Samuel Sewall Esq. (1757 - 1814)

Born 11 Dec 1757 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Abigail (Devereaux) Sewall — married 8 Dec 1781 in Salem, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 8 Jun 1814 at age 56 in Wiscasset, Lincoln, Maine, United States

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Biography

Samuel was born on 11 December 1757 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts to Samuel Sewall and Elizabeth.^[1]

Samuel Sewall graduated from Harvard College in 1776; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Marblehead. He married Abigail Devereaux on 3 December 1781 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts.^[2] He was a member of the U. S. House of Representatives from December 7, 1796, until his resignation on January 10, 1800, and was a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a presidential elector in 1801, a justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, 1800-1814, and chief justice of that court at the time of his death.

Samuel Sewall died on 8 June 1814 in Wiscasset, Lincoln, Maine, United States.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4DF-6W5 : 10 March 2018), Samuel Sewall, 11 Dec 1757; citing Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, v 24 p 292; FHL microfilm 14,734.
2. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29G-VV76 : 5 November 2017), Samuel Sewall and Abigail Devereaux, 03 Dec 1781; citing Marriage, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009571.
3. ↑ "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2HKJ-QW9 : 3 November 2017), Samuel Sewall, 08 Jun 1814; citing Wiscasset, , Maine, United States, Division of Vital Statistics, State Board of Health, Augusta; FHL microfilm.

• Scott, Henry Edwards. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume LXXIV. Boston, MA: 1920.

• Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000259

• History, Art & Archives: United States House of Representatives. http://history.house.gov/People/Listing/S/SEWALL,-Samuel-(S000259)/

• Vital Records of Marblehead, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (The Essex Institute, Salem, Mass., 1903) Vol. 1, Page 464

• Vol. 2, Page 665: Sewall, Samuel, Hon., Esq., "Suddenly at Wiscasset, at the Supreme Judicial Court," June 9, 1814. [June 7, a. 56 y. C.R. 3; June 11, a. 57 y. P.R.1.]