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     John Edward Taylor Sewell was born on 6 August 1917 in Riverside County, California.² He was the son of John Edward Taylor Sewell and Emma Mae Ricker.^1,3 John Edward Taylor Sewell was living at Victorville, California, in 1938.¹ He married Margaret Frances Rowe.⁴ John Edward Taylor Sewell died on 7 February 1986 in Costa Mesa, Orange County, California, at the age of 68^5,6 and is buried in Pacific View Memorial Park, Corona del Mar, Orange County, California.⁷

     John Edward Taylor Sewell Jr. was born on 14 December 1950 in Ventura County, California.¹ He was the son of John Edward Taylor Sewell and Margaret Frances Rowe.² John Edward Taylor Sewell Jr. died on 15 November 1982 in Los Angeles County, California, at the age of 31¹ and is buried in Pacific View Memorial Park, Corona del Mar, Orange County, California.³

     John Ponsonby Sexton Sewell was born on 11 February 1881 in Montréal.¹ He was the son of Henry George Sewell and Sophia Ellen Sexton.¹ John Ponsonby Sexton Sewell was baptised on 20 April 1881 at St. Jude, Montréal.¹ He died on 27 April 1881 in Montréal¹ and is buried on 29 April 1881 in Cimetière Mont-Royal, Outremont, Montréal.^1,2

     Col. John Saint Alban Sewell was born illegitimate in 1793 at Québec City; though Roy gives a date of 16 May 1794 and further describes him as the son of Colonel John Sewell.¹ He was the son of Chief Justice Jonathan/3 Sewell and Elizabeth Cornfield.² Col. John Saint Alban Sewell was baptised on 22 September 1793 at Holy Trinity Anglican Cathedral, Québec, by the Rev. Salter Jehoshephat Mountain. The godparents were John Coffin, Junior; John Taylor, Assistant Paymaster General and the mother. He married firstly Margaret or Mary Hobbs, daughter of William Hobbs, on 20 October 1821 in Douglas Church, Cork, Ireland, by the Very Rev. Archdeacon Thompson.^3,4 Col. John Saint Alban Sewell married secondly Emma Gravely, daughter of John Gravely and Martha (Unknown), on 16 April 1853 in Québec.⁵ Col. John Saint Alban Sewell died on 21 April 1875 in Québec City "aged eighty one" of inflamation of the heart⁶ and is buried on 24 April 1875 in Mount Hermon Cemetery, plot Q-166.⁶

At the age of thirteen young Sewell embarked on a British warship to start his apprenticeship as a marine, however he soon disembarked to accept an ensignship in the 89th Regiment (12th February 1811), which was then serving in India. Upon his return to England Lt. Sewell transferred to the 49th Regiment (13 August 1811) which was leaving for Canada. At the end of the 1812-1813 campaign he was promoted to adjutant of his regiment on account of his conduct in the war. The 49th were recalled to Europe a little after 1813 to take part in the war against Napoleon. During the Kaffir Wars Sewell was mentioned in despatches for his bravery. He was promoted Captain by purchase, 22 March 1824, he retired on 27 April 1829.
A little after his return to Canada on 13 April 1831 he was appointed Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod to the Legislative Council. In 1839 he was named Post-Master for Quebec, a position he held for 36 years. He continued his military interest in Canada serving in the volunteers. A few hours before his death, he asked for a funeral with full military honours, this was granted and soldiers from Battery B and from the 8th Battalion accompanied the old soldier to the Anglican Cathedral and to Mount Hermon.^7,8

     John Sayer Sewell was born on 24 June 1820.¹ He was the son of Stephen Sewell K.C. and Jane Caldwell.¹ John Sayer Sewell died on 5 July 1820 in Montréal² and is buried in Cimetière Mont-Royal, Outremont, Montreal RegionCounty, Quebec.³

     John St. Albans Sewell was born before August 1825 in Ireland.¹ He was the son of Col. John Saint Alban Sewell and Margaret or Mary Hobbs.² John St. Albans Sewell married Adelaide Matilda Parsons on 13 October 1860 in Cuyahoga County, Ohio.³ John St. Albans Sewell died on 12 September 1876 in Montreal, Canada,⁴ and was buried on 15 September 1876 in Woodland Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.⁵

