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Anne Sewall Longfellow Short

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18 Dec 1706 (aged 44)
Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
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Anne Sewall married twice due to the unfortunate death of her 1st husband William Longfellow who was lost @ sea (d. OCT 31 1690) with 9 others off Anticosta, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia while serving as an ensign of the Newbury Company under Sir William Phips. Anne married William on NOV 10 1678 in Newbury MA. Anne & William had 6 children:

1. William Longfellow b. NOV 25 1679 d. UNK
2. Stephen Longfellow b. JAN 10 1681 d. NOV 13 1683
3. Anne Longfellow b. OCT 3 1683 d. FEB 4 1758; married CPT Abraham Adams
4. Stephen Adams b. SEP 22 1685 d. UNK; married Abigail Thompson (NOTE: Stephen & Abigail are great grandparents to Poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)
5. Elizabeth Longfellow b. JUL 3 1688 d. UNK; married Benjamin Woodman
6. Nathan Longfellow b. FEB 5 1690 d. UNK; married Mary Green

Anne married Henry Short (m. 1692) and had 6 children:

1. Jane Short b. 1693 d. UNK
2. Samuel Short b. 1694 d. UNK (died young)
3. Mehitable Short b. 1696 d. UNK
4. Samuel Short b. 1699 d. UNK
5. Hannah Short b. 1701 d. UNK
6. Joseph Short b. 1702 d. UNK

NOTE: Anne Sewall’s father & grandfather, Henry Sewall SR were the chief men in founding Newbury MA. Her Great Grandfather, Henry Sewall was mayor of Coventry England, 1589-1606
Anne Sewall married twice due to the unfortunate death of her 1st husband William Longfellow who was lost @ sea (d. OCT 31 1690) with 9 others off Anticosta, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia while serving as an ensign of the Newbury Company under Sir William Phips. Anne married William on NOV 10 1678 in Newbury MA. Anne & William had 6 children:

1. William Longfellow b. NOV 25 1679 d. UNK
2. Stephen Longfellow b. JAN 10 1681 d. NOV 13 1683
3. Anne Longfellow b. OCT 3 1683 d. FEB 4 1758; married CPT Abraham Adams
4. Stephen Adams b. SEP 22 1685 d. UNK; married Abigail Thompson (NOTE: Stephen & Abigail are great grandparents to Poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)
5. Elizabeth Longfellow b. JUL 3 1688 d. UNK; married Benjamin Woodman
6. Nathan Longfellow b. FEB 5 1690 d. UNK; married Mary Green

Anne married Henry Short (m. 1692) and had 6 children:

1. Jane Short b. 1693 d. UNK
2. Samuel Short b. 1694 d. UNK (died young)
3. Mehitable Short b. 1696 d. UNK
4. Samuel Short b. 1699 d. UNK
5. Hannah Short b. 1701 d. UNK
6. Joseph Short b. 1702 d. UNK

NOTE: Anne Sewall’s father & grandfather, Henry Sewall SR were the chief men in founding Newbury MA. Her Great Grandfather, Henry Sewall was mayor of Coventry England, 1589-1606

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