COLLECTIONS

 

 

                                                                                         OF THE

 

 

                          MASSACHUSETTS  HISTORICAL  SOCIETY.

 

 

                                                         VOL. V. -- FIFTH  SERIES.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                                 BOSTON:

                                              PUBLISHED  BY  THE  SOCIETY.

                                                                              M.DCCC.LXXVIII.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                    Electronic Version Prepared by

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                                                                 UNIVERSITY PRESS: JOHN WILSON & SON

                                                                                             CAMBRIDGE.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                                               SECOND EDITION.

                                                             OFFICERS

 

                                                                                        OF THE

 

                                          MASSACHUSETTS  HISTORICAL  SOCIETY.

 

                                                           ELECTED APRIL 10, 1878.

 

                                                                         President.

HON. ROBERT C. WINTHROP, LL.D. .         .      BOSTON.

Vice-Presidents.

HON. CHARLES F. ADAMS, LL.D.      .         .         .      BOSTON.

REV. GEORGE E. ELLIS, D.D.             .         .         .      BOSTON.

 

Recording  Secretary.

GEORGE DEXTER, A.M.  .         .         .         . CAMBRIDGE.

Corresponding  Secretary.

CHARLES DEANE, LL.D.   .         .         .         . CAMBRIDGE.

Treasurer.

CHARLES C. SMITH, ESQ.          .         .         .         .      BOSTON.

Librarian.

SAMUEL A. GREEN, M.D.           .         .         .         .      BOSTON.

Cabinet-Keeper.

WILLIAM S. APPLETON, A.M.    .         .         .       BOSTON.

Executive  Committee  of  the  Council.

RICHARD FROTHINGHAM, LL.D.      .         .         .       BOSTON.

CHARLES C. PERKINS, A.M.      .         .         .         .       BOSTON.

WINSLOW WARREN, LL.B..       .         .         .         .       DEDHAM.

CHARLES W. TUTTLE, A.M.       .         .         .         .       BOSTON.

LEVERETT SALTON STALL, A.M.      .         .         .       NEWTON.


                                          RESIDENT  MEMBERS,

 

                                  AT THE DATE OF THE PUBLICATION OF THIS VOLUME IN THE ORDER OF

                                                                                 THEIR ELECTION.

 

Hon. Robert C. Winthrop, LL.D.        Henry W. Torrey, A.M.

Hon. Charles Francis Adams, LL.D.   Williams Latham, A.B.

Rev. George E. Ellis, D.D.                  Hon. Charles Hudson, A.M.

Hon. John C. Gray, LL.D.                  Rev. Robert C. Waterston, A.M.

Hon. George S. Hillard, LL.D.            Thomas C. Amory, A.M.

Hon. Peleg W. Chandler, LL.D.          Samuel A. Green, M.D.

Rev. George W. Blagden., D.D.          Hon. James M. Robbins.

Rev. Lucius R. Paige, D.D.                 Charles Eliot Norton, A.M.

Hon. Solomon Lincoln, A.M.              Hon. John J. Babson.

Rev. Chandler Robbins, D.D.             Robert Bennett Forbes, Esq.

John Langdon Sibley, A.M.                Rev. Edward E. Hale, A.M.

Hon. Richard Frothingham,. LL.D.      Rev. Andrew P. Peabody, D.D.

Henry Wheatland, M.D.                      William G. Brooks, Esq.

Charles Deane, LL.D.                         Hon. Horace Gray, LL.D.

Francis Parkman, LL.B.                      Amos A. Lawrence, A.M.

Ellis Ames, A.B.                                 Rev. Edwards A. Park, D.D.

Rev. Samuel K. Lothrop, D.D.            Hon. Francis E. Parker, LL.B.

Rev. William Newell, D.D.                  William H. Whitmore, A.M.

John A. Lowell, LL.D.                        George B. Emerson, LL.D.

Oliver Wendell Holmes, M.D.             James Russell Lowell, LL.D.

Henry W. Longfellow, LL.D.              Rev. Nicholas Hoppin, D.D.

Jacob Bigelow, LL.D.                         Nathaniel Thayer, A.M.

Hon. Stephen Salisbury, LL.D.           Erastus B. Bigelow, LL.D.

Henry Austin Whitney, A.M.               Hon. William C. Endicott, A.B.

Rev. William S. Bartlet, A.M.              Hon. Eben. Rockwood Hoar, LL.D

Leverett Saltonstall, A.M.                    Hon. Seth Ames, A.M.

Rev. Alonzo H. Quint, D.D.                Josiah P. Quincy, A.M.

Samuel F. Haven, A.M.                      Samuel Eliot, LL.D.

Hon. Richard H. Dana, Jr., LL.D.        Henry G. Denny, A.M.

Hon. Caleb Cushing, LL.D.                Charles C. Smith, Esq.

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RESIDENT  MEMBERS.                                  vii

 

Hon. George S. Hale, A.B.                 Charles C. Perkins, A.M.

Robert M. Mason, Esq.                      Charles F. Dunbar, A.B.

William S. Appleton, A.M.                  Hon. Charles Devens, LL.D.

Rev. Henry M. Dexter, D.D.               Charles F. Adams, Jr., A.B.

Theodore Lyman, S.B.                       William P. Upham, A.M.

Ron. William T. Davis, A.B.               Hon. A. H. Bullock, LL.D.

Rev. George Punchard, A.M.              Fitch Edward Oliver, M.D.

Abner C. Goodell, A.M.                     William Everett, Ph.D.

William Amory, A.M.                         George B. Chase, A.M.

Edward D. Harris, Esq.                       Henry Cabot Lodge, Ph.D.

Ralph Waldo Emerson, LL.D.             John T. Morse, Jr., A.B.

Augustus T. Perkins, A.M.                 Justin Winsor, A.B.

Hon. Mellen Chamberlain, LL.B.         J. Elliot Cabot, LL.B. ,

Winslow Warren, LL.B.                      George Dexter, A.M.

Francis W. Palfrey, A.M.                    Hon. Gustavus Vasa Fox.

Charles W. Tuttle, A.M.                     Henry Lee, A.M.

Charles W. Eliot, LL.D.                      Gamaliel Bradford, A.B.

William Gray, A.M.                            Rev. Edward J. Young, A.M.

Delano A. Goddard, A.M.                  Hon. John Lowell, LL.D.

Rev. Henry W. Foote, A.M.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HONORARY AND CORRESPONDING

MEMBERS,

 

ELECTED UNDER THE ORIGINAL ACT OF INCORPORATION, 1794, IN THE ORDER OF THEIR ELECTION.

 

T. A. Moerenhout, Esq.                      James Ricker, Jr., Esq.

Rev. Luther Halsey, D.D.                    Henry Stevens, F .S.A.

Rev. Leonard Bacon, D.D.                 Frederick Griffin, Esq.

John Winthrop, Esq.                           Rev. William S. Southgate.

Rt. Rev. William B. Stevens, D.D.       Hon. Samuel G. Arnold, LL.D.

Major E. B. Jarvis.                              John Gilmary Shea, LL.D.

E. George Squier, Esq.                       James Lenox, Esq.

Hon. George Bancroft, LL.D.             Hon. John R. Bartlett, A.M.

J. Hammond Trumbull, LL.D.             G. P. Faribault, Esq. [viii]

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HONORARY AND CORRESPONDING MEMBERS,

ELECTED SINCE THE PASSAGE OF THE ACT OF 1851.

Honorary.                                                         Rev. William G. Eliot, D.D.

Francois.A.. A. Mignet.                                    Henry. B. Dawson, Esq.

Comte Adolphe de Circourt.                             Goldwin Smith, LL.D.

M. Edouard Rene Lefebre Labou-                    George T. Curtis, A.B.

laye, LL.D.                                           James Parton, Esq.

Hon. John A. Dix, LL.D.                                  Hon. John Meredith Read, A.M.

Leopold Von Ranke.                                        Joseph Jackson Howard, LL.D.

James Anthony Froude, M.A.               Brantz Mayer, Esq.

The Very Rev. Arthur Penrhyn              John Winter Jones, F.S.A.

Stanley, D.D.                                        Richard Henry Major, F.S.A.

Thomas Carlyle, D.C.L.                                    Rev. Edmond de Pressense.

Edward A. Freeman, D.C.L.                            Charles J. Stille, LL.D.

Hon. George P. Marsh, LL.D.              William W. Story, A.M.

The Right Rev. Lord Arthur Her-                      M. Jules Marcou.

vey, LL.D.                                            Thomas B. Akins, Esq.

Hon. Hugh Blair Grigsby, LL.D.                        M. Pierre Margry.

Rev. Leonard Woods, D.D., LL.D.                  Charles J. Hoadly, Esq.

Rev. Theodore Dwight Woolsey,                      John Foster Kirk, Esq.

D.D.                                                     Rev. William I. Budington, D.D.

David Masson,  LL.D.                                      Benjamin Scott, F.R.A.S.

Rev. Barnas Sears.  D.D.                                  Hon. Charles H. Bell, A.M.

Baron F. von Holtzendorff.                               Rev. William Barry.

Comte de Paris.                                                Rev. Edward D. Neill, A.B.

Prof.  William Stubbs, D.C.L.                           Rev. J. Lewis Diman, D.D.

Hon.  William M. Evarts, LL.D.                        Col. Joseph L. Chester, LL.D.

Hon.  Horatio  Seymour, LL.D.                        WillIam Gammell, LL.D.

Henri Martin                                                     Rev. Thomas Hill, D.D., LL.D.

Josiah G. Holland, M.D.

Hon. Manning F. Force, LL.B.

Corresponding.                                     Comte Achille de Rochambeau.

Rev. Samuel Osgood, D.D.                              Sir Bernard Burke, C.B., LL.D.

William Durrant Cooper, F.S.A.                       Samnel Rawson Gardiner, A.M.

Edmnnd B. O'Callaghan, LL.D.                        Hon. John Bigelow.

Benjamin F. French, Esq.                                  George William Curtis, LL.D.

William H. Trescot, Esq.                                   Henry C. Lea, Esq.

John G. Kohl, LL.D.                                         Hubert H. Bancroft, A.M.

Benjamin R. Winthrop, Esq.                              Thomas Wentworth Higginson,

J. Carson Brevoort, LL.D.                                            A.M.   

George H. Moore, LL.D.                                 Rev. John R. Green, LL.D.

