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     Simon Merrill Sewall is also recorded as Merrill Sewall. He was born on 14 July 1820 in Edgecomb, Maine.¹ He was the son of Rufus King Sewall and Phoebe Merrill.² Simon Merrill Sewall appears on the census of 1850 at Edgecomb, Lincoln County, Maine, listed as a mariner.³ He married Mary Wilson Sanford Mitchell, daughter of John S. Mitchell and Philenia Sewall, on 2 August 1854 in Gardiner, Kennebec County.⁴ Simon Merrill Sewall died on 12 October 1895 in Dorchester, Massachusetts, at the age of 75 on his way to his southern home in Beaufort, South Carolina. He died of fatty degeneration of the heart. The report in the Boston Daily Advertiser says that he died at the home of his niece, Mrs. Jean de Peiffer^5,6 and was buried in Oak Grove Cemetery, Gardiner, Maine.⁷

     Singleton Campbell Sewall. President, Morris-Sewall & Co., Inc., Houston. He was born on 18 November 1887 in Houston, Texas.² He was the son of Edward Wales Sewall and Gabriella Harriet (Ella) Campbell.¹ Singleton Campbell Sewall is recorded as Campbell Sewall on the census.³ He married Anita Fay, daughter of Thornwell Fay and Annie Bilger, on 6 April 1911.⁴ Singleton Campbell Sewall died on 19 November 1950 at 1304 Elgin Street, Houston, Texas, at the age of 63 (also as Campbell Sewall on the death record.)² His body was cremated on 20 November 1950 at Brookside Memorial Park, Houston, Texas.²

     Solomon Robards Sewall was born on 20 October 1846 in Rockport, Massachusetts.^1,2 He was the son of Levi Sewall and Mary Ann Robards.³ Solomon Robards Sewall died on 28 October 1850 at the age of 4 of croup.^4,5

     Somers Sewall was born on 14 June 1843 in Mobile, Alabama.¹ He was the son of Kiah Bayley Sewall and Lucretia Day.¹ Somers Sewall died on 7 December 1867 in Portland, Maine, at the age of 24.² He was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Portland, Maine.³

     Sophia Sewall was the daughter of Major Nicholas Sewall and Susanna Burgess.¹ On 13 November 1738 Sophia inherited from her father 1,000 acres of land on the Choptank River called Lady's Gift or Sewells Range, of which she and her husband sold half. Sophia Sewall married John Cooke.¹ Sophia Sewall and John Cooke was living in Graiden, Prince George's County, Maryland.²

     Sophia Sewall was born on 16 May 1788 in Hallowell, Maine.² She was the daughter of Moses Sewall and Ruth Barrell.¹ Sophia Sewall married firstly Hartley Wood, son of Gen. Abiel Wood and Elizabeth Tinkham, on 18 July 1808 in Hallowell.² Sophia Sewall married secondly Edmund Munroe, son of Colonel William Munroe and Anna Smith, on 31 August 1815 in Hallowell as his third wife.² Sophia Sewall died on 26 October 1878 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, at the age of 90.^3,4

     Spencer Kirby Sewall. Horticulturalist.² He was born in August 1848 in Rhode Island.³ He was the son of Gilbert Tennant Sewall and Abbie W. Riley.^1,4 Spencer Kirby Sewall married firstly Alice Fisher Wiggin, daughter of C.W. Wiggin, on 2 September 1874 in Dover, New Hampshire.⁵ Spencer Kirby Sewall and Alice Fisher Wiggin appear on the census of 1880 at San Gabriel, California, where his occupation is given as an horticulturalist. They employ several Chinese as labourers.¹ Spencer Kirby Sewall married secondly Mary Jane Norton on 28 July 1892 in Solano, California.⁶ Spencer Kirby Sewall and Mary Jane Norton appear on the census of 1900 at Pasadena, Los Angeles, California.³ Spencer Kirby Sewall died on 26 September 1915 in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 67.⁷

     Spencer Waldron Sewall was born on 31 August 1889 in Santa Ana, California.² He was the son of Gilbert Tennant Sewall and Lucie Belle Greenleaf.¹ Spencer Waldron Sewall married Eunice May Scott on 11 April 1914 in Kern County, Californias, they probably had no issue as none appear in either the 1920 or 1930 census.³ In 1917 he was a divisional electrician, Southern Pacific Company, Bakersfield.² Spencer Waldron Sewall died on 18 April 1976 in Kern, California, at the age of 86.⁴

     Stanley Darke Sewall was born on 11 September 1939.² He was the son of George Norman Sewall and Bertine Margaret Darke.¹

