CLERGYMAN AND HISTORIAN
Samuel Sewall was the son of Samuel and Abigail Sewall. He graduated at Harvard University in 1804 and then studied theology in Cambridge, Mass. After completing his studies, he took orders in the Episcopal church, but shortly after "he became dissatisfied with its polity and creed, and embraced the principles and service of the Congregational church. He was ordained pastor of the church in Burlington [Mass.], April 13, 1814." There, he labored for 28 years. He then preached in North Woburn and in other northeastern Massachusetts towns. In addition, he spent much of his time researching the history of Woburn and giving lectures on that subject.
In 1862, a committee from the Town of Woburn hired him to complete a book on its history. He finished the book at age 82, but died in Burlington on Feb. 18, 1868, when it was being printed. Its title was The History of Woburn, Middlesex County, Mass., From the Grant of Its Territory to Charlestown, in 1640, to the Year 1860 by Samuel Sewall, M.A. (Boston: Wiggin & Lunt, 1868). (The Town of Woburn paid for the publishing and sold the books to the public.)
Source: Sewall, The History of Woburn, pp. i-vi.
Samuel Sewall was the son of Samuel and Abigail Sewall. He graduated at Harvard University in 1804 and then studied theology in Cambridge, Mass. After completing his studies, he took orders in the Episcopal church, but shortly after "he became dissatisfied with its polity and creed, and embraced the principles and service of the Congregational church. He was ordained pastor of the church in Burlington [Mass.], April 13, 1814." There, he labored for 28 years. He then preached in North Woburn and in other northeastern Massachusetts towns. In addition, he spent much of his time researching the history of Woburn and giving lectures on that subject.
In 1862, a committee from the Town of Woburn hired him to complete a book on its history. He finished the book at age 82, but died in Burlington on Feb. 18, 1868, when it was being printed. Its title was The History of Woburn, Middlesex County, Mass., From the Grant of Its Territory to Charlestown, in 1640, to the Year 1860 by Samuel Sewall, M.A. (Boston: Wiggin & Lunt, 1868). (The Town of Woburn paid for the publishing and sold the books to the public.)
Source: Sewall, The History of Woburn, pp. i-vi.
CLERGYMAN AND HISTORIAN
Samuel Sewall was the son of Samuel and Abigail Sewall. He graduated at Harvard University in 1804 and then studied theology in Cambridge, Mass. After completing his studies, he took orders in the Episcopal church, but shortly after "he became dissatisfied with its polity and creed, and embraced the principles and service of the Congregational church. He was ordained pastor of the church in Burlington [Mass.], April 13, 1814." There, he labored for 28 years. He then preached in North Woburn and in other northeastern Massachusetts towns. In addition, he spent much of his time researching the history of Woburn and giving lectures on that subject.
In 1862, a committee from the Town of Woburn hired him to complete a book on its history. He finished the book at age 82, but died in Burlington on Feb. 18, 1868, when it was being printed. Its title was The History of Woburn, Middlesex County, Mass., From the Grant of Its Territory to Charlestown, in 1640, to the Year 1860 by Samuel Sewall, M.A. (Boston: Wiggin & Lunt, 1868). (The Town of Woburn paid for the publishing and sold the books to the public.)
Source: Sewall, The History of Woburn, pp. i-vi.
Samuel Sewall was the son of Samuel and Abigail Sewall. He graduated at Harvard University in 1804 and then studied theology in Cambridge, Mass. After completing his studies, he took orders in the Episcopal church, but shortly after "he became dissatisfied with its polity and creed, and embraced the principles and service of the Congregational church. He was ordained pastor of the church in Burlington [Mass.], April 13, 1814." There, he labored for 28 years. He then preached in North Woburn and in other northeastern Massachusetts towns. In addition, he spent much of his time researching the history of Woburn and giving lectures on that subject.
In 1862, a committee from the Town of Woburn hired him to complete a book on its history. He finished the book at age 82, but died in Burlington on Feb. 18, 1868, when it was being printed. Its title was The History of Woburn, Middlesex County, Mass., From the Grant of Its Territory to Charlestown, in 1640, to the Year 1860 by Samuel Sewall, M.A. (Boston: Wiggin & Lunt, 1868). (The Town of Woburn paid for the publishing and sold the books to the public.)
Source: Sewall, The History of Woburn, pp. i-vi.
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