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     Rebecca Phillips Sewall was born on 28 February 1832 in Danvers, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.² She was the daughter of Rev. Charles Chauncy Sewall and Amy Peters.¹ Rebecca Phillips Sewall died on 20 May 1855 in Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, at the age of 23.³

     Rebecca Williams Sewall was born on 20 May 1841 probably in Brownville, Piscataquis, Maine, calculated from her age at death though the 1900 Census gives April 1841.^2,1,3 She was the daughter of Rev. William Stinson Sewall and Miriam Purington.¹ Rebecca Williams Sewall died on 12 January 1933 in Keene, New Hampshire, giving her age as 91 years 7 months 23 days. She was unmarried.³

     Reginald David Sewall was born on 15 July 1902 in Melrose, Massachusetts.^1,2 He was the son of Frank Roberts Sewall and Miraim (Miriam) Varilette Westgate.¹ Reginald David Sewall married Marion Florence Peters on 12 January 1924 in Roslindale, Massachusetts.¹ Reginald David Sewall died on 20 February 1985 in North Adams, Massachusetts, at the age of 82.²

     Reuben Clement Sewall was born on 10 July 1820 in Gilford, New Hampshire.¹ He was the son of Thomas Sewall and Dorothy Bartlett.¹ Reuben Clement Sewall died on 29 November 1844 in Gilford at the age of 24.¹

     Rhoda N. Sewall was born circa 1845 in Illinois.¹ She was the daughter of Samuel Moody Sewall and Hannah H. Johnson.¹

     Richard Sewall. A vintner of Coventry.¹ He was born in 1578 in Coventry.² He was the son of Henry Sewall and Margaret Grazebrook. Richard Sewall is recorded as living in Nuneaton, Warwickshire.³ He married Mary Dugdale, daughter of John Dugdale of Shustoke and Elizabeth Swynfen, in in 1614 or 1615.^4,5 On 2 October 1636 Richard Sewall is recorded as having signed a deed as administrator of the goods, etc., of Anne Power, late of Kenilworth, deceased, during the minority of Stephen Power, executor of the last will of the said Anne.⁶ Richard Sewall died in 1638 in the latter part of the year.⁷ On 2 January 1638/39 administration on his estate was granted to Mary his widow. The will was said to be extant but this was doubted in 1878 in Notes & Queries.^8,9

     Richard Sewall was born circa 1621.² He was the son of Richard Sewall and Mary Dugdale.¹ Richard Sewall was living in Nuneaton, Warwickshire.³ He was a a sugeon in Cromwell's Regiment in the Civil War.³ He made a will on 11 August 1642 which was proved 29 April 1648.³ He died in service sometime between 1644 and 1648.³

     Professor Richard Benson Sewall was born on 11 February 1908 in Albany, New York.¹ He was the son of Rev. Charles Grenville Sewall and Kate Louise Strong. Professor Richard Benson Sewall. Instructor in English, Yale University 1934-40, Assistant Professor 1940-51, Associate Professor 1951-59, Professor 1959-76, Master, Ezra Stiles College 1959-70.² He married Mathilde Parmelee.² Professor Richard Benson Sewall died on 16 April 2003 in Newton, Massachusetts, at the age of 95.

     Richard Black Sewall was born in June 1837 in Massachusetts.² He was the son of Moses Sewall and Louisa Lentner.¹ Richard Black Sewall died on 28 October 1917 in 66 Beacon Street, Boston, Massachusetts, at the age of 80 unmarried.³ He had long been associated with the Sewall Day Cordage Company of Boston and since the winding-up of the affairs of that concern he had been president of the Warwick Cotton Mills.³

     Richard Brent Sewall was born circa 1813.¹ He was the son of Dr. Robert Sewall and Mary (Polly) Brent.¹ Richard Brent Sewall died on 19 July 1839.¹ He was buried in Poplar Hill Cemetery, Clinton, Prince George's County, Maryland.²

