When Mary Sewall was born on 28 October 1691, in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Samuel Sewall, was 39 and her mother, Hannah Quincy Hull, was 34. She married Samuel Gerrish in 1709, in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She died on 16 September 1710, in Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, at the age of 18.
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In 1692, the Salem Witch Trials began when Betty Parris fell sick with an unknown illness. Her cousin Abigail William claimed that she was being made sick because of witchcraft. As other strange events began to happen more of the young ladies in the town started accussing more people. These people mainly consisted of people the young ladies did not like. By the time the hysteria ended over 200 people were accussed of being witches. Nineteen men and women were found guilty and hung.
English:
from the Middle English personal name Sewal(d), Sawal(d), Old English Sǣweald, from sǣ ‘sea’ + weald ‘rule(r)’. This name later became thoroughly confused with Sewal(d) from Old English Sigeweald or Old Norse Sigvaldr (see Sewell ). Compare Seawell .
variant of Sewell .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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