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     Josephine Sewall was born on 7 December 1854.¹ She was the daughter of Dummer Sewall and Mary Savory Cook.¹ Josephine Sewall died on 6 September 1855.¹

     Josephine Day Sewall was born on 9 June 1851 in Mobile, Alabama.¹ She was the daughter of Kiah Bayley Sewall and Lucretia Day.¹ Josephine Day Sewall died on 4 October 1853 in Mobile, Alabama, at the age of 2.^1,2

     Josephine Devereux Sewall was born on 14 October 1875.¹ She was the daughter of Edmund Quincy Sewall and Katharine Cynthia Smith. Josephine Devereux Sewall married Benjamin Kendall Emerson on 1 October 1903 probably in Watertown, New York.² In 1922 Josephine Devereux Sewall and Benjamin Kendall Emerson was living in Worcester, Massachusetts.²

     Josephine Holmes Sewall was born on 29 March 1848 in Maine (the 1900 Census records a date of March 1856).^2,3 She was the daughter of Jacob Smith Sewall and Charlotte W. Holmes.^2,1 Josephine Holmes Sewall appears on the census of 1910 at Winchester, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, unmarried, living with her sister and their mother.³

     Joshua Sewall was born on 13 June 1784 in Maine.^2,3 He was the son of Henry Sewall and Sarah Henry.¹ Joshua Sewall appears on the census of 1870 at Bath, Maine, living with his brother Charles Sewall and described as a retired farmer though in the previous census he appears to have been an active farmer.^3,4 He died on 14 December 1870 at the age of 86 ² and is buried in Oak Grove Cemetery, Bath, Maine.⁵

     Josie/Joanna Sewall was born in March 1852 in Maine.² She was the daughter of Joseph H. Sewall and Jane H. Arnold.¹ Josie/Joanna Sewall married firstly Albert Osgood on 13 May 1871 in Bangor, Maine, the marriage was performed by the Rev. W.W. Marsh.^3,4 Josie/Joanna Sewall married secondly William Stubbs circa 1883.² Josie/Joanna Sewall and William Stubbs appear on the census of 1900 at Bucksport, Maine, William is a farmer employing his step-son Henry Osgood.²

     Jotham Sewall was born circa September 1815 in Boston.¹ He was the son of Jonathan Mitchell Sewall and (unknown) Miller.¹

     Rev. Jotham Sewall has also been found recorded as Jonathan Sewall. He was born on 1 January 1760 in York, Maine.^2,3 He was the son of Henry Sewall and Abigail Titcomb. Rev. Jotham Sewall was baptised on 5 January 1760 at York, Maine.⁴ He he was a mason, he served in the Revolutionary Army for three months in the winter of 1776-77.⁵ Between 1784 and 1785 he was a a bricklayer at Augusta.⁶ He married Jenny Sewall, daughter of Henry Sewall and Mary Stinson, on 17 September 1787 in Bath, Sagadahoc, Maine,, they were 2nd cousins.^7,8 Rev. Jotham Sewall was ordained on 18 June 1800 at North Milford (now Alna).⁹ On 1 January 1806 he notes in his diary for his 46th birthday that he has had one house burnt by fire and buried four children.¹⁰ On 9 March 1849 at Bingham Rev. Jotham Sewall was ill with a streptococcal infection, "here he was violently siezed with erysipelas, of which he had previously had some slight attacks."¹¹ He died on 3 October 1850 in Chesterville, Maine, at the age of 90 ^12,13 and is buried in North Chesterville Cemetery, Farmington, Maine.¹⁴

     Rev. Jotham Sewall was born on 6 December 1791 in Chesterville, Franklin County, Maine.^3,4 He was the son of Rev. Jotham Sewall and Jenny Sewall.² Rev. Jotham Sewall married Rachel Crosby Bradbury, daughter of John Bradbury and Priscilla Burbank, on 24 January 1815 in Chesterville.³ Rev. Jotham Sewall was ordained on 3 November 1824 in the Congregational Church and Society, Newcastle, where he served for over 15 years. The consecrating prayer was given by his father.³ He married secondly Anna Baker on 20 November 1838.⁵ On 9 October 1840 he was installed as Minister by his father at Westbrook.⁶ On 24 August 1843 at Bluehill, again being installed by his father.⁷ On 16 February 1853 he was installed over the Congregational Church in Orfordville, New Hampshire.⁸ Rev. Jotham Sewall married thirdly Martha A. Bourbon on 13 September 1860.⁵ Rev. Jotham Sewall died on 18 December 1884 in Bangor, Maine, at the age of 93 (whilst Maine Families reports his death as taking place in Williamstown, Massachusetts; various newspapers state that it happened at his son's (Professor John Sewall) residence).^3,9

