Quoted directly from Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England by James Savage, Boston, 1860-1862 Vol IV, pp. 53-57. Select abbreviations for futher definition by Savage.
SEWALL, or SEWELL, or SEAWELL, EDWARD, Salem, m. 3 July 1671, Sarah Hale, had Eliz. b. 27 Jun foll.; and Edward, 14 July 1674; prob. rem. to Exeter 1677, d. 1684. HENRY, Newbury 1635, had liv. 1623 at Manchester, Eng. it is said, as also that he was eldest s. of Henry, Mayor of Coventry, and bapt. 8 Apr. 1576. His w. Coffin calls Ann Hunt, but in Col. rec. her name is Ellen, and his only ch. was Henry, old eno. to be sent over a yr. bef. his f. but perhaps he was s. of an earlier w. than this brot. from Eng. No doubt the s. would better have been pleas. had the f. contin. at home, for be was dissatisf. with every body and thing, soon separat. from his w. disturb. the ch. of Ipswich bef. he mov. to N. thence he rem. to Rowley, there d. 1657, more than 80 yrs. old. That he was insane, is the natur. conclusion, and the acts of governm. were injudic. See Col. Rec. I. 163, 233, and 286, beside the full relat. in Coffin, 61. HENRY, Newbury, only s. of the preced. came, at the age of 20, in the Elizabeth Dorcas, 1634, was first at Ipswich, but with early sett. went to N. next yr.; m. 25 Mar. 1646, Jane, eldest ch. of Stephen Dunmmer, had gone home with f. and mo. of his w. and resid. short time at Warwick, next at Tunworth, 4 miles from Basingstoke, in Hants, where was b. his first ch. Hannah, 10 May 1649, and near B. had Samuel, 28 Mar. 1652, bapt. there 4 May foll. H. C. 1671, the venerab. Ch. J. Bef. the rite was solemniz. Rasbley, wh. had, a doz. yrs. earlier, been a memb. of our Boston ch. preach. a sermon, tho. it was on a Tuesday, as in his autobiog. the Judge delights to tell. Rem. to Baddesly, in the same shire, a. 4 miles from Rumsey, he had John, 10 Oct. 1654, bapt. Wednesday, 22 Nov. foll.; Stephen, 10 or 19 Aug. 1657; and Jane, 25 Oct. 1659. He had, however, made ano. voyage to N. E. to look aft. his f. and bef. the b. of this last nam. ch. came on his third visit, and next yr. sent for his fam. The w. with her five ch. land. at Boston, July 1661, aft. six wks. pass. in the Prudent Mary, Capt. Woodgreen, and all were carr. five days aft. to N. There he had Ann, 3 Sept. 1662; Mehitable, 8 May 1665; and Dorothy, 29 Oct. 1668. He was a min. in Eng. but I do not so mark him, for he never officiat. here; but a let. to our Gov. from the Lord Protector, Richard, the wiser son of Oliver, during his brief exalta. 23 Mar. 1659, fully proves it; and grow. from personal acquaint. it is well worth perus. in Hutch. I. appx. xii. He d. 16 May 1700, and his wid. d. 13 Jan. foll. Near all that have borne the name in our land are descend. Hannah m. 24 Aug 1670, Jacob Toppan, and d. 12 Nov. 1699; Jane m. 24 Sept. 1677, Moses Gerrish, and d. 29 Jan. 1717; Ann m. 10 Nov. 1678, William Longfellow, and next, Henry Short, had both Longfellows and Shorts; Mehitable m. 15 Nov. 1684, William Moody,, and d. 8 Aug. 1702; and Dorothy m. 10 Sept. 1691 Ezekiel Northend. HENRY, Newbury, s. of John, m. 1 Jan. 1707, Eliz. d. of Benaiah Titcomb, had Sarah, b. 20 Sept. 1708, d. soon; Stephen, H. C. 1731; Sarah, again, 21 Aug. 1711; Mary, 25 Aug,. 1713; Eliz. 4 Aug. 1715; and Hannah; and d. 29 June 1760. JOHN, Newbury, s. of Henry the sec. b. in Eng. m. 27 Oct. 1671, Hannah Fessenden of Cambridge, prob. sis. of the first Nicholas, had Hannah, h. 21 Dec. 1675, d. soon; Hannah, again, 26 Dec. 1677, wh. m. Rev. Samuel Moody of York; John, 10 Apr. 1680; Henry, 7 Sept. 1682; Stephen, 17 Jan. 1685; Samuel, 9 Apr. 1688; Nicholas, and a tw. ch. wh. d. soon, 1 June 1690; and Thomas, 5 Mar. 1693, wh. d. at coll. 18 July 1716, as by Harris's Epit. 52. He d. 8 Aug. 1699, and his wid. m. Jacob Toppan, wh. had been h. of the sis. of her h. and d. 4 Apr. 1723. JOHN, Newbury, s. of the preced. m. Estber, d. of Rev. Michael Wigglesworth, had prob. no ch. and d. 25 Feb. 1712. His wid. m. 21 Oct. 1713, Abraham Toppan. JONATHAN, Boston, merch. s. of the first Stephen, d. in early life, but was f. of that Jonathan, disting. as adher. of the royal cause in 1774, author of Massachusettensis, whose mo. was his sec. w. Mary Payne; by her also he had two ds. and by his first w. Eliz. Alford, d. prob. of Benjamin, wh. d. 11 Sept. 1723, had two ds. and d. Nov. 1731. JOSEPH, Boston, s. of Samuel the first, ord. 16 Sept. 1713, collea. with Rev. Ebenezer Pemberton at the 0. S. ch. m. 29 Oct. foll. Eliz. d. of Hon. John Walley, had Samuel, b. 2, bapt. 8 May 1715, H. C. 1733; Joseph, 13, bapt. 19 July 1719, d. next mo. That Samuel was f. of the excellent Samuel, b. 11 Dec. 1757, H. C. 1776, the third Ch. J. giv. by this fam. to the Ct. of highest civ. and crim. jurisdict. in Mass. His w. d. 27 Oct. 1756, and be d. 27 June 1769, aft. hav. the opportunity for declin. 1724, to be Presid. of H. C. the honer of wh. election was ascrib. to his piety by a competitor of more learning, than decency or discretion, who solaced his mortificat. in defeat by the happiness of his sneer. MITCHELL, Salem, br. of Jonathan, m. 10 May 1729, Mary, d. of John Cabot, had Catharine, Margaret, and Mary; and by sec. w. m. 10 June 1743, Eliz. Price, had Eliz. Stephen, and Jonathan M. NATHANIEL, Newbury, a pauper youth, murder. 1644, by his master, William Franklin, wh. met the just reward. See Winth. II. 184. NICHOLAS, York, s. of John the first, m. Mehitable, d. of Samuel Storer, had Samuel, b. 8 Nov. 1714; John, 6 July 1716; Hannah, 12 Feb. 1719, wh. d. a wid. 25 Jan. 1810; Thomas, 2 May 1721; William, 26 Apr. 1723; Mehitable, 13 Mar. 1725; Henry, 26 Mar. 1727; Jane, 29 May 1729; Sarah, 1 July 1731; and Stephen, 24 Mar. 1734, H. C. 1761, profess. of Hebr. &c. at the same. Be was a tanner, and d. a. 1740. ±||SAMUEL, Boston, eldest s. of the sec. Henry, b. in Eng. at Horton, near Basingstoke, Co. Hants, was bapt. at the ch. of B. taught his rudim. at Rumsey sch. and came with his mo. at 9 yrs. Z5 of age to our country, adm. freem. 1678, ar. co. 1679, of wh. he was capt. 1701, a supervis. of the press 1681, and print. with his own hand the catechism, chos. an Assist. 1684 to 6, when chart. was abrogat. and again, on its restora. 1689 to 92, and nam. of the counc. in new chart. by k. William and Mary under adv. of Increase Mather, of wh. list he was the last surv. when he withdrew 1725; was made a judge of Sup. Ct. 1692, and one of a special, but unlawful, commiss. with others under dep.-gov. Stoughton for trial of the witches; sev. yrs. judge of pro. and d. 1 Jan. 1730. For his partak. in the doleful delusion of that monstrous tribunal at Salem, that caus. the d. of so many innocents, be suffer. remorse for long, yrs. with the highest Christian magnanim. supplicat. for mercy on the Lord's day, in the open congregat. tho. less tenderness of conscience was shown by a very relig. magistr. the chief in that cause. See Hutch. II. 61. He may also claim the honor of being one of the earliest in exertions against domestic slavery, and in answ. to him one of his assoc. judges publish. defence. By his flrst w. Hannah, only surv. ch. of John Hull, the mintmaster, in. 28 Feb. 1676, he had John, b. 2, bapt. 8 Apr. 1677, wh. d. next yr.; Samuel, 11, bapt. 16 June 1678; Hannah, 3, bapt. 8 Feb. 1680, wh. d. unm. at 44 yrs.; Eliz. 29 Dec. 1681, bapt. I June foll.; Hull, 8, bapt. 13 July 1684, d. young; Henry, 8, bapt. 13 Dec. 1685, d. in few days; Stephen, 31 Jan. bapt. 6 Feb. 1687, d. in few mos. Joseph, 15, bapt. 19 Aug. 1688, H. C. 1707; Judith, 13, bapt. 24 Aug. 1690, d. soon; Mary, 28 Oct. bapt. 1 Nov. 1691, ano. ch. 7, bapt. 13 Aug. 1693, d. soon; Sarah, 21, bapt. 25 Nov. 1694, d. young; one more, in 1696, d. very soon; and Judith, again, 2, bapt. 4 Jan. 1702; so that only six of the fourteen ch. grew to maturity. A sec. w. Abigail, d. of Jacob Melyen, wh. was wid. of William Tilley, as she had been of James Woodmansey, m. 29 Oct. 1719, d. 26 May foll. and a third w. m. 29 Mar. 1722, Mary, d. of Henry Shirmpton, wid. of Robert Gibbs, outliv. him; but neither had brot. him ch. Eliz. m. 17 Oct. 1700, Grove Hirst, and d. 10 July 1716; Mary m. Samuel Gerrish, and d. 16 Nov. 1710; and Judith, m. 12 May 1720, Rev. William Cooper, and d. 23 Dec. 1740. Folly has never been gratif. by any tradit. more than the story of the m. of this Judge S. as Hutch. I. 178, tells, that he rec. with his first w. "as common. report. thirty thousand pounds in N. E. shillings." Easy was it for credulity to accept the addit. to that tale, that she was put into the scales against an equal load of her f's coin. Slight arithmetic would prove, that f. and d. together would scarce. balance one tenth of the silver; so that if we strike out one of the cyphers from that 30000, and assume that dollars were the true read. instead of pounds, it might be less marvel. if equal. ridiculous. Prob. he was the richest man in the Prov. at his d. yet he left no will, and his admors. saw no use in return of inv. Amicable partition, no doubt, was suffic. for the heirs. SAMUEL, Brookline, s. of the preced. m. 15 Sept. 1702, Rebecca, eldest d. of Gov. Joseph Dudley, had Hull, b. 19 July 1703, d. in few mos.; Rebecca, 30 Dec. 1704, tho. Boston rec. then gives Samuel, wh. foll. and Hannah, Mary, Henry, and John, but all d. bef. their f. wh. liv. to 27 Feb. 1751. His wid. d. 14 Apr. 1761. SAMUEL, York, s. of the first John, by w. Lydia, not Sarah (as Alden calls her) Storer, had John, b. 14 Aug 1712, d. at 3 yrs.; Dummer, 12 Feb. 1715, d. at 21 yrs.; Lydia, 24 Jan. 1717; Mary, 30 May 1718, d. soon; Mary, again, 29 Feb. 1720; and Hannah, 22 Jan. 1722; and by sec. w. in. 28 Nov. 1723, wid. of Joseph Titcomb of Newbury, d. of Samuel Batchelder of Reading, whose bapt. name is not seen, had seven s. Samuel, b. 14 Sept. 1724, wh. liv. unm. to gr. age; John, again, 5 May 1729; Joseph, 3 Sept. 1731; Moses, 22 July 1733; David, 7 Oct. 1735, H. C. 1755; Dummer, 17 Dec. 1737; Henry, 7 Feb. 1740; Sarah and Jane, tw. that d. young, and he d. 28 Apr. 1769. His wid. d. 4 Feb. 1790, aeed 92. *SAMUEL, Boston, eldest s. of Stephen the first, a merch. m. 1 Jan. 1717, Catharine, wid. of Henry Howell d. of Rev. Samuel Lee, prob. had no issue. But her two young ch. by H. were drown. 8 Jan. 1727, thro. break. of the ice on the riv. while S. was in Eng. and he prob. req. celebr. Dr. Watts to write a let. of condolence to his w. that has been print. in Geneal. Reg. I. 191. Poor Cotton Mather had m. their aunt and was made admor. on est. of their f. thereby caus. gr. trouble to hims. and unjust delay to the orphans. S. was rep. sev. times aft. coming, home, and d. 5 May 1757. STEPHEN, Newbury, youngest s. of Henry the sec. b. in Eng. m. 13 June 1682, Margaret, d. of Jonathan Mitchell, the matchless, had, Eliot says, 17 ch. tho. I see acco. of only ten, Margaret, b. 7 May 1687; Samuel, 24 Nov. 1689 Susanna, 24 Oct. 1691; Jonathan, 7 Feb. 1693; Jane, 10 Feb. 1695 Mehitable, 21 May 1697; Mitchell, 29 Oct. 1699, H. C. 1718; Henryl 25 Oct. 1701, d. under 20 yrs.; Stephen, 18 Dec. 1704, H. C. 1721, the Ch. J. wh. d. unm. 10 Sept. 1760; and Benjamin, 6 Apr. 1708; d. 17 Oct. 1725; and his wid. d. 20 Jan. 1736. Of his ds. Margaret m. 11 Nov. 1714, as his sec. w. John Higginson; Susanna m. 22 Oct. 1713, Rev. Aaron Porter, Jane m. Rev. William Cooke; and Mehitable m. Thomas Robie. Aft 1686 he liv. at Salem. Gr. serv. this Stephen render. in 1704, as head of the volunt. in a successf. expedit. against the pirate Quelch, wh. with five of his comp. were hang. THOMAS, Springfield, had a d. b. 5 Jan. 1649, wb. d. in 3 wks.; and Abigail, 14 Mar. 1650, and rem. soon aft. but to what place is hard to decide, perhaps was at Wickford 1674; and wholly uncert. wbence he came; and the spell. on rec. is Sewill. Wide. spread the name has not been in our country, tho. none more honor. for gr. in 1849 at Harv. count. twenty-two, none at Yale, and one at Dart.
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