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     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 27 October 1848 in Corinna, Maine, at the age of 65.⁵

     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

     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

     Earl Harris Sewall was born on 11 October 1897 in Massachusetts.³ He was the son of Albert Walter Sewall and Ora Maud Wood.² On 29 June 1916 he entered military service in the US Navy for WW1.⁴ Earl Harris Sewall retired from military service on 29 June 1920; his rank in the 1920 census was that of Water Tender.⁴ He married (unknown) (Unknown) circa 1926.⁵ Earl Harris Sewall and Albert Walter Sewall appear on the census of 1930 at Fitchburg, Worcester, Massachusetts, though Earl is married he is listed alone with his father, he is a travelling salesman in heating sytems, whilst he father is a millwright in a paper mill and describes himself as a widower.⁵ Earl Harris Sewall died on 29 April 1962 in San Diego, California, at the age of 64.³ He was buried on 3 May 1962 in Ft. Rosecrans National Cemetery, Section X Site 188, San Diego, California.⁴

     Earl Robson Sewall was born on 30 March 1893 probably in San Francisco, California.^1,3 He was the son of David Henry Sewall and Josephine Robson.¹ In 1917 he was a mechanical draftsman working for a sugar refining company.² Earl Robson Sewall married Mary Izett after 7 August 1919 in San Francisco, being the date of the marriage licence.⁴ Earl Robson Sewall died on 8 October 1952 in San Francisco, California, at the age of 59.³

     Edgar Daniel Sewall. An engineer with E.W. Brown, Inc..² He was born on 4 May 1874 in Massachusetts.^1,3 He was the son of Charles Edgar Sewall and Martha E. Kingsley.¹ Edgar Daniel Sewall married Sylvia Tobey Robinson circa 1904.⁴ Edgar Daniel Sewall died on 2 May 1952 in Bloomfield, New Jersey, at the age of 77 after a long illness.²

     Edith Brooks Sewall was born on 15 February 1878 in New York, New York, (16 February Sinnett).^1,2 She was the daughter of Charles Joseph Sewall and Anna Brooks Wellman.¹ Edith Brooks Sewall married William Callan on 24 June 1922.³ Edith Brooks Sewall and William Callan appear on the census of 1930 at Bronxville, Westchester County, New York, and their two adopted daughters Barbara and Eleanor. He is listed as a manufacturer of dairy products whilst his wife is the manager of a boarding house.⁴

     Edith Marian Sewall was born on 24 July 1909 in Keene, New Hampshire.² She was the daughter of John Marrett Sewall and Edith May Bridge.¹

     Edmund Devereux Sewall. President of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railway.³ He was born on 12 April 1855 in Wilmington, Delaware.^3,4,5 He was the son of Edmund Quincy Sewall and Louisa Kilham Lovett.² Edmund Devereux Sewall married firstly Annie Wilbur Lehman say 1883. Edmund Devereux Sewall married secondly Ida Maria Hoyt, daughter of Dr. Otis Hoyt and Eliza B. King, on 10 October 1888 in New Richmond, Wisconsin.⁶ Edmund Devereux Sewall died on 30 March 1923 in Chicago at the age of 67 of pneumonia.³

     Edmund Quincy Sewall was born on 1 July 1826 in New York City.^3,4 He was the son of Henry Devereaux Sewall and Mary Catherine Norton.² Edmund Quincy Sewall graduated in 1844 from Harvard in the same class as Leverett Saltonstall. He studied at the University of Heidelberg and then engaged in law practice but subsequently turned to business and became a leading manufacturer in Watertown. For 39 years he was organist at Trinity Church, New York and for 26 years a member of the vestry.⁴ He married Katharine Cynthia Smith, daughter of Major Henry Smith and Elvira Foster, on 28 June 1866 in Trinity Church, Monroe, Michigan, the marriage was performed by the Rev. Henry Stafford.⁵ Edmund Quincy Sewall died on 21 August 1892 in Watertown, New York, at the age of 66.³

     Edmund Quincy Sewall. Controller of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad.² He was born on 29 February 1828 in Newburyport, Essex County, Massachusetts.³ He was the son of Rev. Edmund Quincy Sewall and Caroline Ward.¹ Edmund Quincy Sewall graduated in 1847 from Harvard B.A. and adopted civil and railroad engineering as his profession. He was successively superintendent of the Delaware R.R., superintendent at New Orleans of the N.O.I. and Gr. N.R.R., superintendent of the St. Paul & Pacific R.R., treasurer and later superintendent of the Duluth R.R., and finally comptroller of the C.N. & St. Paul R.R.⁴ He married Louisa Kilham Lovett, daughter of Samuel Porter Lovett and Lucy Chapman, on 27 November 1852 in Beverly, Massachusetts, the marriage being conducted by The Rev. Edmund Quincy Sewall of Cohasset assisted by the Rev. Christopher T. Thayer.^5,6 Edmund Quincy Sewall and his family appear on the census of 1880 at St. Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota.⁷ He died on 26 September 1908 in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, at the age of 80.^4,8

