Person:Samuel Sewall (6)

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Major Samuel Sewall
b.24 Nov 1689 Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
d.5 May 1757 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. 13 Jun 1682
  1. Stephen Sewall1684 - 1684
  2. Stephen Sewall1685 - 1685/86
  3. Margaret Sewall1687 - 1736
  4. Jane Sewall1688 - 1688
  5. Major Samuel Sewall1689 - 1757
  6. Susannah Sewall1691 - Aft 1753
  7. Jonathan Sewall1692/93 - 1731
  8. Jane Sewall1694 - 1747
  9. Mehitabel Sewall1695 - Aft 1753
  10. Elizabeth Sewall1696 - 1697
  11. Hannah Sewall1697 - 1697
  12. Mary Sewall1698 - 1699
  13. Mitchell Sewall1699 - 1748
  14. Hannah Sewall1700 - 1700
  15. Henry Sewall1701 - 1721
  16. Chief Justice Stephen Sewall1702 - 1760
  17. Benjamin Sewall1708 - Bef 1741/42
Spouse and Children
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m. 1 Jan 1716/17
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Facts and Events
Name[1][2] Major Samuel Sewall
Gender Male
Birth[1] 24 Nov 1689 Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage 1 Jan 1716/17 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United Statesto Katherine George
Will[1] 11 Jan 1753 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Death[1][2] 5 May 1757 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United StatesDied probably s.p.
Probate[1] 6 May 1757 Suffolk, Massachusetts, United StatesWill proved.
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 13. Stephen3 Sewall, in Graves, Eben W. The Descendants of Henry Sewall (1576-1656): of Manchester and Coventry, England and Newbury and Rowley, Massachusetts. (Boston, Mass.: Newbury Street Press, 2007)
    101-02.

    "Samuel Sewall, b. (Salem) 24 Nov. 1689; bp. (First Church, Salem) 23 Nov. 1689 [sic] d. (Boston), probably s.p., 5 May 1757; … Samuel Sewall was a merchant and ship chandler in Boston. In 1720 he was a member of the Artillery Company, of which he was appointed Captain in 1734, and in 1733 he was Major in the Boston regiment. The will of Samuel Sewall of Boston, merchant, dated 11 Jan. 1753, proved at Suffolk County Probate Court 6 May 1757, makes bequests to beloved wife Katherine, loving brother and sister Stephen Sewall and Mehitable Robie."

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Samuel Sewall, in Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England: Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register. (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co, 1860-1862)
    4:56.

    "Samuel (Sewall), 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. 91. 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."

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