Sewall|b. 19 Aug 1657\nd. 17 Oct 1725|p1.htm#i20|Margaret Mitchell|b. 2 Feb 1663/64\nd. 24 Jan 1735/36|p1.htm#i21|
Thomas Robie was baptised on 26 April 1730 having been born posthumously.2 He was a A merchant of Marblehead, Massachusetts. As a Loyalist he went first to Halifax, and thence to England, but returned to the United States.3 He was the son of Thomas Robie and Mehitable Sewall.1 Thomas Robie married Mary Bradstreet, daughter of Rev. Simon Bradstreet 3rd and Mary (Unknown) widow Hills. Thomas Robie died in 1811 in Salem.4
Children of Thomas Robie and Mary Bradstreet
- Mary Robie+ b. c 1764, d. 23 Jul 1834
- Samuel Bradstreet Robie b. c 1771, d. Jan 1858
Rev. Samuel Sewall
M, b. 1 June 1785, d. 18 February 1868
Rev. Samuel Sewall|b. 1 Jun 1785\nd. 18 Feb 1868|p4.htm#i119|Chief Justice Samuel Sewall LL.D.|b. 11 Dec 1757\nd. 8 Jun 1814|p4.htm#i105|Abigail Devereaux|b. 17 Jun 1766\nd. 22 Feb 1847|p4.htm#i106|Samuel Sewall|b. 2 May 1715\nd. 12 Jan 1771 or 19 Jan 1771|p3.htm#i74|Elizabeth Quincy|b. 15 Oct 1729\nd. 15 Feb 1770|p3.htm#i75|Dr. Humphrey Devereaux|b. 11 Dec 1730\nd. 3 Dec 1773|p24.htm#i833|Anna Henchman|b. 18 May 1742|p236.htm#i9571|

Rev. Samuel Sewall
(1785-1868)
(1785-1868)
It is an interesting fact, that Mr. Sewall lived and died in the parsonage which had been occupied as such by his two predecessors, the Rev. Thomas Jones and the Rev. John Marrett, and the entire ministry of these three men covered a, period of more than 107 years. It is another interesting fact, that Mr. Marrett married the daughter of his predecessor, Mr. Jones, and that Mr. Sewall married the daughter of his predecessor, Mr. Marrett. Another coincidence is that Mr. Marrett died on the same month and the same day of the month as Father Sewall, namely, 18th February 1813. Mr. Sewall was pastor of the church in Burlington for twenty-eight years. He was dismissed from his pastoral charge in 1842. Since that time be supplied the church in North Woburn for a further six years. He preached his last sermon in Carlisle, 11th August 1867, and performed his last public service on 19th December 1867, at the ordination of his successor in Burlington, Rev. Mr. Hudson, when he offered the ordaining prayer.
Father Sewall, as he has for many years been deferentially called, was a gentleman of the old school, of affable and accomplished manners, and was one of the few remaining links which connected the active habits of the present generation with the quiet habits of the past. He was a man of great conscientiousness, and of remarkably consistent deportment. He was distinguished as a scholar, especially in the ecclesiastical history of New-England, and his judgment upon any point in the polity of the Congregational churches was entitled to great respect. He prepared and published in the American Quarterly Register for 1839, 1840, and 1841, several articles relating to the ministers and churches in the county of Middlesex, which indicate great breadth of research and accuracy of statement. But the most elaborate literary work of his life is his History of Woburn, which he lived to complete, but did not live to see published. It will long remain a monument of indefatigable labour, and may be depended on for its correctness. Sewall was one of the earliest members of the New England Historic-Genealogical Society having been elected 12th June 1845.4 Rev. Samuel Sewall married Martha Margaret Marrett, daughter of Rev. John Marrett and Martha Jones, on 1 January 1818 in Burlington, Massachusetts.5 Rev. Samuel Sewall died on 18 February 1868 in Burlington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, at the age of 82 of old age.6,7,3
Children of Rev. Samuel Sewall and Martha Margaret Marrett
- Sarah Sewall8
- Samuel Sewall+9 b. 29 Nov 1819, d. 16 Nov 1903
- Martha Marrett Sewall9 b. 31 Oct 1823
- Sarah Sewall8 b. b 1830, d. s 1831
- Abigail Devereux Sewall9 b. 7 Sep 1830, d. 28 Feb 1897
Citations
- [S83] NEHGR, Vol. 23 p. 86 Necrology of New England Colleges.
