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Mary Sewall (Robie)

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Birthplace: Marblehead, Essex County, Massachusetts, Colonial America
Death: July 23, 1834 (70)
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Thomas Robie, Jr. and Mary Robie
Wife of Joseph Sewall, Esq.
Mother of Thomas Robie Sewall and Hon. Samuel Edmund Sewall
Sister of Simon Bradstreet Robie; Thomas Robie and Mehitable Robie

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About Mary Sewall

Mr. Robie first went to Halifax, but afterwards to London, Feb. 5, 1776. He passed his time of exile mostly in Halifax, where one of his daughters married Jonathan Stearns, Esq., another refugee; another was married to Joseph Sewall, Esq., late treasurer of Massachusetts.

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Mary Robie was baptised on 3 June 1764 at Marblehead, Massachusetts.1,2 She was the daughter of Thomas Robie and Mary Bradstreet. Mary Robie married Hon. Joseph Sewall, son of Samuel Sewall and Elizabeth Quincy, on 21 September 1788 in Marblehead, Massachusetts.3,2 Mary Robie died on 23 July 1834 in Boston, Massachusetts, at the age of 70.

Children of Mary Robie and Hon. Joseph Sewall

  1. Mary Sewall b. 1 Jul 1789, d. 21 Apr 1816
  2. Elizabeth Sewall4 b. 10 Apr 1791, d. Sep 1791
  3. Thomas Robie Sewall+ b. 28 Jul 1792, d. 30 Sep 1864
  4. Joseph Sewall b. 7 Jul 1794, d. 2 Sep 1797
  5. Elizabeth Q. Sewall4 b. Jun 1796, d. Feb 1797
  6. Joseph Sewall4 b. 24 Dec 1797, d. 20 Sep 1800
  7. Samuel Edmund Sewall+ b. 9 Nov 1799, d. 20 Dec 1888
  8. Edward Bradstreet Sewall b. 24 Sep 1801, d. 12 Sep 1827
  9. Martha Higginson Sewall b. 11 Dec 1803, d. 12 Dec 1832
  10. Elizabeth Salisbury Sewall b. 20 Dec 1804, d. 2 Sep 1827
  11. Frances Robie Sewall5 b. 17 Nov 1807, d. 30 Jun 1830

Citations

  1. [S124] Samuel (Rev.) Sewall, Pedigree of Sewall.
  2. [S130] Massachusetts Vital Records, Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850.
  3. [S205] Newspaper, Mass Gazette. 3 Oct 1788.
  4. [S3] Nina Moore Tiffany, Samuel E. Sewell: a memoir, p.9.
  5. [S3] Nina Moore Tiffany, Samuel E. Sewell: a memoir, p.10 (at 11/97 the only mention of this daughter).

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Mary Sewall's Timeline

1764
June 3, 1764
Marblehead, Essex County, Massachusetts, Colonial America
1792
July 28, 1792
1799
November 9, 1799
Sudbury Street, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
1834
July 23, 1834
Age 70
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States