John Sewall

Brief Life History of John

When John Sewall was born on 10 October 1654, in North Baddesley, Hampshire, England, his father, Henry Sewall III, was 39 and his mother, Jane Dummer, was 27. He married Hannah Fessenden on 27 October 1674, in Lexington, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 11 sons and 6 daughters. He immigrated to Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America in 1661 and lived in Test Valley, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom in 1654 and Newbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America in 1661. He died on 8 August 1699, in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 44, and was buried in First Parish Burying Ground, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Sewall
1654–1699
Hannah Fessenden
1649–1723
Marriage: 27 October 1674
Mary Sewall
1672–
Hannah Sewall
1675–1677
Hannah Sewall
1677–1727
John Sewall
1680–1750
Henry Sewell
1682–1760
Stephen Sewall
1684–1692
Samuel Sewall
1688–1769
Sarah Sewall
1690–1690
Nicholas Sewall
1690–1735
Thomas Sewall
1693–1716
Thomas Sewell
1693–1740
Sara Sewell
1699–1799
Edward Sewell
1701–1743
Stephen Sewell
1702–1748
Samuel Sewell
1702–
Elizabeth Sewell
1703–1803
Thomas Sewell
1707–1807

Sources (66)

  • John Sewall, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
  • John Sewall, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910"
  • John Sewall, "Find A Grave Index"

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World Events (1)

1688 · Glorious Revolution

The Glorious Revolution brought the downfall of Catholic King James II and the reign of his Protestant daughter Mary and her Dutch husband, William III of Orange.

Name Meaning

English:

from the Middle English personal name Sewal(d), Sawal(d), Old English Sǣweald, from ‘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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John Sewall (10 October 1654 – 8 August 1699)

He died aged 45 years. [source: Vital Records of Newbury, MA to the end of the year 1849] (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/66938409/john-sewall0

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