Benjamin F. Sewell

Biography

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Descendants of Jesse Sewell

Generation No. 4

6.BENJAMIN4 SEWELL (JOSEPH3, ABRAHAM2, JESSE1) was born 1781 in Caswell County, North Carolina, and died February 26, 1848 in Clairborne County, Tennessee.

He married (1) MARY JOHNSON 1802 in Tennessee.She was born 1788 in Virginia, and died Unknown in unknown. They divorced in 1826.

He married (2) ANN JANE WEIR 1830 in unknown.She was born Abt. 1808 in Ireland, and died Unknown in unknown.

Notes for BENJAMIN SEWELL:

In Benjamin Sewell's will he mentions a daughter Betsey D. Burdine,in 1848. Betsey D. Sewell Burdine had a son Samuel Patton Burdine and another John Livis Burdine. Page 103 and 104 of Col. Edgar Holt's book Claiborne.Benjamin Sewell lived and died in Claiborne County, Tennessee.Henry D. Burdine and Elizabeth Sewell may have moved to Claiborne Co. or stayed in Russell Co., Va but their sons John and Samuel did move to Claiborne County where they are listed on the 1860 census.Their possible Grandfather Rev. Ezekiel Burdine moved to Greene Co. Tennessee to serve as a Pastor on the Cumberland Circuit

Children of BENJAMIN SEWELL and MARY JOHNSON are:

• 18. i. Thomas5 Sewell, b. 1803; d. 1882, Clay's Ferry, Fayette County, Kentucky.
• 19. ii. Elizabeth D. Sewell, b. 1805, Russell County, Virginia; d. 1884, RussellCounty, Virginia.
• iii. Susannah W. Sewell, b. 1807; d. Unknown; m. Samuel Whitsel, Unknown; b. Unknown; d. Unknown.
• iv. Benjamin Sewell, Jr., b. 1809.
• 20. v. Matilda Sewell, b. 1811, Russell County, Virginia; d. 1881, Green County, Missouri.
• vi. William Sewell, b. 1813; d. Unknown.
• 21. vii. Malinda Sewell, b. 1814; d. Unknown.
• viii. John Henry Harmon Sewell, b. 1815; d. Unknown.

Children of BENJAMIN SEWELL and ANN WEIR are:

• ix. Margaret Virginia5 Sewell, b. 1833, Clairborne County, Tennessee; d. 1857, Clairborne County, Tennessee; m. Jackson Evans, 1854; b. Unknown; d. Unknown.
• 22. x. James Joseph Sewell, b. February 28, 1835, Clairborne County, Tennessee; d. May 01, 1899, Clairborne County, Tennessee.
• 23. xi. Benjamin Houston Sewell, b. February 24, 1837, Tazewell, Clairborne County, Tennessee; d. January 29, 1891, Tennessee.
• xii. Mary Louisa Sewell, b. 1843, Tazewell, Clairborne County, Tennessee; d. 1858, Tazewell, Clairborne County, Tennessee.

References

1. 1826-12-07, petition of divorce by Benjamin Sewell from his wife Mary Johnston, daughter of Thomas Johnston. It was a very sad case. http://rosetta.virginiamemory.com:1801/delivery/DeliveryManagerServ..., and also (document attached)