William Dunning Sewall, Sr.

William Dunning Sewall, Sr.

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Shipbuilding

Father: Joseph Sewall

Mother: Lydia Marsh

Married: Rachel Allen Trufant (B: 25 Oct 1797, Bath, Sagadahoc, ME) D/o William Trufant

Children:
1. Harriet Hyde Sewall (Cutler)(B: 28 May 1823, Bath, Sagadahoc, ME);
2. Marcia Elizabeth S. Sewall (B: 01 Jul 1825, Bath, ME - 17 Jul 1863, Italy, age of 38);
3. William Dunning Sewall, Jr., (B: 02 May 1827 - 09 Sep 1851, age 24, Bath, ME) married (09 Apr 1851, Bath, Sagadahoc, ME): Lydia Mary Fitts
Note: "On Tuesday afternoon, Mr. William D. Sewall, Jr., of the firm Clark, Sewall & Co., of this city, while walking on the box stage of a new ship suddenly lost his balance and fell a distance of about 18 feet. On reaching the ground he received so severe a contusion in his head as to terminate fatally in a few hours". Bath Tribune);
4. Edward (Oscar) Sewall, Shipbuilder, (B: 28 Sep 1833, ME - 21 Mar 1879, age 45, New York City) married: Sarah Elizabeth Swanton (B: 1833 - Died: 13 May 1916, 83yrs 4mths 3dys) (Note: Edward apparently suffered an attack of vertigo at the Windsor Hotel and fell over a balustrade, shattering a chandelier in his fall of some 20 feet to the floor below);
5. Arthur Sewall;
6. Rev. Dr. Frank Sewall (B: 24 Sep 1837, Bath, ME - 07 Dec 1915, age 78, 1618 Riggs Place, Washington, DC, at 7.30 in the morning after an illness of six months; Funeral: 09 Dec 1915, Church of the New Jerusalem, Washington, DC)
8. Alice Worcester Sewall (B: May 1842 - 08 Jan 1933)

Died: 1877, Bath, Sagadahoc, ME

"William Dunning Sewall was born on 16 January 1797 in Bath, Maine. He was the son of Joseph Sewall and Lydia Marsh. William Dunning Sewall married Rachel Allen Trufant, daughter of William Trufant, on 1 January 1821 in Bath, Maine.
"inherited considerable landed estate from his grandfather; engaged in shipbuilding; was a member of the Senate from Lincoln in 1841 & 1842 and was once a member of the congregational church in Bath but became a Swenborgian."
William Dunning Sewall died on 30 January 1877 at the age of 80 and is buried in Maple Grove Cemetery, Bath, Maine."