W.  Noel Sainsbury, Esq.                                 Rev. Richard S. Storrs, D.D.

S. Austin Allibone, LL.D.                                  William F. Poole, A.M.

Henry T. Parker, A.M.                                     Rev. E. Edwards Beardsley, D.D.

Benson J. Lossing, LL.D.                                  John Austin Stevens, A.B.

Lyman C. Draper, LL.D.                                              Joseph F. Loubat, LL.D.

George Washington Greene, LL.D.                               Charles H. Hart, LL.B.

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MEMBERS DECEASED.

 

Resident, Honorary, and Corresponding Members, who have died since the publica-

tion of the List of Members in the last volume of the Collections, April 1,

1878; or of whose death information has been received since that date.

 

 

Resident.

Hon. George T.,Bigelow, LL.D.          Hon. Benjamin F. Thomas, LL.D.

 

Honorary and Corresponding.

Erastus Smith, Esq.                            William Cullen Bryant, LL.D.

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TABLE  OF  CONTENTS  OF  NOTES.

VOL. I.

 

 PAGE                                                                         PAGE

1. Biographical.                                                68. River Euphrates.

3. Urian Oakes.                                                70. King James II. proclaimed.

5. John Bowles.                                                71. Apsoon.

5. Fessendens.                                      71. Francis Bond.

7. Woodbridge.                                                71. Revision of the laws.

7. Batters.                                                        72. Sewall's walk around Beacon

8. Sewall's birth-place.                                      Hill.

8. Thomas Parker.                                            76. Benjamin Eliot.

9. Almanacs.                                                    86. Veal and Graham, the pirates.

10.    "                                                              87. Colonel Piercy Kirk.

11.    "                                                              89. George Monk and the Blue An-

12.    "                                                                          chor Tavern.

15. James, the printer.                           92. Adams and Richards families.

16. Almanacs.                                                  98. Rev. Laurence Vandenbosk.

24.     "                                                             104. Lady Alice Lisle and the Ushers.

25. Tempore post meridian                             105. Thanksgivings and Fasts.

28. Boston fire.                                                 106. Rev. George Burroughs.

31. John Reyuer, Jr.                                          108. James Mudge.

32. Almanacs.                                                  108. Susanna Vertigoose and the

33.    "                                                                          Mother Goose fable.                

37. Coney's Street or Lane.                              108. Roxbury Gate.

38. Thomas Lake.                                            112. Francis Stepney.

43. Almanacs.                                                  112. John Odlin.

45. Antapologia.                                               119. Peter Butler.

47. Robert Walker.                                          122. Mather's " Arrow against Danc-

48. Almanac.                                                                ing."

56. Death of Mrs. Brattle.                                 126. Execution of James Morgan.

59. Hull's house.                                               130. Rev. Thomas Cheever.

60. Governor Endicott's house.                         133. Warner Wesendunk.

161. Bellingham's lot.                            141. Fictitious letters of Rev. Rob-

62-65. Cotton-Hill and other Hull                                 ert Ratcliffe.

            lands.                                                   143. The form of taking an oath.

68. Election day.                                               145. William Johnson.

 

 

 

ii        TABLE  OF  CONTENTS  OF  NOTES  IN  VOL. I.

PAGE                                                              PAGE

147. Cotton's arguments about the                    212. Elizabeth Woodmansey

 cross.                                                  213. Deodat Lawson.

148. Rev. Samuel Lee and his family.    219. Sir William Phips's chaplain.

152. David Jeffries.                                           221. Sir William Phips's house.

153. Mr. Brightman.                                         229. Letter to Rev. Increase Mather

155. Charles Morton.                                                    from S. Sewall.

158. Thomas Jenner.                                        231. The King's chapel,

160. Town House of Boston.                            249. Election of a mayor of London.

162. Madam Taylor.                                         250. Cotton Mather's sermons.

167. Shrove Tuesday.                                       251. Lord Wharton.

168. Elijah Corlet.                                            252. Thomas Papilliori.

168. Preservation of the Colonial                      253. Lockier's Monument.

Records.                                              255. Richard Wharton.

169. Hez. Usher's house.                                  256. "Considerations," &c., a politi-

170. Anthony Stoddard.                                               cal pamphlet.

170. Daniel Gookin.                                         261. The revolution at Boston.

174. Summary of Andros's govern-                   263. Abraham Kick's letter.

ment.                                                    263. Penny posts.

177. Richard Walker.                                       264. Thomas Saffin's epitaph.

179. Robert Walker.                                        266. Theophilus Pool.

182. Wan [or Wanton or Harris].                      269. "New England Convention," a

182. Allerton's Point.                                                    pamphlet.

182. Andrew Bordman.                                    270. The quaternion.

183. Affray at Charlestown.                              270. Botanical Garden at Chelsea.

186. Blackstone's Point.                                   291. The Faneuils.

186. King James's first Declaration                    293. Sewall's notes in England, from

of Indulgence.                                                   an almanac.

186. Benjamin Eliot.                                         309. Tho. Johnson, and other pirates.

189.  Piscataqua River and Hobbs's                  311. Attack upon Schenectady.

Hole.                                                    315. Woodstock named by Sewall.

190. Mr. Gibbs.                                               315-317. Commissioners for the war.

190. Disturbances about taxes.                         320. Sewall's letter about the war.

192. Lady Andros.                                           321. Sir William Props's expedition.

193. Sir William Phips.                                     322. Captain Frary.

193. Woodcock's Inn.                                      324. Samuel Green, Jr., the printer.

194. The fort on Fort Hill.                                 332. First Boston newspaper.

196. Wing's Tavern or the Castle                      334. Indian chiefs.

Tavern.                                                 336. Governor Menevall, of Acadie.

197. Colonel Robert Gibbs's house.                  340. Captain Francis Johnson.

198. Edmund Randolph's suit against     350. John Nelson.

Increase Mather.                                  355. Mrs. Hamlen.

202. Governor Andros's house.                        356. Mrs. Elisa Pool.

203. Lady Andros's tomb.                                358. Salem witchcraft.

203. Sir William Phips.                                     360. The Council Records.

206. Michael Shaller.                                        361. Captain John Alden.

209. Rev. Increase Mather's escape                  362. Newton incorporated.

from Boston.                                        364. Giles Corey.


TABLE  OF  CONTENTS  OF  NOTES  IN  VOL. I.         iii

 

PAGE                                                              PAGE

368. Oyer and Terminer.                                  439. Cotton Mather's proclamation

373. Law relating to ministers.                           for a fast.

376. Mehitable, meaning of the                         442. An act to incorporate Harvard

name.                                                               College.

377. Wheeler's Pond.                                       442. The cold winter of 1696.

378. Boston Common.                                     445. The witchcraft delusion.

379. Elisha Cooke.                                           447. Rev. John Harvard.

386. Non-resident representatives                     452. Richard Wilkins.

forbidden.                                             453. Blue Bell and Indian Queen I

389. "Whig and Torey;" a pam-                                    taverns.

phlet.                                                    455. Neals of Braintree.

394. Phips's administration.                               456. Hezekiah Usher's will.

395. Sarah; meaning of the name.                      457. Salt works on Boston Neck.

395. William Stoughton.                                    458. Discovery of limestone.

400. Corunna.                                                  460. Rev. John Cotton, Jr.

401. Wheeler's pond and Sewall's                     461. Blue Anchor tavern.

trees.                                                    464. Rev. John Higginson.

402. Colonel Archdall.                          470. Boston Sconce and the North

404. Sir William Phips's monument.                               Battery.

405. Driving a nail or pin.                                  474. Sewall's town-offices.

406. Symond's estate called Argilla.                  474. Seth Perry.

407. Marriage with a deceased wife's    477. Richard Coote, Earl of Bello-

sister.                                                               monte

412. Sewall's house.                                         478. The Province House.

414. Thomas Maule.                                         480. An Indian College at Cam-

424. Shrimpton family.                                      bridge.

425. Eliot family; estates and suits.                    482. The Wishing Stone on Boston

427. Vagum.                                                                Common.

429. Laws to be accepted by the                      482. Wait-Still Winthrop.

Crown.                                                 488. Colonel Romer.

430. Dr. Benjamin Bullivant.                             491. Huguenot church in Boston.

430. Association to sustain King                       496. William Paterson.

William.                                                496. John Borland.

430. Rev. William Veazie.                                 499. Nathaniel Higginson.

431. Navigation Act.                                        506. The Virginals.

431. Rev. George Burroughs.               506. Brattle Street manifesoo.

432. Mrs. Martha Oakes.                                 507. Mrs. Elizabeth Rowe.

433. Captain Chubb's surrender.                                   mela.

433. Association to sustain King                       508. Measurements of Sewall's lands.

William                                                 509. Flavel's sermons

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                DIARY

 

                                                                                            OF

 

 

                                     SAM U E L  SEWALL.

 

                                                                      1674-1729.

 

 

                                                                        VOL.  I.

                                                                       1674-1700.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Engraving of JUDGE SEWALL, here presented, is

from what is supposed to be an original Portrait of him, in

possession of his descendants, the Misses Ridgway, of Boston.

They have very kindly permitted the Society the privilege of

having this engraved copy made from the painting.  The

Editors are endeavoring to trace the origin and history of the

Portrait, with its date, and the name of the artist whose work

it is.

                                  INTRODUCTION.

 

    INASMUCH as in the following Diary there is so frequent men-

tion of family affairs, and reference to relatives whose affinity is

not readily discernible, it may be well to devote some pages to

the genealogy of the Sewall family, and of those allied to it.

    For convenience we will treat first of the main family and of

such of the blood-relations of the Chief Justice as were alive in

his time; secondly, of the family of his mother, the Dummers,

and of the Hull connection, through his wife; thirdly, of his

own descendants.

 

OF THE MAIN LINE OF SEWALLS.

    First in importance in this branch is a letter written by Sam-

uel Sewall to his son, dated Aug. 26, 1720, and printed in the

New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. I. pp.

111-113.  This letter was in the possession of the late Rev.

Samuel Sewall, of Burlington, Mass., and is now in that of his

son.  This printed copy, however, has been collated with a

transcript made by Samuel Sewall, Jr., to whom it was ad-

dressed, and the very trifling differences noted.

BOSTON, April 21, 1720.

     DEAR SON, -- You have often desired, that I would give you some

account of the family of which you are.  And although I am much less

able to doe any thing of this nature now when I have been left of my

dear Parents very near Twenty years, yet considering the longer I stay,

the more unfit I shall be, take what I have to say as follows:

    Mr Henry Sewall, my great Grandfather, was a Linen Draper in the

City of Coventry in Great Britain.  He acquired a great Estate, was a

prudent Man, and was more than once chosen Mayor of the City.

xii                                   INTRODUCTION.