- [S130] Massachusetts Vital Records, Vital Records of Burlington, Massachusetts to the Year 1850.
- [S461] Samuel Sewall, The History of Woburn, p. i.
- [S83] NEHGR, Vol. 23 p. 215.
- [S130] Massachusetts Vital Records, Vital Records of Woburn, MA.
- [S83] NEHGR, Vol. 23 p. 86 Necrology of New England Colleges.
- [S130] Massachusetts Vital Records, Vol: 212 ; Page: 91.
- [S87] Kate Hogenson, Communication from K. Hogenson, Descendants of Charles Chauncy Sewall @ Jan 2005.
- [S5] William Darcy McKeough, McKeough Family Tree.
Martha Margaret Marrett1
F, b. 2 November 1783, d. 26 March 1860
Martha Margaret Marrett|b. 2 Nov 1783\nd. 26 Mar 1860|p4.htm#i120|Rev. John Marrett|b. 21 Sep 1741\nd. 18 Feb 1813|p27.htm#i948|Martha Jones|d. 11 Sep 1803|p314.htm#i12342|Amos Marrett||p189.htm#i7929|Mary Dunster||p189.htm#i7930|||||||
Martha Margaret Marrett was born on 2 November 1783 in Burlington, Massachusetts.3 She was the daughter of Rev. John Marrett and Martha Jones.2 Martha Margaret Marrett was also "little Patty" by her father.4 She married Rev. Samuel Sewall, son of Chief Justice Samuel Sewall LL.D. and Abigail Devereaux, on 1 January 1818 in Burlington, Massachusetts.5 Martha Margaret Marrett died on 26 March 1860 in Burlington, Massachusetts, at the age of 76 of mortification of the leg and foot. She had suffered from an ulcerated leg for seventeen years.6,7
Children of Martha Margaret Marrett and Rev. Samuel Sewall
- Sarah Sewall2
- Samuel Sewall+8 b. 29 Nov 1819, d. 16 Nov 1903
- Martha Marrett Sewall8 b. 31 Oct 1823
- Sarah Sewall2 b. b 1830, d. s 1831
- Abigail Devereux Sewall8 b. 7 Sep 1830, d. 28 Feb 1897
Citations
- [S109] 1850 United States Census.
- [S87] Kate Hogenson, Communication from K. Hogenson, Descendants of Charles Chauncy Sewall @ Jan 2005.
- [S130] Massachusetts Vital Records, Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910.
- [S357] Samuel Dunster, Henry Dunster and His Descendants, p. 96.
- [S130] Massachusetts Vital Records, Vital Records of Woburn, MA.
- [S130] Massachusetts Vital Records, Vol: 139 ; Page: 43.
- [S205] Newspaper, Boston Daily Advertiser, (Boston, MA) Friday, April 13, 1860.
- [S5] William Darcy McKeough, McKeough Family Tree.
Henry Devereaux Sewall1
M, b. 21 August 1786, d. 8 June 1846
Henry Devereaux Sewall|b. 21 Aug 1786\nd. 8 Jun 1846|p4.htm#i121|Chief Justice Samuel Sewall LL.D.|b. 11 Dec 1757\nd. 8 Jun 1814|p4.htm#i105|Abigail Devereaux|b. 17 Jun 1766\nd. 22 Feb 1847|p4.htm#i106|Samuel Sewall|b. 2 May 1715\nd. 12 Jan 1771 or 19 Jan 1771|p3.htm#i74|Elizabeth Quincy|b. 15 Oct 1729\nd. 15 Feb 1770|p3.htm#i75|Dr. Humphrey Devereaux|b. 11 Dec 1730\nd. 3 Dec 1773|p24.htm#i833|Anna Henchman|b. 18 May 1742|p236.htm#i9571|
Henry Devereaux Sewall was born on 21 August 1786 in Marblehead, Massachusetts. He was the son of Chief Justice Samuel Sewall LL.D. and Abigail Devereaux. Henry Devereaux Sewall married Mary Catherine Norton, daughter of Birdsey Norton, on 22 January 1816 in Bloomfield, New Jersey, In the wedding announcement the groom is described as being of the house of Hurd & Sewall, New York.2,3 Henry Devereaux Sewall died on 8 June 1846 in Watertown, New York, at the age of 59.4,5
At the age of 18 he started as a clerk in the counting house, in Boston, of his uncle, Joseph Sewall, the head of the house of Sewall, Salisbury & Co., then the principal dry goods importing and jobbing firm in New England. In 1807 the firm detailed their clerks, Henry Devereux Sewall and Arthur Tappan, the latter a brother of the junior partner in the firm, to go to Portland, in the district of Maine, and open a branch store under the firm name of Tappan & Sewall; but after doing business in Portland for two years they became discouraged by the ill effects produced by Jefferson's embargo, and in 1809 transferred the mercantile establishment to Montreal. There they were quite successful. Merchants and traders in Central and Northern New York were at that time among the principal customers of the Canadian capital city. It was there that Mr. Sewall formed acquaintanceships with Watertown merchants that shaped his course later in his career. The War of 1812 coming on, all Americans residing in Canada were required either to swear allegiance to the British Crown or to quit the country. Being patriots, and the descendants of patriots, the young traders chose the latter alternative, although to the ruin of their business, and in 1813 broke up their establishment. Mr. Tappan went directly to New York, becoming afterwards the leading dry goods merchant in that city, and a distinguished philanthropist. Mr. Sewall devoted his attention to the settling of matters of the late firm, and the collection of their outstanding debts.