     Rev. Jotham Sewall was born on 21 March 1847 in Robbinston, Maine.² He was the son of Rev. David Brainerd Sewall and Mary Drummond.¹ Rev. Jotham Sewall appears on the census of 1870 at the Theological Seminary, Bangor, Maine, though his age is given as 28 in the return.³ He appears on the census of 1900 at South Berwick, Maine, where his occupation is noted as that of a musician. His passport application in 1905 refines his occupation to that of an organist.^4,2 He appears on the census of 1910 at South Berwick, Maine, living together with his sisters Jane and Sewall.⁵ He died on 20 November 1932 at the age of 85.⁶ He was buried in First Parish Cemetery of York, Maine.⁶

     Rev. Jotham Bradbury Sewall was born on 3 October 1825 in Newcastle, Maine.³ He was the son of Rev. Jotham Sewall and Rachel Crosby Bradbury.² Rev. Jotham Bradbury Sewall. He was prepared for college at the academies at Newcastle, Bluehill, and Yarmouth, Me., and graduated from Bowdoin College in 1848. After teaching a few months at Winthrop and Augusta, Maine, he became principal of the Lewiston Falls Academy, a position he held for two years. In 1851 he was recalled to his alma mater as a tutor in Greek. He then pursued the regular course of theological study at the Bangor Theological Seminary, where he graduated in 1854. After further study at the Andover Theological Seminary he became pastor of the Central Congregational Church at Lynn, Mass. A successful pastorate of ten years in that city was terminated by his call to Bowdoin to the professorship of ancient languages. His title was changed in 1873 to professor of Greek, the subject in which he had given instruction during most of this period. In 1877 he resigned his college professorship to accept the headmastership of Thayer Academy at Braintree, Mass. He presided over this new and well-endowed secondary school with marked success for nineteen years. The remainder of his life was given to foreign travel and study and to the interests of several educational institutions with which he was connected.

Professor Sewall received the degree of D.D. from Bowdoin in 1902. He was secretary of the General Association of the Alumni from 1865 to 1879 and its president from 1879 to 1885; he served on the Board of Overseers from 1877; he was a member of the Corporation of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 1895; and he was a trustee of Thayer Academy from 1899. He was a charter member of the American Philological Association and its president in 1877-78.Besides many religious and educational essays, he published in 1865 "Evenings with the Bible and Science" and in 1896 a school edition of the "Timon"of Lucian. During his professorship he was curator of the art collections, and in 1870 issued the first printed catalogue of the Bowdoin paintings. "A classical scholar, an eminent teacher, a Christian gentleman, he was kind and tender, cultivated and pure, without taint of hypocrisy or sham, a lover of men. His was a gracious presence, irradiating cheerfulness and calm courage, the joy of goodness and virtue, the beauty of simplicity.". He married firstly Frances Louisa Swett, daughter of Edward S. Swett and Abigail Mason, on 14 March 1855 at Lewiston Falls, Maine.⁴ Rev. Jotham Bradbury Sewall and Frances Louisa Swett appear on the census of 1 June 1860 at 4th Ward, Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts.⁵ The marriage of Rev. Jotham Bradbury Sewall and Emelyn Louise French was registered in the quarter ending September 1909 in the Liverpool, England Registration District.⁶ Rev. Jotham Bradbury Sewall died on 16 June 1913 in Brookline, Massachusetts, at the age of 87 though Emelyn's passport application gives a date of 14 June 1913.^7,1

     Judith Sewall was born on 2 January 1701/2 in Boston, Massachusetts.¹ She was the daughter of Chief Justice Samuel E. Sewall and Hannah Hull. Judith Sewall was baptised on 4 January 1701/2.² She married Rev. William Cooper D.D., son of Thomas Cooper and Mehitable Minot, on 12 May 1720 in Boston, Massachusetts, the service being conducted by her father.^3,4,5 Judith Sewall died on 23 December 1740 in Boston, Massachusetts, at the age of 38.¹

     Judith Sewall was born on 13 August 1690.¹ She was the daughter of Chief Justice Samuel E. Sewall and Hannah Hull.¹ Judith Sewall was baptised on 24 August 1690.¹ She died on 21 September 1690.¹

     Julia Sewall was born on 5 July 1797 in Chesterville, Franklin County, Maine.^2,3 She was the daughter of Rev. Jotham Sewall and Jenny Sewall.¹ Julia Sewall married Cyrus Pierce, son of Simon Pierce and Hephzibah Wood, on 7 January 1818.⁴ Julia Sewall died on 5 April 1857 in Chesterville, Maine, at the age of 59 s.p.^2,5

