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     Samuel Bailey Sewall was born on 30 October 1855 in Mobile, Alabama.^1,2 He was the son of Kiah Bayley Sewall and Lucretia Day.¹

     Samuel Billington Sewall was born on 7 January 1992 in Ramsey County, Minnesota.² He died on 20 August 2000 in Ramsey County, Minnesota, at the age of 8.³

     Samuel Brown Sewall was born on 17 August 1846 in Burlington, Massachusetts.^2,3 He was the son of Samuel Sewall and Elizabeth H. Brown.¹ Samuel Brown Sewall married Louisa Elizabeth Farrington, daughter of Thomas F. Farrington and Hannah L. (Unknown), on 11 June 1872 in Cambridgeport, Massachusetts, the marriage was performed by the Rev. Charles C. Sewall.^4,5 Samuel Brown Sewall died on 5 July 1883 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, at the age of 36.⁶
He was first a clerk at Carter & Wiley's, druggists of Washington Street, Boston but then went into business on his own account as a druggist and apothecary on Main Street, corner of Oak, Charlestown, Massachusetts.³

     Samuel Donnell Sewall was born on 20 January 1900 in Denver, Colorado.¹ He was the son of Stephen A. Sewall and (unknown) (Unknown).²

     Chief Justice Samuel E. Sewall was born on 28 March 1652 in Bishopstoke, Hampshire, England, and despite his writing "I was born at Bishop Stoke, March 28, 1652; so that the Light of the Lord's Day was the first light that my Eyes saw, being born a little before Day-Break" his birth place has been variously recorded as Horton, four miles from Basingstoke - Sibley Vol. 2, p.345; or North Baddesley in Hampshire - Duff p. 26.^2,3 He was the son of Rev. Henry Sewall and Jane Dummer. Chief Justice Samuel E. Sewall was baptised on 4 May 1652 at Stoke Church by Thomas Rashley. He emigrated on 6 July 1661 to New England taking passage on the Prudent Mary.⁴ He graduated in 1671 from Harvard A.B. He was given his degree by Mr. Charles Chauncey who had admitted him in 1667. he graduated A.M. in 1674.⁵ He married firstly Hannah Hull, daughter of John Hull and Judith Quincy, on 28 February 1675/76 at Boston the ceremony was performed by Governor Bradstreet. It is said that she bought a vast dowry of £30,000 in New England silver shillings, being her own weight in silver.^6,7,8 He was a a bookseller merchant and a judge in colonial Massachusetts. His home was at Washington Street east side, just south of Summer Street, Boston in the house of his father-in-law Hull.⁹

In 1692 the first of Samuel Sewall's many appointments was that of special commissioner to the Court of Oyer and Terminer presiding over the Salem witchcraft trials. He and the other members of this commission were responsible for convicting and sentencing nineteen people to death. The Court, due to its hysterical tenor, inevitably lost its public support and was dismissed. The Superior Court of Judicature was established soon after the close of the Court of Oyer and Terminer and consisted of several of the judges from that court, including Sewall. He was the only commissioner to admit his error publicly.¹⁰ In 1697 in church before the congregation he publicly confessed his error in concurring with the death sentences imposed at the Salem Witch Trials. Between 1718 and 1728 he was Chief Justice of the superior court.

Chief Justice Samuel E. Sewall married secondly Abigail Melyen, daughter of Jacob Melyen and Hannah Hubbard, on 29 October 1719 at Boston, Massachusetts, at which ceremony his son Joseph officiated.¹¹ Chief Justice Samuel E. Sewall married thirdly Mary Shrimpton, daughter of Jonathan Shrimpton and Mary Oliver, on 29 March 1722 at Boston, Massachusetts, the service being conducted by his son-in-law, the Rev. William Cooper who is described as a Presbyterian. (A transcription of the Boston Marriages gives a date of 10 March 1722).^12,9,11 Chief Justice Samuel E. Sewall died on 1 January 1729/30 in Boston, Massachusetts, at the age of 77 after an illness lasting about a month.^5,13 He was buried in the burying ground of the First Parish Church, Newbury, Massachusetts,, the resting place is marked by an old stone, erected by their eldest son, Samuel Sewell, which bears the following inscription:      HENRY SEWELL SENT BY HENRY SEWELL HIS FATHER / IN THE SHIP ELIZABETH AND DORCAS, CAPT. WATT / COMMANDER / ARRIVED AT BOSTON 1634 / WINTERED AT IPSWICH, HELPED BEGIN THIS PLANTATION / 1635, FURNISHING ENGLISH SERVANTS, CATTLE AND PROVISIONS / MARRIED MISTRESS JANE DUMMER, MARCH 26, 1646 / DIED MAY 16. 1700 AETATIS 86. / HIS FRUITFUL VINE BEING THUS DISJOINED / FELL TO THE GROUND JANUARY 13 FOLLOWING, AETATIS 74. / Psalm 27. 10 /.¹⁴     