Mr. Sewall's father dying in 1814 he spent a considerable part of that year in settling the estate, and early in 1815 established himself in New York in the foreign shipping and commission business, in partnership with John R. Hurd. This business proving but moderately remunerative, Mr. Hurd accepted an offer in 1823 to take the presidency of a marine insurance company in New York, and Mr. Sewall, under the advice of his uncle Joseph, the merchant in Boston, undertook a commission agency in New York in partnership with Edmund Q. Sewall, a son of Joseph, for the sale of domestic goods in connection with the foreign commission business. Joseph Sewall at that time had the agency in Boston of most of the few manufactories of cotton and woolen goods in New England, and through his intervention the firm of H. D. & E. Q. Sewall became the first in New York to undertake a similar agency in the latter market. It was thus that Mr. Sewall established an intercourse with Gilbert & Sigourney, the managers of the cotton factory at Watertown, and the latter concern becoming largely indebted to the New York house, the larger part of this indebtedness was finally transferred to property in and about Watertown.
In the financial crash of 1827 Mr. Sewall's firm in Boston, being compelled to succumb, carried down with them the house in New York of H. D. & E. Q. Sewall; and the junior partner, in the latter, dying, and the outlook for future business in New York seeming discouraging, Mr. Sewall concluded to remove with his family to Watertown, and managed the property there acquired through the intercourse with Gilbert & Sigourney, which firm also had been compelled by the extreme financial pressure of the time to withdraw from active business. He had likewise a view to the further extension of manufacturing at Watertown, and had always nourished a preference for a country life. Mr. Sewall, with the valuable assistance of those excellent men, well known to old citizens of Watertown, John Sigourney and Josiah W. Baker, carried on the old cotton factory and store from 1829 to 1834, when, the charter expiring, the factory and appurtenances were sold. In 1828-29 he constructed the dam on the Black River at the upper end of his island, built his residence on the island, then a beautiful spot, constructed or bought and afterwards sold a saw-mill and a tannery on the north side of the north branch, opposite the island, a paper mill and a machine shop on the lower point of the island on the north branch, a flouring-mill on the main branch, south side, just below the island, an extensive saw-mill at Dexter all between 1829 and I833; and in I834, with the assistance of New York and Boston capital, he erected an extensive woolen factory on the south side of the river opposite the island, and in 1834 to '35 and '36 built several brick stores on the east side of Factory Square, as well as a number of dwelling houses on Factory street, and in the neighborhood of the woolen-mills; and during the same period contributed largely to the erection of the first academy in the village (of which the late Judge Mullin was the first principal), and in 1832-33 furnished the greater part of the means for and himself attended to the construction and fitting up of the first Episcopal Church in the village, the predecessor of the present church on Court street. Later he built another flouring mill, below the woolen factory. Mr. Sewall, in connection with Merrill Coburn held, in 1833 the contract for furnishing the ties and sleepers for the Utica & Schenectady Railroad, the first railroad in the state of any length (the only previous ones being the short Mohawk & Hudson, and the Harlem, not going north of Harlem at that time) and, to carry out the contract, put up the extensive saw-mills at Dexter, and, as the sleepers were required to be of yellow pine, the contractors secured all there was of that timber along the Black River. The flood of 1833 swept all the logs into the lake at heavy loss to the contractors. From 1835 to 1843 Mr. Sewall was chiefly occupied with the business of the woolen factory, which, partly from want of sufficient skill in the manufacture of the fine goods for which the works were designed, partly from insufficiency of funds, and partly from the reduction of the tariff, did not prove ultimately profitable.