     Brigadier General Jonathan William Shirley Sewell C.B., C.M.G. was born on 3 October 1872 in Headcorn, Kent.¹ He was the son of Rev. Henry Doyle Sewell M.A. and Edith Pierce Morgan. Brigadier General Jonathan William Shirley Sewell C.B., C.M.G. was baptised on 11 December 1872 at the Parish Church, Headcorn, Kent.² On 24 July 1891 he entered military service as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Corps of Royal Engineers.³ He served in the South African war in 1899-1901 on Staff, and took part in the advance on Kimberley; the operations in the Transvaal, east of Pretoria; in the Transvaal west of Pretoria; in Orange River Colony; and in Cape Colony north and south of Orange River. He was later Director of Engineering Stores, BEF; Brig.-General, 1918; Colonel, 1919; European War, 1914–18 (despatches, CMG), retired pay, 1929.⁴ He married Edith Mary Preston (May) Churchill, daughter of Vice-Admiral Orford Churchill R.N. and Edith Maria Preston, on 29 January 1896 in St. Mary's, Alverstoke, Hampshire.⁵ Brigadier General Jonathan William Shirley Sewell C.B., C.M.G. died on 10 August 1941 in Reading at the age of 68 in a nursing home. The death notice gives his address as Dunan, Aldeburgh, Suffolk⁶ and is buried in Hartley Wintney, Hampshire.

     Jonathan/2 Sewell was born on 24 August 1729 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.¹ He was the son of Jonathan/1 Sewall and Mary Payne. Jonathan/2 Sewell was baptised on 31 August 1729.¹ He graduated in 1748 from Harvard ranked fifteenth in a class of twenty-nine.¹ He married Esther Quincy, daughter of Judge Edmund Quincy and Elizabeth Wendell, on 21 January 1764 in Braintree, Massachusetts, (m. intention, though with a date of 1760 is recorded in the vital records.)² Jonathan/2 Sewell was appointed on 17 October 1768, judge of the Vice-Admiralty Court for Lower Canada by Commission under the Great Seal of the High Court of Admiralty of England. In fact this was published in the Annual Register as being the 27 November 1768.³ He died on 27 September 1796 in St John, New Brunswick, Canada, at the age of 67.⁴ He was buried on 28 September 1796 at the Loyalist Burying Ground, Saint John, New Brunswick,

St. John, N.B., 9th Oct., 1796.

My Dear Sons,
Before this reaches you, the afflicting news of the death of your affectionate father will have reached you and your brother, Mr. Winslow kindly undertaking the office. Your dear father made his exit on Tuesday, 27th September, and had it pleased Heaven to have lengthened his years, I should still have been happy to have discharged the duties of a wife with affectionate attention, which I trust I have faithfully done through life, and have reason to believe your dear father thought so. I was much afflicted Mr. Chipman could not be at the funeral of your dear father, but he was obliged to meet the commissioners at Passamaquoddy Bay. I must add, in justice to our friends, Dr. Paddock, and Ebenezer Putnam, it was conducted with respect and propriety. They followed as mourners Attorney General Bliss and little Chipman in deep mourning; and what, my sons, will afford you both great satisfaction, and what I have received much for myself, your dear father much wished to be interred with Judge Putnam in his vault. Mrs. Putnam readily complied with his desire; of this he was informed. I am grieved to have your joy dampened at the time of your nuptials; I should be very deficient if I did not mention the particular attention I have received. Mrs. Chipman has been particularity kind to me, Madame Putnam, her son and daughter, Col. and Mrs. DePeyster; each of their families putting themselves in mourn ing. A letter of thanks to Dr, Paddock and Mr. E. Putnam would not be amiss.

Unalterably your afflicted and affectionate mother,
Esther Sewell

Lawrence, Joseph Wilson. The Judges of New Brunswick and Their Times. [St. John, 1907]⁵

     Chief Justice Jonathan/3 Sewell was born on 6 June 1766 in "in the old family mansion", Cambridge, Massachusetts.¹ He was the son of Jonathan/2 Sewell and Esther Quincy. Chief Justice Jonathan/3 Sewell was baptised on 16 June 1766 at Lechmere House on Brattle Street. He married Henrietta Smith, daughter of Chief Justice Hon. William Smith and Jennet Livingston, on 24 September 1796 in St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Québec, by licence from His Excellency General Prescott. Rev. Alexander Spark officiated. Present:- Janet Smith (her sister), William Grant, Stephen Sewell (his brother), G. Germaine and S. Franklin.² Chief Justice Jonathan/3 Sewell died on 11 November 1839 in Québec City at the age of 73³ and is buried on 15 November 1839 in new family vault in the burial ground of St. John suburb, Québec City. A monument depicting him, sculpted in London at a cost of £600, was erected by Harriet in Holy Trinity chapel. He died intestate, but Harriet was guaranteed one-third of the estate by her marriage contract; the remainder was divided equally among the ten surviving children and two orphaned grandchildren (counting as one). Sewell’s mansion reflected not only the wealth of its former owner but also his views and tastes: a picture of Dalhousie graced a nursery wall, two violins lay in the study, the wine cellar was plentifully stocked, and the library boasted 1,476 volumes (of which 1,120 were on law, politics, or public administration). The estate also included 14 properties in Upper Town (almost all acquired in the 1830s), a country seat at Auvergne, land on the Rivière Saint-Charles, and large tracts of wild land, which Sewell had begun to settle, in Ham and Tingwick townships. With landed properties worth £20,692, bonds in England worth £16,020, a large deposit in the Quebec Bank, and accounts receivable, his estate had a value of £39,209 after deduction for bad debts.^3,4 He was re-interred circa 1870 at Mount Hermon Cemetery, Sillery, Québec, where the memorial stone at gives the date of his death as 12 November 1839.⁵
(J.E.C. Brierly in Simpson: Bigraphical Dictionary of Common Law states that he had 22 children, issue of his marriage with Henrietta.)⁶

     Joseph Algernon Sewell was born on 16 October 1896 in Portneuf, Québec.² He was the son of Carl De Lindenburgh Sewell and Grace Eyre Ford.¹ Joseph Algernon Sewell was baptised on 9 February 1897.² He died on 8 October 1916 in Somme, France, at the age of 19 serving as a private in the Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment). His remains are interred in the Adanac Military Cemetery (the name of the cemetery was formed by reversing the name "Canada") which was made after the Armistice when graves were brought in from the battlefields and small cemeteries surrounding Miraumont, and particularly from the Canadian battlefields round Courcelette.
His attestation paper is marked "Machine Gun 12th Battalion" and describes him as being 6' 1½" with grey eyes and brown hair.³

     Judi Ann Sewell was born on 8 January 1938 in Los Angeles, California.¹ She was the daughter of Henry Jonathan Sewell and Julia Pauline Harris.¹ Judi Ann Sewell died on 14 April 1985 in Los Angeles at the age of 47.²

     Justine Elise Sewell was born on 18 October 1837 in Québec.² She was the daughter of Dr. James Arthur Sewell and Maria Cornelia Westrene Macrae.³ Justine Elise Sewell was baptised on 9 December 1837 at Holy Trinity, Québec.² She married Edward John Hale, son of Hon. Edward Hale and Eliza Cecilia Bowen, on 17 October 1866 in Chapel of the Holy Trinity, Québec, Edward Hale is described as a merchant of the city of Boston, Massachusetts.⁴ Justine Elise Sewell died on 27 October 1903 at the age of 66¹ and is buried on 30 October 1903 in Mount Hermon Cemetery.^3,1

     Justine Elise Sewell was born on 28 August 1905 in Perth, Lanark County, Ontario.¹ She was the daughter of Colin James Sewell and Robina Buchan Blackburn.¹ Justine Elise Sewell is recorded as Elise Sewell in the 1911 census.² She died on 7 April 1972 probably in Montreal, Québec, at the age of 66.³

     Langley Sewell. Mail clerk.² He was born on 14 March 1850 in Québec.³ He was the son of Dr. Edward Quincy Sewell and Susan Wilson Haydon.¹ Langley Sewell married Emily Jane Davis, daughter of John H. Davis and Cecilia Eliza Corbier, on 4 June 1879 in St. James Cathedral, Toronto.^4,5 Langley Sewell and Emily Jane Davis appeared in the 1881 census at Clifton, Welland, Ontario. K.⁶ Langley Sewell probably died on 4 July 1894 in Toronto at the age of 44 The record of his death omits the date though registration was made on 7th July 1894. He died from peritonitis.²

     Laurance Arthur Beswick Sewell was born on 19 September 1890 in Belleville, Ontario.^2,1 He was the son of Reginald Lambton Sewell and Clara Ann Henderson.³ Laurance Arthur Beswick Sewell married Gladys Harriet Maclean on 7 June 1919 in Montréal.^4,2 Laurance Arthur Beswick Sewell died possibly on 25 January 1938 in Montreal, Québec, at the age of 47.⁵

     Letitia Marion Sewell was born on 6 December 1871 in Canada.^3,4 She was the daughter of Henry George Sewell and Sophia Ellen Sexton.¹ Letitia Marion Sewell died on 15 October 1967 in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 95 unmarried.⁵

     Leveson Willoughby Stewart Sewell was born on 8 December 1881.² He was the son of Edmund William Leveson Sewell and Mary Elizabeth Angelica Hall.¹ Leveson Willoughby Stewart Sewell was baptised on 10 May 1882 at Québec by George V. Housman, Rector of Quebec.² He died on 5 March 1885 in Québec at the age of 3 of inflammatory croup^3,1 and is buried on 7 March 1885 in Mount Hermon, plot 725. By George B. Housman, Rector of Quebec.^3,1

     Lloyd Merion Sewell was born on 3 February 1894 in Magalia, Butte County, California.^1,2 He was the son of William Arden Sewell and Charlotte "Lottie" May Davis.¹ Lloyd Merion Sewell married Eleanor Althea Bell.³ Lloyd Merion Sewell died on 2 March 1988 in Alameda, Alameda County, California, at the age of 94.⁴ Lloyd Merion Sewell's remains were interred on 15 March 1988 in Mountain View Cemetery, Oakland, Alameda County, California.⁴

     Louisa Caroline Sewell was baptised on 8 March 1839 at Chapel of the Holy Trinity, Québec, privately by Rev. E.W. Sewell.² She was born on 8 March 1839 in Québec.² She was the daughter of Rev. Edmund Willoughby Sewell and Susan Stewart.¹ Louisa Caroline Sewell died on 10 March 1839¹ and is buried on 11 March 1839 in in the space to the north of the family vault in St. John's Suburb. By Rev. H.D. Sewell.¹

     Louisa Henrietta Primrose Sewell was born on 4 November 1865 in Toronto, Ontario.² She was the daughter of Robert Shore Milnes Sewell and Louisa F. Wicksteed.³ Louisa Henrietta Primrose Sewell married James Fitzwilliam Shaw, son of Richard Shaw and Matilda Berford, on 17 August 1887 in Toronto Stephen and Adelaide Sewell were witnesses (brother and sister of the bride.)¹ Louisa Henrietta Primrose Sewell died in 1949 (possibly earlier.)³

     Mabel Sewell was born on 28 May 1872 in England.^1,2 She was the daughter of Dr. Charles Colin Sewell and Helen Amelia Webster.³ Mabel Sewell died on 20 July 1954 at the age of 82 unmarried⁴ and is buried on 22 July 1954 in Mount Hermon Cemetery, plot 1075. After a service at St. Michael's Church, Sillery.^3,5

     Margaret Sewell was born on 28 October 1831 in Québec.¹ She was the daughter of Col. John Saint Alban Sewell and Margaret or Mary Hobbs. Margaret Sewell was baptised on 25 January 1832 by R.R. Burrage, Minister at Aubigny and Point Levi.¹ She died on 8 December 1917 in Lévis, Québec, at the age of 86² and is buried on 11 December 1917 in Mount Hermon Cemetery.²

