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     David Westgate Sewall was born on 8 April 1929 in Boston, Massachusetts, at 12.29 p.m.¹ He was the son of Reginald David Sewall and Marion Florence Peters.¹ David Westgate Sewall died on 23 June 2000 probably in Wichita, Kansas, at the age of 71.²

     Deborah Sewall was born on 5 December 1786 in Chesterville, Franklin County, Maine.³ She was the daughter of Dummer Sewall and Jenny Dunning.² Deborah Sewall married Barnabas Palmer Merrick on 22 February 1807 in Chesterville, Franklin County, Maine, (transcribed as Barnabus Mirrick).³ Deborah Sewall died on 27 October 1851 at the age of 64.⁴

     Deborah Sewall was born on 10 December 1776 in Bath or Georgetown, Sagadahoc, Maine.² She was the daughter of Colonel Dummer Sewall and Mary Dunning.¹ Deborah Sewall was baptised on 7 May 1777 at Phippsburg, Maine.¹ She died in September 1778 at the age of 1.¹

     Diantha Sewall was born circa 1836.¹ She was the daughter of Samuel Sewall and Betsey Whitney.¹

     Donald Swanton Sewall was born on 28 October 1890 in Bath, Maine.³ He was the son of Mark Warren Sewall and Rachel F. Thompson.² Donald Swanton Sewall graduated from Bowdoin College.² On 13 June 1917 he enlisted at Portland. Mec Aug. 23/17; Pvt 1st cl Mar. 8/18; Pvt Mar. 25/18; Mec Mar. 26/18; Sgt Nov. 5/18. Org: US Army Amb Serv Cp Crane Pa to Mar. 25/18; US Army Amb Serv with French Army AEF to disch. Overseas: Mar. 25/18 to Apr. 20/19. Hon disch on demob: Apr. 22, 1919.³ He became engaged on 6 July 1917 at Montclair, New Jersey, to Miss Frances Lincoln, daughter of Charles M. Lincoln of Montclair.⁴ He appears on the census of 1920 at Washington Street, Bath, Maine, living with his parents; he is employed as a foreman in a shipyard.⁵ He married Marguerite Mongo circa 1924.^6,2 Donald Swanton Sewall and Marguerite Mongo appear on the census of 1930 at Boothby Harbor, Maine, Donald is now a garage proprietor.⁶

     Dora Sewall was born in August 1897 in Minnesota.¹ She was the daughter of Albert P. Sewall and Dora Johanna Belseth.¹

     Dorcas Sewall was born on 17 March 1789 in Hallowell, Kennebec, Maine.^1,2 She was the daughter of Stephen Sewall and Abigail Bartlett.¹ Dorcas Sewall died on 23 June 1843 at the age of 54 unmarried.¹ She was buried in North Chesterville Cemetery, Farmington, Maine.

     Dorothea Sewall was born on 18 January 1855.¹ She was the daughter of Henry Foster Sewall and Sarah Allyne Rich.¹ Dorothea Sewall is also recorded as Dora May Sewall.^2,3 She married Richard Willets Underhill on 19 April 1888 in 955 Madison Avenue, New York, New York, the residence of the bride's father.⁴ Dorothea Sewall died in June 1891 at the age of 36.¹

     Dorothy Sewall was born on 29 October 1668 in Newbury, Massachusetts.¹ She was the daughter of Rev. Henry Sewall and Jane Dummer. Dorothy Sewall was baptised by Mr. Parker.² She married firstly Capt. Ezekiel Northend, son of Ezekiel Bailey Northend and Edna Halstead, on 10 September 1691 in Rowley.^3,4,5 Dorothy Sewall married secondly Moses Bradstreet, son of Capt. Moses Bradstreet and Elizabeth Harris, on 27 October 1737 he being the father of her son-in-law, Lt. Bradstreet.³ Dorothy Sewall died on 17 June 1752 in Ipswich at the age of 83.³

     Dorothy Sewall is also recorded as Dolly Sewall.¹ She was born on 23 December 1758 in Boston. 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 in Boston at the age of 66.