     Julia D. Sewall was born circa 1843.¹ She was the daughter of David Sewall and Louisa Augusta Stephens.¹

     Julia Pierce Sewall was born on 25 August 1841 in Scarborough, Cumberland County, Maine.¹ She was the daughter of Rev. Daniel Sewall and Angelina Brown.² Julia Pierce Sewall was baptised on 11 October 1841 at First Church of Scarborough.³ She married Milton L. Abbott on 2 November 1861 in Bangor, Maine, the marriage was performed by the Rev. J.W. Sawyer.⁴

     Julianna (Juliet) Sewall was born in 1798.¹ She was the daughter of Clement Sewall and Eleanor Carberry.¹ Julianna (Juliet) Sewall died in 1878.¹

     Julie Sewall was born on 28 April 1860 in Wenham, Massachusetts.² She was the daughter of Prof. John Smith Sewall and Louisa B. Benson.¹ Julie Sewall died on 14 December 1868 at the age of 8 ³ and is buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, Bangor.³

     Justin Alfred Sewall was born on 28 October 1846 in Chesterville, Franklin County, Maine.¹ He was the son of George Oliver Sewall and Mary L. Young.¹ Justin Alfred Sewall married Nellie N. (Unknown).² Justin Alfred Sewall and Nellie N. (Unknown) appear on the census of 1880 at Lawrence, Essex County, Massachusetts, where he is described as working in a cotton mill.² Justin Alfred Sewall died on 19 July 1883 in 10 Prospect, Laurence, Massachusetts, at the age of 36 of cystitis.³

     Karl Harris Sewall was born on 8 March 1885 in Waltham, Massachusetts.^1,3 He was the son of Benjamin Bowman Sewall and Dulcenia Harris.¹ Karl Harris Sewall married Helen Lindsey Cooke, daughter of Ferdinand E. Cooke and Clara J. Stillman, on 27 July 1910 in Waltham, Massachusetts.⁴ In September 1918 he was a branch manager for Wellington Sears & Co. in New Orleans.⁵ Karl Harris Sewall died on 11 September 1949 in 90 Bryant Avenue, White Plains, New York, at the age of 64 at the time of his death he was general sales manager of the Merrimack Manufacturing Company.⁶

     Kate ? Sewall was born circa 1863 in California.¹ She was the daughter of Hiram Stoyle Sewall and Eliza M. (Unknown).¹

     Kate A Sewall was born circa 1865 in District of Columbia.¹ She was the daughter of William Alfred Sewall and Ellen Jospehine Finch.¹

     Katharine Sewall was born in July 1895 in Waltham, Massachusetts.² She was the daughter of Benjamin Bowman Sewall and Dulcenia Harris.¹

     Katharine Mussey Sewall was born in September 1886 in Milton, Vermont.^2,3 She was the daughter of Rev. John Ladd Sewall and Catherine Mussey Hartwell. Katharine Mussey Sewall married Roswell Mears Austin, son of Chauncey G. Austin and Anne Matilda Robinson, on 18 April 1911 in Worcester, Massachusetts.³

     Katharine White Sewall was born on 31 August 1863 in New York City.^3,4 She was the daughter of Dr. John Gallison Sewall and Joanna White Gannett.² Katharine White Sewall appears on the census of 1900 at 77th Street, New York, living with her mother and brother William.⁵ She died on 14 September 1924 probably in Watertown, New York, at the age of 61 of pneumonia. She was unmarried at the time of the 1910 Census when she was living with her brother in Manhattan.^1,6

     Katherine Sewall was born on 5 June 1760 in Boston. 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, Massachusetts, at the age of 28. She died a few hours after giving birth.³

     Katherine Sewall was born on 10 September 1895 in Washington, District of Columbia.¹ She was the daughter of Eugene Dutilh Sewall and Marion Crowell.¹

     Katherine Hoyt Sewall was born on 19 April 1890 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.¹ She was the daughter of Edmund Devereux Sewall and Ida Maria Hoyt.¹ Katherine Hoyt Sewall died on 18 July 1892 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, at the age of 2.¹

     Katherine M. Sewall is also recorded as Katherine E.N. Sewall.² She was born on 24 August 1870 in New York.^1,2 She was the daughter of Edmund Quincy Sewall and Katharine Cynthia Smith.¹

     Katherine Moor Sewall was born on 2 October 1887.¹ She was the daughter of James Wingate Sewall and Harriet Sterling Moor.¹