     Samuel Earl Sewall was born on 2 October 1900 in Cambridge, Massachusetts.¹ He was the son of Samuel Farrington Sewall and Luella Frances Clark.¹ Samuel Earl Sewall died on 28 May 1910 in Burlington, Massachusetts, at the age of 9 of tubercular meningitis.¹

     Samuel Edgar Sewall was born on 26 December 1849.¹ He was the son of Samuel Sewall and Mary T. Dunbar.¹ Samuel Edgar Sewall died on 17 September 1851 in North Bridgewater, Massachusetts, at the age of 1 of dysentery.^1,2

     Samuel Edmund Sewall was born on 9 November 1799 in a house in or near Sudbury Street, Boston, Massachusetts.² He was the son of Hon. Joseph Sewall and Mary Robie. Samuel Edmund Sewall was educated at Phillips Exeter Academy where he was prepared for Harvard which he entered in 1813. In 1817 he joined the first class of the newly established Harvard Law School.³ He graduated in 1817 from Harvard A.B., A.M. and LL.B. in 1820.^4,5 Admitted to the bar 5 January 1821.⁶ He was a lawyer in partnership with Willard Phillips in 1821.⁶ Through the influence of William Lloyd Garrison, he became an abolitionist and his early practice included many cases of run-away slaves under arrest. He also helped Garrison financially in the organization of the Liberator. He was one of the counselors at the trial of John Brown by the commonwealth of Virginia, Oct. 27–31, 1859. He was the candidate of the Liberal party for governor of Massachusetts. He recognized the legal and social advance of women, and in memory of his efforts to further this advancement, a marble bust of Mr. Sewall was given to Memorial Hall, Lexington, Mass., with an inscription by his friend, John G. Whittier.⁵ He married firstly Louisa M. Winslow, daughter of Nathan Winslow and Comfort Willis, on 9 June 1836 at Portland, Cumberland, Maine, The wedding was set for 8th June but was delayed, probably only for a day. The wedding was kept secret because the bride's family were Quakers and Samuel Sewall was a Unitarian.^7,8 Samuel Edmund Sewall married secondly Harriet Winslow, daughter of Nathan Winslow and Comfort Hussey, on 18 June 1857 at Portland, Maine.^9,10 In 1882 Samuel Edmund Sewall was living in Melrose.¹¹ He died on 20 December 1888 in 4 Park Street, Boston, Massachusetts, at the age of 89 an enlarged prostate, though the public version was an attack of pneumonia.¹² The funeral of Samuel Edmund Sewall took place on 23 December 1888 at the Church of the Disciples, Boston, a fitting inovation on this occasion was the participation of women as pall bearers. These were Mrs. Lucy Stone, Mrs. Julia Ward Howe, Mrs. Ednah D. Cheney, Mrs. Mary A. Livermore, Miss Sarah S. Southwick and Miss Anne Whitney; to these were joined Henry I. Bowditch, John C. Ropes, Frederic Tudor, George A. Day, William Lloyd GArrison and Frank J. Garrison. The burial took place at Mount Auburn.¹³

     Samuel Egbert Sewall was born on 31 March 1875 in Everett, Massachusetts.^2,3 He was the son of Capt. Samuel Johnson Mills Sewall and Francelia Augusta Cunningham.¹ Samuel Egbert Sewall married Mabel C. (Unknown) circa 1898.⁴ Samuel Egbert Sewall appears on the census of 1900 as an electrician.⁴ He died in 1959.¹

