Sewall Family Genealogy

The Sewall Family Genealogy

"To be without a history is like being forgotten. My grandfather did not know the maiden name of either of his grandmothers. I thought that to be forgotten must be the worst fate of all." Donald Hall from Message through Time - The Photographs of Emma Sewall by Abbie Sewall, Harpswell Press 1989. This site is maintained by Bill Sewall bsewall@yahoo.com

This Web site maintains genealogy records for several families, including Sewall, Bullock, Longfellow, Quincy, Lundsford, Sewell, and Thames.
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Some interesting people recorded on this Web site:
	William Sewall (1520 - ?) of Coventry, England. The earliest recorded member of the Sewall family.
	Henry Sewall (1544 - 1628) was Mayor of Coventry, England in 1589 and 1606. His brother, William, was Mayor of Coventry in 1624.
	Henry Sewall (1614 - 1700) was born in Manchester, England and first immigrated to the America's in 1634. He established himself in Newbury, Massachusetts and became the first ancestor of the Sewalls in America.
	Samuel Sewall (1652 - 1730). Best known for his diary and his role as a presiding judge in the Salem Witch Trials. He later publicly expressed his remorse for his actions in the trial. Judge Sewall was also an early abolitionist.
	William W. Sewall (1845 - ?) Bill Sewall first met Teddy Roosevelt in 1878 and acted as his guide in the woods of Maine. In 1884 Roosevelt induced Bill Sewall and another Maine woodsman, Wilmot Dow, to become foremen of his new ranch in the Dakota Territories. The three men experienced several adventures together including the arrest of a band of cattle thieves. The picture shows Wilmot Dow, Teddy Roosevelt and Bill Sewall. Some resources on Bill Sewall: New York Times article on Bill Sewall's reminiscences of Teddy Roosevelt Maine Bureau of Parks & Lands. Describes Roosevelt's two hunting trips in 1878 and 1879 that were lead by Sewall and Dow. Letter from Teddy Roosevelt Picture of Sewall and Dow (and possibly Teddy Roosevelt)
	William M. Butler (1861 - 1937) -- Republican member of Massachusetts state legislature, Chairman of Republican National Committee - 1925, U.S. Senator from Massachusetts - 1924-26. Congressional Biography Picture on the cover of Time Magazine October 10, 1927 A campaign circular where Senator Butler answers his critics who accused him of being too serious and never smiling!
	Emma D. Sewall (1836 - 1919) Noted 19th Century photographer.
	Arthur Sewall (1835 - 1900) Shipbuilder and politician, Vice Presidential candidate with William Jennings Bryan, and husband of Emma Sewall.
	Louisa May Alcott (1832 - 1888) American author known for her children's books, especially the classic Little Women. Intriguingly, she was tutored by the American writer Ralph Waldo Emerson, another distant Sewall relative (a fifth cousin).
	Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882) American lecturer, poet, and essayist, the leading exponent of New England Transcendentalism.
	Oliver Wendel Holmes (1809 - 1894) American physician, poet, and humorist notable for his medical research and teaching, and as the author of the “Breakfast-Table” series of essays.
	John Hancock (1737 - 1793) American Revolutionary leader and first signer of the US Declaration of Independence.
	John Adams (1735 - 1826) US statesman and second president of the United States (1797--1801)
	John Quincy Adams (1767 - 1848) Eldest son of President John Adams and sixth president of the United States (1825-29).
	Israel Bullock (1780 - 1814) his motto: "The flow of riches thou desired Life's real goods if well acquired Unjustly let me never gain Lest vengeance follow in their train."

Some Interesting Sewall/Sewell Family Links:	My Descent from William Sewall A genealogy site maintained by James D. True The New England Historic Genealogical Society Home page for the New England Historic Genealogical Society (NEHGS). Henry Sewall Genealogy maintained by Carma Wallace. The Robert Sewell Page. An extensive genealogy page maintained by Robert Sewell Of particular interest is the RECORD OF ELIZA W. M. SEWALL Sewall Table of Contents maintained by Bob Anderson. Contains interesting material from the Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, Extensive Sewell Family Records Sewell/Sowell Genealogy maintained by Glenn Gohr Descendants of William (Shewell) Sewall

Sewall Tombstones	The Sewall Family seems to have a penchant for interesting and sometimes disturbing inscriptions on their tombstones. Some examples.

Sewall Family Bibliography:	Hammatt, Abraham, Early Inhabitants of Ipswich, Mass., 1633-1700, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1980, p. 329. Savage, James, Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1986, Vol. IV, p. 53. Sherman, Jeanette Johnson, Johnson-Mitchell Ancestry with Allied Families, 1967, pp. 163-164. Book located in the Free Library, Belfast, ME and The Appleton Public Library, Appleton, ME. Sinnett, Rev. Charles N., The Sewall Genealogy, Fertile, MN Webster, Henry Sewall, Thomas Sewall; Some of his Ancestors and All of his Descendants, Gardner, ME, 1904.
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