 

    Mr Henry Sewall, my Grandfather, was his eldest Son, who out of

dislike to the English Hierarchy sent over his onely Son, my Father, Mr

Henry Sewall, to New England in the year 1634, with Net Cattel and

Provisions sutable for a new Plantation.  Mr Cotton would have had

my Father settle at Boston; but in regard of his Cattel he chose to goe

to Newbury, whether my Grandfather soon followed him.  Where also

my Grandfather Mr Stephen Dummer and Alice his wife likewise

dwelled under the Ministry of the Reverend Mr Thomas Parker and

Mr James Noyes.

     On the 25th March, 1646, Richard Salton stall, Esq. Grandfather of

Gurdon Saltonstall, Esq. now Governour of Connecticut, joined to-

gether in Marriage my father Mr Henry Sewall and my Mother Mrs

Jane Dummer, eldest Child of Mr Stephen Dummer aforesaid and Alice

his wife:  my Father being then about 32, and my Mother about 19

years of age.

     But the Climat being not agreeable to my Grandfather and Grand-

mother Dummer, (whose Maiden name was Archer) they returned to

England the Winter following, and my father with them, and dwelt

awhile at Warwick, and afterwards removed to Hampshire.  My Sister

Hannah Tappin, their eldest Child, was born at Tunworth May 10th,

1649.  Baptised by Mr Haskins.

    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.  I was baptised by Mr Rashly, (sometime Member

of the Old Church in Boston) in Stoke Church May 4th 1652.  Mr

Rashly first preached a Sermon, and then baptised me.  After which

an entertainment was made for him and many more.  Some months

after, my Father removed to Badesly, where my Brother John Sewall

was born Oct. 10. 1654, and was baptised in my Father's House Nov. 22

by Mr Henry Cox, Minister of Bishop Stoke.

     My brother Stephen Sewall was born at Badesly Aug. 19th, 1657,

baptised in my father's house by the said Mr Cox.  My Father had

made one Voyage to New England to visit my Grandfather Mr Henry

Sewall.  And in the year 1659 he went thither again; his rents at New-

bury coming to very little when remitted to England.  In my father's

absence, October 25, 1659, my sister Jane Gerrish was born at Badesly

and was baptised by Mr Cox at Bishop Stoke in the house of Mr Boys.

    At this Badesly, by the merciful goodness of God, I was taught to

read English.  And afterwards was educated in the Grammer School at

Rumsey of which Mr Figes was Master.

    My Father sent for my Mother to come to him to New England.  I

remember being at Bishop Stoke and Badesly, April 23, 1661, the day

of the Coronation of K. Charles the 2d, the Thunder and Lightening of it.


INTRODUCTION.                          xiii

 

Quickly after my Mother went to Winchester with 5 small Children,

Hannah, Samuel, John. Stephen and Jane; and John Nash and Mary

Hobs her Servants there to be in a readiness for the Pool Waggons.  At

this place her near Relations, especially my very worthy and pious Uncle

Mr Stephen Dummer took leave with Tears. Capt. Dummer of Swath-

ling treated us with Raisins and Almonds.  My Mother lodged in Pump-

yard.  London, waiting for the going of the Ship, the Prudent Mary, Capt.

Isaac Woodgreen, Commander.  Went by water to Graves-End where

the Ship lay.  Took in Sheep at Dover.  Passengers in the Ship at the

same time were Major Brown, a young brisk Merchant and a consider-

able Freighter; Mr Gilbert and his wife, He was Minister at Topsfield;

Madam Bradstreet, then Gardener; Mrs Martha, Mr Pitkins Sister, who

died lately at Windsor, and many others.  We were about eight weeks

at Sea, where we had nothing to see but Water and the Sky; so that I be-

gan to fear I should never get to Shoar again; only I thought the Capt.

and Mariners would not have ventured themselves if they had not hopes

of getting to Land again.  Capt. Woodgreen arrived here on Satterday.

I was overjoyed to see Land again, especially being so near it as in the

Narrows.  Twas so late by that time we got to the Castle, that our men

held a discourse with them whether they should fire or no, and reckoned

was agreed not to doe it.  But presently after the Castle fired; which

much displeased the Ship's Company; and then they fired.  On the

Lord's day my Mother kept aboard; but I went ashoar, the Boat

grounded, and I was carried out in arms July 6, 1661.  My Mother

lodg'd at Mr Richard Collicott's.  This week there was a publick Thanks-

giving.  My Father hastened to Boston and carried his Family to

Newbury by Water in Mr Lewis.  Brother Tapan has told me our

arrival there was upon Lecture-day which was Wednesday.  Mr Ordway

carried me ashore in his Canoe.  We sojourned at Mr Titcomb's.  My

Father presently sent me to school to the Reverend and Excellent Mr

Thomas Parker, with whom I continued till my entrance into the Col-

lege; being admitted by the very learned and pious Mr Charles Chauncey.

    Sept. 3, 1662, Mother was brought to bed of Sister Anne, Mr Joshua

Moodey the Minister's Mother being her Midwife.  Baptised by Mr

Parker.

    May, 8, 1665, Sister Mehetabel was born: Baptised by Mr Parker.  She

became wife to the midwife's Grandson, Mr William Moodey.  Dor-

othy Sewall (now Northend) was born Oct. 29, 1668.  Baptised by Mr

Parker.

     At this time the commencement was in August.  In the year 1667

my father brought me to be admitted, by which means I heard Mr Rich-

ard Mather of Dorchester preach Mr Wilson's Funeral Sermon.  "Your

Fathers where are they?"  I was admitted by the very learned and

 

xiv                                 INTRODUCTION.

 

pious Mr Charles Chauncey, who gave me my first Degree in the year

1671.  There were no Masters in that year.  These Bachelours were the

last Mr Chauncey gave a decree to, for he died the February following.

     In July 1672, Dr Hoar came over with his Lady and sojourned with

your Grandfather Hull.  He was my Aunt Quincey's Brother; and

preached, as an assistant, to the Rev. Mr Thomas Thacher at the South

Church.  The College quickly called him to be President.  He was in-

stalled in the College Hall in December 1672.  Gov. Bellingham lay

dead in his House, and Dep. Gov. Leverett was the Chief Civil Magis-

trat present at that Solemnity.  The March following Mrs Bridget Hoar,

now Cotton, was born in Cambridge.  In 1674 I took my 2d Degree and

Mrs Hannah Hull, my dear Wife, your honoured Mother, was invited

by the Dr. and his Lady to be with them a while at Cambridge.  She saw

me when I took my Degree and set her affection on me, though I knew

nothing of it till after our Marriage; which was February 28th. 1675-6.

Gov. Bradstreet married us in that we now call the Old Hall; 't was then

all in one, a very large Room.  As I remember, Madam Thacher and

Madam Paige, with whom Gov. Bradstreet boarded, visited us the next

day.

     On the 2d of April, 1677, it pleased God to favour us with the birth

of your brother John Sewall, our first-born.  In June 1678 you were

born.  Your brother lived till the September following, and then died.

So that by the Undeserved Goodness of God your Mother and I never

were without a child after the 2d of April 1677.  

    In the Fall 1678, I was seized with the Small Pocks and brought very

near to death; so near that I was reported to be dead.  But it pleased

God of his Mercy to Recover me.  Multitudes died, two of my special

Friends viz. Mr John Noyes, and Ensign Benjamin Thirston, who both

died while I lay sick:  and Mr William Dummer, Son of Jeremiah Dum-

mer Esq. aged about 19 years.*  Presently after my Recovery, in De-

cember, Col. Townsend and I were bearers to Mr Joseph Tappin one of

the most noted Shop-keepers in Boston.

    And now what shall I render to the Lord for all his benefits? The

 

* By some oversight iu copying, this line regarding Dummer was omitted

in the Register.  The following note was printed, however, in that maga-

zine, being an endorsement made by the recipient of the letter, Samuel

Sewall, Jr.:--  

      "June 30th, 1729.  Recd. the following acco. of my Hond. Father:  viz.

my Great Grandfather Sewall lived at Newbury at Old Town Green, where

the first Meeting House stood:  and upon the Removal of the Meeting House

where it now stands (being Mr. Tappin's Meeting House), He sold his

House and Ground and moved to Rowley where he died and was Buried."

--EDS.


INTRODUCTION.                                   xv

 

good Lord help me to walk humbly and Thankfully with Him all my

days; and profit by Mercies and by Afflictions; that through Faith and

Patience I may also in due time fully inherit the Promises. Let us in-

cessantly pray for each other, that it may be so !

SAMUEL SEWALL.

AUGT. 26. 1720.

 

    Recently, at the request of a descendant, investigations have

been made in England by our well-known Corresponding Mem-

ber, Col. Joseph L. Chester; and, by the kindness of the gen-

tleman who procured the search, the main results are here

submitted.

     The family cannot, as yet, be traced beyond the two brothers,

Henry and William Sewall, both Mayors of Coventry; and Col.

Chester expresses a doubt if any earlier generations will here-

after be identified.  We assume that these brothers were the

true founders of their race. 

     A strong argument against the supposition that Henry Sewall

was of ascertained gentle birth is the following fact:  His

youngest son, Richard, of Nuneaton, county Warwick, married

Mary, only sister of Sir William Dugdale, Garter King of Arms.

Yet Dugdale nowhere terms him any thing beyond "youngest"

son of Henry Sewall, Alderman of Coventry."  So the "Visita-

tion of Warwickshire" (Harleian Society) of 1619 gives this

match (p. 327), and terms him "of Coventry."

     On the other hand, the arms of which we annex a copy from

Hurd's engraved portrait of Rev. Joseph Sewall, dated 1768, are

said by a writer in the American Quarterly Register for 1841,

p. 238, note, to have been handed down among the Sewalls in

New England and Canada, and, with a difference in the crest,

among the Sewalls in the Southern States.

 

 

xvi                                 INTRODUCTION.

 

    There was, in England, a family named Seawale, whereof

John Seawale was Sheriff of Essex and Herts in the fourth year

of Richard II. (A. D. 1381), said by Fuller, in his "Worthies of

England," to bear sable, a chevron between three gad-bees argent,

being the same arms as those above engraved. (See a reference

to Fuller's book in the Diary, post, p. 484.)  Papworth gives the

same arms to Seewell, of Thingdon, county Northampton, and

Sewale, county Chester, 1716.  The same arms, with bees for

gad-flies, he credits to Sewell, of Newport, Isle of Wight.