     Dorothy Sewall was baptised on 21 October 1770 at St. Mary's County, Maryland, Billy Fenwick and Dorothy Boarman were the God-parents.² She was the daughter of Henry Sewall and Mary (Unknown).¹

     Dorothy Clement Sewall was born on 10 June 1823.¹ She was the daughter of Thomas Sewall and Dorothy Bartlett.¹ Dorothy Clement Sewall married Hiram Gilman in 1845.¹ Dorothy Clement Sewall died in 1909.¹

     Dorothy Dudley Sewall was born in 1889 in Minnesota.³ She was the daughter of Joseph Sewall Sewall and Ida Christina Peterson.² Dorothy Dudley Sewall died on 18 July 1942 in Ramsey County, Minnesota.⁴

     Dorothy H. Sewall was born in April 1900 in Massachusetts.² She was the daughter of Samuel Farrington Sewall and Luella Frances Clark.^2,1

     Dorothy M. Sewall was born circa 1902 in Massachusetts.¹ She was the daughter of Raymond Thomas Sewall and Edith G. Forristall.¹

     Dorothy Neville Sewall was born on 2 May 1905 in Washington, District of Columbia.² She was the daughter of Harold Ingalls Sewall and Virginia Sims Evans.¹ In 1924 she was a debutante in the London season when her mother gave a dance for her at her home in Lower Sloane Street, London.³ Dorothy Neville Sewall married Edward Poor Montgomery, son of Capt. William Montgomery USN, on 2 October 1926 in the Colony Club, New York.⁴ Dorothy Neville Sewall and Edward Poor Montgomery were divorced.⁵ Dorothy Neville Sewall died on 6 August 1980 in New Milford, Connecticut, at the age of 75.⁵

     Dorothy Sumner Sewall was born on 2 March 1894 in Bath, Maine.² She was the daughter of William Dunning Sewall and Mary Loke Sumner.¹ Dorothy Sumner Sewall married Capt. John K. Jayne USNR on 20 January 1923.³ Dorothy Sumner Sewall died in November 1977 probably in New Canaan, Fairfield, Connecticut, at the age of 83.⁴

     Dr. Douglas Sewall was born on 18 October 1857.² He was the son of Rev. Thomas Sewall and Julia Elizabeth Waters.² Dr. Douglas Sewall graduated in 1876 from Baltimore City College Gross Medical College, Denver, M.D., 1888; physician at Loveland, Colorado.² He died on 14 May 1889 in Baltimore, Maryland, at the age of 31.³

     Duer Irving Sewall was born on 28 July 1882 in Montclair, New Jersey.^2,3,4 He was the son of Charles Joseph Sewall and Anna Brooks Wellman.¹ Duer Irving Sewall married Bertha Guden Adams, daughter of Daniel J. Adams, on 27 October 1910 in All Souls' Church, New York, New York.⁵ Duer Irving Sewall. He was a golf course designer. His designs include Lake Mohawk Golf Club and Champlain Golf Course.⁶

     Duer Irving Sewall was the son of Duer Irving Sewall and Bertha Guden Adams.¹ Duer Irving Sewall died on 3 April 1916 in Bronxville, New York.¹

     Dummer Sewall was born on 12 February 1714 in York, Maine, or 17 Feb. 1715.^2,3,4 He was the son of Capt. Samuel Sewall and Lydia Storer.¹ Dummer Sewall died on 13 August 1736 in York, Maine, at the age of 22.⁵