     Margaret Evelyn Sewell was born on 2 April 1907 in Wimbledon, London. She was the daughter of Colonel Evelyn Pierce Sewell C.M.G., D.S.O., M.B., BCh., F.R.C.S. and Zébée Maud Jessie Crombie. Margaret Evelyn Sewell was baptised on 16 May 1907 at Wimbledon.¹ She married Robert Arthur Silvey, son of Robert Silvey and Ada Catherine Burrin, on 27 December 1941 in Hartley Wintney, Hampshire. Margaret Evelyn Sewell died on 15 November 1999 in Ottawa, Canada, at the age of 92 and is buried on 19 November 1999 in St. James Anglican Cemetry, Maitland, Ontario. After a funeral service conducted in the Chapel of St. Patrick's Home, 2865 Riverside Drive, Ottawa, Ontario by The Rev. Canon Wayne Thomas.

     Margaret Fletcher Sewell was born on 20 January 1938 in Royal Victoria Hospital.¹ She was the daughter of Stephen St. Albans Sewell Jr. and Alison Barnard Earle Walker.² Margaret Fletcher Sewell was born on 19 June 1938 in Christ Church Cathedral, Montréal.¹ She died probably in 2014.

     Maria Cornelia Westrene Sewell was born on 6 March 1864 in Québec.² She was the daughter of Dr. James Arthur Sewell and Cornelia Janetta Elizabeth Thierens.¹ Maria Cornelia Westrene Sewell was baptised on 24 April 1864 in the Chapel of the Holy Trinity, Québec, by E.W. Sewell.² She appeared in the 1881 census at 41 Oxford Terrace, London. Where she was living with her parents.³ Maria Cornelia Westrene Sewell of 64 Cromwell Road, London, died on 13 May 1935 at the age of 71, unmarried.⁴

     Maria May Livingston Sewell was born on 26 January 1805 in Québec.² She was the daughter of Chief Justice Jonathan/3 Sewell and Henrietta Smith.³ Maria May Livingston Sewell was baptised on 21 March 1805 at Québec by Salter Jehosaphat Mountain.² She married Capt. William Henry Temple, son of Gustavus Handcock-Temple and Mary Moore, on 9 January 1833 in the Garrison Church, Québec, the service being conducted by Rev. E.W. Sewell.^4,5 Maria May Livingston Sewell died on 2 April 1881 in Québec at the age of 76 of congestion of the lungs^1,6,7 and is buried on 5 April 1881 in Mount Hermon Cemetery W-698, Québec, Québec.⁶

     Marie Dolphia Sewell was born on 8 October 1902 in Toronto, Ontario.² She was the daughter of Henry de Quincy Sewell and Caroline Alberta Pense.³ Marie Dolphia Sewell died in 1980.⁴

     Marion Ruth Sewell was born on 15 April 1855 in Québec.² She was the daughter of Sheriff William Smith Sewell and Lavinia Marian Griffin.³ Marion Ruth Sewell was baptised on 14 May 1855 in the Chapel of the Holy Trinity privately by E.W. Sewell.² She married John Glanville Billett, son of J.H. Billett, on 28 November 1876 in Québec the service was conducted by the Rev. George V. Housman, Rector of Quebec.¹ Marion Ruth Sewell died on 19 May 1898 at the age of 43 s.p.⁴ and is buried on 21 May 1898 in Mount Hermon Cemetery, Québec. Funeral from 16 Des Grissons Street to St. Matthew's Church.⁵

     Marjorie Sewell Sewell was born circa 1883 in Niagara Falls, Ontario.¹ She was the daughter of Langley Sewell and Emily Jane Davis.² Marjorie Sewell Sewell married Frank Seddon Evans, son of Charles Evans and Alman Seddon, on 5 June 1909 in Toronto, York.³

     Martha Genevieve Sewell was born on 19 February 1922 in Great Falls, Montana.¹ She was the daughter of James Courtney Sewell and Hildegarde Cecilia Pings.¹ Martha Genevieve Sewell married John Elmer Wadsworth, son of Benjamin Frank Wadsworth and Laura Herbert, on 17 April 1940 in Geyser, Judith Basin County, Montana.² Martha Genevieve Sewell died on 30 December 1967 in Cascade County, Montana, at the age of 45.³