    We have no example of the use of these arms by Chief-Justice

Sewall himself, nor are they depicted on a portrait of his brother,

Stephen Sewall, now preserved in the Essex Institute at Salem. 

What amount of authority appertains to this use of these arms

by the American family we will not attempt to decide.  It is

possible that some seal-engraver or herald-painter of New

England may be alone responsible for it; but this supposition

lacks proof equally.  Of course, in theory, no coat-of-arms

is of value unless recognized by Heralds' College, or fortified

by centuries of public use.  Yet it may be presumed that the

descendants of any person holding in England a position equiv-

alent to that of Judge Sewall would use any arms which he

might have borne, without scruple or challenge.

     One little trace we discern.  Sewall himself (post, p. 305)

speaks of seeing at Coventry "the City Hall where [I] saw my

great-grandfather's name without any alias."  On the same

page he speaks of his "namesake, Mr. Shewell," a clergyman.

    Again, in the "Visitation of Warwickshire," 1619, p. 289, in

this generation we find that Anna, daughter of Henry Wag-

staffe, of Harbery, married William Shawell, of the city of Cov-

entry.  This we presume to be the brother of Henry; and we

infer that any future search must be under the name of Shewell

or Shawell.

    We now proceed to the pedigree as traced: --

 

1. HENRY1  SEWALL, born about 1544, Alderman of Coventry, Mayor in

1589 and 1606. Will dated 1 Sept., 1624; proved 30 June, 1628.

Died 16 April, 1628, aged 84. Buried in St. Michael's Church,

Coventry.  Married Margaret, eldest daughter of. Avery Graze-

brook of Middleton, co. Warwick, about 1575.  Will dated 7 May,

1628; adm. 23 Nov., 1629.  Buried in St. Michael's.

    Issue, two sons and two daughters, of whom hereafter.

 

                                       INTRODUCTION.                          xvii

 

2. WILLIAM1 SEWALL, vintner, Mayor of Coventry in 1617.  Will

            dated 29 June, 1624; proved 11 Sept., 1624.  Married Ann (prob-

            ably Wagstaffe, see above), who died 20 Dec., 1609, aged 46, and

            was buried in St. Michael's.

               They had three daughters, all living in 1624, viz. : --

                        i. Elizabeth,2 wife of Thomas Symes, of Coventry, brazier.

                        ii. Lucy,2 wife of Henry Tadlow.

                        iii. Anne,2 unmarried then.

1. HENRY1 SEWALL, already mentioned, and Margaret Grazebrook, had

      issue.

            3. I. Henry,2 of whom presently.

               II. Richard,2 of Nuneaton, co. Warwick; admin. 2 Jan., 1638-

                        39; married Mary, sister of Sir William Dugdale; bapt.

                        7 Dec., 1597; died about 1648.

                                    They had issue: -

                        i. Richard,3 of Nuneaton; will dated 11 Aug., 1642;

                                    proved 29 April, 1648.

                        ii. Henry,3 an apprentice in 1642; living 1648.

                        iii. Samuel,3 a minor in 1648.

                        iv. Margaret,3 aged 4 in 1619; d. young.

                        v.  Mary,3 b. 1616; living in 1642; wife of -- Dudley.

                        vi. Elizabeth,S b. 1618; m. Edmund Seare, Notary Pub-

                                    lic; living 1648.

                        vii. Anne,3 living 1648.

                        viii. Prudence,3 living 1648.

                        ix.  Sarah,3 living 1648.

            III. Anne 2 (Sewall), m. before 1 Sept., 1624, Anthony Power,

                        of Kenilworth, co. Warwick, gent.  He d. between 21

                        Dec., 1632, and 15 January following.  Her will is dated

                        15 January, and proved 1 May, 1633.

                                    They had:-

                        i. Henry,3 in 1632.

                        ii. Stephen,3 living 1646.

                        iii. William,3 m. 1632.

                        iv. Anthony,3 living in 1648.

                        v.  Hannah,3 wife of Thomas Lee in 1646.

                        vi. Mary,3 wife of William Holbech in 1646.

            IV. Margaret2. (Sewall) * m. Abraham Randall, of Coventry,

                        gent; d. s. p. before 1646.  Her will dated May 4th,

                        proved May 22, 1646.

3. HENRY2 SEWALL, of Coventry, married Anne Hunt.  He was bapt.

            at St. Michael's, 8 April, 1576; emigrated to New England, and

            died at Rowley, Mass., in 1657, aged 81 years.

                        Their only child was: --

* Sewall (post, pp. 305, 306) visited some of these cousins, though most

of his relatives whom he mentions were on his mother's side, and so one

generation nearer.  We have endeavored to distinguish the two classes in

this genealogical sketch.


xviii                     INTRODUCTION.

 

4. HENRY3 SEWALL, of Newbury, Mass.; born at Coventry, in 1614;

came to New England in 1634; married at Newbury, 25 March,

1646, Jane, daughter of Stephen and Alice Dummer, and died 16

May, 1700, aged 86.  His widow died 13 Jan., 1701, aged 74.

    Their children were: --

5.  i.  Hannah,4 b. in England, 10 May, 1649.

6. ii.  Samuel,4       "       "       28 March, 1652.

7. iii. John,4           "       "        10 Oct., 1654.

8. iv. Stephen,4        "       "        10 Aug., 1657.

9. v.  Jane,4            "       "        25 Oct., 1659.

10. vi. Anne,4        " New Eng., 3 Sept., 1662.

11. vii. Mehetable,4"       "         8 May, 1665.

12. viii. Dorothy,4   "       "          29 Oct., 1668.

 

                               Generation in which Samuel Sewall belongs, with his Nephews

                                                                                                and Nieces.

5. HANNAH4 SEWALL married, 24 Aug., 1670, Jacob Tappan, or Top-

pan, of Newbury, and had: --

i. Jacob,5 b. 20 May, 1671.

ii. Samuel,5 b. 30 Sept., 1672; d. 25 Aug., 1691.

iii. Jane,5 b. 28 Sept., 1674.

iv. John,5 b. 29 Jan., 1677.

v. Hannah,5 b. 4 March, 1679.

vi. Elizabeth,5 b. 20 Dec., 1680.

vii. Abraham,5 b. 29 June. 1684.

viii. Ann,5 b. 16 May, 1686.

     His wife died 11 Nov., 1699, and he married secondly Hannah, widow

of John Sewall, his brother-in-law, and died 30 Dec., 1717.  His widow

died 4 April, 1723.

 

6. SAMUEL4 SEWALL, the writer of the Journal, married first Hannah,

only daughter of John Hull, and had: --

i. John,5 b. 2 April, 1677; d. 11 Sept., 1678.

    13. ii. Samuel,5 b. 11 June, 1618.

iii. Hannah,5 b. 3 Feb., 1679-80; d. unrn., 16 Aug., 1724. 14.

iv. Elizabeth,5 b. 29 Dec., 1681; m. Grove Hirst.

v. Hull,5 b. 8 July, 1684; d. 18 June, 1686.

vi. Henry,5 b. 7 Dec., 1685; d. 22 Dec., 1685.

vii. Stephen,5 b. 30 Jan., 1686-87; d. 26 July, 1687. 15.

viii. Joseph,5 b. 15 Aug., 1688.

ix. Judith,5 b. 13 Aug., 1690; d. 21 Sept., 1690.

    16. x. Mary,5 b. 28 Oct., 1691; m. Samuel Gerrish.

xi. Jane,5 b. 7 Aug., 1693; d. 13 Sept., 1693.

xii. Sarah,5 b. 21 Nov., 1694; d.

xiii. A still-born child, b. 21 May, 1696.

    17. xiv. Judith,5 b. 2 Jan., 1701-2; m.. Rev. William Cooper.

His wife died 19 Oct., 1717, and he married secondly, 29 Oct., 1719,

Abigail, daughter of Jacob Melyen, who had been married twice before;


INTRODUCTION.                                   xix

 

viz., to JamesWoodmansey and William Tilley. She died 26 May, 1720,

and he married thirdly, 29 March, 1722, Mary, daughter of Henry Shrimp-

ton, and widow of Robert Gibbs.  He had no children by the last two

wives.  He died 1 Jan., 1730.  His widow died                          *

7. JOHN4 SEWALL, of Newbury, married, 27 Oct., 1671, Hannah Fes-

enden, of Cambridge, probably his cousin, and had: --

i. Hannah,5 b. 21 Dec., 1675; d.

ii. Hannah,5 b. 26 Dec., 1677; m. Rev. Samuel Moody.

iii. John,5 b. 10 April, 1680.

iv. Henry,5 b. 7 Sept., 1682.

v. Stephen,5 b. 17 Jan., 1685.

vi. Samuel,5 b. 9 April, 1688.

vii. Nicholas,5  b. 1 June, 1690.

viii.  ---------5                          ; d.

ix. Thomas,5 b. 5 March, 1693; d. at college, 18 July,

1716.

    He died 8 Aug., 1699, and his widow married Jacob Toppan, who had

married first Hannah, sister of her husband, and died 4 April, 1723.

8. STEPHEN4 SEWALL, of Newbury, married, 13 June, 1682, Margaret.

daughter of Rev. Jonathan Mitchell, and had:-

i. Margaret,5 b. 7 May, 1687.

ii. Samuel,5 b. 24 Nov., 1689.

iii. Susanna,5 b. 24 Oct., 1691.

iv. Jonathan,5 b. 7 Feb., 1693.

v. Jane,5 b. 10 Feb., 1695.

vi. Mehetable,5 b. 21 May, 1697.

vii. Mitchell,5 b. 29 Oct., 1699.

*The following extracts are from the note books of Samuel Sewall, Jr.

-EDS.

   "1717. H. S. dies. October 19, my dear mother dies, a quarter after 4

in the afternoon; buried the 23d instant.  27th. Dr. C. Mather preaches a

funeral sermon."

   "October 29th, father Sewall married by brother Sewall to Madam Abi-

gai1 Tilley.  Brother prayed and married them; then Mr Prince prayed, then

sung a psa.lm. 30th, a great dinner provided for Govr and Council with many

others."

    "1720 May 26.  Mother Madam Abigael Sewall dies suddenly, being

taken a little after 10 at night, and expired about 12 in the night.  Her

maiden name was Melyen, and then Tilley, and then Sewall."

