Jonathan Sewell (1766-1839)

LL.D., Chief Justice of Lower Canada (Quebec) & Speaker of the Legislative Council

He was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He was thirty years Chief Justice of Lower Canada, advisor to Governor Craig, leader of the 'Chateau Clique,' early advocate of Confederation, man of culture, and patron of the arts. He was married in 1796 at Quebec City to Henrietta, daughter of William Smith, Chief Justice of New York & Lower Canada. They were survived by twelve (listed) of their sixteen children.

Parents (2)

Jonathan Sewall

Judge Jonathan Sewell/Sewall Sr., Attorney-General of Massachusetts

1729-1796

Esther (Quincy) Sewall

Mrs Esther (Quincy) Sewall

1738-1810

Spouse (1)

Henrietta (Smith) Sewell

Mrs "Harriet" Henrietta (Smith) Sewell

1776-1849

Children (12)

William Smith Sewell

Sheriff of Quebec City, of 49 Rue d'Auteuil

1798-1866

Rev. Edmund Willoughby Sewell

of 41 Rue Sainte-Ursule; Rector of the English Cathedral (Holy Trinity), Quebec City

1800-1890

Robert Shore Milnes Sewell

Barrister, of Quebec City

1802-1834

Rev. Henry Doyle Sewell

Chaplain to the British Embassy at Constantinople & Vicar of Headcorn, Kent

1806-1886

Mary Livingston (Sewell) Temple

Mrs. "Mary" Maria Livingston (Sewell) Temple

1808-1881

Henrietta (Sewell) Lundy

Mrs. Henrietta Elizabeth (Sewell) Lundy

1808-1847

Dr. James Arthur Sewell

Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at Laval University, Quebec

1810-1883

Montague Charles Sewell

of 79 Rue Sainte-Ursule, Quebec City

1812-1859

Charlotte de Quincy Sewell

Died in childhood

1814-1826

Frances (Sewell) Davenport

Mrs. Frances Georgina (Sewell) Davenport

1816-1885

Col. Algernon Robinson Sewell

Lieutenant-Colonel of the 15th East Yorkshire Regiment

1817-1875

Elizabeth (Sewell) Ross

Mrs. Elizabeth Janet (Sewell) Ross

1819-1875