     Samuel Farrington Sewall was born in February 1875 in Burlington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.³ He was the son of Samuel Brown Sewall and Louisa Elizabeth Farrington.² Samuel Farrington Sewall married Luella Frances Clark, daughter of Edwin S. Clark and Helen M. Gilman, on 16 August 1898 in Methuen, Massachusetts, the marriage was conducted by Charles H. Oliphant, Minister of the Gospel.¹ He gives his occupation as street car conductor in the registration of his marriage.¹ Samuel Farrington Sewall appear on the census of 1930 at Burlington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, he is a caretaker at a cemetery.⁴

     Samuel G. Sewall. Merchant.² He was born circa 1823 in Massachusetts.¹ He was the son of William Sewall and Sarah Ladd.¹ Samuel G. Sewall married Sarah C. Otis on 1 May 1845 in Woburn the marriage was performed by Rev. Mr. Bennett. (Intentions 25 March 1845).^3,4 Samuel G. Sewall and Sarah C. Otis appear on the census of 15 June 1870 at Bath, Maine, together with their son Handy. Samuel Sewall is listed as RR Depot master.⁵ Samuel G. Sewall married secondly Anna Maria Otis, daughter of William E. Otis and Susan (Unknown), on 30 March 1874 in Boston, Massachusetts.⁶

     Capt. Samuel Johnson Mills Sewall. A sailor.³ He was born on 17 March 1824 in Edgecomb, Maine.⁴ He was the son of Rufus K. Sewall and Phoebe Merrill.¹ Capt. Samuel Johnson Mills Sewall appears on the census of 1850 at Edgecomb, Lincoln County, Maine, listed as a mariner.⁵ He married firstly Ellen Mitchell, daughter of John S. Mitchell and Philenia Sewall, on 26 April 1856 in Gardiner, Maine.⁶ Capt. Samuel Johnson Mills Sewall married secondly Francelia Augusta Cunningham on 30 March 1863 in Edgecomb, Maine.^7,6 Capt. Samuel Johnson Mills Sewall died on 5 December 1902 in Everett, Massachusetts, at the age of 78 of apoplexy.⁴

     Samuel Jordan Sewall was the son of Frederick Wood Sewall and Isabella Frost Jordan.¹ Samuel Jordan Sewall. Superintendent of the Wiscasset & Waterville railroad.¹

     Samuel L. Sewall was born on 5 October 1894 in St. Paul, Minnesota.² He was the son of Samuel Lovett Sewall and Jessie Douglas Newson.¹ Samuel L. Sewall graduated in 1916 A.B. from Harvard.³ Served in the French Bureau of Inventions and as a 1st Lt. in the U.S. Signal Corps in France in World War I.³ He died on 27 February 1945 in Hennepin County, Minnesota, at the age of 50.⁴

     Chief Justice Samuel Sewall LL.D. was born on 11 December 1757 in Boston, Massachusetts.¹ He was the son of Samuel Sewall and Elizabeth Quincy. Chief Justice Samuel Sewall LL.D. graduated in 1776 from Harvard A.B., A.M., 1779 and practised law in his home town of Marblehead. He was a Representative in the State Legislature for several terms and a Representative from Massachusetts in the 5th and 6th Congresses, 1797-1801. He was a member of the Electoral College of 1801 from the 2nd Massachusetts district. The honourary degree of LL.D. was conferred on him by Harvard in 1808. He was a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.¹ He married Abigail Devereaux, daughter of Dr. Humphrey Devereaux and Anna Henchman, on 8 December 1781. Between 1801 and 1813 he was a a Judge of the Supreme Court.¹ Between 1813 and 1814 he was a Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Massachusetts.¹ Chief Justice Samuel Sewall LL.D. died on 8 June 1814 in Wiscassett, Maine, at the age of 56 said to have been whilst sitting in court, however an article in the Boston Gazette says he was seized of a severe pain in his chest in the morning and died at 9 in the evening.² He was buried in the ancient cemetery at Wiscasset but later re-interred in the family tomb at Marblehead.³

     Samuel Lovett Sewall. Secretary and treasurer of the Minneaplis Iron and Stove Company of Minneapolis. He was born on 27 June 1862 in Wilmington, Delaware.² He was the son of Edmund Quincy Sewall and Louisa Kilham Lovett.¹ Samuel Lovett Sewall married firstly Jessie Douglas Newson, daughter of Hon. Thomas M. Newson, on 26 June 1890 at St. Paul ?, Minnesota.² Samuel Lovett Sewall married secondly Mary Elizabeth Norris, daughter of John Mahan Norris and Grace Eastman, on 2 June 1909 at Minneapolis, Minnesota.² Samuel Lovett Sewall was living in 224 Ridgewood Av., Minneapolis, Minnesota.² He died on 7 January 1938 in Hennepin County, Minnesota, at the age of 75.³