In the early spring of 1843 Mr. Sewall was badly injured by the upsetting of the Utica stage coach while on a journey to the eastward, from which time his health failed, and his business career practically closed, his death in June, 1846, being caused by the paralysis resulting from the injury.
At the age of 18 he started as a clerk in the counting house, in Boston, of his uncle, Joseph Sewall, the head of the house of Sewall, Salisbury & Co., then the principal dry goods importing and jobbing firm in New England. In 1807 the firm detailed their clerks, Henry Devereux Sewall and Arthur Tappan, the latter a brother of the junior partner in the firm, to go to Portland, in the district of Maine, and open a branch store under the firm name of Tappan & Sewall; but after doing business in Portland for two years they became discouraged by the ill effects produced by Jefferson's embargo, and in 1809 transferred the mercantile establishment to Montreal. There they were quite successful. Merchants and traders in Central and Northern New York were at that time among the principal customers of the Canadian capital city. It was there that Mr. Sewall formed acquaintanceships with Watertown merchants that shaped his course later in his career. The War of 1812 coming on, all Americans residing in Canada were required either to swear allegiance to the British Crown or to quit the country. Being patriots, and the descendants of patriots, the young traders chose the latter alternative, although to the ruin of their business, and in 1813 broke up their establishment. Mr. Tappan went directly to New York, becoming afterwards the leading dry goods merchant in that city, and a distinguished philanthropist. Mr. Sewall devoted his attention to the settling of matters of the late firm, and the collection of their outstanding debts.
Mr. Sewall's father dying in 1814 he spent a considerable part of that year in settling the estate, and early in 1815 established himself in New York in the foreign shipping and commission business, in partnership with John R. Hurd. This business proving but moderately remunerative, Mr. Hurd accepted an offer in 1823 to take the presidency of a marine insurance company in New York, and Mr. Sewall, under the advice of his uncle Joseph, the merchant in Boston, undertook a commission agency in New York in partnership with Edmund Q. Sewall, a son of Joseph, for the sale of domestic goods in connection with the foreign commission business. Joseph Sewall at that time had the agency in Boston of most of the few manufactories of cotton and woolen goods in New England, and through his intervention the firm of H. D. & E. Q. Sewall became the first in New York to undertake a similar agency in the latter market. It was thus that Mr. Sewall established an intercourse with Gilbert & Sigourney, the managers of the cotton factory at Watertown, and the latter concern becoming largely indebted to the New York house, the larger part of this indebtedness was finally transferred to property in and about Watertown.
In the financial crash of 1827 Mr. Sewall's firm in Boston, being compelled to succumb, carried down with them the house in New York of H. D. & E. Q. Sewall; and the junior partner, in the latter, dying, and the outlook for future business in New York seeming discouraging, Mr. Sewall concluded to remove with his family to Watertown, and managed the property there acquired through the intercourse with Gilbert & Sigourney, which firm also had been compelled by the extreme financial pressure of the time to withdraw from active business. He had likewise a view to the further extension of manufacturing at Watertown, and had always nourished a preference for a country life. Mr. Sewall, with the valuable assistance of those excellent men, well known to old citizens of Watertown, John Sigourney and Josiah W. Baker, carried on the old cotton factory and store from 1829 to 1834, when, the charter expiring, the factory and appurtenances were sold. In 1828-29 he constructed the dam on the Black River at the upper end of his island, built his residence on the island, then a beautiful spot, constructed or bought and afterwards sold a saw-mill and a tannery on the north side of the north branch, opposite the island, a paper mill and a machine shop on the lower point of the island on the north branch, a flouring-mill on the main branch, south side, just below the island, an extensive saw-mill at Dexter all between 1829 and I833; and in I834, with the assistance of New York and Boston capital, he erected an extensive woolen factory on the south side of the river opposite the island, and in 1834 to '35 and '36 built several brick stores on the east side of Factory Square, as well as a number of dwelling houses on Factory street, and in the neighborhood of the woolen-mills; and during the same period contributed largely to the erection of the first academy in the village (of which the late Judge Mullin was the first principal), and in 1832-33 furnished the greater part of the means for and himself attended to the construction and fitting up of the first Episcopal Church in the village, the predecessor of the present church on Court street. Later he built another flouring mill, below the woolen factory. Mr. Sewall, in connection with Merrill Coburn held, in 1833 the contract for furnishing the ties and sleepers for the Utica & Schenectady Railroad, the first railroad in the state of any length (the only previous ones being the short Mohawk & Hudson, and the Harlem, not going north of Harlem at that time) and, to carry out the contract, put up the extensive saw-mills at Dexter, and, as the sleepers were required to be of yellow pine, the contractors secured all there was of that timber along the Black River. The flood of 1833 swept all the logs into the lake at heavy loss to the contractors. From 1835 to 1843 Mr. Sewall was chiefly occupied with the business of the woolen factory, which, partly from want of sufficient skill in the manufacture of the fine goods for which the works were designed, partly from insufficiency of funds, and partly from the reduction of the tariff, did not prove ultimately profitable.
