Dummer Sewall (1737 - 1832)

Born 12 Dec 1737 in York Village, York, York, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Dunning) Sewall — married 16 Dec 1760 in York, Maine, US

Descendants

Died 5 Apr 1832 at age 94 in Bath, Sagadahoc, Maine, United States

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Biography

Lieutenant Colonel Dummer Sewall served with 1st Regiment, Lincoln County Militia, Massachusetts Militia during the American Revolution.

Dummer Sewall is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: P-287297
Rank: Lieutenant Colonel

Dummer Sewall is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A102117.

Dummer was a Revolutionary War soldier

Town Record from York Maine has following info:
Dummer Sewall Esq was born in York, Massachusetts (now York, Maine) on December 12, 1737, son of Samuel Sewall, and Sarah Bachelder Titcomb ^[1]
Dummer Sewall was married at Bath, Sagadahoc, Maine on December 16, 1760 to Mary Dunning who was born on April 1739 at York, Maine ^[2] daughter of William Duning, Deborah Donnell. ^[3]
Dummer died in April 1833, aged 96, at York. ^[4]

Children

1. Dummer, a son, born January 15, 1761 at Georgetown, Lincoln, Massachusetts ^[5]
   
2. Mary a daughter born November 22, 1762 at Bath, Sagadahoc, Maine. ^[6]
   
3. Sarah born at Bath, Sagadahoc, Maine February 7, 1765 ^[7]
   
4. Lydia born October 6, 1767 and died February 20, 1797 at Bath, Sagadahoc, Maine. ^[8]
   
5. Joseph born December 17, 1770 at Georgetown, Lincoln, Massachusetts. ^[9]
   
6. Samuel born September 6, 1772 at Bath, Sagadahoc, Maine. ^[10]
   
7. Hannah born May 17, 1774 at Bath, Sagadahoc, Maine, ^[11]
   
8. Deborah born December 10, 1776 ; died in September, 1778. ^[12]
   
9. John born October 20, 1778 and died on November 20, 1821 at Bath, Sagadahoc, Maine. ^[13]
   

Mrs Mary Sewall, mother of said children died sept 10 1823

Dummer Sewall Esq, father of said children died Apr 5 1832 in the 95th year of his age, tuesday morning at daybrake, was buried Thursday; he lived the life of a christian and died as we believe in the full hope of a glorious immortality. ^[14] From "State of Maine." At the age of nineteen, Dummer Sewall, enlisted in the provincial army and served at the reduction of Louisburg, where he was appointed an ensign. On his return he was appointed lieutenant, and ordered to Canada, were he served in the army of General Wolfe (British), and under General Amherst, until the conquest of the French possessions in North America, participating in the battle that ended in the taking of Quebec, in 1759. Shortly after his marriage to Mary Dunning, they came to Bath, Maine "built a log house on the eastern side of what was afterward High street, opposite to the spot where he built later the larger and more commodious house which still stands. As soon as hostilities were threatened with Great Britain, he was selected by the people of the district as one of the committee of safety and associated with Brigadier-General Samuel Thompson. He was delegate to provincial congress assembled at Watertown. He was appointed lieutenant-colonel of the regiment commanded by Col. Samuel McCobb. With this regiment he marched to Cambridge and joined the continental army under George Washington. Col. Sewall soon after was appointed muster-master of the district of Maine, the duties of which he performed during the remainer of the war. He was first postmaster of Bath, one of first overseers of Bowdoin College, and served as treasurer and trustee from 1799 to 1809. He was a founder and deacon of the "Old North Church" now the Winter Street Congregational Church. Over 300 letters exist from the last 35 years of his life.

He was a Lt. in the French and Indian War, a Colonel in the Revolutionary War, merchant in Bath, Maine and a member of the MA Constitutional Convention in 1788

One of the first overseers of Bowdoin College, a founder and deacon of the Old North Church (Winter Street Congregational Church)