     Stephen Sewall was born on 14 December 1702 in Salem.¹ He was the son of Major Stephen Sewall and Margaret Mitchell. Stephen Sewall was baptised on 20 December 1702 by Rev. W. Noyes.² He graduated in 1721 from Harvard.¹ He died on 10 September 1760 in at his residence, Boston, at the age of 57 "dies estate insolvent"; "died bankrupt, probably through involvement in his brother's (Jonathan) speculations" according to a letter written by President John Adams.³

Sewall Stephen, son of Stephen Sewall, esq. was born in Salem, in December, 1702. He was graduated at Harvard College, 1721, and then took the charge of a school at Marblehead. The office of a grammar master ought to be accounted honourable. It is the most useful employment, and some of the greatest men in this country have thus begun their publick course. Mr. Sewall was chosen tutor in 1628, and continued in that office till the year 1739, when he was elevated to a seat on the bench of judges. His character was very eminent as a scholar. Dr. Chauncy, who was his classmate, and whose judgement none will dispute, speaks of him, as a man of first rate talents. "Quickness of apprehension," says he, "and a capacity to look thoroughly into a subject, were united to him in the highest degree I ever saw in any of my acquaintance. One could scarcely begin to mention a train of thought, but he would at once perceive the whole of what was going to be said ; and if it was a disputable point, had in readiness what was proper to be said in answer." He studied divinity, and was an excellent preacher, but did not incline to settle in the ministry. Having turned his attention to law, his wisdom and knowledge were so conspicuous, that he was recommended by the first gentlemen of the profession, as the most proper person for a vacant place of the superior court. Judge Dudley was then chief justice; and, upon his death, he was appointed his successor, though he was not the senior of the surviving judges. His reputation was high when he first went upon the bench, but in this superior station he gained more applause. " He preserved a great decorum in the court. He moderated the debates with a becoming calmness and dignity, in conjunction with a strict impartiality; shewing himself at once the man of honour and spirit, the knowing lawyer, and upright judge.
This great and good man was taken off in the midst of his usefulness. The powers of his mind were in full vigour ; as a judge, he was held in admiration, and one of the most learned and useful members of his majesty's council. To this office he was elected when he was chief justice. He would have been chosen some years before, but could not be persuaded to accept the place. He departed this life, Sept. 10, 1760, aged 58.
No one's death ever excited a more general sympathy. He was as much beloved for his good qualities, as admired for his superior wisdom. His polite and elegant manners gave a charm to the virtues of his life. It was remembered, likewise, how much he had dispersed and given to the poor! He was so kind to his relations and friends, and all who applied to him for help, "that he outdid his proper capacity." Two orphan children of his brother, Mitchel Sewall, esq. were under his immediate care. It was his intention to give them every advantage of education. The loss to them was irreparable.
Judge Sewall died a bachelor. He was a member of Dr. Mayhew's church. The Dr. printed the sermon he preached after his death, which may appear too much in the strain of eulogy ; but he observes, that the memory of wise and just men ought to be praised with all ardour of expression. "It seems but just and equitable," the Dr. adds, "that he, who never spoke evil of any one, but honoured all men, and delighted to give all their due share of praise, should, at least, when he is dead and gone, be praised by all in his turn; and so much the rather because he would not willingly suffer any to commend him while living, which was the truth concerning this excellent person." Eliot: Biographical Dictionary of New England, p. 420.⁴

     Stephen Sewall was born on 18 August 1708 in Newbury, Massachusetts.¹ He was the son of Henry Sewall and Elizabeth Titcomb. Stephen Sewall graduated in June 1731 from Harvard B.A.² He was a schoolmaster "an eminent teacher of youth" at Newbury.^3,4 He married Ann Little, daughter of Tristram Little and Anne Emery, on 27 December 1739 in Newbury, Massachusetts, however she is listed in the VRs as Mrs Ann Little.^3,5 Stephen Sewall died on 18 September 1795 in Newburyport, Massachusetts, at the age of 87.^3,6

     Stephen Sewall was born on 19 January 1684 in Newbury, Massachusetts.² He was the son of John Sewall and Hannah Fessenden.¹ Stephen Sewall died young.

