John Sewell

Sewell, Juan: Ingleses, La India – Chile.1822 llegan a Chile desde Calcutta Grandes impresarios Casa Sewell. Muelle en Huasco (1862). Dictó los precios de cobre. muy importante (Sewell y Patrickson) Enrique Sewell Gana; hijo de Sr. Sewell: Ingeniero en minas.

Juan Sewell: Residente en Vallenar. Socio de Alejandro Walker, Juan Walker y Thomas Patrickson para la sociedad Sewell, Walker y Patrickson que operaba en la provincia de Coquimbo. Socio de Thomas Patrickson y de su hijo (residentes en Valparaiso) para la sociedad Sewell y Patrickson. - Agradecimiento a Alberto Walker (octubre, 2006)

Mr Sewell ,residía en Valparaiso desde 1822 como agente de la casa calcuteña de Fletcher Alexander , de la cual recibía grandes cargamentos de te ,sederia y porcelana que cambiaba ventajosamente por el cobre de nuestras montañas.

Volviendo a la industria minera que don Josué Waddington fué uno de los primeros en fomentar desde su casa de comercio de Valparaíso, diremos que en pos de él presentóse en ese mismo campo un joven negociante de Calcutta que, junto con los hermanos don Roberto y don Alejandro Walker, dió mucho impulso a la riqueza metalífera del valle del Huasco. Llamabase este animoso industrial don Juan Sewell, hijo de Londres como Waddington, y había venido a Chile poco después de la batalla de Maipú. Enseguida figuró asociado al comerciante inglés Mr. Patrickson, organizando la firma Sewell y Patrickson, que tenía oficina en Valparaíso. Mr. Sewell, residía en Valparaíso desde 1822, como agente de la casa calcuteña de Fletcher Alexander, de la cual recibía grandes cargamentos de té, sedería y porcelana, que cambiaba ventajosamente por el cobre de nuestras montañas. Casóse aquí con doña Juana Gana, hermana de la bella esposa del almirante Blanco Encalada.

My great-grandfather was contracted when he arrived at Valparaiso in 1820 at the Waddington & Templeman house, but another source claimed that "the young adventurer (David Ross) arrived in Valparaiso and soon it was possible to hire the English firm Sewell & Patrickson that operated in mining operations His performance was acknowledged by his bosses, which soon led him to be named agent of the company. "The Londoner, John Sewelll born in London" arrived in Chile in 1818 as steward of a ship from Calcutta. he settled in Valparaiso as an agent of Fletcher Alexander's house, who exchanged oriental luxury products for copper. " Professor John Mayo (USA) also asserted that John Patrickson, principal partner of Sewell & Patrickson, had begun his activities in 1822. Therefore it is more likely that David Ross was actually employed by Waddington & Templeman, because he had arrived at Valparaiso in March 1822, two years before the official signing of Sewell & Patrickson in that port. Sewell married Juana Blest y López, being a politician of the writer Alberto Blest Gana and his sister-in-law Juana Gana Lopez was married to Manuel Blanco Encalada (in the attached picture of the Carmen Museum). He was an Anglican and had a chapel on his property. I export silver ore in Coquimbo and copper by Chañaral. It does not name Vallenar. Source: The letters of Consul Ingles David Ross, Author: Jaime Ross