     Rev. Samuel M. Sewall was born on 6 April 1772 in Bath, Maine.¹ He was the son of Colonel Dummer Sewall and Mary Dunning. Rev. Samuel M. Sewall married Mary Lambard, daughter of Joseph Lombard and Hannah Booker, on 27 October 1794.^1,2 He was a Ordained to the pastoral charge of the congregational church in Summer, Maine and for more than 40 years a preacher of the gospel.³ Rev. Samuel M. Sewall died on 15 March 1851 at the age of 78.³

     Samuel Moody Sewall was born on 17 December 1806 in Chesterville, Franklin County, Maine.^1,2 He was the son of Dummer Sewall and Jenny Dunning.¹ Samuel Moody Sewall married Hannah H. Johnson.¹ Samuel Moody Sewall died on 1 September 1851 in Chesterville, Maine, at the age of 44.¹

     Samuel Moody Sewall. A shoemaker.² He was born on 4 May 1805.¹ He was the son of Rev. Henry Sewall and Esther Minot Moody.¹ Samuel Moody Sewall married firstly Mary A. Ordway.³ Samuel Moody Sewall married secondly Hannah Trufant, daughter of (unknown) Trufant.² Samuel Moody Sewall died on 2 June 1872 in Sangerville, Piscataquis County, Maine, at the age of 67.⁴ He was buried in Knowlton Mills Cemetery, Sangerville, Piscataquis County, Maine.³

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

     Samuel Swanton Sewall II was born on 29 June 1923 in California.³ He was the son of Edward Houghton Sewall.¹ Samuel Swanton Sewall II married Annette McIntosh in 1945 in Redlands, California.⁴ Samuel Swanton Sewall II died on 28 April 1992 in San Diego, California, at the age of 68.²

     Samuel Trask Sewall was born on 23 May 1866 in Island Falls, Maine.² He was the son of David Alexander Sewall and Harriet Putnam Coburn.¹ Samuel Trask Sewall appears on the census of 1910 at Island Falls where he was living with her mother, sister Alice and sister Mary with her husband and children.³ Samuel Trask Sewall was living in Racine, Wisconsin.¹

     Sarah Sewall was born on 14 January 1756 in Boston, Massachusetts.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

     Sarah Sewall was the daughter of Richard Sewall and Mary Dugdale.¹ Sarah Sewall was alive on 5 April 1648.¹

     Sarah Sewall was born on 20 September 1707 in Newbury, Massachusetts.³ She was the daughter of Henry Sewall and Elizabeth Titcomb.² Sarah Sewall died before 1711 young.^4,3

     Sarah Sewall was born on 4 November 1726 in York, Maine, twin with Jane.^2,3 She was the daughter of Capt. Samuel Sewall and Sarah Batchelder.¹ Sarah Sewall died young.

     Sarah Sewall was born on 1 July 1731 in York, Maine.^2,3,4 She was the daughter of Nicholas Sewall and Mehitable Storer.¹ Sarah Sewall married Simon Crosby, son of Simon Crosby and Rachel Kettelle, their marriage intention was recorded on 13 February 1749/50 in York, Maine.^5,6 Sarah Sewall died on 1 June 1810 in Bangor, Maine, at the age of 78.³

     Sarah Sewall was born on 8 January 1776 in York, Maine.³ She was the daughter of Capt. Joseph Sewall and Mercy Sewall.² Sarah Sewall married Edward Thompson, son of Rev. John Thompson and Sarah Small, on 22 April 1797 in Berwick, Maine.³ Sarah Sewall died on 6 October 1843 in York, Maine, at the age of 67.¹

     Sarah Sewall was born on 7 February 1765.² She was the daughter of Colonel Dummer Sewall and Mary Dunning.¹ Sarah Sewall married Benjamin Buck, son of Jonathan Buck Jr. and Hannah Cole, on 20 July 1788 in Bath, Sagadahoc, Maine.^2,3 Sarah Sewall died on 7 September 1842 at the age of 77.²

     Sarah Sewall was born. She was the daughter of Henry Sewall and Sarah Henry.^1,2 Sarah Sewall died young.^1,2