     Edmund Quincy Sewall was the son of George Ward Sewall and Mary F. Cottingham.¹

     Rev. Edmund Quincy Sewall. Unitarian Clergyman. He was born on 1 October 1796 in Marblehead, Massachusetts.² He was the son of Chief Justice Samuel Sewall LL.D. and Abigail Devereaux. Rev. Edmund Quincy Sewall graduated in 1815 from Harvard where he studied divinity under the venerable and excellent Rev. Ezra Ripley, D.D. of Concord, Mass; was ordained at Barnstable 22 December, 1819, and after short ministration there and in Amhara, New Hampshire he was installed as minister of the First Congregational Society in Scituate. This pastorate he was obliged, by ill health, to resign early in the year 1848. A few months afterwards, he removed to Cohasset where his time was occupied in the study of the classics, in teaching young men already somewhat advanced and for a short period in editing the Christian Register. He was long a sufferer from ill health, and in 1838 was compelled to undergo the operation of trepanning, for relief from oppressive pain.³ He married Caroline Ward, daughter of Col. Joseph Ward and Prudence Bird, on 23 August 1820 in Boston, Massachusetts.^4,5 Rev. Edmund Quincy Sewall and Caroline Ward appear on the census of 1 June 1860 at Cohasset, Massachusetts, together with Prudence Ward aged 64, sister-in-law.⁶ Rev. Edmund Quincy Sewall died on 15 September 1866 in Cohasset, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, at the age of 69.^7,1

     Edna A. Sewall was born in August 1887 in California.¹ She was the daughter of Spencer K. Sewall and Alice Fisher Wiggin.¹

     Edna May Sewall was born on 6 August 1882 in Mobile, Alabama.³ She was the daughter of Francis Lewis Sewall and Alice Marshall Finch.² Edna May Sewall married W.C. Jones.² In 1952 Edna May Sewall was living in Texarkana, Texas.² She died on 29 May 1968 in Leary, Texas, at the age of 85.³ She was buried on 31 May 1968 in Red Lick, Bowie County, Texas.³

     Edward Sewall. Shipbuilder.² He was born on 28 September 1833 in Maine.³ He was the son of William Dunning Sewall and Rachel Allen Trufant.¹ Edward Sewall married Sarah Elizabeth Swanton on 2 July 1856 in Bath, Sagadahoc, Maine.⁴ Edward Sewall died on 21 March 1879 in New York City at the age of 45. On the previous day he had apparently suffered an attack of vertigo at the Windsor hotel and fell over a balustrade, shattering a chandelier in his fall of some 20 feet to the floor below.⁵ He is buried in Maple Grove Cemetery, Bath.⁶

     Edward Sewall was born on 5 October 1804.¹ He was the son of David Sewall and Hannah Barrell.¹ Edward Sewall died on 28 May 1823 in Brunswick at the age of 18.

     Edward Sewall was born on 16 November 1892 in Bath, Maine.² He was the son of Mark Warren Sewall and Rachel F. Thompson.¹ Edward Sewall graduated from Yale.¹ On 29 June 1917 he enrolled at USNRF at Bath Enrolled: USNRF Bath, June 29/17. Sea 398 days; Cox 102 days. Served at: Naval Training Cp Bumkin Island Mass Nov. 17/17 to Dec. 31/17; R/S Philadelphia Pa Dec. 31/17 to Jan. 11/18; USS Des Moines Jan. 11/18 to Feb. 25/18; Armed Draft Detail New York NY Feb. 25/18 to Mar. 22/18; SS El Occidente Mar. 22/18 to Aug. 30/18: Armed Draft Detail New York NY Aug. 30/18 to Nov. 11/18. Disch Naval Auxiliary Reserve New York; Jan. 31, 1919.³ He married Millicent F. Clifford, daughter of Charles W. Clifford and Adelaide (Unknown), on 14 September 1918 in Bath, Maine, "they have two children, a boy and a girl."^1,4 Edward Sewall died on 22 June 1981 in Bath, Maine, at the age of 88.⁵

     Edward Bradstreet Sewall was born on 24 September 1801 in Boston.¹ He was the son of Hon. Joseph Sewall and Mary Robie. Edward Bradstreet Sewall died on 12 September 1827 in Brookline, Massachusetts, at the age of 25 (the NEHGS transcription gives a date of 21 September).^2,3

     Edward Bradstreet Sewall. Mechanical engineer and founder of Sewall Gears of St. Paul.² He was born on 24 January 1892 in St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota.^3,4 He was the son of Joseph Sewall Sewall and Ida Christina Peterson.¹ Edward Bradstreet Sewall married Lorena Reeves, daughter of Henry Halsey Reeves and Mary Ellen (Ella) Johnson, in 1919.¹ Edward Bradstreet Sewall and Lorena Reeves appear on the census of 1930, her widowed mother Mrs. Ella Reeves is living with them.⁵ Edward Bradstreet Sewall died on 30 July 1971 in East Gull Lake, Cass County, Minnesota, at the age of 79 ^6,7,8 and is buried in Oakland Cemetery, St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota.⁹

     Edward Bradstreet Sewall was born on 26 December 1830 in St. Paul, Massachusetts.² He was the son of Thomas Robie Sewall and Elizabeth Quincy Sewall.¹ Edward Bradstreet Sewall died on 18 January 1837 in Boston, Massachusetts, at the age of 6.²

     Edward C. Sewall Jr. was born on 19 April 1923.² He was the son of Edward Sewall and Millicent F. Clifford. Edward C. Sewall Jr. married Helen Marie "Ollie" Richards on 28 October 1950 in Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, California, or 21 October according to the obituary notices.^3,4 Edward C. Sewall Jr. died on 22 July 2005 in Bath, Maine, at the age of 82.⁴

     Edward Dennis Sewall was born on 27 June 1893 in Waltham, Massachusetts.^3,4 He was the son of Benjamin Bowman Sewall and Dulcenia Harris.¹ Edward Dennis Sewall married Charlotte Noyes.⁵

     Edward Esterbrook Sewall was born on 16 December 1885 in Rockland, Maine.² He was the son of George Washington Sewall and Lucy E. Briggs.¹ Edward Esterbrook Sewall married Ellen Josephine Turley, daughter of John Turley and Kate McCue, on 24 December 1906 in Brockton, Massachusetts.¹