The Sewell line — How I Was Made

The Sewell line runs through the Hundred of Dunmow in Essex, traced from Henry Sewell of Great Dunmow in the late seventeenth century to Mary Sewell, who married Robert Bright in 1779 and carried the line forward into the Bright family.

3 · earliest documented

Henry Sewell

1675 – 1753

Great Dunmow, Essex

Ann Judd

1677 – 1765 · Great Canfield, Essex

married 23 April 1706, Great Canfield, Essex

John Sewell

1716 – 1793

Little Dunmow, Essex

Elizabeth Barker

1713 – 1792 · Essex

married 13 August 1767, Essex

1 · most recent fully documented

Mary Sewell

1750 – 1838

Little Dunmow, Essex

Mary Sewell married Robert Bright in 1779. Her marriage and later life are documented on the Bright line.