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Judge Samuel Sewall

Judge Samuel Sewall. By: Paige Pellegrino Ms. DelGrego English CP3. Birth. March 28 th 1652 Born in England. Childhood. His mother, Jane Dummer was 19 when married to his father, Henry Sewall, who was 32 Immigrated with his mother to Newbury, Massachusetts in 1661 to join his father

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Judge Samuel Sewall

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  1. Judge Samuel Sewall By: Paige Pellegrino Ms. DelGrego English CP3

  2. Birth • March 28th1652 • Born in England

  3. Childhood • His mother, Jane Dummer was 19 when married to his father, Henry Sewall, who was 32 • Immigrated with his mother to Newbury, Massachusetts in 1661 to join his father • Had many brothers and sisters

  4. Family Life • He married Hannah Hull, who was the daughter of one of the wealthiest men in the colony on February 26, 1676 • They met in Harvard • After married Abigail Woodmansey in 1719, but she ended up dying 7 months later • Also married Mary Gibbs • Had fourteen children, and only six survived

  5. Education • In 1667 he was accepted into Harvard • Studied for 7 years • Received his first degree in 1671, and continued studying at Harvard to receive an MA degree

  6. Career • Joined his wife's fathers business • He was an active apprentice to his father in law • In his career he gained power, therefore he gained rights such as becoming a freeman of Boston in 1678 • He soon became in charge of his father in laws business • Became involved in the local government six months later as part of the legislative branch

  7. Career • He was chosen by Governor Sir William Phips as a judge on the Court of Oyer and Terminer in May of 1692 • The court commended 19 people to their death that year that he became part of the government

  8. Religious Practices • He was a Puritan • He believed that bad things happen to show God’s displeasure with humans • He also believed that the death of his son was God punishing him as a parent

  9. Involvement in the Witch Trials • He believed in the existence of witches • Heard from Puritan ministers that witches were being used by the Devil to destroy the Puritan church • He was a judge during the Salem Witch Trials • He started to feel sinful after the trials of those who were being accused of witchcraft, and apologized 5 years later

  10. Death • January 1, 1730 • Died in Boston, MA • Died at the age of 77

  11. Citations • http://www2.iath.virginia.edu/saxon-salem/servlet/SaxonServlet?source=salem/texts/names.xml&style=salem/xsl/dynaxml.xsl&group.num=all&mbio.num=mb25&clear-stylesheet-cache=yes • http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/salem/sal_bsew.htm • http://www2.iath.virginia.edu/saxon-salem/servlet/SaxonServlet?source=salem/texts/bios.xml&style=salem/xsl/dynaxml.xsl&chunk.id=b24&clear-stylesheet-cache=yes • http://www.examiner.com/article/samuel-sewall-salem-witch-judge • http://www.robertsewell.ca/samsewall.html

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