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     Mary Margaret Sewall was born on 2 February 1807 in Maine.^1,3 She was the daughter of Joseph Sewall and Hannah Shaw.² Mary Margaret Sewall married firstly John Randolph Cony on 2 October 1833 in Farmington, Maine, (The date of 13 October 1833 at Orono or Kennebec, Maine given by Coney and the IGI would appear to be incorrect).^3,4,5 Mary Margaret Sewall married secondly Rev. Pindar Field, son of Elijah Field and Tryphena Cooley, in November 1859.³ Mary Margaret Sewall and Rev. Pindar Field were living at Hamilton, New York, in 1860 where he was a Congregational missionary.³ She may be the person who appears on the census of 1880 at Hamilton, Madison County, New York, a widow aged 72, living on her own, who gave her place of birth as New York.⁶

     Mary Matilda Sewall was born on 10 September 1845.¹ She was the daughter of Rev. Thomas Sewall and Julia Elizabeth Waters.² Mary Matilda Sewall died on 22 September 1845.¹

     Mary Middleton Sewall was born on 13 July 1835 in Cass County, Illinois.^1,2 She was the daughter of William Sewall and Elizabeth Ward Middleton.¹ Mary Middleton Sewall married Rev. Addison Lewis Cole on 1 October 1853 in Cass County.^3,2 Mary Middleton Sewall died on 16 April 1857 at the age of 21.²

     Mary N. Sewall was born on 21 July 1844.¹ She was the daughter of Henry Foster Sewall and Sarah Allyne Rich.¹ Mary N. Sewall died on 17 September 1845 at the age of 1.¹

     Mary Narcissa Sewall was born on 3 September 1848 in Abington, Massachusetts.¹ She was the daughter of Dummer Sewall and Mary Savory Cook.¹ Mary Narcissa Sewall died on 11 February 1881 at the age of 32 unmarried.²

     Mary Redelia Sewall was born on 15 October 1873 in Urbana, Ohio.^3,1 She was the daughter of Rev. Dr. Frank Sewall and Thedia Redelia Gilchrist.² Mary Redelia Sewall married Carl F. Weller on 21 August 1901 probably in Washington, District of Columbia.⁴

     Mary Roberts Sewall was born on 12 November 1837 in Gloucester.^1,3 She was the daughter of Levi Sewall and Mary Ann Robards.²

     Mary Robie Sewall was born in 1829 in Massachusetts.² She was the daughter of Thomas Robie Sewall and Elizabeth Quincy Sewall.¹

     Mary Sayward Sewall is also recorded as Mary Seward Sewall.² She was born on 16 May 1746 in York, Maine.³ She was the daughter of John Sewall and Mary Sayward.² Mary Sayward Sewall married Benjamin Sargent on 1 January 1765 in Georgetown.⁴

     Mary Sayward Sewall was born on 1 August 1782.¹ She was the daughter of Thomas Sewall and Priscilla Coney.¹ The marriage intentions of Mary Sayward Sewall and Dr. Reuben Dimond Mussey, son of Dr. John Mussey and Beulah Butler, were published on 1 August 1806 in Chabacco parish, Ipswich, Massachusetts.² Mary Sayward Sewall died on 31 May 1807 in Vassalborough at the age of 24.

     Mary Smith Sewall was born on 7 July 1762 in St. Mary's County, Maryland.¹ She was the daughter of Henry Sewall and Mary (Unknown).² Mary Smith Sewall married Peter Ford in October 1779 in St. Francis Roman Catholic Church, Compton, Maryland.^2,1 Mary Smith Sewall died after 1810.²

     Mary Varilette Sewall was born on 3 May 1905 in Melrose, Massachusetts.¹ She was the daughter of Frank Roberts Sewall and Miraim (Miriam) Varilette Westgate.¹ Mary Varilette Sewall died on 27 January 1993 at the age of 87.²

     Mary Warren Sewall was born on 31 January 1868 in New York.^2,3 She was the daughter of Charles Chauncy Sewall Jr. and Mary Fisk Fairbanks.¹ Mary Warren Sewall died on 7 November 1944 in 1147 Huntington Drive, South Passadena, Los Angeles, California, at the age of 76 unmarried.^1,2

