HUSBAND NOTES:
Henry Sewall was born Coventry, Warwickshire, ENG 1614. Henry died 16 MAY 1700 Newbury, MA, at 85 years of age. His body was interred Newbury, MA, First Parish Church. The inscription on his tombstone reads: "Henry Sewall, sent by his father Henry Sewall, in the ship Elizabeth and Dorcas, arrived in Boston 1634, wintered at Ipswich, helped begin his plantation 1635, furnished English servants, neat cattle and provisions. Married Jane Dummer March 25, 1646, and died May 16, 1700. His fruitful vine, being thus disjoined, fell to the ground January following."
He resided Manchester, ENG 1623. Sailed to America from England on the ship "The Elizabeth and Dorcas" in 1634.
He married Jane Dummer Newbury, MA, 25 March 1646. Received 500 acres in Coventry as a wedding gift. Married by Richard Saltonstall, grandfather of Gordon Saltonstall, Govenor of CT
Jane was born Bishop Stoke, Hampshire, ENG 1628. Jane was the daughter of Stephen Pyldren Dummer and Alice Archer. Jane died 13 JAN 1701 Newbury, MA, at 72 years of age. Jane immigrated, MAY 1661 and sailed aboard the Prudent Mary with Capt Isaac Woodgreen. trip took eight weeks
He came to this country in the ship "Elizabeth and Dorcas," with an outfit of servants and cattle for a plantation.
He resided Newbury, MA 1635. Henry was appointed freeman 17 May 1637 Newbury, MA. Henry's occupation: deputy to general court 1661. also deputy 1663, 1668, and 1670 He was one of the first settlers of Newbury, MA. He became proprietor of a large estate there.
Sewall Family Genealogy "Henry Sewall (Revered), only son of Henry Sewall, was born in 1614. He came to New England in "The Elizabeth and Dorcas" in 1634. He settled in Newbury where he was admitted freeman May 17, 1637, and was a staunch supporter of Govenor Winthrop. He married March 25, 1646, Jane, daughter of Stephen and Alice Dummer, and on that occasion received from his father a grant of 500 acres of land in Newbury and Coventry. The same year he accompanied his wife's family on their return to England. Mr. Sewall lived in Warwick, Tunworth, Bishop Stoke, and later at North Baddesly, where he was a Puritan minister. He twice revisited New England, the last time remaining, as the Restoration had caused a change in his plans. His wife and children arrived at Boston July 5, 1661, in the "Prudent Mary" and joined him in Newbury. He represented Newbury in the General Court in 1661, 1668 and 1670. He died May 16, 1700 and his widow died January 13, 1700-01, aged 74."
http://www3.sympatico.ca/robert.sewell/sewall1908.htm#_ftn1
Henry Sewall the Second's only son was born at Manchester in 1614 Henry II not liking the English hierarchy sent his son, Henry III, to New England, where he established himself and became the ancestor of the Sewalls in America.
When Henry III was twenty years old he came with his party in the ships Elizabeth and Dorcas, commanded by Captain Watts. He was plentifully provided with cattle, provisions, English servants, etc. for a plantation. There were in all about forty persons who accompanied him[3]. They landed in Boston in 1634 (274 years ago). They wintered at Ipswich, Mass., and in 1635 removed to Newbury where Henry Sewall III received the second grant of land in the town. They came from Ipswich to Newbury by water through Plum Island Sound and up the river which was afterward named for Dr. Parker. Tradition says they landed on the north bank of the river about one hundred rods below the spot where the bridge at Newbury now stands. Their number was few for a town, but the population increased rapidly-fifteen ships arriving in June, one ship in August, one in November and one in December.
Henry Sewall II, with his family, afterward followed the son to Newbury, lived there several years and later moved to Rowley, where he remained for the rest of his life.
March 25, 1646, Henry Sewall III, aged 32, married Jane Dummer, aged 19, (eldest daughter of Stephen Dummer).
In 1647 Henry Sewall III moved back again to England where he remained some time; first, at Tamworth where his oldest child, Hannah, was born; later, at Bishopstoke where the oldest son, Samuel, was born; and at Baddesly (Hants Co.) where John, Stephen and Jane were born. In these places he was a successful minister.
In 1659 he returned temporarily to Newbury, after the death of his father. (He carried with him a letter of recommendation from Richard Cromwell, the Protector, to the Governor of Massachusetts, John Endicott, asking that assistance might be granted him in the speedy settlement of his father's estate). The accession of Charles II changed his plans and he remained in America and sent for his family. Three daughters were born after the return to Newbury: Anne, Mehitable and Dorothy. Hannah, born 1670, married Mr. Jacob Toppan[4]; Samuel I, the oldest son, was first of the Massachusetts line of Sewalls; John II, second son, was born 1654, and was the first of the Maine branch of the family; Stephen I, born 1657, died 1725, gave rise to the Canadian branch of the family; Jane, born in 1659, married Moses Gerrish; Anne, born in 1662, married (1) Wm. Longfellow[5] and (2) Henry Short; Mehitable, born 1665, married Wm. Moody; Dorothy, born in 1668, married (1) Ezekiel Northend and (2) Moses Bradstreet. Descendants of the daughters are numerous in Newbury, Rowley, Byfield and vicinity. The three sons have numerous descendants in Boston, Salem, Newbury and Marblehead, Mass., at Portsmouth, N. H., at Quebec and Montreal, Canada, and throughout Maine and Illinois.
Henry Sewall III died May 16, 1700, aged 86 years. He was buried in the first parish burying ground in Newbury. Mrs. Sewall died January 13, 1701, aged 74 years.
The oldest son, Samuel, was a graduate of Harvard College, and chief justice of Massachusetts. During the 160 years which have elapsed since the supreme court was first established in Massachusetts, a place among its judges has been held for 84 years collectively by six descendants of Henry Sewall III. Four of these, three in Massachusetts and one in Canada, held the office of chief justice (collective term 18 years).
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Henry, Jr. came to America at age 20 in 1634 aboard the Ellen and Dorcas or Elizabeth and Dorcas under the command of Capt. Watts. He was outfitted by his father with cattle and provisions suitable to get a good start in the new Plantation. This was a year before his father and his step-mother came to America. He wintered in Ipswich and went with the early settlers to Newbury the next year. He was a freeman 17 May 1637, and became a prominent citizen of Newbury. When Henry married, his father gave him 500 acres of land in Coventry, England, and in 1647 he and his wife returned to England with her parents and resided a short time at Warwick, next at Tumworth, 4 miles from Bishop Stoke, in Hants, where their first two children were born. They moved to Baddesly, in the same shire, about 4 miles from Rumsey, where their next three children were born. One of my notes states that he was a minister at Baddesly, but there is no evidence that he practiced his ministry in America. He made two visits to New England to look after his father. The second time, he stayed in America sending for his family the following year. His wife and his five children landed at Boston, July 1661, after six weeks passage on the Prudent Mary commanded by Capt. Woodgreen. The family joined him in Newbury where their last three children were born. Henry was deputy to the General Court of Massachusetts in 1661, 1663, 1668, and 1670.
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