In the early spring of 1843 Mr. Sewall was badly injured by the upsetting of the Utica stage coach while on a journey to the eastward, from which time his health failed, and his business career practically closed, his death in June, 1846, being caused by the paralysis resulting from the injury.
Children of Henry Devereaux Sewall and Mary Catherine Norton
- Henry Foster Sewall+6 b. 31 Oct 1816, d. 30 Apr 1896
- Frederick N. Sewall7 b. 24 Sep 1818, d. 8 Nov 1819
- Mary Elizabeth Sewall+6 b. 15 Jul 1820, d. May 1901
- Dr. John Gallison Sewall+6 b. 22 Nov 1822, d. 18 Jan 1874
- Ann Elizabeth Sewall+6 b. 4 Aug 1824, d. 3 Jun 1888
- Edmund Quincy Sewall+6 b. 1 Jul 1826, d. 21 Aug 1892
- Grace Sewall8 b. 4 Oct 1828, d. 6 Jan 1837
- Frank Devereux Sewall6 b. 25 Feb 1833, d. 15 Nov 1852
- Walter Devereux Sewall+6 b. 28 Aug 1837, d. 29 Mar 1928
Citations
- [S24] Sarah Elizabeth Titcomb, Early New England People, p. 222.
- [S83] NEHGR, Vol. 74 p. 203.
- [S205] Newspaper, Boston Weekly Messenger. 8 Feb 1816.
- [S205] Newspaper, New-Hampshire Sentinel, 1 July 1846.
- [S205] Newspaper, The Boston Daily Atlas, (Boston, MA) Saturday, June 27, 1846.
- [S5] William Darcy McKeough, McKeough Family Tree.
- [S89] LDS Record, IGI Family Group Record.
- [S153] Charles Nelson Sinnett, The Sewall genealogy, p.11.
Mary Catherine Norton1
F, b. 1789, d. 30 December 1840
Mary Catherine Norton|b. 1789\nd. 30 Dec 1840|p4.htm#i122|Birdsey Norton|d. b 15 Apr 1812|p27.htm#i952||||Ebenezer Norton|b. 1715\nd. 1785|p130.htm#i5637||||||||||
Mary Catherine Norton was born in 1789 in Connecticut.2 She was the daughter of Birdsey Norton.2 Mary Catherine Norton married Henry Devereaux Sewall, son of Chief Justice Samuel Sewall LL.D. and Abigail Devereaux, on 22 January 1816 in Bloomfield, New Jersey, In the wedding announcement the groom is described as being of the house of Hurd & Sewall, New York.3,4 Mary Catherine Norton died on 30 December 1840 in Watertown, Jefferson County, New York.5,6
Children of Mary Catherine Norton and Henry Devereaux Sewall
- Henry Foster Sewall+2 b. 31 Oct 1816, d. 30 Apr 1896
- Frederick N. Sewall7 b. 24 Sep 1818, d. 8 Nov 1819
- Mary Elizabeth Sewall+2 b. 15 Jul 1820, d. May 1901
- Dr. John Gallison Sewall+2 b. 22 Nov 1822, d. 18 Jan 1874
- Ann Elizabeth Sewall+2 b. 4 Aug 1824, d. 3 Jun 1888
- Edmund Quincy Sewall+2 b. 1 Jul 1826, d. 21 Aug 1892
- Grace Sewall8 b. 4 Oct 1828, d. 6 Jan 1837
- Frank Devereux Sewall2 b. 25 Feb 1833, d. 15 Nov 1852
- Walter Devereux Sewall+2 b. 28 Aug 1837, d. 29 Mar 1928
Citations
- [S46] Various contributors, Daughters of the American Revolution, Vol. 36 p. 174.