     Matilda Sewall was born on 22 September 1797 in York, Maine.¹ She was the daughter of Daniel Sewall and Dorcas Bartlett.¹ Matilda Sewall was baptised on 8 October 1797 as "Medilda."² She married Deacon Stephen Sewall, son of Stephen Sewall and Abigail Bartlett, on 20 May 1824 in Kennebunk, Maine, (cousins).³ Matilda Sewall died on 2 May 1892 in Winthrop, Maine, at the age of 94 of "la grippe"
(Sinnett gives a date of 4 April 1854 and Maine Families 2 May 1892, The Congregationalist suggests 30 April 1892).^3,4,5,6

     Matilda B. Sewall was born circa 1826 in Massachusetts.¹ She was the daughter of Deacon Stephen Sewall and Matilda Sewall.¹ Matilda B. Sewall married Dr. Albion Parris Snow in 1852.² Matilda B. Sewall died on 9 June 1893.

     Matthias Sewall was born circa 1791.¹ He was the son of Thomas Sewall and Sarah Weeks.¹

     Maud Gilchrist Sewall. Author and hymnographer. She was born on 18 February 1871 in Urbana, Ohio.² She was the daughter of Rev. Dr. Frank Sewall and Thedia Redelia Gilchrist.¹ Maud Gilchrist Sewall died on 19 July 1960 in Sibley Hospital, Washington, District of Columbia, at the age of 89.³

     Maude Sewall was born on 23 March 1887 in Illinois.^1,2 She was the daughter of Henry Middleton Sewall and Clara J. Baird.¹

     May Sophie Sewall was born on 20 March 1850 in Maine.^3,1 She was the daughter of Henry Sewall and Harriet Virginia Smith.² May Sophie Sewall married S. Chase Houghton in 1877 in California.^1,4

     Mehetable Sewall was born on 13 March 1725 in York, Maine.^1,2 She was the daughter of Nicholas Sewall and Mehitable Storer.¹ Mehetable Sewall died young.³

     Mehitable Sewall was born on 8 May 1665 in Newbury, Massachusetts.¹ She was the daughter of Rev. Henry Sewall and Jane Dummer. Mehitable Sewall was baptised by Mr. Parker.² She married Deacon William/3 Moody, son of Samuel/2 Moody and Mary Cutting, on 15 November 1684 in Newbury.³ Mehitable Sewall died on 8 August 1702 in Newbury at the age of 37 (25 March 1702 recorded in the family bible).⁴ She was the first person to be buried in Byfield Parish graveyard.⁵

     Mehitable Sewall was born on 21 May 1695.³ She was the daughter of Major Stephen Sewall and Margaret Mitchell.¹ Mehitable Sewall was baptised on 26 May 1695.³ She married Thomas Robie, son of William Robie and Elizabeth Greenough, on 17 January 1722/23 in Salem, Massachusetts.⁴

     Mehitable Sewall was born on 10 June 1743 in York, Maine.² She was the daughter of John Sewall and Mary Sayward.¹ Mehitable Sewall married Benjamin Trott, son of Benjamin Trott and Joanna Payson, on 2 June 1763 in Georgetown, Maine.^3,2 "she had 6 children at 3 births."⁴ Mehitable Sewall died in January 1829 at the age of 85.⁵

     Melvin L. Sewall was born circa 1904 in Minnesota.¹ He was the son of Charles Sewall and Ida M. (Unknown).¹

     Mercy Sewall was born on 30 May 1718 in York, Maine.² She was the daughter of Capt. Samuel Sewall and Lydia Storer.¹ Mercy Sewall married firstly Joseph Harmon, son of Col. Johnson Harmon and Mary Moulton, on 7 November 1737 in York, Maine, They were married by the Rev. Samuel Moody. Vital Records of Maine indicate that there were four children of this marriage though Joseph was the sole heir in 1752.^3,4,5,6 Mercy Sewall married secondly Judge Simon Frost, son of (unknown) Frost, on 20 February 1749/50.^7,8 Mercy Sewall died on 16 May 1807 at the age of 88.⁹ She was buried in Old York Cemetery, York, Maine.⁹

