Biographical Sketch. Merchant, colonial Samuel Sewall was a British-American colonial merchant and a judge in the Salem witchcraft trials, best remembered for his Diary (Massachusetts Historical Society; 3 vol., –82), which provides a rewarding insight into the mind and life of the late New England Puritan.
Merchant, colonial magistrate, member of
Samuel Sewall (/ ˈsjuːəl /; March 28, – January 1, ) was a judge, businessman, and printer in the Province of Massachusetts Bay, best known for his involvement in the Salem witch trials, [1] for which he later apologized, and his essay "The Selling of Joseph" (), which criticized slavery. [2]. Sam Sewall graduated from Harvard Samuel Sewall was a judge in the Salem Witch Trials and the only judge to apologize for his role in the trials. Sewall was born in Bishopstoke, England on March 28, His family had previously lived in the settlement of Newbury in the Massachusetts Bay Colony but temporarily returned.
Samuel Sewall was born Samuel Sewall () From the Diary Samuel Sewall was born in England and brought to America at age nine, although his father had first come to New England in He graduated from Harvard in , and then decided not to go into the ministry. He married Hannah Hull, daughter of one of the wealthiest men in Massachusetts, and.
Samuel Sewall was a Puritan Portrait of Samuel Sewall (), minister, merchant, and magistrate. He was active in the Salem witchcraft trials in , and he was the only judge involved who publicly admitted his error in sentencing 19 people to death.
The known facts concerning Sewall managed Boston’s printing press and served as deputy of the General Court in and as member of the Council from to He helped negotiate a restoration of the Massachusetts Charter, causing him to stay in England almost a full year.
Includes biographies of Samuel Samuel Sewall was born in England on March 28, At nine, he moved with his family to Newbury, earned two degrees from Harvard, a B.A. and an M.A. A young woman named Hannah Hull watched the year-old student during his oral exams and fell for him.
Samuel Sewall. Born in Samuel Sewall, Happy At Last. Samuel Sewall next made a brief attempt at courting a Mrs. Ruggles. Perhaps aware of his reputation for persistence, she cut him off short and allowed him no opportunity to come visiting. Finally in , year-old Samuel Sewall successfully found one last wife, Mary Shrimpton Gibbs, a widow in her mids. He.