     Richard Hartwell Sewall was born on 23 March 1921.¹ He was the son of Homer Sewall and Marjorie Hartwell.¹ Richard Hartwell Sewall died on 6 April 1946 at the age of 25 He was a lieutenant in the Navy Air Corps and died soon after his return from the Pacific.²

     Robert Sewall was the son of Nicholas Sewall and Mary Fenwick.¹ Robert Sewall married (unknown) Herbert and left two sons.¹

     Dr. Robert Sewall was born in 1765 (calculated from his age at death).² He was the son of Nicholas Lewis Sewall and Mary Darnell.¹ Dr. Robert Sewall married Mary (Polly) Brent, daughter of William Brent.¹ Dr. Robert Sewall was living in Poplar Hill, Prince George's County, Maryland.³ He died on 16 December 1820 in Washington, District of Columbia, after a long and distressing illness.^3,4 He was buried in Poplar Hill Cemetery, Clinton, Prince George's County, Maryland.²

     Robert Darnell Sewall was born on 20 August 1792.^2,3 He was the son of Dr. Robert Sewall and Mary (Polly) Brent.¹ Robert Darnell Sewall made a will on 31 December 1852 Will of Robert Darnall Sewall
Resident of Prince Georges County, Maryland
December 31, 1852

In the Name of God Amen. I Robert D. Sewall of Prince Georges County Maryland being of perfect health of body and of sound and disposing mind, memory and understanding and capable of executing a valid deed or contract, (?) the certainty of death and the uncertainty of (??) and being desirous of settling my worldly affairs and thereby be the better prepared to leave this world when it shall please God to call me hence do therefore make and publish this my last will and testament in manner and form following that is to say:

First and principally I commit my soul unto Almighty God and my body to the earth to be decently buried at the discretion of my Executors herein after named and after all my debts and legacies and funeral charges are paid I devise and bequeath as follows;

ITEM: I will and direct that all my stock of cattle, horses, sheep, hogs, farming utensils and implements of husbandry together with all my crops of every description be sold by my Executors and the proceeds thereof together with all monies which may be due me at the time of my death be applied to the payment of any just debts, legacies and funeral charges. And if this portion of my estate shall not be sufficient for this purpose, then I direct that my Executors shall sell such portion of my negros as they may select to provide for such deficiencey.

ITEM: I give and bequeath to my faithful and trustworthy houseservant Abraham Clarke his freedom and being aware of the laws of my own state upon this subject and the difficulty of his acquiring his freedom in this state I do hereby further direct that the sum of one hundred dollars be allowed to him by my Executors to enable him to remove to the District of Columbia or elsewhere where he can be secure in the enjoyment of his freedom.

ITEM: I give and bequeath to Thomas F. Bowie junior, eldest son of my much esteemed friend through life Thomas F. Bowie, Esquire, a negro boy not under ten nor more than fifteen years years old, to be selected from my stock of negros and delivered to him by my Executors, to him the said Thomas F. Bowie, jr, his executors, administrators and assigns.

I also give and bequeath to Mary Mackall Bowie, second daughter of my said valued friend Thomas F. Bowie, Esq a negro girl not to be under 10 or more than fifteen years old in further consideration of my great regard for her father to be selected and delivered over to her in the same manner as in the preceeding bequest to her the said Mary Mackall Bowie her executors, administrators and assigns forever. I also direct that a mourning dress suitable to his estate and condition in life shall be furnished to my said friend Thomas F. Bowie Esquire by my Executors at the expense of my estate should he esteem my memory to accept the same.

ITEM: I give and bequeath to my friend William P. Brinham a suit of mourning to be furnished him at the expense of my estate also my double barrell gun.

ITEM: I give and bequeath to my niece Ellen C. Daingerfield, daughter of Henry Daingerfield Esq my gold watch and chain and seals.

ITEM: I give and bequeath to my nephew Henry S. Mitchell my library and all my books also any wardrobe and clothes and an equal share with my two nieces Susan S. and Ellen C. Daingerfield of all my silver plate except my service of teaplate which service of teaplate I give and bequeath to my said nieces Susan S. and Ellen C. Daingerfield to be equally divided between them share and share alike. I also give to my two said neices Susan S. and Ellen C. Daingerfield an equal share with my nephew Henry S. Mitchell in all my other silver plate, that is to say one third of said plate to each of them share and share alike.