     Stephen Sewall was born on 7 August 1684 in Salem, Massachusetts.² He was the son of Major Stephen Sewall and Margaret Mitchell.¹ Stephen Sewall died on 22 December 1684 in Salem, Massachusetts, (dates given on gravestone in Broad Street Cemetery.)²

     Stephen Sewall was born on 21 December 1685 in Salem, Massachusetts.² He was the son of Major Stephen Sewall and Margaret Mitchell.¹ Stephen Sewall died on 29 January 1686 in Salem, Massachusetts, (dates given on gravestone in Broad Street Cemetery.)²

     Stephen Sewall was baptised on 15 March 1746/47 at First Church of Salem, Massachusetts.² He was the son of Mitchell Sewall and Elizabeth Price.¹ Stephen Sewall married Abigail "Nabby" Lee on 30 March 1777 in Manchester, Massachusetts.² Stephen Sewall died on 28 June 1799 in Boston, Massachusetts, at the age of 52.²

     Stephen Sewall. Of York, later a merchant in Bath, Maine.² He was born on 5 September 1764 in York, Maine.³ He was the son of Capt. Moses Sewall and Miriam Stone.^1,3 Stephen Sewall married Abigail Bartlett, daughter of John Heard Bartlett and Dorcas Moulton, on 21 April 1788 in Second Parish Church, Kittery, Maine.² Stephen Sewall died on 28 March 1796 in Bath, Maine, at the age of 31⁴ and is buried in Dummer Street Cemetery, Bath, Maine.⁵

     Stephen Sewall was born on 30 January 1686/87.¹ He was the son of Chief Justice Samuel E. Sewall and Hannah Hull.¹ Stephen Sewall was baptised on 6 February 1686/87 "Between 3. and 4. P.M. Mr. Willard baptiseth my Son, whom I named Stephen."² He died on 26 July 1687 "About Nine aclock my dear Son Stephen Sewall expires, just after the Judges coming to Town; died in his Grandmother's Bed-Chamber in Nurse Hill's Arms. Had two teeth cut, no Convulsions."³ He was buried on 27 July 1687 "Between 6. and 7. after Noon."³

     Stephen Sewall was born on 1 January 1768.¹ He was the son of Professor Stephen Sewall and Rebecca Wigglesworth.¹ Stephen Sewall died on 26 December 1768.¹

     Stephen Sewall was born on 14 December 1760 in Georgetown.¹ He was the son of William Sewall and Sarah Chisam.¹

     Stephen Sewall was baptised on 8 March 1778 at Manchester, Massachusetts.¹ He was the son of Stephen Sewall and Abigail "Nabby" Lee.¹ Stephen Sewall died on 26 October 1824 in Taunton, Massachusetts, at the age of 46.¹

     Stephen Sewall was the son of Thomas Sewall and Sarah Weeks.¹ Stephen Sewall died s.p.¹

     Stephen Sewall was born on 12 January 1815 in Gilford, New Hampshire. He was the son of Benjamin Sewall and Mary Brown. Stephen Sewall married Rhoda Ann Hoyt, daughter of James Hoyt and Nancy Abbott, on 16 May 1841.¹ Stephen Sewall died on 10 February 1904 in Concord, New Hampshire, at the age of 89.²

     Deacon Stephen Sewall was born on 13 February 1794 in Hallowell, Maine.² He was the son of Stephen Sewall and Abigail Bartlett.² Deacon Stephen Sewall married Matilda Sewall, daughter of Daniel Sewall and Dorcas Bartlett, on 20 May 1824 in Kennebunk, Maine, (cousins.)² Deacon Stephen Sewall died on 30 May 1880 in Winthrop, Maine, at the age of 86.^2,1
He was described as a wealthy citizen and the leading anti-tobacco agitator in Maine.³

     Dr. Stephen Sewall was born in 1772 in Haverhill, New Hampshire.² He was the son of Jonathan Mitchell Sewall and Sarah Wood.¹ Dr. Stephen Sewall married Mary "Polly" Milliken, daughter of Joshua Milliken and Margaret Lord, on 8 November 1818 in Scarborough, Cumberland County, Maine.³ Dr. Stephen Sewall died on 10 August 1844 in Scarborough, Maine, though his gravestone inscriptions shows 11 August.^4,2

     Dr. Stephen Sewall. Physician. He was born on 20 May 1828 in Scarborough, Cumberland County, Maine.¹ He was the son of Dr. Stephen Sewall and Mary "Polly" Milliken.¹ Dr. Stephen Sewall married Almira Donnell, daughter of John Donnell and Irene Emerson, on 15 October 1853 in Scarboro, Cumberland County, Maine.² Dr. Stephen Sewall and Almira Donnell appear on the census of 1870 at Cumberland, Maine, his mother Mary was living with them. Dr. Stephen Sewall died on 13 September 1877 in Scarborough, Cumberland County, Maine, at the age of 49.³