    "March 29th, 1722. Brother William Cooper marries F[ather] Sewall

to Madam Mary Gibbs; my wife and I present, with brethren and sisters.

Brother Cooper prayed before marriage and brother Sewall after."

    "August 16th, 1724.  Forenoon about 11 of the clock, my dear sister

Hannah dies, after a long langnishment.  18th buried; pall bearers Habij-

jah Savage, Esqr. Mr. Wm Pain, Mr. Boydal, Mr Franklin, Mr John Walley,

and Mr Henry Gibbs.  Father puts his children into mourning.  Gave

B[rother] Gerrish mourning.  Put into the tomb.  Brother Sewall prays at

the house after the funeral.  Gave us rings."


xx                                  INTRODUCTION.

 

viii. Henry,5 b. 25 Oct., 1701.

ix. Stephen,5 b. 18 Dec., 1704.

x. Benjamin,5 b. 6 April, 1708.

He died 17 Oct., 1725.

9. JANE SEWALL married, 24 Sept., 1677, Moses Gerrish, of Newbury,

       and had: --

i.  Joanna,5 b. 3 Oct., 1678.

ii. * Jane.

iii. Joseph,5 b. 20 March, 1682.

iv. Sarah,5 b. 25 Dec., 1683.

v. Elizabeth,5 b. 27 Dec., 1685.

vi. Mary,5 b. 20 Sept., 1687.

vii. John,5 b. 2 April, 1695.

* William.5

* Moses.5

He died 4 Dec., 1694; she died 29 Jan., 1716-17. !

10. ANNE4 SEWALL married first, 10 Nov., 1678, William Longfellow,

of Newbury, and had: --

i.  William,5 b. 25 Nov., 1679.

ii. Stephen,5 b. 10 Jan., 1681; d.

iii. Ann,5 b. 3 Oct., 1683.

iv. Stephen,5 b. 22 Sept., 1685.

v. Elizabeth,5 b. 3 July, 1688.

vi. Nathan,5 b. 5 Feb., 1690.

And two more died before July, 1692.  See post, p. 361.

    He died in Phips's expedition against Quebec, Oct., 1690. His

widow married secondly, 11 May, 1692, Henry Short, of Newbury, as his

second wife, and had: --

vii. Jane,5 b. 4 March, 1693.

viii. Samuel,5 b. 18 Nov., 1694; d.

ix. Mehitable,5 b. 12 Jan., 1696.

x. Samuel,5 b. 22 Feb., 1699.

xi. Hannah,5 b. 2 March, 1701; d.

xii. Joseph,5 b. 8 April, .1702.

She died 1706.

11. MEHITABLE4  SEWALL married William Moody, of Newbury, 15

            Nov., 1684, and had: --

i. Mary,5 b. 30 May, 1685.

ii. Dorothy.5

iii. Samuel,5 b. 21 March, 1689.

iv. Mehitable,5 b. 15 Feb., 1691.

He died 23 Feb., 1700 (Coffin seems to say so).

She died 8 Aug., 1702.

* These three, Jane, William, and Moses, are added from Sewall's own

note, post, p. 361. --EDS.

! 1716-17. January 29th.  Aunt Gerrish dyed about one or two a clock

in the afternoon. Went to Newbury to her interment, which was 31 instant.

"S.S. jr."


INTRODUCTION.                                   xxi

 

12. DOROTHY4 SEWALL married first Ezekiel Northend, of Rowley, 10

Sept., 1691, and had: --

i. John,5 b. 10 Oct., 1692.

ii. Edna,5 b. 10 Jan., 1694.

iii. Ezekiel,5 b. 25 Jan:, 1696.

iv. Jane,5 b. 517 March, 1699.

v. Dorothy,5 b. 20 March, 1701.

vi. Hannah,5 b. 31 Jan., 1703.

vii. Mehitable,5 b. 2 March, 1705.

viii. Samuel,5 b. 12 Jan., 1707.

ix. Elizabeth,5 b. 15 Dec., 1710.

    He died 23 Dec., 1732; his widow married secondly Moses Bradstreet,

of Rowley.

    She died 17 June, 1752.

    We do not propose to trace the general history of the family

farther.  John, brother of our journalist, had numerous de-

scendants in Maine, among whom were several very distin-

guished bearers of the name.  We may refer those interested

to a valuable tabular pedigree in Drake's "History of Boston."

     Samuel's brother Stephen was father of Stephen, Jr., who,

like his uncle, became Chief Justice of Massachusetts.  A cousin

of Stephen, Jr., was Jonathan Sewall, Attorney-General of

Massachusetts; a refugee, whose sons were Jonathan, Jr., Chief

Justice of Canada, and Stephen, Solicitor-General of that prov-

ince.

     We have thought it proper; secondly, to trace the family of

Samuel's mother, and that of his wife; i. e., the Dummers, and

the Hulls with the Quincys.

 

THE DUMMER FAMILY.

    Our first authority on this subject is the following paper,

entered by Samuel Sewall, Jr., in his memorandum book, now

in the possession of the Misses Ridgway, of Boston : --

     "The Genealogy of the Dummers, Taken July, 1712, from a copy taken

by Mr. Willm Dummer, son to Jeremy Dummer Esq., when in England,

of one of his aunts at Rumsey.

    "Thomas Dummer our grandfather, that lyeth interred in Bishop

Stoke church in Hampshire, had six sons:

    "John, who had three sons and four daughters; Edmund and Thomas Dummer

the younger, that now are in London, are grandsons to John.

    "Richard was the father of Jeremy Dummer, Esq., now living in New

England.


xxii                               INTRODUCTION.

    "Thomas, whose daughter Jane was grandmother to Samuel Storke:

Jane, daughter to the same Thomas, was mother to Samuel Carter: this

Thomas Dummer was my father, also. M. D.[ummer].

    "Stephen Dummer:  his eldest daughter was mother to Samuel Sewall,

Esq., now living in New England.

    "My grandfather had also two Williams, his sons, one of whom left

one son which hath children living. M. D."

    It seems, then, that there were four brothers, of whom Stephen

came herein 1638, with wife, Alice, and children:  Jane, aged 10;

Dorothy, aged 6; Richard, aged 4; and Thomas, aged 2.  Here

he had Mehitable, born Jan. 1, 1640, and returned to England

in 1647, accompanied, probably, by all his family except Jane,

who had married Henry Sewall, Jr.

    We presume that, of Stephen's children, Richard is the one

called by the Judge "uncle Richard" (post, p. 300), and that

there was another brother, "uncle Stephen" (ib.).  Then there

are "uncle Nathaniel," cousin Nathaniel Dummer, "aunt Al-

ice," cousin Abigail, cousin John, cousin Stephen, cousin Sarah,

all mentioned by Sewall in this connection; and, on p. 294, we

find mention of aunt Rider.  Again (p. 293), Sewall speaks of

aunt Fessenden, her son John, and daughters Mary, Elizabeth,

and Jane; cousin Jane Holt.  On p. 295, he mentions aunt

Hills and cousin Thomas Dummer, cousin Mary, cousin New-

man, cousin Bear; p. 298, cousin John Stork, or Stock, cousin

Thomas Holt; p. 302, cousin Richard Cornish, aunt Mehitable

Holt.

    We cannot explain all these relationships, though cousin

Storcke may have been only a distant cousin.

   Richard Dummer, grand-uncle to our journalist, came to New

England, and his descendants are named quite often in these

pages.  He had sons Jeremiah,2 Richard,2 William,2 and Shubael,2

and daughter Hannah.2  Jeremiah2 came to Boston, was an ap-

prentice of John Hull, married, and had sons Jeremy,3 agent for

the Colony, William,3 Lieutenant-Governor, Samuel,3 and Ann,3

wife of John Powell.

    Richard2 Dummer, Jr., of Newbury, married Elizabeth Ap-

pleton, and had sons John,3 Richard,3 Nathaniel,3 and Shubael;3

daughters Hannah3 and Elizabeth.3  His descendants continue

the name.

    Rev. Shubael2  Dummer was of York, was married, but prob-

ably had no issue.


INTRODUCTION.                                   xxiii

 

With this outline of the family it will be easy for the reader

to trace any of the Dummers mentioned by Sewall.

 

THE HULL AND QUINCY FAMILIES.

    As Sewall so often refers to his wife's relations as his own,

some statement of these may be serviceable.

    Hannah (Sewall) Hull was the only child, arriving at adult

age, of John Hull and Judith Quincy.

    Her father, John Hull, was the son of Robert Hull, by his

first wife, widow Elizabeth Storer.

    John2 Hull had an own brother, Edward2 Hull, of Braintree

(who had a son Edward,3 according to Savage), and a half

brother, Richard Storer.

    Robert Hull married secondly Judith --, who had been

first the wife of Edmund Quincy, and secondly of Moses Paine.

Thus John Hull had a step-brother, Edmund Quincy, Jr., and

a step-sister, Judith Quincy, whom he himself married.  And a

still more remote connection is to be found in the fact that this

second wife of Robert Hull had been the second wife of Moses

Paine, a widower with three children; 1'Ioses, Jr., Stephen, and

Elizabeth Paine.

    In the next generation, the own cousins to Mrs. Sewall were

the children of Edmund Quincy, by his wife Joanna Hoar.

These were: --

 

Mary, m. Ephraim Savage.

Darnel, m. Hannah Shepard.

Joanna, m. David Hobart.

Judith, m. Rev. John Reyner, Jr.

Elizabeth, m. Rev. Daniel Gookin.

Ruth, m. John Hunt.

Experience, m. William Savil.

 And also Edmund Quincy's children by his second wife, Elizabeth

Gookin, widow of John Eliot, Jr., viz.: --

Edmund, 3d, m. Dorothy Flynt.

Mary, who m. Rev. Daniel Baker.

 

    The following pages are evidence of the interest which Sewall

felt in all of these Quincys, who were, indeed, his wife's only near

relatives.  Later on, we shall see that Sewall's grandson married

Elizabeth Quincy, grand-daughter of Edmund, 3d, and Dorothy

(Flynt) Quincy.

 

xxiv                      INTRODUCTION.

 

TABLE  I.

 

Male lines of Sewalls, descended from Judge Samuel the Diarist.

 

22 SAMUEL.

HULL.                                     "            28 SAMUEL.

                                                     "

ABIGAIL

SPARHAWK,

       29 HENRY F.

23 HENRY D.        30 JOHN G.

                                                                                                "

      MARY C. NORTON.   31EDMUND Q.

SAMUEL,                                                   32 WALTER D.