- [S5] William Darcy McKeough, McKeough Family Tree.
- [S83] NEHGR, Vol. 74 p. 203.
- [S205] Newspaper, Boston Weekly Messenger. 8 Feb 1816.
- [S149] NEHGS On-Line Search, , Deaths from the New York Evening Post, 1801-1890.
- [S232] Ancestry.com Database, New York, Death Newspaper Extracts, 1801-1890 (Barber Collection). New York Evening Post, 1871 January.
- [S89] LDS Record, IGI Family Group Record.
- [S153] Charles Nelson Sinnett, The Sewall genealogy, p.11.
Lydia Maria Sewall
F, b. 14 April 1791, d. 11 August 1822
Lydia Maria Sewall|b. 14 Apr 1791\nd. 11 Aug 1822|p4.htm#i123|Chief Justice Samuel Sewall LL.D.|b. 11 Dec 1757\nd. 8 Jun 1814|p4.htm#i105|Abigail Devereaux|b. 17 Jun 1766\nd. 22 Feb 1847|p4.htm#i106|Samuel Sewall|b. 2 May 1715\nd. 12 Jan 1771 or 19 Jan 1771|p3.htm#i74|Elizabeth Quincy|b. 15 Oct 1729\nd. 15 Feb 1770|p3.htm#i75|Dr. Humphrey Devereaux|b. 11 Dec 1730\nd. 3 Dec 1773|p24.htm#i833|Anna Henchman|b. 18 May 1742|p236.htm#i9571|
Lydia Maria Sewall was born on 14 April 1791. She was the daughter of Chief Justice Samuel Sewall LL.D. and Abigail Devereaux. Lydia Maria Sewall married Deacon Samuel Greele, son of Samuel Greele and Olive Read, on 3 May 1812 in Marblehead the service was conducted by the Rev. Dr. Eliot.
(Vital Records incorrectly give 3 May 1881).1,2,3 Lydia Maria Sewall died on 11 August 1822 in Boston, Massachusetts, at the age of 31 s.p.1
(Vital Records incorrectly give 3 May 1881).1,2,3 Lydia Maria Sewall died on 11 August 1822 in Boston, Massachusetts, at the age of 31 s.p.1
Deacon Samuel Greele
M, b. 3 July 1783, d. 16 August 1861
Deacon Samuel Greele|b. 3 Jul 1783\nd. 16 Aug 1861|p4.htm#i124|Samuel Greele||p472.htm#i18017|Olive Read||p472.htm#i18018|||||||||||||
Deacon Samuel Greele was born on 3 July 1783 in Wilton, New Hampshire.1 He was the son of Samuel Greele and Olive Read.1 Deacon Samuel Greele graduated in 1802 from Harvard. He was a fitted for college at the Academy in New Ipswich, New Hampshire. After graduating he studied divinity with Rev. Jonathan French of Andover, Mass. He preached for several years, but was never ordained as a minister over any society, and he resigned the sacred profession much against his will on account of temporary ill health. He then became a devoted and useful teacher. He was for some time Preceptor of an Academy in Marblehead, he then removed to Boston, where he taught in a private school from 1818 to 1821. In 1825 he entered into partnership with John Baker, under the firm of Baker & Greele, in the business of manufacturing printing types. This firm was dissolved in 1827, and the next year Mr. Greele took into partnership Mr. Henry Willis, and they continued the business under the firm or Greele & Willis until 1832, when Mr. Greele retired from active business. He was a devoted member of various charitable and benevolent institutions. He was an officiating Deacon in the Federal Street Church for nearly fifty years, first under the ministry of Rev. Dr. Channing and subsequently under Rev. Dr. Gannett. His steady and sincere adherence to the Liberal faith through all the fluctuations of time and opinion was remarkable. He was a faithful worker in the American Unitarian Association. He was elected a Representative from Boston to the State Legislature in 1838, 1840, 1841, 1842 and 1843. He was a member of the Board of Aldermen in Boston in 1834,1835 and 1836.2
He married firstly Lydia Maria Sewall, daughter of Chief Justice Samuel Sewall LL.D. and Abigail Devereaux, on 3 May 1812 in Marblehead the service was conducted by the Rev. Dr. Eliot.