ITEM: I give and bequeath unto Robert D. Sewall Mitchell, son of my nephew Henry S. Mitchell one negro girl to be selected by his father from the stock of my negros not to be over fifteen or younger than ten years old to him the said Robert D. Sewall Mitchell his executors administrators and assigns, provided nevertheless that the negro girl so bequeathed to the said Robert D. Sewall Mitchell shall be taken and deducted from the share of my negros slaves (???????) Henry S. Mitchell (???) him as a part of his distributive share thereof.

ITEM: I give and devise to my nephew Henry S. Mitchell his heirs and assigns all that portion of my real estate which I purchased of Charles B. Calvert and which was conveyed by deed bearing date the eleventh day of February in the year eighteen hundred and forty two (1842) from George W. Briscoe as trustee lying on the eastern side of Piscataway Branch containing about four hundred and seventy six acres of land more or less, reference being had to said deed duly recorded among the land records of Prince Georges County in Liber J.B.G., No 2 folios 97 and 98 and will more fully and at large appear to him the said Henry S. Mitchell her heirs and assigns in fee simple forever.

ITEM: I also give and devise to my said nephew Henry S. Mitchell, his heirs and assigns all the portion of my real estate lying east of the said Piscataway Branch which I purchased of Arthur P. West and Eleanor his wife and Horatio C. Scott called Woodstock and Popular Neck and the Lower Quarter which is mentioned and described in a deed from him said Arthur P. West and wife and Horatio C. Scott bearing date the eighth day of January eighteen hundred and forty (1840) and duly recorded in Liber A.B. No. 12, folios 449, 450 one of the land record books of Prince Georges County reference being thereto and will more fully and at large appear containing in all five hundred and twenty four acres of land more or less to him the said Henry S. Mitchell his heirs and assigns in fee simple forever.

ITEM: I also give and devise to my said nephew Henry S. Mitchell his heirs and assigns all my lots of ground in or near Carrollsburgh in the City of Washington which are unimproved: but my house and lot of ground thereto attached situated on Capitol Hill in the said City of Washington recently in the occupancy of the Hon. Reverdy Johnson I give and devise to my two neices Susan S. Daingerfield and Ellen C. Daingerfield their heirs and assigns forever as tenants in common and not as joint tenants share and share alike.

ITEM: I give and devise to my neices Susan S. Daingerfield and Ellen C. Daingerfield to them their heirs and assigns forever as tenants in common and not as joint tenants my homestead plantation on which I now reside commonly known as Popular Hill the same consisting of a part of a tract called Darnalls Discovery and also that part of my real estate consisting of woodland which I purchased of Charles B. Calvert lying immediately adjacent to Popular Hill being also a part of His Lordships Kindness and now in my possession and also all those tracts parts of tracts or parcels of land on where William P. Brinham now resides and which were devised to me by the last will and testatment of my deceased brother Richard B. Sewall lying on the western side of Piscataway Branch and adjoining The Popular Hill estate, the same being a tract or parcel of land called the Addition to His Lordships Kindness and a tract or parcel of land called Darnalls Discovery and all the land adjacent thereto now in my possession the whole of said lands comprising that portion of my real estate which lies on the western side of the said Piscataway Branch containing in the whole share two thousand acres of land more or less to be equally divided between them the said Susan S. Daingerfield and Ellen C. Daingerfield their heirs executors administrators and assigns as tenants in common and not as joint tenants .

ITEM: I give and devise to my said neices Susan S. Daingerfield and Ellen C. Daingerfield their heirs, executors administrators and assigns as tenants in common and not as joint tenants all the property real, personal or mixed which I may hereafter acquire by devise or bequest from my friend William P. Brinham by whose last will and testament as now executed I am sole legatee and devisee to be equally divided between them the said Susan S. and Ellen C. Daingerfield as tenants in common share and share alike.

