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Judge Jonathan Sewell

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Judge Jonathan Sewell

Birth
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
12 Nov 1839 (aged 73)
Quebec, Capitale-Nationale Region, Quebec, Canada
Burial
Sillery, Capitale-Nationale Region, Quebec, Canada Add to Map
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Jonathan was just nine years old when he left Massachusetts for England in 1775 with his mother and father and brother Stephen. The Sewall family home in Cambridge, Massachusetts had been wrecked by a revolutionary mob, consisting of some fifty men and boys, on September 1, 1774. Jonathan's father was in Boston at the time, and his very frightened mother, Esther Sewall, struck a bargain with the mob of "patriots". She exchanged the contents of her husband's wine cellar for the mob's dispersal.
This terrifying event had a life-long impact on Jonathan who was to become the Chief Justice of Quebec. The Sewall Family moved to Boston within a week of the sacking of their Cambridge home; and were forced to flee what was to become the United States in 1775, never to return. While in exile in England, they changed the spelling of our name from "Sewall" to "Sewell."
Jonathan was a student at the Grammar School of Bristol and at Brasenose College in Oxford. He came to New Brunswick in 1785 and was appointed Chief Justice of Lower Canada in 1808. He received an honorary LL.D degree from Harvard University in 1832. Jonathan was a member of the Anglican Church, played the violin and was fluent in French.
Jonathan was just nine years old when he left Massachusetts for England in 1775 with his mother and father and brother Stephen. The Sewall family home in Cambridge, Massachusetts had been wrecked by a revolutionary mob, consisting of some fifty men and boys, on September 1, 1774. Jonathan's father was in Boston at the time, and his very frightened mother, Esther Sewall, struck a bargain with the mob of "patriots". She exchanged the contents of her husband's wine cellar for the mob's dispersal.
This terrifying event had a life-long impact on Jonathan who was to become the Chief Justice of Quebec. The Sewall Family moved to Boston within a week of the sacking of their Cambridge home; and were forced to flee what was to become the United States in 1775, never to return. While in exile in England, they changed the spelling of our name from "Sewall" to "Sewell."
Jonathan was a student at the Grammar School of Bristol and at Brasenose College in Oxford. He came to New Brunswick in 1785 and was appointed Chief Justice of Lower Canada in 1808. He received an honorary LL.D degree from Harvard University in 1832. Jonathan was a member of the Anglican Church, played the violin and was fluent in French.

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  • Created by: Robert Sewell
  • Added: Oct 16, 2008
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/30620581/jonathan-sewell: accessed ), memorial page for Judge Jonathan Sewell (16 Jun 1766–12 Nov 1839), Find a Grave Memorial ID 30620581, citing Mount Hermon Cemetery, Sillery, Capitale-Nationale Region, Quebec, Canada; Maintained by Robert Sewell (contributor 46563669).