Nielsen Hayden genealogy
Henry Sewall
Bef 1615 - 1700 (> 84 years)-
Name Henry Sewall Birth Bef 25 Jun 1615 [1] Baptism 25 Jun 1615 Manchester Cathedral, Lancashire, England [1] Gender Male Death 16 May 1700 Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts [1] Burial First Parish Burying Ground, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts [1] Person ID I26859 Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others Last Modified 19 Apr 2023
Father Henry Sewall, b. Bef 8 Apr 1576 d. Mar 1656, Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts (Age > 79 years) Mother Anne Hunt d. Bef 1 Jul 1615 Family ID F16049 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Jane Dummer, b. Abt 1627, England d. 13 Jan 1701, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts (Age ~ 74 years) Marriage 25 Mar 1646 Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts [1, 2, 3] Notes - The ceremony was officiated by Richard Saltonstall.
Children + 1. Hannah Sewall, b. 10 May 1649, Tunworth, Hampshire, England d. 11 Nov 1699, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts (Age 50 years) 2. Samuel Sewall, Chief Justice of Massachusetts, b. 28 Mar 1652, Bishopstoke, Hampshire, England d. 1 Jan 1730 (Age 77 years) + 3. John Sewall, b. 10 Oct 1654, North Baddesley, Hampshire, England d. 9 Aug 1699, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts (Age 44 years) + 4. Maj. Stephen Sewall, b. Bef 19 Aug 1657 d. 17 Oct 1725, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts (Age > 68 years) Family ID F16046 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 19 Apr 2023
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Notes - He emigrated to New England on the Elizabeth & Dorcas in 1634, an ill-starred crossing during which sixty passengers died.
He returned to England in 1646 with his Dummer in-laws. The in-laws never returned to New England; he returned to New England briefly in 1650 or so, then permanently in 1659. He brought his wife and children over in 1661.
Sometime while in England in the 1650s, he became a minister at North Baddesley, Hampshire. He appears to have been on friendly terms with Richard Cromwell, who briefly became Lord Protector between his father's death and the Restoration.
Henry Sewall (1615-1700) = Jane Dummer (1627-1701)
Samuel Sewall (1652-1730) = Hannah Hull (1658-1717)
Joseph Sewell (1688-1769) = Elizabeth Walley (d. 1756)
Samuel Sewell (1715-1771) = Elizabeth Quincy (1729-1770)
Dorothy Sewell (1758-1825) = Joseph May (1760-1841)
Abigail May (1800-1877) = Bronson Alcott (1799-1888)
Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888)
Making Louisa May Alcott a fifth cousin, six times removed, to LDN.
- He emigrated to New England on the Elizabeth & Dorcas in 1634, an ill-starred crossing during which sixty passengers died.
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Sources - [S3675] The Descendants of Henry Sewall (1576-1656) of Manchester and Coventry, England, and Newbury and Rowley, Massachusetts by Eben W. Graves. Boston: Newbury Street Press, 2007.
- [S3679] Joseph Lemuel Chester, "The Family of Dummer." The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 35:254, 35:321, 1881., date only.
- [S6886] Judge Sewall's Apology: The Salem Witch Trials and the Forming of a Conscience by Richard Francis. London: Harper Perennial, 2006., year only.
- [S3675] The Descendants of Henry Sewall (1576-1656) of Manchester and Coventry, England, and Newbury and Rowley, Massachusetts by Eben W. Graves. Boston: Newbury Street Press, 2007.