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Col. Henry Sewell, Secretary of the Province of Maryland 1628–1665 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1628

Birth Location: Lamborne, Berkshire, England

Death Date: 17 Apr 1665

Death Location: Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States of America

Father: Richard Sewall

Mother: Mary Wright

Spouse(s): Jane (Sewell)

Children(s): Elizabeth (Digges), Maj Maryland, Jane Calvert, Anne Pye), Stephen Ab

In 1628, Col. Henry Sewell, Secretary of the Province of Maryland entered the world in Lamborne, Berkshire, England, born to Richard Sewall And Mary Dugdale Wright. Col. Henry Sewell, Secretary of the Province of Maryland married Jane Lowe Sewell, and had children including Anne Sewall Rozier Pye, Elizabeth Sewall Digges, Jane Sewell Calvert, Maj Nicholas Seawall Deputy Governor Of Maryland, Stephen Sewall Salem Witch Trial Figure Militia Commander County And Court Official Hunter Of Pirate John Quelch Harbored Bewitched Girl Ab. Col. Henry Sewell, Secretary of the Province of Maryland passed away in 1665 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States of America.

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  • In 1628, Col. Henry Sewell, Secretary of the Province of Maryland entered the world in Lamborne, Berkshire, England, born to Richard Sewall And Mary Dugdale Wright.
  • Col. Henry Sewell, Secretary of the Province of Maryland married Jane Lowe Sewell, and had children including Anne Sewall Rozier Pye, Elizabeth Sewall Digges, Jane Sewell Calvert, Maj Nicholas Seawall Deputy Governor Of Maryland, Stephen Sewall Salem Witch Trial Figure Militia Commander County And Court Official Hunter Of Pirate John Quelch Harbored Bewitched Girl Ab.
  • Col. Henry Sewell, Secretary of the Province of Maryland passed away in 1665 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States of America.

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Col. Maryland's Ancestors

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Col. Maryland
1628–1665
Birth Place: Lamborne, Berkshire, England
Parents
Richard Sewall
1585–1638
Coventry, Warwickshire, England
Mary (Dugdale) Wright
1597–1648
Shustoke, Warwickshire, England
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2nd-Great-Grandparents

Col. Maryland's Descendants

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Col. (Henry Sewell, Secretary of the Province of) Maryland (1628–17 Apr 1665) m. Jane (Lowe) (Sewell) (1637–1671)
  1. 1. Elizabeth (Sewall) (Digges) 1654–1710 m. Col (Jesse Thomas Wharton, Proprietary Governor of the Maryland 1676, Catholic, slaveowner) 11x 1630–1676 m. Col (William Dudley Digges, Sheriff of York County, Maryland Proprietary Council until losing his office in 1689 during the Protestant Revolution, when) th 1652–1697
    1. 1. Henry Wharton 1673–1745 m. Jane Doyne 1688–1737
      1. 1. Elizabeth Wharton 1704–1772 m. Richard (Thomas) Coomes 1695–1753
        1. 1. 1720–1785 m. 1715–1785 m. Robey Stewart 1715–1777
        2. 2. Joseph (J) Coombs 1724–1803
        3. 3. Pvt (Francis Ignatius Coomes, US War for Independence, Virginia militia 6th) Regiment 1726–1822 m. Charity Woods 1728–1826
        4. 4. Anastasia Coomes 1739–1799
        5. 5. Thomas (Wharton) Coomes 1719–1803
        6. 6. Bennett (Thomas) Coomes 1722–1767
        7. 7. William (John) Coomes 1734–1824
        8. 8. Jane (Green Coombes) Coomes 1740– m. Bennett (Hamilton, slaveowner) 13x 1740–1799
      2. 2. Joseph Wharton 1692–1787
      3. 3. Mary Wharton 1706–1774 m. Robert Brent 1704–1750
        1. 1. Robert Brent 1734–1790
    2. 2. Cecilius Wharton 1676–
    3. 3. Edward Digges 1680–1714
    4. 4. Nicholas Digges 1686–1708
    5. 5. Rev (Dudley) Digges 1689–1771
    6. 6. William Digges 1678–1740
  2. 2. Maj (Nicholas Seawall, Deputy Governor of) Maryland 1655–1737
  3. 3. Jane (Sewell) Calvert 1664–1692
  4. 4. Anne (Sewall (Rozier) Pye) 1650–1693 m. Edward Pye 1646–1696
    1. 1. Walter (Pye, Surveyor) General 1685–1748 m. Margaret Tant 1702–1739
      1. 1. Robert Pye 1730–
    2. 2. John Pye 1666–1772
  5. 5. Stephen (Sewall, Salem witch trial figure, militia commander, county and court official, hunter of pirate John Quelch; harbored bewitched girl) Ab 1657–1725 m. Margaret (Mitchell) Sewall 1651–1735
    1. 1. Susannah Porter 1691–1747

Col. Maryland's Timeline

2 Records

1628
1628
Birth of Col. Henry Sewell, Secretary of the Province of Maryland in Lamborne, Berkshire, England
Lamborne, Berkshire, England
1665
17 Apr 1665
Age 37
Death of Col. Henry Sewell, Secretary of the Province of Maryland in Charles County, Maryland, USA
Charles County, Maryland, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1628
    Event Place: Lamborne, Berkshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 17 Apr 1665
    Event Place: Charles County, Maryland, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [3] Colonial Families of the USA
    [4] Alabama, Surname Files Expanded, Alabama Department of Archives and History; Montgomery, AL; Alabama Surname Files; Box or Film Number: M840755

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

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