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Copyright by CLP Research 1600 1700 1750 1800 1850 1650 1900 Copyright by CLP Research Henry Seawell (or Sewell or Sewall) I Main Political Affiliation: Partial Genealogy of the Sewalls (1544-1628); (linen draper) (of Maine & Massachusetts) (Mayor Coventry, England, 1598, 1606) = Mary Grazebrook 1763-83 Whig/Rev & Tory/Loyal (1556-1632) 1789-1823 Federalist Henry Seawell II 3 Daughters Richard Seawell 1824-31 National Republican Mary Cowarden = Jane Lowe = (1576-1657) = Ann Hunt (1578-1639) 1832-53 Whig 1600(1578-96) (1580-1601) (1590-1615) = Mary Dugdale 1854- Democrat & Republican (1597-1648) 3 Children Thomas Seawell I Col. Henry Seawell III (1597-1650) (1601-44) 1 Daughter Henry Sewall III 6 OthersCol. Henry Sewall Mary Seawell (Emigrated fr England, 1619) (Emigrated fr England, 1619) (1615-1700) (1618-65) (1622-1701) SEE SEAWELL OF NC (VA H of B, 1630, 1632, 1639) (Emigrated to Massachusetts, 1634, 1659) (Emigrated fr England, to Maryland) = Col. Richard Dudley GENEALOGY SEE SEAWELL OF VA (Returned to England, 1647, 1651-58) (MD secretary, 1661-65) (1623-87); (merchant) GENEALOGY (MA GC,, 1661, 1663, 1668, 1670) SEE SEWALL OF MD (Gloucester cOo VA sheriff, 1657) = Jane Drummer (1627-1701) GENEALOGY See Dudley of VA Genealogy 1650 Hannah Sewall Samuel Sewall John Sewall 3 Others Major Stephen Sewall I Mehitable Sewall (1649-99) (1652-1730) (1654-99) (1657-1729) (1665-702) = Jacob Tappan (MA council, 1684-1725) (moved to Maine) = William Moody (1645-1717) SEE SEAWELL OF MA (Salem witch trial judge, 1692) See Fessenden of ME = Hannah Fessenden (1661-1730) (MA sup. ct chief justice, 1718-28) GENEALOGY See Tappan of OH Genealogy (1649-1723) See Moody of MA Genealogy Genealogy SEE SEAWELL OF MA GENEALOGY Samuel Sewall 7 Others Nicholas Sewall (1688-1769) (1690-1740) 1700 Lydia Storer = = Sarah Batchelder Titcomb (1689-1790) See Storer of NH = Mehitable Storer (1694-1723) (Sister of Susannah, Genealogy (1696-1768) grandmother of Daniel Webster) See Storer of NH Genealogy 6 Children David Sewall 7 Others Col. Dummer Sewall John Sewall Henry Sewall I 7 Others Stephen Sewall 1735-1825) (1737-1833) (1716-1806) (1727-92) (1734-1804) (York MA justice, 1762) (Bath ME local 171-1805) = Mary Sayward Abigail Titcomb = (MA gen ct, 1777) (MA general court, 1776) (Rev War, 1775-83) (1718-81) (1718-98) = Rebecca (MA exec council); (MA judge, 1777) (MA congress, 1774); (MA convention, 1787) Wigglesworth 1750 (MA supreme court, 1782-89) = Mary Dunning Tabitha Sewall 1 Daughter Sarah Sewall Gen. Henry Sewall II 4 Others (1730-83) (US District Court, 1789-1818) (1739-1823) (1753-1810) (1750-1816) (1752-1845) 1 Son Mary Parker = = Elizabeth Langdon = Gen. Henry Sewall II = Cpt. Joseph Parsons II (Rev War, 1775-83) (1730-88) (1756-1838) (1752-1845) (1750-1807) (War of 1812 General) 8 Others Joseph Sewall (grist mill owner) (Rev War, 1775-83) (Look Left) = Tabitha Sewall (1753-1810) (1770-1852) (War of 1812 General) (Rev War/Bunker Hill = Lydia Marsh (Look Right) See Parsons of NH (1771-at least 1797 Genealogy Susan Sewall 3 Others (1794-1882) William Dunning Sewall = Robert Gardner of ME 1800 (1797-1877) (1790s?-at least 1827) (Bath ME Shipbuilder) (possibly related to = Rachel Allen Trufant Gardners of MA) (1797-1876) William Sewall Gardner (1828-88); (lawyer) 4 Others Arthur Sewall (moved to Massachusetts) (1835-1900); (shipbuilder) (MA judge) (Democrat Vice Presidential Candidate, 1896) (MA supreme court, 1885-1888) = Emma Duncan Crooker (1836-1919) See Davis of MA = Mary H. Davis Genealogy (1835-at least 1880) 1850 Harold Marsh Sewall 1 Son William Dunning Sewall Part I (1860-1924) (1861-at least 1930) 2 Children (US Envoy Samoa, 1887-88); (US Minister Hawaii, 1897-98); (Maine house, 1896, 1903-07); (Maine senate, 1907-09) = Mary ???? See Ashe of NC Camilla Loyall Ashe of CA = (US House, 1914) = Ann Warren (1863-at least 1930) Genealogy (1866-at least 1920) (1866-1931) Arthur Sewall Camille Sewall 4 Others 3 Others Sumner Sewall (1897-at least 1939) (1???) (1897-1965); (Republican) = Walter Evans Edge See Edge of NJ (Mayor Bath ME, 1935-37, 1939) Genealogy (WWI pilot & hero); (Maine house, 1934-36); (Maine senate, 1936-40); (Governor of Maine, 1941-45) (1873-1956); (Rep); (printer) (US Military Governor of Wurtemberg Baden in Germany, 1946) 1900 (owner, Dorland Advertising Agency, 1891-1956); (founder, Atlantic City Daily Press, 1893-); (Spanish-American War) (secretary, NJ senate, 1901-04); (NJ house, 1910); (NJ senate, 1911-16); (Governor of New Jersey, 1917-19, 1944-47) = Helen Ellena Evans (1898-at least 1930) (US Senate, 1919-29); (US Ambassador to France, 1929-33); (willed Morven estate of Stocktons to State of New Jersey) 4 Children (daughter of Sigismond Embach, Russian Army officer immigrant).
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