     Dummer Sewall was born on 7 January 1761 in York, Maine.^2,3,4 He was the son of Colonel Dummer Sewall and Mary Dunning.¹ Dummer Sewall married Jenny Dunning, daughter of Deacon Andrew Dunning and Hannah Shepherd, on 24 October 1782 in Harpswell, Maine.^2,3 Dummer Sewall died on 11 February 1846 in Chesterville, Franklin County, Maine, at the age of 85.^3,5 He was buried in Chesterville Center Cemetery, Chesterville, Franklin County, Maine.⁶
"On the 23d day of March, 1783, after a toilsome journey of six days, with ox teams from Bath, Dummer Sewall, son of Col. Dummer Sewall of Bath, arrived with his family, and commenced a residence on the farm lately occupied by his son, Otis C. Sewall. He had previously made a clearing and put up a camp, in which he and Mr. Linscott, with their families, took up their abode. Here they lived together for some time, or till Mr. Linscott had prepared a rough dwelling.
Some time in 1783 Mr. Sewall constructed a sleigh, the first made in the town, and probably the first in Franklin County. If now in existence it would be esteemed a great curiosity. The bottom was framed like others of that day, but with little if any iron work on it. The sides, forepart, and back of the top were of birch bark, doubled to make it more firm, and to show the same side of the bark outside and in. He and his wife and child rode in it to Bath, and returned again in it. Their visit to Bath was about ten months after their location in their wilderness home. Mrs. Wheeler, who informed the writer of this incident, had tested the sleigh by riding a short distance in it.
Two years after this Mr. Sewall built a double sleigh, as perhaps we should esteem it. He owned no horse. Contemplating another journey with his family to Bath in this, he engaged one owned by Mr. Linscott, and to match it another belonging to Mr. Eaton of Sandy River. A day or two before his journey he got them together and harnessed, all but the long bridles, Mr. Linscott helping and his wife, with their child Andrew, four years old, looking on. The horses were regarded as very steady and gentle. Mrs. Linscott, with some urging, got in with her child. Immediately on this the horses started, and were soon in a fast run, up by Mr. Linscott's, he and Mr. Sewall endeavoring in vain to overtake them. Mrs. Linscott did her best to keep her child and herself from being hurt, but she could not keep her seat, but was tossed about in all parts of the sleigh. The horses ran on some two and a half miles, when, some half way down the north side of Locke's Hill, the strap holding up the tongue gave way, and the tongue was driven into the snow and even into the ground, tipping the sleigh and stopping the team. The shock threw the riders several feet into the snow, but did not hurt them. Mrs. Linscott being thinly clad, was poorly prepared for such a ride, and on clambering into the road, found her feet so cold that she sat down, rubbing them in the snow. She had barely finished this when her husband came up, and soon after him Mr. Sewall, who had been delayed a little by looking for the child beside the road. They soon got the team in such order that the horses gave Mr. Linscott a slow ride home.
Mr. Sewall, with others, in 1784 and 1785, built the first saw and grist mill in the town, on Little Norridgewock Stream, near the present site of Park's Mills, to which Stephen Titcomb of Sandy River, as tradition says, hauled the first log and helped saw it into boards. Mr. Sewall put up two or three other mills in later years, being a carpenter by trade. He raised quite a family, the oldest of whom, Dummer, was the first white child born in Chesterville. He was born Aug. 22. 1783. A lot of land near John Butterfield's was bestowed as a birthright, which was sold about the time he attained the age of 21. Mr. Sewall made and repaired cooper's ware soon after he became a resident in Chesterville. He lacked some of the tools necessary in this business. Needing a "croze" he broke a piece from the point of a handsaw and made one. A piggin, a vessel with one stave extending higher than the others for a handle, would be a rare sight now; but the writer used to see them in his boyhood. They ordinarily contained about six quarts and were mostly used in milking. A two story house, raised Sept. 12, 1788, was built by Mr. Sewall, in which he lived many years. Mrs. Sewall once said, " It has stood sixty years and not a single death has occurred in it." This house has since been taken down. Mr. Sewall was the first Postmaster and Justice of the Peace in the town, both of which offices he filled several years. He died in February, 1846, at the age of 85 years. His wife died in May, 1852. [Mr. Sewall was conspicuous for industry, and his long life was one of great usefulness.] Sewell, Oliver. A history of Chesterville, pp. 23-25."⁷

     Dummer Sewall was the son of Hon. Arthur Sewall and Emma Duncan Crooker.¹ Dummer Sewall died in infancy.²

      Shoemaker of Abington, Massachusetts.² Dummer Sewall was born on 7 August 1823.^3,4 He was the son of John Milton Sewall and Dorcas Cushman.¹ Dummer Sewall married Mary Savory Cook, daughter of Peleg Cook and Edna Keene, on 12 November 1847 in Abington, Massachusetts.^1,5 Dummer Sewall appears on the census of 1850 in Abington, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, where he is living with his wife and father-in-law, Peleg Cook and his brother-in-law, Joshua Cook who is also listed as a shoemaker.⁶ On 28 September 1861 he enlisted in Company E, Massachusetts 23rd Infantry Regiment, mustered out on 29 Aug 1862 at New Berne, NC.⁷ He died on 15 July 1885 in Weymouth, Massachusetts, at the age of 61 from chronic hepatitis with complications after surgery.⁸

     Dummer Sewall was born on 22 August 1783 in Chesterville, Franklin County, Maine, the first white child to be born in Chesterville.^1,2,3 He was the son of Dummer Sewall and Jenny Dunning.¹ Dummer Sewall married firstly Sarah or Sally Mirrick on 12 January 1808 in Chesterville, Franklin County, Maine.² Dummer Sewall married secondly Sarah (or Sallie) Wilson.¹ Dummer Sewall married thirdly Phoebe Higgins in August 1838 in Bangor, Penobscot, Maine.^1,4 Dummer Sewall died on 28 October 1848 at the age of 65.¹