Military

• 1776: January/February: Dummer Sewll of Georgetown. Official record of a ballot by the House of Representatives for field officers of the several regiments in Lincoln Co., dated January 30, 1776 ; said Sewail chosen 1st Major, Colonel Samuel McCobb's (1st Lincoln Co.) regiment of Massachusetts militia; appointment concurred in by Council February 8, 1776; reported commissioned February 8, 1776. ^{[15] [16]}
• Commissioned Lieutenant Colonel of the 1st Lincoln Co., Regiment on February 14, 1776. ^[17] However on the same date John Muse was appointed 1st Major in his place. ^[18]
• 1776: July 1: List of officers chosen by the several companies in 1st Lincoln Company regiment, as returned by said Sewall and others, field officers; ordered that said officers be commissioned in Councilon July 1, 1776. ^[15]
• 1776: August 23: On the list of officers chosen by the 11th company, 1st Lincoln Co. regiment. of Massachusetts Militia, as returned by said Sewail and others, field officers, dated at Georgetown. Commissioning ordered at Council on September 16, 1776. ^[15]
• 1779: Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel Samuel McCobb's (Lincoln Co.) regiment : regimental return made by said Sewail, dated Georgetown, November 19, 1779; residence, Georgetown. ^[15]
• 1780: November 29: Colonel Dummer appointed Superintendent for Lincoln County. ^[19]

Sources

1. ↑ "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F43C-QQL : 14 January 2020), Dummer Sewall, Col., 1737.
2. ↑ "Maine Marriages, 1771-1907", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4X1-Z9Q : 14 January 2020), Dummer Sewall, 1760.
3. ↑ "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F43H-X5X : 14 January 2020), Mary Duning, 1739.
4. ↑ "Maine Deaths and Burials, 1841-1910", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4DQ-LZZ : 16 January 2020), Dummer Sewall, Col., 1833. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9N8-9C5P?i=126
5. ↑ "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4HY-BNY : 14 January 2020), Mary Dunning in entry for Dummer Sewall, 1761.
6. ↑ "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4Q3-MLQ : 14 January 2020), Mary Dunning in entry for Mary Sewall, 1762.
7. ↑ "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4Q3-ML4 : 14 January 2020), Mary Dunning in entry for Sarah Sewall, 1765.
8. ↑ "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4Q3-MLZ : 14 January 2020), Mary Dunning in entry for Lydia Sewall, 1767.
9. ↑ "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4HY-BR6 : 14 January 2020), Mary Dunning in entry for Joseph Sewall, 1770.
10. ↑ "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4Q3-MGH : 14 January 2020), Mary Dunning in entry for Samuel Sewall, 1772.
11. ↑ "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4Q3-ML6 : 14 January 2020), Mary Dunning in entry for Hannah Sewall, 1774.
12. ↑ "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4Q3-M2F : 14 January 2020), Mary Dunning in entry for Deborah Sewall, 1776.
13. ↑ "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4Q3-MLJ : 14 January 2020), Mary Dunning in entry for John Sewall, 1778.
14. ↑ Town Record for Dummer Sewall and Mary and Children
15. ↑ ^{15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3} Massachusetts. Office of the Secretary of State, Massachusetts soldiers and sailors of the revolutionary war. A compilation from the archives, Volume 13, Wright and Potter Printing Co., , Boston, Massachusetts, 1905, p. 1017
16. ↑ "Massachusetts, Revolutionary War, Index Cards to Muster Rolls, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGK9-67R9 : 19 February 2021), Dummer Sewall, 30 Jan 1776; citing Military Service, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm .
17. ↑ "Massachusetts, Revolutionary War, Index Cards to Muster Rolls, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGK9-67RQ : 19 February 2021), Dummer Sewall, 14 Feb 1776; citing Military Service, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm .
18. ↑ "Massachusetts, Revolutionary War, Index Cards to Muster Rolls, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGK9-67R3 : 19 February 2021), Dummer Sewall, 8 Feb 1776; citing Military Service, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm . https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQZ-NSMR-X?i=1286&cc=2548057&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AQGK9-67R3
19. ↑ "Massachusetts, Revolutionary War, Index Cards to Muster Rolls, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLFC-C3D3 : 19 February 2021), Dummer Sewall, 29 Nov 1780; citing Military Service, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm .

See also:

• Graves, Eben W; The descendants of Henry Sewall (1576-1656) of Manchester and Coventry, England, and Newbury and Rowley, Massachusetts : the family in England and the first six generations in North America; Boston : Newbury Street Press; 2007; Full catalog record MARCXML; Title Page
• Find A Grave: Memorial #87389263 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/87389263/dummer-sewall
• Oct. 1779: "Massachusetts, Revolutionary War, Index Cards to Muster Rolls, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLFC-C3D9 : 19 February 2021), Dummer Sewall, 6 Oct 1779; citing Military Service, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm .
• 1775: Nevember: Receipt to Major Dummer Sewall at Boothbay. "Massachusetts, Revolutionary War, Index Cards to Muster Rolls, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG2W-SNPL : 19 February 2021), Dummer Sewall, 10 Nov 1775; citing Military Service, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm .
• https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/119656194/person/380176856982/facts
• David Sewall's genealogy file

States, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm .