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[This post shows the information Mr. Wiggs had on the Sewells. Anyone researching this family will want to go to http://www.sewellgenealogy.com/p455.htm#i1979 Descendants of Henry Sewell of Coventry. This family has a connection to John Adams, 2nd president of the United States.]
Family Chart No. R-14 Parents - Chart No. R-6
4th Generation Sewell/Ross Family
CHARLES ALBERT SEWELL
son of DR. JAMES ARTHUR and CORNELIA JANETTA ELIZABETH (THIERENS) SEWELL
was born 21 September 1865 at St. Albans, Co. Portneuf, Quebec, Canada
died 10 April 1941 at Quebec City
buried at Quebec, 12 April 1941 in Mount Hermon Cemetery
Resided at Lake St. Joseph, County Portneuf, and Quebec City
Prominently connected with the lumber business and pulp industry. His great grandfather, JONATHAN SEWELL (1766-1839) settled in the City of Quebec in 1789, and was Chief Justice of Lower Canada (1808-1838). His grandfather, DR. JAMES ARTHUR SEWELL, was chief surgeon of the Hotel Dieu Hospital, Quebec City, and his father, DR. JAMES ARTHUR SEWELL was Surgeon Major in the Imperial Army in India. He was buried at Mentone, France. He had served throughout the campaign in the Crimea, 1854-55, and the mutiny in India, 1857.
He married EVA JANE ROSS at her father's residence
on 22 July 1896 at Indian Lorette, Quebec.
She was the second daughter of HENRY and HARRIETT ANN (SAIT) ROSS.
She was born 25 July 1872 at St. Ambroise, Lorette, Quebec
and died 22 February 1939 at Jeffery Hale's Hospital, Quebec City
buried at Quebec, 25 February 1939 in Mount Hermon Cemetery
Trinity Church (Anglican), St. Stanislas Street, Quebec City, was built in 1824 by Chief Justice Jonathan Sewell for his son who was the rector for 45 years, and his son in turn was the Church Warden in 1910.
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Children of CHARLES and EVA (ROSS) SEWELL
HENRY ARTHUR
born 19 April 1897 at Lake St. Joseph, Co. Portneuf, Quebec
Married GRACE DOUGLAS of Quebec City 19 July 1921
children: COLIN DOUGLAS; IAN LIVINGSTON; JAMES ARTHUR
HAROLD MACRAE
born 17 July 1900 at Lake St. Joseph, Co. Portneuf, Quebec
Married LAURA HAYS of West Shefford, Quebec 31 August 1929
child: CATHERINE JEAN
CORNELIA MAUDE
born 6 August 1901 at Lake St. Joseph, Co. Portneuf, Quebec
GERALDINE EVA CONSTANCE
born 8 February 1909 at Lake St. Joseph, Co. Portneuf, Quebec
This record was compiled by Henry Ross Wiggs of Westmount Que.
10 October 1970
Sources of data: Ross family Bible, newspaper clippings and Miss C. Maude Sewell.
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[This Jonathan Sewell was the son of Jonathan Sewell (1729-1796), who was a close friend of John Adams, and related to him by marriage. See the next post, JONATHAN SEWELL & JOHN ADAMS, for further information.]
SEWELL, JONATHAN (1766-1839) chief justice of Lower Canada (1808-1838), was born at Cambridge, Massachusetts, on June 6, 1766. He was educated at the grammar schools in Bristol, England; and in 1785 he emigrated to New Brunswick, where he studied law in the office of Ward Chipman (q.v.).
In 1789 he settled in Quebec and was called to the bar of the province of Quebec. In 1793 he was appointed solicitor-general of Lower Canada, and in 1785 attorney-general; and he represented the borough of William Henry in the Legislative Assembly of the province from 1796 to 1808.
In 1808 he was appointed chief justice of Lower Canada and president of the Executive Council; and in 1809 he became also speaker of the Legislative Council. He resigned the presidency of the Executive Council in 1829, and the office of chief justice in 1838; but he continued as speaker of the Legislative Council until his death at Quebec on November 12, 1839.
He was an LL.D. of Harvard University, and he published a number of books and essays dealing with plans for the federal union of the British provinces in North America (1814), the advantages of opening the river St. Lawrence to the commerce of the world (1814), and several others.
He was one of the earliest advocates of the federation of the British North American province.
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SEWELL, WILLIAM GEORGE GRANT (1829-1862) journalist and author, was born at Quebec on April 24, 1829, the grandson of the Hon. Jonathan Sewell (q.v.). He studied law, but in 1853 he became a journalist in New York. He died in Quebec on August 9, 1862.
A few years before his death, he went to the West Indies in search of health; and while there he wrote "Ordeal of free labour in the British West Indies" (New York, 1861; 2nd ed., London, 1862).
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SEWELL, REV. HENRY D., Missionary for Valcartier & c., on July 3, 1842, baptized HENRY ROSS at the Church of England at Lake Beauport, County of Quebec, Canada.
Present: Drummond Ross ) Parents
Maria Jane Ross )
John Beamish ) Sponsors
Richard Beamish )
Rev. Henry D. Sewell was the fourth son of Jonathan Sewell.
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