(Vital Records incorrectly give 3 May 1881).3,4,5 Deacon Samuel Greele married secondly Louisa May, daughter of Colonel Joseph May and Dorothy Sewall, on 19 October 1823 in Boston they has a son and a daughter.1 Deacon Samuel Greele married thirdly Maria Antoinette Paine, daughter of Hon. Robert Treat Paine and Sally Cobb, on 18 October 1831. Deacon Samuel Greele married fourthly Sarah Follansbee Emerson on 8 October 1844 in Newburyport.1 Deacon Samuel Greele died on 16 August 1861 in Swampscott, Massachusetts, at the age of 78 where he had gone to pass the summer months.3,1
He married firstly Lydia Maria Sewall, daughter of Chief Justice Samuel Sewall LL.D. and Abigail Devereaux, on 3 May 1812 in Marblehead the service was conducted by the Rev. Dr. Eliot.
(Vital Records incorrectly give 3 May 1881).3,4,5 Deacon Samuel Greele married secondly Louisa May, daughter of Colonel Joseph May and Dorothy Sewall, on 19 October 1823 in Boston they has a son and a daughter.1 Deacon Samuel Greele married thirdly Maria Antoinette Paine, daughter of Hon. Robert Treat Paine and Sally Cobb, on 18 October 1831. Deacon Samuel Greele married fourthly Sarah Follansbee Emerson on 8 October 1844 in Newburyport.1 Deacon Samuel Greele died on 16 August 1861 in Swampscott, Massachusetts, at the age of 78 where he had gone to pass the summer months.3,1
Citations
- [S205] Newspaper, Boston Daily Advertiser, (Boston, MA) Wednesday, July 16, 1862; Association of the Alumni of Harvard College, Necrology of the past Year.
- [S205] Newspaper, Boston Daily Advertiser, 16 July 1862.
- [S83] NEHGR, Vol. 74 p. 203.
- [S130] Massachusetts Vital Records.
- [S205] Newspaper, The Repertory & General Advertiser. 5 May 1812.
Anne Henchman Sewall1
F, b. 18 March 1793, d. 6 February 1848
Anne Henchman Sewall|b. 18 Mar 1793\nd. 6 Feb 1848|p4.htm#i125|Chief Justice Samuel Sewall LL.D.|b. 11 Dec 1757\nd. 8 Jun 1814|p4.htm#i105|Abigail Devereaux|b. 17 Jun 1766\nd. 22 Feb 1847|p4.htm#i106|Samuel Sewall|b. 2 May 1715\nd. 12 Jan 1771 or 19 Jan 1771|p3.htm#i74|Elizabeth Quincy|b. 15 Oct 1729\nd. 15 Feb 1770|p3.htm#i75|Dr. Humphrey Devereaux|b. 11 Dec 1730\nd. 3 Dec 1773|p24.htm#i833|Anna Henchman|b. 18 May 1742|p236.htm#i9571|
Anne Henchman Sewall was born on 18 March 1793. She was the daughter of Chief Justice Samuel Sewall LL.D. and Abigail Devereaux. Anne Henchman Sewall died on 6 February 1848 in Boston, Massachusetts, at the age of 54 at the residence of T.R. Sewall. She was unmarried.2
Joseph Henchman Sewall1
M, b. 6 February 1795, d. 26 September 1813
Joseph Henchman Sewall|b. 6 Feb 1795\nd. 26 Sep 1813|p4.htm#i126|Chief Justice Samuel Sewall LL.D.|b. 11 Dec 1757\nd. 8 Jun 1814|p4.htm#i105|Abigail Devereaux|b. 17 Jun 1766\nd. 22 Feb 1847|p4.htm#i106|Samuel Sewall|b. 2 May 1715\nd. 12 Jan 1771 or 19 Jan 1771|p3.htm#i74|Elizabeth Quincy|b. 15 Oct 1729\nd. 15 Feb 1770|p3.htm#i75|Dr. Humphrey Devereaux|b. 11 Dec 1730\nd. 3 Dec 1773|p24.htm#i833|Anna Henchman|b. 18 May 1742|p236.htm#i9571|
Joseph Henchman Sewall was born on 6 February 1795. He was the son of Chief Justice Samuel Sewall LL.D. and Abigail Devereaux. Joseph Henchman Sewall died on 26 September 1813 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, at the age of 18 of consumption whilst still an undergraduate at Harvard.2,3,4