      13 SAMUEL.

J           "           18 HENRY.

U     REBECCA         "                                                24 EDMUND Q.     33 EDMUND Q.

D     DUDLEY. ANN WHITE HANNAH.                            "

G                                                                              CAROLINE WARD  34GEORGE W.

E                                                EDWARD

  WOLCOTT,

S                                                  left issue.

A

M

U                                                                                 25 CHARLES C.

E                                                                                             "                   35 CHARLES C.

L4                                                                                AMY PETERS.

 

S                                              20 SAMUEL;

E                                              C.J .of Mass.

W                                                    "  

A     15 Rev.                            ABIGAIL

L     JOSEPH.                          DEVEREUX.

L           "          19 SAMUEL.

     ELIZABETH       "

    WALLEY. ELIZABETH

                            QUINCY.                                        26 THOMAS R.

"                       36 JOSEPH S.

ELIZABETH Q. SEWALL.

21 JOSEPH.

                                                            "

     MARY

     ROBIE.

27 SAMUEL E.

"

LOUISA M. WINSLOW.

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TABLE II.

Showing the principal female lines of the descendants of Judge Samuel Sewall, Sr.

 

i. MARY.

       "

 Sir WILLIAM PEPPERRELL.

 

ii. ELIZABETH.

"                                               ELIZABETH.

Rev. CHARLES CHAUNCY.                         "

14 ELIZABETH.                                                                 SAMUEL SALISBURY.

           "

GROVE HIRST.          iii. HANNAH.

                                                          "

J                                               NATHANIEL BALSTON.                  HANNAH

U                                                                                                            "

D                                                                                                         JAMES HILL.

G                                             iv. JANE.

E                                                    "

Rev. ADDINGTON                            

S                                              DAVENPORT.                                    DOROTHY.

A                                                                                                              "

M                                                                                                         JOSEPH MAY

U         15 JOSEPH SEWALL. 19 SAMUEL SEWALL.

E                                                                                                          KATHERINE.

L                                                                                                                      "

HENRY GALLISON.

S

E

W                                                                                                        SAMUEL.

A                                             WILLIAM COOPER.                         RICHARD W.

L          16 MARY.                               "                                               JOHN. 

L                  "                           CATHARINE WENDALL.                 JUDITH

         SAMUEL GERRISH.                                                                   "

No issue.                                                                                            PARK.

 

                                                                                                            JUDITH

                                                                                                            "

                                    Rev. SAMUEL COOPER.            GABRIEL JOHONNOT.

                                                "

JUDITH BULFINCH.

17 JUDITH.                                                                             ABIGAIL.

         "                                                                                         "

WILLIAM COOPER.                                                             JOSEPH HIXON.

JUDITH COOPER.

          "

JOHN SEVER.


xxvi                              INTRODUCTION.

 

THE DESCENDANTS OF JUDGE SAMUEL SEWALL.

 

   We will now return to the regular course of the genealogy, and trace

the issue of the five children of Judge Sewall who left descendants.

These were: --

No. 13. Samuel.5

14. Elizabeth.5

15. Joseph.5

16. Mary.5

17. Judith.5

13. SAMUEL5 SEWALL, JR., lived at Brookline, and does not seem to

fill a very large space in the history of the time. He married

Rebecca Dudley, daughter of Gov. Joseph Dudley.* Their chil-

dren were: --

 

* Samuel Sewall, Jr., Family Record as entered in various parts of his

book: --

  " Roxbury Sept. 16, 1702. Sept. 15 was celebrated my marriage with Mrs

Rebeckah Dudley.  Was married by Mr Walter. Present, The Govr. and

Lady, with Mr. Dudley and Brothers and sisters, My Father and Mother,

sister Hannah and Bro. Joseph and sister Mary, also Mr Willard and Lady,

Mr White, Mr Lynde and Lady.  About 7 of the Clock.

   "July 19, 1703. Roxbury. My wife brought forth a son 10 minutes be-

fore six in the afternoon.  A very hot day and a tedious painfull time.  The

25th instant he was baptized per Mr Walter.  Was named Hull for my

grandfather Hull's sake, to bear up his name, that it might not be forgotten.

I pray God he may live and doe worthily in his generation, and that he

may credit the name which he bears: that he and [his] father may follow

their ancestors steps as they followed Christ.  Entered his name in the Town

records of Roxbury.

     "Hull Sewall, the son of Samuel and Rebecca Sewall died Dec. 11, 1703

of convulsion fits.  The first two was ten daies distance each.  Nov. 20th.

one fitt, 21st another, 22nd another.  All three in the morning about day,

and three more the Sabbath after; two about day and one at noon.  Thanks-

giving December 9th, 1703, had a fit at ten a clock at night, and so con-

tinued till Satterday following at about six and seven a clock at night, and

then died, after great pain and sore strugling in his fitts, with great skreak-

ing.  So that he finished a short and painfull life before he was five months

old.  He had some an hour's distance, some less, some quarter an hour; and

the last very sore and painfull.

     "Was buried at Boston in Grandfather Hull's tomb.  His bearers were

Mr. Nath. Oliver, junr., and Mr David Stoddard, the son of Mr. Symion

Stoddard; a pretty large company attended him to his long whome. . . .

Was buried December 15th, 1703.

    "Came to live at my house December 17th, 1703, on a Friday.

    "Tuesday, November 18, 1707.  About 5 in the morning my wife was


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i. Hull,6 b. 19 July, 1703; d. 11 Dec., 1703.

ii. Rebecca,6 b. 30 Dec., 1704; d. 3 Aug., 1710.

iii. Samuel,6  b. 18 Nov., 1707; d. 18 Dec., 1708.

iv. Hannah,6 b. 25 Oct., 1709; d. 1 Oct., 1719.

 

brought to bed of a lusty son.  Mr Walter baptized him Samuel on the 23d. instant. . . .

    "Daughter Rebecca was born Satterday, Dec. 30, 1704, about three quar-

ters after seven in the morning.  Was baptized by Mr Walter Dec. 31, 1704,

on the day following.

    "December 18, 1708.  A little before 9 in morning, my son Samuel dyed

of a fever.  Was interred Wednesday, 22d. instant, in my grandfather Hull's

tomb, being carried from my father's house by Mr. Joshua Chickly and Mr

Timothy Ruggles.  Gave them black scarves and gloves.  Gave Mr. Walter,

Doctor Noyes and Mrs Baily scarves.  Gave 22 pairs of Welsh leather gloves

to watchers and people of the house.  My wife and I went into mourning.

"Tuesday night about 7 or 8 a clock, October 25, 1709, my wife brought

me a daughter.  The Sabbath following, Mr Walter baptized it Hannah, for

mother Sewall's sake.

     "An Account of my daughter Rebekah's death.

     "Aug. 2, 1710.  In the afternoon she was taken ill at the Govrs.  Sent

for Doctor Noyes and Mrs Baily; so continued ill; in the morning after, her

mother and myself were sent for:  gott there about 6 of the clock.  Doctor

Noyes and Mrs Baily applying those things which they thought most proper.

My daughter Rebeckah dyed Aug. 3, 1710, ten minutes before nine in the

morning; being lamented by all that knew her.  Friday, Aug. 4, she was

carried from the Govrs. house pr Dan1 Allen, Sam1 Wainwright, Thomas

Berry, Increase Walker to the Govr. tomb, where she was interred.  Gave

them white scarves and gloves.  Gave Mr. Walter a scarf and gloves; also

Mrs Bayly scarf and gloves.  My wife and I went into deep mourning.

Gave gloves to several relations, Govrs. servants and mine. Gave Mr

Tompson a pair; he made 2 coppies of verses on her.  Gave Doctor Noyes

a scarf.  She lived 5 years, 7 months and 4 days.

   "July 20, 1711.  Friday, a quarter of an hour after one of the clock in

the morning, my wife was brought to bed of a daughter.  Sabbath follow-

ing Mr. Walter baptized it Mary for sister Mary Gerrish's sake.

   "August 24, 1712. Sabbath day morning, about one or two, dyed my

daughter Mary, after a long continued flux, and afterwards a fevour with it.

Interred in my grandfather Hull's tomb; Monday evening, August 25th.

Bearers, William Cooper and Col. John Appleton's second son.  Gave nurse

Davis, Doctor Whear; Galusha, 3s each to buy them gloves.  Gave at Govrs.

maid Mary, Betty Bril, two and sixpence each; gave Sarah Davis and Beck,

Sarah Cummings and Kitty Hill, two and sixpence each.  Coffin, 10 plates

and making.

   "January 22 1714-15 went to Boston, intending to live at my father's

untill I could find better treatment in my own.  Lived at Boston till Marcl

3, 1717-18, at which time I returned home.

    "1717, July 22, my wife came to see me at my father's and confesseth


xxviii                               INTRODUCTION.

 

v. Mary,6 b. 20 July, 1711; d. 24 Aug., 1712.

 18.    vi. Henry,6 b. 8 March, 1719-20.

vii John,6 b. 9 April, 1723; d. 19 Aug., 1724.

her faults, with tears, with promises of amendment.  The Lord instruct me

in my duty and give me a heart to perform it.

    "1717-18 March 3 Returned to live at Brooklin.  The Lord give me a

heart and ability to doe my duty to my wife, and make us mutual blessings

each to other."

     1719.  October 21st, his daughter Hannah died.  There is a copy of a

letter to his father about it, which we do not transcribe.  She had been sick

with a cold and fever for some ten days.  Funeral at Boston October 24th.

buried in Hull's tomb.  She was the only child at that time.

     "[1719-20.]  March 8th.  My wife brought me a lusty boy betwixt six

and seven at night, she being very weak and ill the most of the time.  Did

not carry him forth to be baptized till the 20th instant, by reason his mother

was so very ill and weak.  Mr Allen baptized him Henry for my grandfather

Sewall's sake.  My wife was desirous of having it named Dudley, but her

relations were very averse to it.  Madam Dudley, March 19th, told me at

Roxbury, that there were two sons and they were young enough to have a

great many children; the Govrs. father had children when he was old. I told

her I bad no design to gett any thing by it, for I had names of my own rela-

tions enough to name it, and I would not do any thing to trouble them.

Brother Col. Wm Dudley sent a letter to my wife which disturbed her very

much, and made her so ill that she could not rest for 3 nights."

   "April 9th, 1723, my wife brought me a son about 2 houres before day.

14th, the Revd Mr James Allen of Brooklin baptized him John; his name

being for my grandfather Hull.

