John Sewell (1804 - 1866)

Born 1804 in England, United Kingdom

Husband of Sarah (Short) Sewell — married 1824 in Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia

Descendants

Died 31 May 1866 at about age 62 in Sutton Forest, New South Wales, Australia [uncertain]

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Biography

John was born in 1804 to George Sewell and Ellen Newman

immigration

• Ellen Sewell and 5 children John, Thomas, George, Sarah, Jane (Aboard "Northampton")1815^[1][2]

colsec.records.nsw.gov.au

SEWELL, John. Came free per "Northampton", 1815

• 1815 Jun 19: Son of Ellen Sewell; aged 13. On list of persons on board "Northampton" (Reel 6045; 4/1732 pp.160, 163)
• 1820: Memorial (Fiche 3031; 4/1825B No.676 pp.595-8)
• 1824 Jun 18: To be victualled from the Stores at Liverpool for six months (Reel 6013; 4/3511 p.480)
• 1824 Nov 10: Of Bung Bung. Memorial of his father George for land adjoining his (Fiche 3154; 4/1844A No.730 pp.487-90)

• 2nd spouse?^[3] (left a widow)

He passed away in 1866.

• On the 31st May, at Sutton Forest, Mr. JOHN SEWELL, blacksmith, aged 62 years, an old and respected colonist for fifty years, and forty of which a resident of Sutton Forest. The deceased leaves a wife and eleven children to deplore their loss, and deeply regretted by a numerous circle of acquaintances. (Sydney Morning Herald, Friday 22 June 1866, page 1)[1]

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.jenwilletts.com/convict_ship_northampton_1815.htm
2. ↑ https://www.geni.com/people/Eleanor-Ellen-unknown-Sewell-Free-Settler-Northampton-1815/6000000064316754989
3. ↑ 1379/1858 Sewell John Parnell Ellen Berrima

   1379/1858 Sewell John Williams Ellen Berrima

   both marriages were on 27 Sep 1858

• NSW DEATH INDEX 3261/1866 Sewell John George Ellen Berrima
• http://www.hawkesbury.net.au/cemetery/southern_highlands/all_saints/assf216.html

research

• NSW MARRIAGE INDEX V18243464 3B/1824 Sewell John Short Sarah Campbelltown

NSW BIRTH INDEX

• 1829 V18291374 44A/1829 Sewell John John Sarah
• 1829 V1829455 14/1829 Sewell John John Sarah
• 1829 V18299584 1C/1829 Sewell John John Sarah

• 1832 V18321420 44A/1832 Sewell Mary John Sarah
• 1832 V1832583 16/1832 Sewell Mary John Sarah

• 1834 V18341102 21/1834 Sewell George John Sarah
• 1836 V18361103 21/1836 Sewell Sarah John Sarah
• 1838 V18381186 22/1838 Sewell Eleanor John Sarah
• 1841 V18411543 25A/1841 Sewell Emma John Sarah