Samuel E Sewall
English
Lineage
- Father Rev Henry Sewall III
- Sister: Anne Sewall Longfellow Short
- Daughter: Elizabeth Sewall Hirst
- Son: Rev Dr Joseph Sewall
Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
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Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
1652/03/28 | I was born at Bishop Stoke, so that the light of the Lord's Day was the first light that my Eyes saw, being born a little before day-break. | Born | Hampshire | England | |||
1652/05/04 | I was baptized by Mr Rashly, (sometime Member of the Old Church in Boston) in Stoke Church May 4th 1652. Mr Rashly first preached a Sermon, and then baptized me. After which an entertainment was made for him and many more. | Faith | |||||
1660/00/00 | Samuel Sewall attends school at the home of Rev James Noyes. Rev Thomas Parker is the main instructor. | Education | James Noyes House | Newbury | |||
1690/04/02 | Samuel Sewall diary entry: "April 2, Father Dana falls from a scaffold in. his barn and dies." Richard Dana's place of his burial is unknown, but is most likely the Old Burial Ground west of Harvard University in Cambridge. | Life | |||||
1692/09/19 | Giles Corey, accused of witchcraft along with his wife Martha Corey during the Salem Witch Trials, is crushed to death after two days of pressing. | Assistant Magistrate | Salem, MA | Massachusetts | Salem Witch Trials | ||
1696/00/00 | Samuel Sewall becomes convinced that the deaths of his two sons in 1696 was God's punishment for his participation in the Salem witch trials. | Assistant Magistrate | Salem Witch Trials | ||||
1697/01/17 | At the Old South Meeting House (razed), Minister Samuel Willard reads Samuel Sewall's apology for his involvement in the Salem witch trials. Sewall ask for both man's and God's forgiveness. | Assistant Magistrate | Old South Meetinghouse | Boston | Salem Witch Trials | ||
1730/01/01 | Samuel Sewall dies in Boston, Massachusetts. He is buried in the family tomb at Boston's Granary Burying Ground. | Died | Granary Burying Ground | Boston |
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