     Major Stephen Sewall was born on 19 August 1657 in Baddesley, near Romsey, Hampshire.¹ He was the son of Rev. Henry Sewall and Jane Dummer. Major Stephen Sewall was baptised on 24 September 1657 by Henry Cox, a dissenting minister, in his father's house.² He emigrated in 1661 "came to New England in the ship Prudent Mary, Capt. Woodgreek, Commander."² He married Margaret Mitchell, daughter of Rev. Jonathan Mitchell and Margaret Boradaile, on 13 June 1682 in Salem, Massachusetts.^3,4 Major Stephen Sewall died on 17 October 1725 in Salem, Massachusetts, at the age of 68 (Berkin states that when he died he left nine ADULT children. Torrey gives a date of 1729 for his death.²) There is an entry in the Journals of the General Court for 1738 showing that, after his death, five hundred acres of public land near Salem were voted to his children in recognition of their father's services "while in command of the fort on Winter Island, during the Queen's War."⁵

     Professor Stephen Sewall. First Hancock Professor of Hebrew and Oriental languages at Harvard.¹ He was born on 4 April 1734 in York, Maine.^1,2 He was the son of Nicholas Sewall and Mehitable Storer. Professor Stephen Sewall graduated in 1761 from Harvard A.B., A.M. 1764. Taught school in Cambridge, Mass., was librarian at Harvard, 1762-63 and instructor in Hebrew 1761-64. "On the 7th of September, in the same year, the corporation voted, “ that Sir Sewall be the Hebrew instructor in Harvard College this year.” He was re-chosen in 1762 and 1763. In 1761, the Hancock Professorship of the Hebrew and other Oriental Languages was established, from a legacy of Thomas Hancock, an opulent merchant of Boston, who died August 1, 1764. This was the first professorship founded in America by a native. Stephen Sewall was elected the first professor on this foundation. His qualifications for the office were so preeminent, that he was probably the only one who was thought of to fill it. Besides his instructions in Hebrew and Chaldee, he was required to teach in a more private way, such students as should desire it, in the Samaritan, the Syriac and the Arabic. No American, previously, had acquired so extensive an acquaintance with eastern learning as Professor Sewall. His Greek odes were praised by the English reviewers. He corresponded with Kennicott and other learned foreign orientalists. He prepared a Greek Prosody and Lexicon, a Hebrew grammar, a Hebrew and Chaldee Lexicon, (now in Ms. in the library of Harvard University), and pushed his studies into the Ethiopic and Persian".¹
He married Rebecca Wigglesworth, daughter of Rev. Edward Wigglesworth and Rebecca Coolidge, on 9 August 1763 in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, there was a child of the marriage, who died in infancy.^1,3 Professor Stephen Sewall died on 23 July 1804 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, at the age of 70 after a long and gradual decay.⁴

     Stephen A. Sewall was born in January 1869 in Normal, Illinois.^1,2 He was the son of Joseph Addison Sewall and Ann Edwards Foss.¹ Stephen A. Sewall married firstly Nathalia (Nettie) Flint circa 1898. Stephen A. Sewall married secondly May F. Waterhouse on 25 June 1913 in Manhattan, New York.³ Stephen A. Sewall died on 5 May 1948 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, at the age of 79⁴ and is buried in Fairmount Cemetery, Denver County, Colorado.²

     Stephen Bayley Sewall was born on 15 March 1830 in Bath, Maine.² He was the son of Jason Sewall and Hannah Joyce.¹ Stephen Bayley Sewall married Hannah Polly Orr, daughter of Gershom Orr and Elizabeth Polly, on 12 August 1855 in Lewiston, Androscoggin, Maine.³ Stephen Bayley Sewall. A ship's joiner of Bath, Maine, in 1880.⁴ He died on 25 March 1903 in Hubbardston, Massachusetts, at the age of 73 of a cerebral haemorrhage.⁵

     Dr. Stephen Bayley Sewall. Physician of Somerville, Massachusetts. He was born on 22 November 1815 in Chesterville, Franklin County, Maine.^1,2 He was the son of Rev. Jotham Sewall and Rachel Crosby Bradbury.¹ Dr. Stephen Bayley Sewall graduated in 1843 from Harvard Medical School.³ He married Hannah Wood Sheppard, daughter of John Hannibal Sheppard, on 28 May 1845 in Wiscasset, Maine.⁴ Dr. Stephen Bayley Sewall died on 23 December 1864 in Weaverville, California, at the age of 49.³