    "1724 August 18th. Mrs Ruggles sends her daughter to acquaint us, that

our son John had a flux and vomited.  As we went to Boston, we called to

see him, he being considerable ill.  As we goe by Dr .Tompson's we asked

for him and he was not at home.  Call as we came back and take the Dr.

with us.  The Dr. did not perceive any danger, but we thought he was

better, and so left him and went home.

    "August 19th, being a very stormy, rainy morning, it having rained

abundance in the night and continuing stormy with a great deal of rain,

Mrs. Ruggles' son came to acquaint us, early in the morning, that the child

had been very bad all night.  Matthew carried my wife forthwith in the

calash, and by the time she could gett into the house he fetched his last

breath and died.  Mrs. Woods laid him out, who watched with him the

night before.  20th, Mr. Craft and Matthew put him in his coffin, and in the

evening Matthew carried it in my calash to Boston.

    "August 21st, went with wife and Henry to the funeral.  Four young

gentlemen carried him to the tomb with napkins, viz Mr Addington Daven-

port, junr.  Mr. Ebenezer Pemberton, Mr Edmund Quincey, and Mr Samuel

Mather, son of Dr. C. Mather.  Gave them rings and gloves.  Gave Mrs.

Allen, Mrs. Rugles son aud daughter, and Matthew, a pair of gloves.  A

large funeral for a child. Put his coffin upon my sister Hannah's in grand-

INTRODUCTION.                                   xxix

 

    He died .27 Feb., 1750-51, of numb palsy; his widow d. 14 April,

1761.  As his branch expired so soon in the male line we will finish

that portion at once.

 

18. HENRY6 SEWALL, of Brookline, H. C. 1738, married 18 Aug., 1743,

Ann White, and had: --

i. Hull,7 b. 9 April, 1744; H. C. 1761, m. 20 March,

1766, Abigail Sparhawk, and d. s.p. 27 Nov., 1767.

His widow m. Palsgrave Wellington.

ii. Samuel,7 b. 31 Dec., 1745; H. C. 1761, lawyer in

Boston, a loyalist; went to England and d. unm.,

6 May, 1811.

iii. Rebecca,7 b. 19 Oct., 1747; d. 29 Nov., 1747.

iv. Henry,7 b. 19 Jan., 1749; d. 17 Oct., 1772, unm.

v. Hannah,7 b. 2 Sept., 1751; m. Edward K. Wolcott.

      Henry Sewall died 29 May, 1771; his wife d. 5 Jan., 1755, in her

32d year.

HANNAH7 SEWALL (daughter of Henry) married Edward Kitchin Wol-

cott, and had: --

Samuel,8                       ; died unmarried.

1

Hannah,8                      m.   2               Folsom.

Ann,8 b. 4 Sept., 1778.

Daughter,8 m.               Barber, and had no children.

Rebecca,8 m.               Adams, and had a son and a

            daughter.

    Mrs. Wolcott's obituary is in Boston Advertiser, 27 Aug., 1832.

 

ANN8 WOLCOTT, above named, married Philip Reynolds Ridgway, 6

Dec., 1801, and had: --

Philip R.,9 b. 26 Aug., 1802; d. 10 Nov.. 1803.

Samuel S.,9 b. 29 Oct., 1803; d. 8 May, 1871.

Philip R.,9 b. 29 Nov., 1804; d. 4 Dec., 1831.

Edward W.,9 b. 15 Sept., 1805; d. 24 Sept., 1805.

John W.,9  b. 17 Feb., 1807; d. 24 Sept., 1864.

Ann S.,9 b. 14 Feb., 1808; m. Dr. Daniel Gilbert.

Henry W.,9 b. 20 April, 1809; d. 16 April, 1859.

Edward W.,9 b. 6 July, 1810.

Sarah,9 b. 24 Aug., 1814; d. 25 Sept., 1814.

Sarah A.,9 b.10 Jan., 1816; d.19 Feb., 1817.

Joseph C.,9 b. 8 Nov., 1816; d. 22 March, 1819.

Anthony B.,9 b. 9 March, 1819; d. 19 Oct., 1866.

father Hull's tomb, whose name he bore. I asked brother Cooper to goe to

prayer after the funeral. Son John had severall convulsive fitts, and, as I

am informed, died in one.

      "Monday, July 10th, 1727.  Moved with my family to Boston.  Hired a

house in Deacon Williams's Court, next house to Deacon Williams. N. Gates

and N. Gleason bringing my household stuff." -- EDS.


xxx                                INTRODUCTION.

 

SEWALL LINE RESUMED.

 

15. REV. JOSEPH5 SEWALL, H. C. 1707, was minister at the Old South

Church, Boston.  He married 29 Oct., 1713, Elizabeth, daughter

of Hon. John Walley,* and had:--

19. Samuel,6 b. 2 May, 1715.

Joseph,6 b. 13 July, 1719; d. 18 Aug., 1719.

      He died 27 June, 1769; his wife died 27 Oct., 1756.

 

19. SAMUEL6 SEWALL, of Boston, H. C. 1733, was a merchant.  He

married 18 May, 1749, Elizabeth, daughter of Edmund Quincy,

and had: --

i. Elizabeth,7 b. 12 March, 1750; m. Samuel Salisbury.

See later.

ii. Hannah,7 b. 15 March, 1753; m. James Hill. See

later.

iii. Sarah7, b. 14 Jan., 1756; d. unm., 14 Sept., 1780.

            20.       iv. Samuel,7 b. 11 Dec., 1757.

v. Dorothy,7 b. 23 Dec., 1758; m. Joseph May. See

            later.

vi. Katherine,7 b. 5 June, 1760; m. Henry Gallison, and

had John,8 b. 24 Oct., 1788; d. 24 Dec., 1820.

  21.     vii. Joseph,7 b. 9 March, 1762.

     He died 19 Jan., 1771; his wife died 15 Feb., 1770.

20. SAMUEL7 SEWALL, of Marblehead, H. C. 1776, Judge of Supreme

Court, 1800; Chief Justice, 1814; m.,8 Dec., 1781, Abigail Dev-

ereux, and had:--

  22.     i. Samuel,8 b. 1 June, 1785.

  23.     ii. Henry Devereux,8 b. 21 Aug., 1786.

iii. Joseph H., b. 5 Oct., 1788; d. 17 Feb. 1795.

iv. Lydia Maria,8 b. 14 April, 1791; m. Samuel Greele.

v. Anne Henchman,8 b. 18 March, 1793; d. 6 Feb.,

1848.

vi. Joseph Henchman,8 b. 6 Feb., 1795; d. unm., 26 Sept.,

1813.

  24.     vii. Edmund Quincy,8 b. 1 Oct., 1796.

viii. Elizabeth Quincy,8 b. 10 June, 1798; m. Thomas R.

Sewall.

    * Extracts from Diary of Samuel Sewall, Jr.: --

     "Thursday, 29th of October, 1713, was celebrated the marriage betwixt

Mr. Joseph Sewall and Mrs Elizabeth Walley, daughter to Judge Walley,

esqre, deceased.  Gave my wife and daughter Hannah with myself, gloves.

Mr. Pemberton married them.

    "May 2, 1715.  Sister Sewall at 3 in the morning was brought to bed of

a stately son.  8th inst. brother baptized him Samuel.

    "1719, July 13th, sister brought to bed of a son, called him Joseph.

    "August 19th.  My wife and I went to the burial of my brother Sewall's

son, Joseph.  Dyed 18th instant in the morning." --EDS.


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            25.       ix. Charles Chauncy,8 b. 10 May, 1802.

     He died 8 June, 1814; his widow died 22 Feb., 1847.

21. JOSEPH7 SEWALL, of Boston, was State Treasurer from 1827 to

            1832.  He married Mary, daughter of Thomas and Mary Robie,

            21 Sept., 1788, and had:--

                        i. Mary8, b. 1 July, 1789; d. unm., 21 April, 1816.

                        ii. Elizabeth, b. 9 April, 1791; d. Sept., 1791.

            26.       iii. Thomas Robie,8 b. 29 July, 1792.

                        iv. Joseph, b. 7 July, 1794; d. 2 Sept., 1797.

                        v.  Elizabeth Q., b. June, 1796; d. Feb., 1797.

                        vi. Joseph, b. 24 Dec., 1797; d. 20 Sept., 1800.

            27.       vii. Samuel Edmund,8 b. 9 Nov., 1799.

                        viii. Edward Bradstreet,8 b. 24 Sept., 1801; d. unm., 12 : Sept.,

                                    1827.

                        ix. Martha Higginson, b. 11 Dec., 1803 ; d. unm., 12 Dec.,

                                    1832.

                        x. Elizabeth Salisbury, b. 20 Dec. 1804; d. unm., 2 Sept.,

                                    1827.

                        xi. Frances R., b. 17 Nov., 1807; d. 30 June, 1830.

     He died 5 May, 1850; his wife d. 23 July, 1834, aged 70.

22. Rev. SAMUEL8 SEWALL, of Burlington, Mass., married, 1 Jan., 1818,

            Martha, daughter of Rev. John Marrett, and had:--

            28.       i. Samuel,9 b. 29 Nov., 1819.

                        ii. Martha M.,9 b. 31 Oct., 1823; m., 26 Nov., 1861,

                                    Luther P. Martin.

                        iii. Abigail D.,9 b. 7 Sept., 1830.

     He died 18 Feb., 1868.

23. HENRY DEVEREUX8 SEWALL, of Watertown, N. Y., married Mary

             C. Norton, 22 Jan., 1816, and had: --

            29.       i. Henry F .,9 b. 31 Oct., 1816.

                        ii. Frederick N.,9  b. 24 Sept., 1818; d. 8 Nov., 1819.

                        iii. Mary,9 b. 15 July, 1820; m. Charles Goodale. .

            30.       iv. John G.,9 b. 2 Nov., 1822.

                        v.  Ann Elizabeth,9 b. 4 Aug., 1824; m. Talcott H. Camp.

            31.       vi. Edmund Q.,9 b. 1 July, 1826.

                        vii. Grace,9 b. 94 Oc~, 1828; d. 6 Jan., 1837.

                        viii. Frank D., b. 2;; Feb., 1833; d. 15 Nov., 1852.

            32.       ix. Walter p.,9.b. 28 Aug., 1837.

    He died 8 June, 1846; his wile d. 30 Dec., 1840.