     Dummer Sewall was born on 22 November 1861 in Abington, Massachusetts.^2,3 He was the son of Dummer Sewall and Mary Savory Cook.¹ Dummer Sewall married Caroline Bates circa 1889.⁴ Dummer Sewall and Warren Webster Sewall appear on the census of 1930 at Weymouth, Massachusetts, Warren's emplyment is given as painter; he is unmarried.⁵

     Colonel Dummer Sewall was born on 12 December 1737 in York, Maine, (or 17 Dec. 1737).^1,2,3,4 He was the son of Capt. Samuel Sewall and Sarah Batchelder. When he was 19 years old Dummer Sewall enlisted in the Provincial Army, and served at the reduction of Louisburg where he was appointed ensign. On his return he was promoted to lieutenant and ordered to Canada, where he served in the army under General Wolfe and General Amherst until the conquest of the French possessions in North America was complete, participating in the battles which culminated in the conquest of Québec, 1759.

After his marriage he moved to that part of Georgetown, Maine which was later incorporated into the city of Bath. The date of this move is given as 1762. He built a log house on the eastern side of what is now the High Street in Bath, this was opposite the spot where later on he built the large and commodious home which is still standing. As soon as hostilities were threatened with Great Britain he was selected by the people of his district is one of the Committee of Safety and he was associated with Brigadier Samuel Thompson in the performance of these duties. He was also a delegate to the provincial Congress which assembled at Watertown, Massachusetts and by the council administrating the affairs of the state he was appointed Lieutenant Colonel of the regiment commanded by Colonel Samuel Mc Cobb. With this regiment he marched to Cambridge, Massachusetts and joined the Continental Army under Washington, soon after he was appointed Muster Master of the district of the Maine, the duties of which he performed during the remainder of the war. He was a magistrate at Lincoln County, Maine appointed by the first governor of that state and continued as such by successive appointments until his death. He was also for many years a special justice the Court of Common Pleas for Lincoln County. Shortly after the adoption of the Constitution of Massachusetts Colonel Sewall was elected senator from Lincoln County, he was a member of the Convention of 1788 which was called by the State to ratify the Constitution of the United States and was one of the Committee of Compromise appointed at the suggestion of General Hancock towards the close of the session to consider and report such amendments as would make the proposed form of government more acceptable. Without those the Constitution would not have been ratified by the Convention.

He was the first postmaster in Bath, serving during the period from the establishment of the regular mail until 1805. He was deeply interested in educational matters and was one of the first Overseers of Bowdoin College and served as trustee and treasurer of the college from 1799 until he resigned in 1806. He was a deeply sincere and religious man, and was one of the founders and a Deacon of the Winter Street Congregational Church in Bath when it was called the Old North Church. Over 300 of his family letters written in the last 35 years of his life have been preserved and give a vivid picture of his own spiritual nature and his keen interest in religious matters. He was noted for his amiable temper, his generous heart, his decisive character, his sound judgment and for more practical matters and for his great helpfulness.⁵

Colonel Dummer Sewall married Mary Dunning, daughter of William Dunning and Deborah Donnell, on 18 December 1760 in York, Maine, conducted by the Rev. Mr. Isaac Lyman. The Vital records, 1779-1903 Bath, give a date of 16 December at Bath.⁶ Colonel Dummer Sewall died on 6 April 1832 in Bath, Maine, at the age of 94 (DAR gives 1833 and Maine Fam. Vol 3 p. 249 gives 4 April 1832 whilst Sinnett gives 5 April 1832 which apparently agrees with his gravestone).^1,2,4,7

     Dummer Hale Sewall was born on 24 October 1851.¹ He was the son of Dummer Sewall and Mary Savory Cook.¹ Dummer Hale Sewall died on 1 September 1853 at the age of 1.¹

     Dunning Sewall was the son of Dummer Sewall and Phoebe Higgins.¹ Dunning Sewall died on 6 September 1839.¹

     Dwight S. Sewall was born on 8 January 1892 in Maine.^1,2 He was the son of Frank Ernest Sewall and Marietta Muchmore.¹ Dwight S. Sewall died on 26 July 1970 in Augusta, Maine, at the age of 78.³