Ann White and Henry Sewall
"Henry Sewall was born on 8 March 1719/20. He was the son of Samuel Sewall and Rebecca Dudley. Henry Sewall was baptized on 20 March 1720. He graduated in 1738 from Harvard. He was a said to be "devoting himself to agriculture." He was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Suffolk. He married Ann White, daughter of Samuel White and Anna Drew, on 18 August 1743. Henry Sewall died on 29 May 1771 in Brookline, Massachusetts, at the age of 51 "the worthy descendent of an ancient and honorable family. He had a natural aversion to the noise and vanity of the world, and preferred the silent walks of private and retired life; where he exhibited with an animal lustre, the virtues of the father, friend, and neighbor. He was cheerful in his disposition; gay without levity; rich without pride; and without ostentation an honest man". Essex Gazette. He was buried in Walnut Street Cemetery, Brookline, Massachusetts."
— Submitted by Arnold L. Corkins
Ann White and Henry Sewall
"Henry Sewall was born on 8 March 1719/20. He was the son of Samuel Sewall and Rebecca Dudley. Henry Sewall was baptized on 20 March 1720. He graduated in 1738 from Harvard. He was a said to be "devoting himself to agriculture." He was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Suffolk. He married Ann White, daughter of Samuel White and Anna Drew, on 18 August 1743. Henry Sewall died on 29 May 1771 in Brookline, Massachusetts, at the age of 51 "the worthy descendent of an ancient and honorable family. He had a natural aversion to the noise and vanity of the world, and preferred the silent walks of private and retired life; where he exhibited with an animal lustre, the virtues of the father, friend, and neighbor. He was cheerful in his disposition; gay without levity; rich without pride; and without ostentation an honest man". Essex Gazette. He was buried in Walnut Street Cemetery, Brookline, Massachusetts."
— Submitted by Arnold L. Corkins
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