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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Henry Sewall was born in of Charles County, Maryland (son of Richard Sewall and Mary Dugdale); died between 25 Apr 1664 and 17 Apr 1665 in England.

    Notes:

    He and his family emigrated to Maryland in 1661, settling in Calvert County. He served in the provincial assembly, and as a member of the provincial council, provincial secretary, and justice of the provincial court. He returned to England in 1664 and died there soon after.

    Family/Spouse: Jane Lowe. Jane (daughter of Vincent Lowe and Anne Cavendish) was born before 14 Oct 1633; was christened on 14 Oct 1633 in Denby, Derbyshire, England; died on 19 Jan 1701; was buried in St. Giles-in-the-Fields, Middlesex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Mary Sewall was born between 1658 and 1659; died on 12 Mar 1694.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Richard Sewall was born about 1585 (son of Henry Sewall, Mayor of Coventry and Margaret Gresbrook); died on 12 Nov 1638 in Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England.

    Richard married Mary Dugdale. Mary (daughter of John Dugdale and Elizabeth Swynfen) was born before 7 Dec 1597; was christened on 7 Dec 1597 in Shustoke, Warwickshire, England; died between 9 Apr 1640 and 1 Jun 1641. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Mary Dugdale was born before 7 Dec 1597; was christened on 7 Dec 1597 in Shustoke, Warwickshire, England (daughter of John Dugdale and Elizabeth Swynfen); died between 9 Apr 1640 and 1 Jun 1641.
    Children:
    1. 1. Henry Sewall was born in of Charles County, Maryland; died between 25 Apr 1664 and 17 Apr 1665 in England.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Henry Sewall, Mayor of Coventry was born about 1544 (son of William Shewell and Matilda Horne); died on 16 Apr 1628 in Coventry, Warwickshire, England; was buried in Draper's Chapel, St. Michael's, Coventry, Warwickshire, England.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Alternate death: 6 Apr 1628

    Notes:

    "Henry Sewall was a member of the Company and Fellowship of Drapers of Coventry, an alderman, sheriff in 1582, mayor of Coventry 1587-88 and 1606-7, and a representative of Coventry to the English parliament that met 30 January 1620." [The Descendants of Henry Sewall, citation details below]

    His great-grandson Samuel Sewall, chief justice of Massachusetts, described Henry as a "prudent man" who acquired a "great estate." Coventry tax records from just before his death confirm this; he is among the five individuals who pay the most tax. And his inquisition post mortem shows that he died owning sixty-four different properties in and near Coventry, Stoke, and Radford.

    Henry married Margaret Gresbrook before 24 Sep 1575. Margaret (daughter of Alverey Gresbrook and Margaret Keene) was born before 1557; died between 10 May 1629 and 20 Nov 1629; was buried in Draper's Chapel, St. Michael's, Coventry, Warwickshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Margaret Gresbrook was born before 1557 (daughter of Alverey Gresbrook and Margaret Keene); died between 10 May 1629 and 20 Nov 1629; was buried in Draper's Chapel, St. Michael's, Coventry, Warwickshire, England.
    Children:
    1. Henry Sewall was born before 8 Apr 1576; was christened on 8 Apr 1576 in St. Michael's, Coventry, Warwickshire, England; died in Mar 1656 in Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts.
    2. 2. Richard Sewall was born about 1585; died on 12 Nov 1638 in Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England.

  3. 6.  John Dugdale was born in 1552 in Clitheroe, Lancashire, England; died in 1624.

    Notes:

    Rector of Shustoke, Warwickshire.

    John married Elizabeth Swynfen. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Elizabeth Swynfen
    Children:
    1. 3. Mary Dugdale was born before 7 Dec 1597; was christened on 7 Dec 1597 in Shustoke, Warwickshire, England; died between 9 Apr 1640 and 1 Jun 1641.
    2. William Dugdale, Garter King of Arms was born on 12 Sep 1605 in Shustoke, Warwickshire, England; died on 10 Feb 1686 in Blyth Hall, Shustoke, Warwickshire, England.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  William Shewell

    William married Matilda Horne. Matilda (daughter of Reginald Horne and Margery Lee) was born between 1513 and 1527. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Matilda Horne was born between 1513 and 1527 (daughter of Reginald Horne and Margery Lee).
    Children:
    1. 4. Henry Sewall, Mayor of Coventry was born about 1544; died on 16 Apr 1628 in Coventry, Warwickshire, England; was buried in Draper's Chapel, St. Michael's, Coventry, Warwickshire, England.

  3. 10.  Alverey Gresbrook was born in of Stoke Hall, Middleton, Warwickshire, England (son of John Gresbrooke and Isabell); died between 24 Sep 1575 and 7 Mar 1576.

    Notes:

    Also called Alured; Greysbrooke.

    Alverey married Margaret Keene. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Margaret Keene (daughter of Thomas Kene and Margaret Gibbons).

    Notes:

    That she was a daughter of Thomas Kene of Sutton Coldfield is proved by a lawsuit brought by Alverey Gresbrook as executor of his father-in-law, against Robert Foxe of Middleton, sometime between 17 Nov 1560 and 16 Nov 1562.

    Children:
    1. 5. Margaret Gresbrook was born before 1557; died between 10 May 1629 and 20 Nov 1629; was buried in Draper's Chapel, St. Michael's, Coventry, Warwickshire, England.


Generation: 5

  1. 18.  Reginald Horne was born in of Pickesley, Shropshire, England (son of John Hornes and Margery Morton).

    Reginald married Margery Lee. Margery was born in of Whitchurch, Shropshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 19.  Margery Lee was born in of Whitchurch, Shropshire, England.
    Children:
    1. 9. Matilda Horne was born between 1513 and 1527.

  3. 20.  John Gresbrooke was born in of Stoke Hall, Middleton, Warwickshire, England (son of John Gresbrooke de Shenston); died after 26 May 1540.

    Notes:

    Second of his name, which is to say, his older brother was also named John Gresbrooke. The older John succeeded to their father's Shenston estates, whereas this John inherited nearby Stoke Hall in Middleton.

    The wills of this John Gresbrooke, his wife Isabel, and their son Alverey can be found at page 345 of Miscellanea Genealogica et Heraldica, Volume II, "New Series," ed. Joseph Jackson Howard, 1877.

    John married Isabell. Isabell died in 1554. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 21.  Isabell died in 1554.
    Children:
    1. 10. Alverey Gresbrook was born in of Stoke Hall, Middleton, Warwickshire, England; died between 24 Sep 1575 and 7 Mar 1576.

  5. 22.  Thomas Kene was born in of Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire, England; died on 27 Dec 1559 in Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire, England.

    Thomas married Margaret Gibbons. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 23.  Margaret Gibbons (daughter of William Gibbons and Agnes Harman).
    Children:
    1. 11. Margaret Keene


Generation: 6

  1. 36.  John Hornes (son of William Horne and Jane).

    John married Margery Morton. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 37.  Margery Morton (daughter of Thomas Morton and Juliana Butler).
    Children:
    1. 18. Reginald Horne was born in of Pickesley, Shropshire, England.

  3. 40.  John Gresbrooke de Shenston was born in of Shenston, Staffordshire, England (son of John de Gresbroke); died before 1509.

    Notes:

    He was a member of the Guild Fraternity of Walsall in the time of Henry VII.

    Children:
    1. 20. John Gresbrooke was born in of Stoke Hall, Middleton, Warwickshire, England; died after 26 May 1540.

  4. 46.  William Gibbons was born in of Little Sutton near Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire, England.

    William married Agnes Harman. Agnes (daughter of William Harman and Joan Squire) died in 1520. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  5. 47.  Agnes Harman (daughter of William Harman and Joan Squire); died in 1520.
    Children:
    1. 23. Margaret Gibbons


 

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