Dummer Sewall

Dummer Sewall was born on 7 January 1761 in York, Maine.2,3,4 He was the son of Colonel Dummer Sewall and Mary Dunning.1 Dummer Sewall married Jenny Dunning, daughter of Deacon Andrew Dunning and Hannah Shepherd, on 24 October 1782 in Harpswell, Maine.2,3 Dummer Sewall died on 11 February 1846 in Chesterville, Franklin County, Maine, at the age of 85.3,5 He was buried in Chesterville Center Cemetery, Chesterville, Franklin County, Maine.6

"Mr. Sewall was the first Postmaster and Justice of the Peace in the town, both of which offices he filled several years. He died in February, 1846, at the age of 85 years. His wife died in May, 1852. [Mr. Sewall was conspicuous for industry, and his long life was one of great usefulness.]" Sewell, Oliver. A history of Chesterville, pp. 23-25."7

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Citations

1. [S5] William Darcy McKeough, McKeough Family Tree.
2. [S46] Various contributors, Daughters of the American Revolution, Vol. 89 p. 132.
3. [S106] Maine Families in 1790, Vol. 3 p. 249.
4. [S153] Charles Nelson Sinnett, Sinnett's Sewall genealogy, p. 25.
5. [S205] Newspaper, The Boston Daily Atlas, (Boston, MA) Thursday, February 26, 1846.
6. [S128] NEHGS, Cemetery transcriptions.
7. [S204] Oliver Sewall, History of Chesterville, pp. 23-25.
8. [S153] Charles Nelson Sinnett, Sinnett's Sewall genealogy, p. 27.
9. [S34] Unverified internet information, Chesterville VRs, Franklin County, Maine http://www.rootsweb.com/~mefrankl/chestervillevrs.htm
10. [S153] Charles Nelson Sinnett, Sinnett's Sewall genealogy, p. 28.
11. [S153] Charles Nelson Sinnett, Sinnett's Sewall genealogy, p. 30.
12. [S106] Maine Families in 1790, Vol. 3 p. 191.
13. [S153] Charles Nelson Sinnett, Sinnett's Sewall genealogy, p. 34.