ITEM; I give and bequeath to my said nieces Susan S. Daingerfiled and Ellen C. Daingerfield all my household and kitchen furniture of every kind and description whatever including bedsteads, beds, bed clothes and every other article or thing whatever which may be in my house at Popular Hill at the time of my death (except those articles herein before bequeathed and specifically enumerated) to them the said Susan S. And Ellen C. Daingerfield, their heirs, executors adminstrators and assigns to be equally divided between them share and share alike. And it is my will and desire and I do hereby enjoin it on my executors that no inventory shall be made or taken of said household and kitchen furniture or other articles as aforesaid for record in the Orphans Court and that no commission shall be allowed or received by them on the value of said household and kitchen furniture except so far as the same may be necessary to secure to the State of Maryland the collateral taxes which may accrue on the same.

ITEM: It is my will and desire (after the payment of all my just debts, funeral charges and the aforesaid specific legacies) and I do hereby give and bequeath all my negro slaves, men, women and children (excepting Abraham Clarke and the specific legacies herein before mentioned ) together will all their increase to my said nephew Henry S. Mitchell and my said nieces Susan S. Daingerfield and Ellen C. Daingerfield their heirs executors administrators and assigns to be divided among them in three equal shares, share and share alike, provided nevertheless that in regard to that portion of the said negro slaves which may fall to the share of the said Henry S. Mitchell, my will and desire is and I do hereby direct that all sums of money which the said Henry S. Mitchell owes me at this time or may owe me at the time of my death on bonds, notes open accounts or otherwise or by reason of my being security for him to George Thomas and others, or if my estate should be obliged to pay the same after my death, whether the said bonds, notes, open accounts and other indebtedness should or may be barred by limitations or not, shall be deducted and abated by my executors from his the said Henry S. Mitchell’s share of the value of said negro slaves so bequeathed to him by this clause of my will and that the remaining portions in value of said slaves after providing as aforesaid for the payment of his said indebtedness to me shall not be paid over or delivered to him. It being my desire and intention so as to promote equality and justice that the said Henry S. Mitchell’s share of said negros hereby bequeathed to him shall be charged with the payment of all money he may owe me or I may be answerable for him at the time of my death. And as to the said negroes so to be deducted and abstracted from the share of the said Henry S. Mitchell, I give and bequeath them with all their increase to my said two neices Susan S. and Ellen C. Daingerfield their executors administrators and assigns in equal proportions share and share alike, and also to Henry S. Mitchell who shall have one third part thereof, an equal share with the said Susan S. and Ellen C. Daingerfield.

ITEM: I give and bequeath to my said nephew Henry S. Mitchell and to my said neices Susan S. and Ellen C. Daingerfield in equal proportions share and share alike the nett proceeds of my claim against the government of the United States for the burning of my father’s house in the City of Washington by the British troops in the War of 1812 whenever the same shall be collected or paid.

ITEM: I will and direct that a sum of money not exceeding fifteen hundred dollars which I hereby bequeath to my executors for that purpose shall be expended by them in the repairs and fitting up of the Family Graveyard at Popular Hill in such manner as they may think best.

ITEM: I give, devise and bequeath all the rest and residue of my estate not herein before devised or bequeathed, whether the same be real, personal or mixed unto my nephew Henry S. Mitchell and my two neices Susan S. and Ellen C. Daingerfield to be equally divided between them in three equal portions share and share alike. And lastly I do hereby constitute and appoint my nephew Henry S. Mitchell and my brother in law Henry Daingerfield Esq. Of Alexandria, Virginia to be sole Executors of this my last will and testament revoking and annulling all other wills by me heretofore made, ratifying and confirming this and none other to be my last will and testament. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this thirty-first day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two.
Robert D. Sewall

SEAL

Signed sealed and published and declared by Robert D. Sewall the above named testator as and for his last will and testament in the presence of us who at his request in his presence and in the presence of each other, have subscribed our names as witnesses therein.
R.H. Marshall
Edward H. Calvert
C.B. Calvert

