Fen Edge (Cambridgeshire) Sewells with name variations

I am starting a new thread, as these Cambridgeshire Sewells are not near Caxton and indeed the earliest I have traced is very close to the border with Suffolk - although, of course a later link may be there. The earlier details of this Sewell line, I believe to be correct- they are extracted from the parish registers held in the Cambridgeshire Records office, and checks were made at the time to verify correctness as far as possible. There is however no substantiating evidence from other records at this time. As you will see from this extract Hart men married females with Sewell connection, the name was also recorded as Sowell and Seawell, and a John Sole - possibly a relative, may have been threatened!

Descendants of John Sewell:


Generation No. 1

1. JOHN1 SEWELL was born 1544 in Wood Ditton. He married MARGARET HOWDE.

Child of JOHN SEWELL and MARGARET HOWDE is:
2. i. LAURENCE2 SEWELL, b. January 15, 1569/70, Bottisham England.


Generation No. 2

2. LAURENCE2 SEWELL (JOHN1) was born January 15, 1569/70 in Bottisham England. He married MARYE SILL July 18, 1603 in Bottisham England.

Child of LAURENCE SEWELL and MARYE SILL is:
3. i. LAURENCE3 SEWELL, b. March 3, 1602/03.


Generation No. 3

3. LAURENCE3 SEWELL (LAURENCE2, JOHN1) was born March 3, 1602/03. He married SUSANNAH LOFT July 18, 1624 in Bottisham England.

Child of LAURENCE SEWELL and SUSANNAH LOFT is:
4. i. ANDREW4 SEAWELL.


Generation No. 4

4. ANDREW4 SEAWELL (LAURENCE3 SEWELL, LAURENCE2, JOHN1) He married DOROTHY.

Child of ANDREW SEAWELL and DOROTHY is:
5. i. DOROTHY5 SEWELL, b. July 16, 1656.


Generation No. 5

5. DOROTHY5 SEWELL (ANDREW4 SEAWELL, LAURENCE3 SEWELL, LAURENCE2, JOHN1) was born July 16, 1656. She married THOMAS HOVELL July 2, 1683 in Bottisham, England.

Child of DOROTHY SEWELL and THOMAS HOVELL is:
6. i. MARY6 HOVELL, b. August 15, 1697, Bottisham England.


Generation No. 6

6. MARY6 HOVELL (DOROTHY5 SEWELL, ANDREW4 SEAWELL, LAURENCE3 SEWELL, LAURENCE2, JOHN1) was born August 15, 1697 in Bottisham England. She married FRANCIS WIBROW February 11, 1716/17 in Stow cum Quy England, son of WILLIAM WIBOROUGH and MARY MAILES. He was born 1691 in Stow cum Quy England.

Child of MARY HOVELL and FRANCIS WIBROW is:
7. i. FRANCES7 WHYBROW, b. Stow cum Quy England; d. April 27, 1787, Bottisham, England.


Generation No. 7

7. FRANCES7 WHYBROW (MARY6 HOVELL, DOROTHY5 SEWELL, ANDREW4 SEAWELL, LAURENCE3 SEWELL, LAURENCE2, JOHN1) was born in Stow cum Quy England, and died April 27, 1787 in Bottisham, England. She married EDMUND HART December 24, 1744 in Stow cum Quy England. His baptism has not been found; he died December 19, 1779 in Stow cum Quy England.

This Edmund Hart was charged with threatening arson against John Sole of Quy at the Quarter Sessions for Michaelmas 1762 (discharged for lack of evidence).

Children of FRANCES WHYBROW and EDMUND HART are:
i. SARAH8 HART, b. September 15, 1745; d. March 28, 1823; m. JOHN GILLSON, November 10, 1790, Swaffham Bulbeck England.

8. ii. WHYBROW HART, b. February 8, 1745/46, Stow cum Quy England; d. July 10, 1785, Stow cum Quy England.
iii. FRANCES HART, b. May 2, 1756.
iv. THOMAS HART, b. September 29, 1759.
v. MARY HART, b. April 25, 1762.
9. vi. EDMUND HART.


Generation No. 8

8. WHYBROW8 HART (FRANCES7 WHYBROW, MARY6 HOVELL, DOROTHY5 SEWELL, ANDREW4 SEAWELL, LAURENCE3 SEWELL, LAURENCE2, JOHN1) was born February 8, 1745/46 in Stow cum Quy England, and died July 10, 1785 in Stow cum Quy England. He married ELIZABETH SOWELL December 13, 1772 in Swaffham Bulbeck England, daughter of GEORGE SEWELL and ANN. She was born April 12, 1752 in Swaffham Bulbeck England.

Notes for ELIZABETH SOWELL:
At enclosure in 1802 there was a widow, Elizabeth Hart, holding land and common rights, in Longmeadow. Given that Whybrow's burial on Jul 10 1785 is annotated "Parish", implying that he was interred at the expense of the Parish, it is perhaps unlikely that his widow would hold property, unless this was inherited after his death.

Marriage Notes for WHYBROW HART and ELIZABETH SOWELL:
Marriage witnessed by J Bitton and W Folks

Children of WHYBROW HART and ELIZABETH SOWELL are:
10. i. JOHN9 HART, b. March 7, 1773, Swaffham Bulbeck England; d. September 26, 1861, Bottisham Lode England.
ii. MARY HART, b. June 2, 1776.
iii. FRANCES HART, b. July 4, 1779.
iv. FRANCES HART, d. April 20, 1783.
v. ROBERT HART, d. July 21, 1786.


This is quite a way back in my own family history, but there were certainly Sewells in neighbouring villages when I was growing up. I hope the information may interest someone.

June