Nielsen Hayden genealogy
Henry Sewall, Mayor of Coventry
Abt 1544 - 1628 (~ 84 years)-
Name Henry Sewall Suffix Mayor of Coventry Birth Abt 1544 [1, 2] Gender Male Alternate death 6 Apr 1628 [2] Death 16 Apr 1628 Coventry, Warwickshire, England 
[1] Burial Draper's Chapel, St. Michael's, Coventry, Warwickshire, England [1, 2] Person ID I26866 Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others Last Modified 21 Feb 2020
Father William Shewell Mother Matilda Horne, b. Between 1513 and 1527 Family ID F16052 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Margaret Gresbrook, b. Bef 1557 d. Between 10 May 1629 and 20 Nov 1629 (Age > 72 years) Marriage Bef 24 Sep 1575 [1, 3] Children 1. Henry Sewall, b. Bef 8 Apr 1576 d. Mar 1656, Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts (Age > 79 years)2. Richard Sewall, b. Abt 1585 d. 12 Nov 1638, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England (Age ~ 53 years)Family ID F16050 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 21 Feb 2020
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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 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]
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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.
- [S3678] "Pedigree of the Family of Grazebrook Since They Settled in Staffordshire, with Sufficient Proofs After Each Generation." Miscellanea Genealogica et Heraldica, 3rd series, 117, 158.
- [S3678] "Pedigree of the Family of Grazebrook Since They Settled in Staffordshire, with Sufficient Proofs After Each Generation." Miscellanea Genealogica et Heraldica, 3rd series, 117, 158., month and 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.