Prince Georges County Sct:
April 6th, 1853
Then came Richard H. Marshall and Charles B. Calvert two of the subscribing witnesses to the within will and made oath on the Holy Evangely of Almighty God that they did see Robert D. Sewall the testator therein named sign and seal this will and heard him publish, pronounce and declare the same to be his last will and testament that at the time of his so doing he was to the best of their apprehension of sound and disposing mind memory and understanding and that they together with Edward H. Calvert the other subscribing witness respectively subscribed their names as witnesses to this will in the presence of the testator at his request and in the presence of each other.
Sworn before
William A. Jarboe
Reg. Of Wills for P.G. County
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Will of Robert Darnall Sewall, Prince Georges County, Maryland 1852. File Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Susan Wetzl
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     Robert Lewis Sewall was born on 9 February 1879 in Alabama.² He was the son of Francis Lewis Sewall and Alice Marshall Finch.¹ Robert Lewis Sewall married Lula May Dial, daughter of John Dial and Ida May Jones, on 22 November 1906 in Dialville, Texas.³ Robert Lewis Sewall died on 2 March 1953 in Dialville, Cherokee County, Texas, at the age of 74.² He was buried on 3 March 1953 in Providence, Cherokee County, Texas.²

     Robert N. Sewall was born in November 1859 in Rupell County, Alabama.¹ He was the son of Edward Wailes Sewall and Mariah Susan Chapman.²

     Robert Singleton Sewall was born on 15 October 1839 in Clarke County, Alabama.^1,2 He was the son of Dr. Francis Lewis Sewall and Sarah Angelica (Ann) Singleton.¹ Robert Singleton Sewall died on 6 April 1862 in Shiloh at the age of 22 in the Confederate Army.^1,3

     Robley Evans Sewall was born circa 1899.¹ He was the son of Harold Ingalls Sewall and Virginia Sims Evans. Robley Evans Sewall died on 3 May 1908 of typhoid. He had been ill for about three weeks having returned from Puerto Rico where he had been visiting his father.^2,3 He was buried in Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia.²

     Rosa Sewall was born on 9 June 1869 in Newfane Twp., Windham, Vermont.² She was the daughter of Lyman Beecher Sewall and Josephine Augusta Harris.¹ Rosa Sewall died on 26 June 1869.¹

     Roy Pishon Sewall was born on 16 September 1884 in Maine.^1,3 He was the son of Henry Sewall Jr. and Eunice Pishon.¹ Roy Pishon Sewall married Abbie E. (Unknown). Roy Pishon Sewall died in May 1954 at the age of 69.⁴ He was buried on 3 May 1954 in Glenwood Cemetery, Maynard, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.⁴

     Ruby R. Sewall was born in July 1888 in Maine.³ She was the daughter of Frederic Norris Sewall and Ruby Rogers Fisher.^1,2 Ruby R. Sewall married Paul E. Gardner on 30 November 1912 in Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri.⁴

     Rufus Sewall was born on 24 February 1774 in York, Maine.¹ He was the son of Capt. Moses Sewall and Miriam Stone.¹

     Rufus Sewall was born on 12 October 1795.¹ He was the son of Stephen Sewall and Abigail Bartlett.¹ Rufus Sewall died on 22 March 1796 at the age of six months.¹

     Rufus Sewall was born on 11 December 1803 in Hallowell, Maine.² He was the son of David Sewall and Hannah Barrell.¹ Rufus Sewall married Frances Farrell.¹ Rufus Sewall died on 20 June 1842 in Shreveport, Louisiana, at the age of 38.² He was buried in Oakland Cemetery, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana,, Inscription: Born in Hollowell, Maine, died in Shreveport, LA.³

     Rufus Sewall was born circa 1902 in Maine.¹ He was the son of Charles Simmons Sewall and Ruth S. (Unknown).¹

     Rufus Sewall was born on 17 March 1796 or 17 March 1797 in Standish.¹ He was the son of Moses Sewall and Ruth Barrell.¹

