Henry Seawell
Henry Seawell | |
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Member of the House of Burgesses for Lower Norfolk County | |
In office 1639–1640 | |
Preceded by | John Sipsey |
Succeeded by | Edward Windham |
Member of the House of Burgesses for the Upper Parish of Elizabeth City County | |
In office 1632 | |
Preceded by | William Kempe |
Succeeded by | Thomas Sheppard |
Personal details | |
Born | c. 1610 |
Died | 1644 Colony of Virginia |
Henry Seawell (alternatively spelled Sewell) (c. 1610 – c. 1644)[1] was a British merchant who became a landowner and politician in the Colony of Virginia and thrice serve in the House of Burgesses.[2][3][4]
Career
Voters in the then vast upper (or westernmost) parish of
Personal life
His relationship with the 18 year old English servant named Thomas Seawell who emigrated to Virginia aboard the Tiger in 1623 is unclear. Two years later Thomas Seawell was working for ancient planter Reynold Booth in Elizabeth City County, and in 1635 he patented 400 acres on his own (and for importing people).[6] Henry Seawell married a woman named Alice and both had died by February 14, 1645.[4] They were survived by a son, Henry Seawell Jr. (1639–1672) and a daughter Anne Seawell (born c. 1634).[2]In 1650, Anne married Lemuel Mason, also a member of the House of Burgesses,[1] and their son (this man's grandson) Thomas Mason also served as a burgess.
Death and legacy
Seawell died probably in late 1644, before his son reached legal age. His son died in 1672 without issue. Meanwhile, the parish church was moved in 1660 to near the new fort constructed for protection during the Anglo-Dutch Wars.[7] However, Sewell's Point remains named for this man.[4][2]
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References
- ^ a b Cabell, James Branch (1915). The Majors and Their Marriages. W. C. Hill Printing Company. p. 47.
- ^ a b c Tyler, Lyon Gardiner (1915). Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography vol.1. Lewis Historical Publishing Company. p. 321.
- ^ Tyler, Lyon Gardiner; Morton, Richard Lee (1896). The William and Mary Quarterly, Volume 4. William and Mary College. p. 173.
- ^ OCLC 812189309.
- ^ Cynthia Miller Leonard, The Virginia General Assembly 1619-1978 (Richmond: Virginia State Library 1978) pp. 11, 18, 19
- ISBN 978-0-8063-1774-8.
- ISBN 978-0813919881.