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Stephen Diimmcr. In 1046 ho went to England, but re- 

 turned in 1G59, his family ftjUowing in 1661, and resided 

 in Newbury until his decease, which occurred jNIay 16, 

 1700, at the ago of SG years. From this marriage came 

 all the Sewalls in this part of the country. His son, 

 Samuel Sewall, was Judge of the Supreme Court of the 

 Massachusetts colony from 1692 to 1728, ten years of 

 which he was Chief Justice ; Stephen, son of his son 

 Stephen, was Justice of the same court from 1739 to 

 1760, eight years of which he was Chief Justice ; David, 

 grandson of son John, was Justice of the same court from 

 1777 to 1790; Samuel, great-grandson of son Samuel, 

 was Justice from 1800 to 1814, and the last year Chief 

 Justice. Therefore from the descendants of Henry and 

 Jane Sewall the Supreme Court of this state was fur- 

 nished with Judges for eighty-two years, and Chief Jus- 

 tice nineteen j'cars. It may be added that Judge David 

 Sewall, named above, after his resignation was many 

 years Judge of the U. S. District Court in Maine. Jon- 

 athan Sewall, likewise a nephew of Chief Justice Stephen, 

 was Attorney General of Mass., 1767-75, and Jonathan 

 and Stephen, sons of the above Jonathan, were respec- 

 tively Chief Justice and Attorney General of the Prov- 

 ince of Lower Canada. From the same family have been 

 a large number of distinguished men of the clergy, espe- 

 ciallj'" in this state and Maine, and some in other profes- 

 sions of life. It is doubtful if any one family in the 

 country has furnished a larger number of more distin- 

 guished men. 



Henry Sewall, either by deed or bequest, gave these 

 lands to three of his daughters; that portion adjoining 

 the "Falls" to his daughter Mehitable, wife of William 

 Moody. Many of the descendants of his grandfiither, 

 William Moody, the emigrant ancestor, were distiu- 