     Rufus E. Sewall. Sewall, Rufus E.,1st Sergt. Pvt. Co. A, 1st (Nelligan's) La. Inf. En. April 15, 1861, New Orleans, La., Present on Rolls to June 30, 1861. Rolls Nov. 1861, to Feb., 1862, Absent with leave. Roll March and April, 1862, Present. Record copied from Memorial Hall, New Orleans, La., by the War Dept. Washington, D. C., May 1903, born Louisiana, occupation student. Res. South Port, La., age when enlisted 20, single. Transfd, to Louisiana before the Co. was in any battle..³ He was born in 1839.² He was the son of Rufus Sewall and Frances Farrell.¹ Rufus E. Sewall died in 1869.² He was buried in Oakland Cemetery, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana.⁴

     Rufus K. Sewall was born on 10 December 1787 in Farmington, Franklin County, Maine.^3,4 He was the son of Rev. Samuel Sewall and Abigail Trask.² He was a Lieutenant in the War of 1812.² Rufus K. Sewall married Phoebe Merrill, daughter of Stephen Merrill and Phoebe Clifford, on 29 October 1812.⁵ He was for several years a Representative in the Legislature of Maine at Portland and Augusta and Deacon of the Congregational Church in Edgecomb.² Rufus K. Sewall and Phoebe Merrill appear on the census of 1850 at Edgecomb, Lincoln County, Maine, where he is listed as a farmer. In addition to their children they are housing a 12 year old pauper, Clarasa A. Eastman.⁶ Rufus K. Sewall died on 30 April 1880 in Edgecomb, Maine, at the age of 92.¹

     Rev. Rufus King Sewall was born on 22 January 1814 in Edgecomb, Maine.^2,3 He was the son of Rufus K. Sewall and Phoebe Merrill.¹ He was prepared for College at Gardener Lyceum and at the Academy at Farmington. After graduation in 1837 from Bowdoin he studied theology at Bangor Seminary. He was acting pastor of the Third Congregationalist Church at St. Johnsbury, Vermont in 1841 and 1842 and subsequently preached as a supply at East Cambridge, at Burlington, and at Plymouth, Massachusetts. At the last place he was urged, as he had been in Vermont, to become the settled pastor. His health, however, forbade, and in 1846 he removed to St Augustine, Florida, where he resided at five years, conducting the services in the Presbyterian church as far as he was able, and giving private instruction to members of the family of General Worth, commandant of the United States military post. Returning north he settled in 1851 in Wiscasset, which continued to be his legal residents till his death. The uncertainty of his health, and demands on his time in caring for his wife's property in the South, led him to withdraw entirely from the Ministry and to study law with his kinsman, Kiah B. Sewall (Bowdoin, 1829), at Mobile, Alabama. He practiced his profession in the United States Circuit and Supreme Courts for several years. Most of his time, however, was devoted to historical research, and to his publications on the early history of the state. Mention should be made here of his Ancient Dominions of Maine (1859) and his Ancient Voyages to the Western Continent (1895). He was for over 50 years a prominent member of the main historical Society, serving as vice-president, and on its publishing committee and was the founder and president of the Lincoln County historical Society.⁴ Rev. Rufus King Sewall married firstly Anne Elizabeth Whitehurst on 21 November 1843 in Salem, Massachusetts, the marriage intentions having been published Burlington 29th October 1843.^5,6 Rev. Rufus King Sewall married secondly Mary B. McLean on 10 September 1856.² Rev. Rufus King Sewall married thirdly Emma Matilda Barnes on 13 November 1862 in Brooklyn, New York, by the Rev. Dr. Buddington.⁷ Rev. Rufus King Sewall died on 17 April 1903 in Wiscasset, Maine, at the age of 89.⁸

     Rufus Lentner Sewall Jr. was born on 6 March 1909 in Boston, Massachusetts.^1,3 He was the son of Rufus Lentnor Sewall and Juanita Cebalos Hewitt.²