Henry
SEWALL
Born
25 June 1615
,
Coventry, England
Died
16 May 1700
,
Newbury, Province of Massachusetts Bay
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Born: 25 June 1615 in Coventry, England
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Henry was an immigrant to the United States, arriving by 1646.
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Henry married Jane DUMMER 25 March 1646 in Newbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Jane DUMMER was born abt. 1627 in England (United Kingdom). Jane died 13 January 1701 in Newbury, Massachusetts, USA .
Henry SEWALL died 16 May 1700 in Newbury, Province of Massachusetts Bay .
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Spouse & Children of Henry SEWALL
Henry SEWALL married 
Jane DUMMER
Marriage date: 25 March 1646
Marriage place: Newbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Jane DUMMERMarriage date: 25 March 1646
Marriage place: Newbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Children of Henry SEWALL and Jane DUMMER
Jane SEWALLBorn: 25 October 1659, Newbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Died: 29 January 1717, Newbury, Province of Massachusetts Bay
Died: 29 January 1717, Newbury, Province of Massachusetts Bay
Married: Moses GERRISH 24 September 1677 Place: Newbury, Massachusetts, USA
Anne SEWALLBorn: 3 September 1662, Newbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Died: 18 December 1706, Newbury, Province of Massachusetts Bay
Died: 18 December 1706, Newbury, Province of Massachusetts Bay
Married: William LONGFELLOW 10 November 1676 Place: Newbury, Massachusetts, USA
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Birth — 161525 June 1615
Coventry, England
Biography
Henry was the son of Henry Sewell II & Anne Hunt. He married Jane Drummer. To this union, 8 children were born.
Henry, came to America at age 20 in 1634 aboard the Ellen and Dorcas or Elizabeth and Dorcas under the command of Capt. Watts. He was outfitted by his father with cattle and provisions suitable to get a good start in the new Plantation. This was a year before his father and his step-mother came to America. He wintered in Ipswich and went with the early settlers to Newbury the next year. He was a freeman 17 May 1637, and became a prominent citizen of Newbury. When Henry married, his father gave him 500 acres of land in Coventry, England, and in 1647 he and his wife returned to England with her parents and resided a short time at Warwick, next at Tumworth, 4 miles from Bishop Stoke, in Hants, where their first two children were born. They moved to Baddesly, in the same shire, about 4 miles from Rumsey, where their next three children were born. He made two visits to New...Read full story
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Henry was the son of Henry Sewell II & Anne Hunt. He married Jane Drummer. To this union, 8 children were born.
Henry, came to America at age 20 in 1634 aboard the Ellen and Dorcas or Elizabeth and Dorcas under the command of Capt. Watts. He was outfitted by his father with cattle and provisions suitable to get a good start in the new Plantation. This was a year before his father and his step-mother came to America. He wintered in Ipswich and went with the early settlers to Newbury the next year. He was a freeman 17 May 1637, and became a prominent citizen of Newbury. When Henry married, his father gave him 500 acres of land in Coventry, England, and in 1647 he and his wife returned to England with her parents and resided a short time at Warwick, next at Tumworth, 4 miles from Bishop Stoke, in Hants, where their first two children were born. They moved to Baddesly, in the same shire, about 4 miles from Rumsey, where their next three children were born. He made two visits to New...Read full story
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1646 Marriage / PartnerHenry SEWALL and Jane DUMMER 25 March 1646, Newbury, Massachusetts, USA
He was 30 years old.
1659 Birth of ChildJane SEWALL was born 25 October 1659, Newbury, Massachusetts, USA
Henry was 44 years old.
1662 Birth of ChildAnne SEWALL was born 3 September 1662, Newbury, Massachusetts, USA
Henry was 47 years old.
1676 Marriage of ChildAnne SEWALL married 10 November 1676, Newbury, Massachusetts, USA to William LONGFELLOW
1677 Marriage of ChildJane SEWALL married 24 September 1677, Newbury, Massachusetts, USA to Moses GERRISH
ARRIVED AT BOSTON, 1634.
WINTERD AT IPSWICH. HELPD
BEGIN THIS PLANTATION, 1635
FURNISHING ENGLISH SERVANTs
NEAT CATTEL, & PROVISIONS.
MARRIED MRS JANE DUMMER,
MARCH Ye 25. 1646.
DIED MAY Ye 16. 1700.
ÆTAT. 86. HIS FRUITFULL
VINE, BEING THUS DISJOINED,
FELL TO Ye GROUND JANAUARY
Ye 13. FOLLOWING; ÆTAT. 74.
PSAL · 27 · 10 ){kind=small}
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MR HENRY SEWALL (SENT BY
MR HENRY SEWALL, HIS FATHER,
IN Ye SHIP ELSABETH & DORCAS
CAPT WATTS COMMANDER)
ARRIVED AT BOSTON, 1634.
WINTERD AT IPSWICH. HELPD
BEGIN THIS PLANTATION, 1635
FURNISHING ENGLISH SERVANTs
NEAT CATTEL, & PROVISIONS.
MARRIED MRS JANE DUMMER,
MARCH Ye 25. 1646.
DIED MAY Ye 16. 1700.
ÆTAT. 86. HIS FRUITFULL
VINE, BEING THUS DISJOINED,
FELL TO Ye GROUND JANAUARY
Ye 13. FOLLOWING; ÆTAT. 74.
PSAL · 27 · 10
First Parish Burying Ground Newbury Essex County Massachusetts, USA
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Death — 170016 May 1700
Newbury, Province of Massachusetts Bay
He died at the age of 84.
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First Parish Burying Ground Newbury Essex County Massachusetts, USA
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