     Mercy Sewall was born on 21 February 1742 in York, Maine, (or 24 Feb).¹ She was the daughter of Samuel Sewall and Hannah Kelly.² Mercy Sewall married Capt. Joseph Sewall, son of Capt. Samuel Sewall and Sarah Batchelder.¹ Mercy Sewall died on 22 November 1812 in York, Maine, at the age of 70.¹

     Mercy Hannah Sewall is also recorded as Mercy Hall Sewall by Sinnett p. 43 whilst Coney variously calls her Mary Hall as well as Mercy.^1,2 She was born on 27 September 1815 in Bath, Maine.² She was the daughter of Joseph Sewall and Hannah Shaw.^3,1 Mercy Hannah Sewall married Governor Samuel Cony, son of Gen. Samuel Cony, on 17 October 1833 in Farmington, Maine.^1,2 Mercy Hannah Sewall died on 9 April 1847 in Old Town, Maine, at the age of 31.²

      A farmer of Island Falls, Maine.² Merrill Sewall and Myrtle G. Trafton appear on the census at Island Falls, Maine, he gives his occupation as guide in the woods.³ Merrill Sewall was born on 17 July 1891 in Island Falls, Maine.² He was the son of William Wingate Sewall and Mary Alice Sherman.¹ At some time he was in charge of his brother's camps at Mattawamkeag Lake and in the 1920 census his occupation is given as guide (woods) though by the 1930 census he is a fireman on the railroad.^1,4,5 Merrill Sewall married Myrtle G. Trafton, daughter of Rev. E.M. Trafton, on 12 October 1912 in Island Falls, Maine.⁶ Merrill Sewall died on 29 August 1961 in Island Falls, Maine, at the age of 70.⁷

     Dr. Millard Freeman Sewall was born on 28 September 1878 in York, Maine.³ He was the son of Noah Millard Sewall and Emma E.F. Guptill.² Dr. Millard Freeman Sewall married Helen Sydney Ditmare in June 1906.⁴ Dr. Millard Freeman Sewall and Helen Sydney Ditmare appear on the census of 1930 at Commercial, Cumberland County, New Jersey.⁵ Dr Sewall spent his boyhood and youth in New England and after completing a course of study in the high school of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, with a class of 1895, he entered Dartmouth College, where he won his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1899. A mental review of the broad field of business led him to be decision to take up the practice of medicine and surgery as a life work, and with this end in view, he enrolled as a student in the Jefferson Medical College, where his Doctor of Medicine degree was conferred on him in 1903. For two years he was resident physician at St Agnes Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and then spent eighteen months as a physician at Girard College, gaining broad and valuable knowledge and experience through his hospital work. When that period had elapsed he moved to Bridgeton in 1906, and while he continued in general practice since, he largely specialised in surgery during the next twenty years, winning high rating through the high skill and efficiency which he developed. He possessed the calm nerve, the steady hand and the sound judgement of the able surgeon and since going to Bridgeton, has served on the staff of the Bridgeton hospital, and in 1925 became chief surgeon of the institution.

Dr Sewall was a president of the Cumberland County Medical Society, a member of the New Jersey Medical Society and the American Medical Association and a fellow of the American College of Surgeons. His professional activities also included service as a regimental surgeon of the 82nd division in World War I, with the rank of major

Outside of the professional field, Dr Sewall was a director of the Bethlehem and Machine and Foundry Company, at Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.⁴

     Millard Freeman Sewall Jr. married Mary Louise Allen.^1,2 Millard Freeman Sewall Jr. was born on 17 December 1908 in Bridgeton, New Jersey.³ He was the son of Dr. Millard Freeman Sewall and Helen Sydney Ditmare. Millard Freeman Sewall Jr. died on 20 February 1992 in Sewall Road, Hopewell Township, New Jersey, at the age of 83 after a lengthy illness.^2,4