24. Rev. EDMUND QUINCY8 SEWALL, of Barnstable, Mass., Amherst,

            N. H., and Scituate, Mass., married, 23 Aug., 1820, Caroline

            Ward, and had: --

                        i. Ellen Devereux,9 b. 10 March, 1822; m. Rev. Joseph

                                    Osgood. *

   * Married 20 May, 1844.  Children: Caroline W. Osgood,10 Elizabeth,10 Joseph

O.,10  Edmund Q.,10 (George,10 Ellen D.,10 Mary F.,10  William S.,10

Frances P.,10 and Louisa L.10  Of these Joseph O. Osgood is married and

has issue. --EDS.
xxxii                    INTRODUCTION.

 

33.       ii. Edmund Quincy,9 b. 29 Feb., 1828.

34.       iii. George Ward,9 b. 7 Feb., 1834.

     He died 15 Sept., 1866; his widow died 8 Dec., 1867.

25. Rev. CHARLES CHAUNCY8 SEWALL, of Danvers and Medfield,

married Amy, daughter of William Peters, Esq., in Medfield,

1 Oct., 1823.  Mrs. Sewall died in Medfield, 15 Aug;, 1872.

Their children were: --

i. Mary Abigail,9 b. 4 Oct., 1825; d. 4 Oct., 1829.

ii. Elisabeth Salisbury,9 b. 10 Aug., 1827.

iii. Mary Abigail,9 b. 4 Oct., 1829.

iv. Rebecca Phillips,9 b. 29 Feb., 1831; d. 20 May, 1855.

35.       v. Charles Chauncy,9 b. 24 May, 1834; m. Mary Fair-

banks,9 in Medfield, 25 Nov., 1859.

                        vi. Ellen Frances,9 b. 28 May, 1836; d. 19 Jan., 1858.

vii. William Peters,9 b. 6 Oct., 1839; d. 17 Nov., 1860.

viii. Edward Upham,9 b. 3 March, 1843.

ix. Alice Orne,9 b. 29 March, 1847.

x. Henry Devereux,9 b. 3 July, 1850.

26. THOMAS ROBIE 8 SEWALL, of Boston, broker, married, Feb., 1825,

his cousin Elizabeth Quincy8 Sewall, and had: --

 36.      i. Joseph S.,9 b. 26 May, 1827.

ii. Mary R.,9 b. 14 March, 1829.

iii. Edward B.,9 b. 26 Dec., 1830; d. 18 Jan., 1837.

iv. Francis E.,9 b. 21 Feb., 1834; d. 20 April, 1857.

     He died 30 Sept., 1864; his wife died 19 June, 1848.

27. SAMUEL EDMUND8 SEWALL, of Boston, lawyer, married, 8 June,

1836, Louisa M., daughter of Nathan Winslow, and had: --

i. Lucy E.,9 b. 26 April, 1837.

ii. Louisa W.,9 b. 3 June, 1846; m. Edward C. Cabot,

and has issue.

     His wife dying 4 Nov., 1850, he married secondly Harriet, daughter of

Nathan Winslow, 18 June, 1857, by whom he has no children.

 

28. SAMUEL9 SEWALL, of Burlington, Mass., married, 21 March, 1844, !

Elizabeth Brown, and had: --

i. Samuel B.,10 b. 17 Aug., 1846, who m. Louisa E. Far-

rington, and has: --

Nellie L.11 b. 8 April, 1873.

Samuel F., 11 b.  6 Feb.,  1875.

John M.,11 b. 2 Sept., 1877.

ii. Martha E.,10 b.. 18 May, 1858.

29. HENRY FOSTER9 SEWALL, of New York, married, 20 Sept., 1843,

Sarah Allyne Rich, and had: --

i. Mary N.,10 b. 21 July, 1844; d. 17 Sept., 1845.

ii. Henry D.,10 b. 24 July, 1846.

iii. Charles J.,10 b. 9 Aug., 1849.

iv. Samuel,10 b. 25 Jan., 1853; d. 31 Jan., 1854.

v.  Dora M.,10 b. 13 Jan., 1855.


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80. JOHN GALLISON9 SEWALL, of New York, married Joanna White

Gannett, 28 June, 1858 (who died 18 Jan., 1874) and had: --

i. Frank,10 b. 14 April, 1854; d. 14 April, 1854.

ii. William G.,10 b. 22 Jan., 1856.

iii. John,10 b. 17 Jan., 1858; d. 20 Jan., 1861.

iv. Katherine,10 b. 81 Aug., 1863.

 

31. EDMUND QUINCY9 SEWALL, of Watertown, N. Y., married Kate

Cynthia Smith, 28 June, 1866, and had: --

i. Grace F .,10 b. 16 June, 1867.

ii. Katherine E. N.,10 b. 24 Aug., 1870

iii. Josephine D.,10 b. 14 Oct., 1875.

 

32. WALTER DEVEREUX9 SEWALL, of Watertown, N. Y., married ,

Ellen Carina Houghton, 6 May, 1875, and has no children.

 

33. EDMUND Q.9 SEWALL, of St. Paul, Minn., married Louisa K. Lov-

ett, 27 Nov., 1852, and had: --

i. Theodore L.,10 b. 20 Sept., 1853.

ii.  Edmund D.,10 b. 12  April, 1855.

iii. Caroline W.,10  b. 28  Nov., 1860.

iv. Samuel L.,10 b. 27 June, 1862.

v. Frederick F .,10 b. 7 Jan., 1867.

vi. George Q.,10 b. 27 April, 1868; d. 18 Dec., 1869.

vii. Louise L.,10 b. 16 Oct., 1871.

 

34. GEORGE W.9 SEWALL, of married                      Mary F. Cottingham,

17 Jan., 1872, and had: --

i. George C.,10 b. 1 July, 1873; d. 26 Sept., 1873.

ii. Alfred C.,10 b. 16 Jan., 1875.

     Mr. Sewall is at present attached to the U. S. Survey.

 

35. CHARLES CHAUNCY SEWALL, JR.,9 of Medfield, married Mary Fair-

banks, 25 Nov., 1859, and had: --

i. Frank.10 b. 10 June. 1862.

ii. Lily,10 b. 24 Oct., 1863; d. 7 Nov., 1863.

iii. Amy P.,10 b. 20 Aug., 1865.

iv. Mary,10 be 31 Jan., 1868.

 

36. JOSEPH SEWALL9 SEWALL, married, 20 Dec., 1860, Mary-Yashon,

daughter of Elizur Wright, of Medford, and had: --

i. Hannah R.,10 b. 22 Oct., 1861.

ii. Susan W.,10 b. 4 Nov., 1862.

iii. Elizabeth Q.10 b. 5 July, 1865.

iv. Mary F .,10 b. 20 Feb., 1867.

v. Margaret L.,10 b. 5 June, 1868.


xxxiv                             INTRODUCTION.

                             Descendants in the female lines from Rev. Joseph Sewall.

 

HANNAH7 SEWALL (daughter of Samuel6 No. 19) married James Hill,

and had: --

James, b. 1 March, 1772.

Samuel S., b. 13 Feb., 1774; d. 25 Dec., 1775.

Margaret F., b. 12 Aug., 1775; d. 28 Feb., 1833.

Joseph S., b. 2 March, 1777; d. 8 Aug., 1788.

Sewall, b. 20 March, 1779; d. 26 Aug., 1833.

Samuel, b. 8 Dec., 1780.

Joseph, b. 1 Jan., 1783; d. 19 Feb., 1809.

Richard S., b. 15 Sept., 1785.

William R., b. 9 Nov., 1787; d. 19 Oct., 1788.

William R., b. 20 Sept., 1790; d. 8 Oct., 1792.

    He died 19 June, 1824; his widow d. 24 July, 1827.

 

SALISBURY DESCENDANTS.

ELIZABETH'T SEWALL (daughter of Samuel,6 No. 19) married Samuel

Salisbury, of Boston, 29 Sept., 1768, and had: --

i. Samuel,8 b. 13 Aug., 1769; m. 1st, Elizabeth Green

May, 1802, and had: --

Samuel,9 b. 5 March, 1803; m. Maria Morgan.

   He m. 2d, Nancy Gardner, 18 July, 1806, and had

seven children; viz.,--

Elizabeth S.,9 b. 5 July, 1807; m. Nathaniel

Chauncy.

Ann G.9

Sarah,9 m. Elbridge G. Austin.

Stephen,9 b. 12 Sept., 1812; m. Elizabeth P.

Clark.

Francis G.,9 d. young.

Rebecca.9

Daniel W.9

ii. Martha,8 b. 14 March, 1771; m., Aug., 1794, Stephen

Higginson, and had: --

Elizabeth S,9 m. Rev. Reuel Keith.

Martha S,9 m. Rev. I. Nichols.

iii. Elizabeth,8 b. 15 Aug., 1772; m. John Leverett, and

had issue, seven children.  See Leverett Memorial,

p. 156.

iv. Rebecca Waldo,8 b. 15 Aug., 1776;.m., 30 Sept.,

1805, Jonathan Phillips, of Boston, and d. 13

March, 1828.  Their only surviving child was Wil-

liam9 Phillips, b. 11 Jan., 1819, who died 8 April,

1873, leaving a vast property to a distant cousin, the

heir male of the name.

v. Stephen,8 b. 27 Feb., 1778; d. 16 Dec., 1786.

vi. Joseph Sewall,8 be 1 Nov., 1779; d. 9 Dec., 1779.


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vii. Josiah,8 b. 15 Feb., 1781; H. C. 1798, m. Abigail,

daughter of Judge Samuel Breese, and had: --

Elizabeth M.,9 b. 30 Nov., 1812, m. Theodore D.

Woolsey, of Yale College.

Edmund E.,9 b. 6 April, 1814; m. 1st, his cousin

Abigail S. Phillips, 27 April, 1836; 2d, Eve-

lyn McCurdy, 23 Nov., 1871.

viii. Sarah,8 b. 19 Nov., 1782; m. John Tappan, of Boston,

and had: --

John G.,9 b. 5 Feb., 1808; m. Eliza L. Trask.

Samuel S.,9 b. 2 Sept., 1809; m. Eveline Stearns.

Sarah S.,9 b. l March, 1811; m. Thomas Denny.

Rebecca W.,9 b. 5 Nov., 1812; m. Henry E. Davies.

Lewis W.,9 b. 3 Aug., 1814; m. Mary C. Swift.

Mary S.,9 b. 3 April, 1816; m. James W. Kimball.

Francis W.,9 b. 29 Dec., 1817; m. Laura B. De

            Peyster.

Elizabeth S.,9 b. 28