Australian Royalty: Genealogy of the colony of NSW

George Sewell, 1782–1837 (aged 55 years)

Name
George /Sewell/
Given names
George
Surname
Sewell
Birth
about 1782
Marriage
Ellen … — View this family
about 1800 (aged 18 years)
Immigration
October 28, 1814 (aged 32 years)
Sydney Cove, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Text:

George Swell, one of 200 convicts transported on the Somersetshire, March 1814
Convicted at: York Assizes
Sentence term: Life
Ship: Somersetshire
Departure date: March, 1814
Arrival date*: 28th October, 1814
Place of arrival New South Wales

Citation details: Leeds Intelligencer Mon 19 Apr 1813 p. 3
Text:

Committed to York Castle, William Platts, late of Swine-fleet, labourer and George Sewell of Beverley, blacksmith, for a burglary in the dwelling-house of Joseph Birtwhistle, of Howden. Likewise, Sarah Taylor, of Spaldington, spinster, charged with being an accessary after the fact, in the above burglary.

Citation details: Leeds Intelligencer Mon 9 Aug 1813 p. 3
Text:

William Platts, George Sewell and Sarah Taylor, charged with committing a burglary in the dwelling-house of Joseph Birtwhistle, of Howden - Sewell and Taylor guilty; Platts admitted evidence.

Citation details: Leeds Mercury Sat 14 Aug 1813 p. 3
Text:

SENTENCE OF DEATH.
On the opening of the Court on Tuesday morning, the following prisoners, capitally convicted, were placed at the BAr: George Sewell, Robert Cross and Robert Taylor, convicted of a Burglary at Howden... The usual interrogatories having been put to them what they had to offer why sentence of death should not be passed upon them, Mr. Baron Wood addressed them in the following terms:-
"Prisoners! you have been severally convicted by Juries of your country, on clear and satisfactory evidence - of crimes which subject you to the punishment of death. It is a lamentable sight to see so many stand at the Bar to receive the last awful sentence of the law; and still more lamentable because most of you were well able, by the exertion of your bodity powers, to have maintained yourselves by honest industry. George Sewell, Robert Cross and Robert Taylor, the crime of which you have been convicted, is that of Burglary, that is, of breaking into a dwelling-house in the night, for the purpose of plunder; it is necessary for the protection of mankind, that that season, which nature claims for repose, should be secured by the strongest sanctions of the law from the attacks of daring violence. The Burglary of which you have been convicted was of a most atrocious and daring nature - You accompanied by another person, who (fortunately for the purpose of public justice) has given evidence against you, went, with your faces blacked and your persons otherwise disguised, to the house of Mr. Birtwhistle; after breaking into the house; you went into the bedroom of Mr. Birtwhistle, whom you compelled, by intimidation, to lie still in bed, and forced his servant to lie down by the side of her master, until you executed your scheme of plunder; After remaining half an hour, you departed with gold and silver watches and rings to a considerable amount, after keeping the family, during this period in a state of the most dreadful alarm, which spoil you afterwards divided at the house from whence you set out on this lawless enterprize - Such a daring gang of offenders has been seldom heard of in this county; and it is necessary for the purposes of public justice that you should suffer the sentence of the law; you, therefore, can have no well-grounded hope of any mercy being extended towards you. ...
Census
November 1828 (aged 46 years)
New South Wales, Australia
Text:

Sewell, George, 47, conditional pardon, Somerset, 1814, life, landholder, S. Forest
Sewell, Ealener, 50, came free, Northampton, 1815
Sewell, Jane, 16, came free, Northampton, 1815
Sewell, Thomas, 21, came free, Northampton, 1815
Sewell, George, 33, came free, Northampton, 1815, farmer, Sunderland Forest
Death
October 13, 1837 (aged 55 years)
Sydney City, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Citation details: Sydney Gazette Tue 17 Oct 1837 p. 3
Text:

DEATH.
At his residence, in Pitt-street, on the 13th instant, Mr. Sewell, aged 55 years, much regretted, having been respected by a numerous circle of friends during a residence in the colony of 22 years.
Burial
Sydney City, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Citation details: p. 26
Text:

Sarah GANDELL died 16th April 1822 aged 37 years
also Mrs George SEWELL Junior
died 1st July 1831 aged 19 years
also Jane her daughter aged 4 months
also Mr. George SEWELL, Senior
died 13th October 1837 aged 55 years
also George SEWELL
2nd son of the above
died 2nd June 1847 aged 43 years
also Jane COOPER
died 2nd Jun 1860 aged 47 years
also Ellen
relict of George SEWELL
Senior
died 8th June 1865 aged 94 years
Family with Ellen …
himself
Birth: about 1782
Marriage: about 1800
Immigration: October 28, 1814 — Sydney Cove, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Census: November 1828 — New South Wales, Australia
Death: October 13, 1837 — Sydney City, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Burial: Sydney City, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Ellen … John Sewell George Sewell Thomas Sewell Sarah Sewell Jane Sewell
George Sewell
1782–1837
Birth: about 1782
Death: October 13, 1837 — Sydney City, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
wife
Birth: about 1778
Marriage: about 1800
Immigration: June 18, 1815 — Sydney Cove, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Census: November 1828 — New South Wales, Australia
Death: June 8, 1865 — Sydney City, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Burial: Sydney City, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse George Sewell John Sewell George Sewell Thomas Sewell Sarah Sewell Jane Sewell
Ellen …
1778–1865
Birth: about 1778
Death: June 8, 1865 — Sydney City, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Marriage — about 1800 —
4 years
son
Birth: about 1803 21 25 — Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Immigration: June 18, 1815 — Sydney Cove, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Marriage: 1824 — Campbelltown, South Coast and Illawarra, New South Wales, Australia
Census: November 1828 — New South Wales, Australia
Marriage: 1858 — Berrima, Southern Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia
Death: May 31, 1866 — Sutton Forest, Southern Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia
Burial: Sutton Forest, Southern Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia
Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Sarah Short Jane Sewell John Sewell Mary Sewell George Sewell Sarah Sewell Eleanor Sewell Emma Sewell Rebecca Sewell Thomas Sewell Anne Sewell Esther Sewell Family with spouse Ellen Parnell Cornelius Sewell
John Sewell
1803–1866
Birth: about 1803 21 25 — Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Death: May 31, 1866 — Sutton Forest, Southern Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia
2 years
son
Birth: about 1804 22 26
Immigration: June 18, 1815 — Sydney Cove, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Census: November 1828 — New South Wales, Australia
Marriage: 1830 — Southern Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia
Marriage: 1835 — Sydney City, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Death: June 2, 1847 — New South Wales, Australia
Burial: Sydney City, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Mary Gandell Sarah Sewell Family with spouse Ann Laty Mary Ann Sewell George Thomas Sewell Francis Sewell
George Sewell
1804–1847
Birth: about 1804 22 26
Death: June 2, 1847 — New South Wales, Australia
4 years
son
Birth: about 1807 25 29
Immigration: June 18, 1815 — Sydney Cove, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Census: November 1828 — New South Wales, Australia
Marriage: 1835 — New South Wales, Australia
Death: May 21, 1893 — Five Dock, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Burial: Sutton Forest, Southern Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia
Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Elizabeth Lord
Thomas Sewell
1807–1893
Birth: about 1807 25 29
Death: May 21, 1893 — Five Dock, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
4 years
daughter
Birth: about 1810 28 32
Immigration: June 18, 1815 — Sydney Cove, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Death: 1815 — New South Wales, Australia
Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships
Sarah Sewell
1810–1815
Birth: about 1810 28 32
Death: 1815 — New South Wales, Australia
3 years
daughter
Birth: about 1812 30 34
Immigration: June 18, 1815 — Sydney Cove, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Census: November 1828 — New South Wales, Australia
Religious marriage: 1829 — Sutton Forest, Southern Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia
Death: June 2, 1860 — Concord, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Burial: Sydney City, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse George Leonard Cooper
Jane Sewell
1812–1860
Birth: about 1812 30 34
Death: June 2, 1860 — Concord, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Birth
Immigration
Text:

George Swell, one of 200 convicts transported on the Somersetshire, March 1814
Convicted at: York Assizes
Sentence term: Life
Ship: Somersetshire
Departure date: March, 1814
Arrival date*: 28th October, 1814
Place of arrival New South Wales

Citation details: Leeds Intelligencer Mon 19 Apr 1813 p. 3
Text:

Committed to York Castle, William Platts, late of Swine-fleet, labourer and George Sewell of Beverley, blacksmith, for a burglary in the dwelling-house of Joseph Birtwhistle, of Howden. Likewise, Sarah Taylor, of Spaldington, spinster, charged with being an accessary after the fact, in the above burglary.

Citation details: Leeds Intelligencer Mon 9 Aug 1813 p. 3
Text:

William Platts, George Sewell and Sarah Taylor, charged with committing a burglary in the dwelling-house of Joseph Birtwhistle, of Howden - Sewell and Taylor guilty; Platts admitted evidence.

Citation details: Leeds Mercury Sat 14 Aug 1813 p. 3
Text:

SENTENCE OF DEATH.
On the opening of the Court on Tuesday morning, the following prisoners, capitally convicted, were placed at the BAr: George Sewell, Robert Cross and Robert Taylor, convicted of a Burglary at Howden... The usual interrogatories having been put to them what they had to offer why sentence of death should not be passed upon them, Mr. Baron Wood addressed them in the following terms:-
"Prisoners! you have been severally convicted by Juries of your country, on clear and satisfactory evidence - of crimes which subject you to the punishment of death. It is a lamentable sight to see so many stand at the Bar to receive the last awful sentence of the law; and still more lamentable because most of you were well able, by the exertion of your bodity powers, to have maintained yourselves by honest industry. George Sewell, Robert Cross and Robert Taylor, the crime of which you have been convicted, is that of Burglary, that is, of breaking into a dwelling-house in the night, for the purpose of plunder; it is necessary for the protection of mankind, that that season, which nature claims for repose, should be secured by the strongest sanctions of the law from the attacks of daring violence. The Burglary of which you have been convicted was of a most atrocious and daring nature - You accompanied by another person, who (fortunately for the purpose of public justice) has given evidence against you, went, with your faces blacked and your persons otherwise disguised, to the house of Mr. Birtwhistle; after breaking into the house; you went into the bedroom of Mr. Birtwhistle, whom you compelled, by intimidation, to lie still in bed, and forced his servant to lie down by the side of her master, until you executed your scheme of plunder; After remaining half an hour, you departed with gold and silver watches and rings to a considerable amount, after keeping the family, during this period in a state of the most dreadful alarm, which spoil you afterwards divided at the house from whence you set out on this lawless enterprize - Such a daring gang of offenders has been seldom heard of in this county; and it is necessary for the purposes of public justice that you should suffer the sentence of the law; you, therefore, can have no well-grounded hope of any mercy being extended towards you. ...
Census
Text:

Sewell, George, 47, conditional pardon, Somerset, 1814, life, landholder, S. Forest
Sewell, Ealener, 50, came free, Northampton, 1815
Sewell, Jane, 16, came free, Northampton, 1815
Sewell, Thomas, 21, came free, Northampton, 1815
Sewell, George, 33, came free, Northampton, 1815, farmer, Sunderland Forest
Death
Citation details: Sydney Gazette Tue 17 Oct 1837 p. 3
Text:

DEATH.
At his residence, in Pitt-street, on the 13th instant, Mr. Sewell, aged 55 years, much regretted, having been respected by a numerous circle of friends during a residence in the colony of 22 years.
Burial
Citation details: p. 26
Text:

Sarah GANDELL died 16th April 1822 aged 37 years
also Mrs George SEWELL Junior
died 1st July 1831 aged 19 years
also Jane her daughter aged 4 months
also Mr. George SEWELL, Senior
died 13th October 1837 aged 55 years
also George SEWELL
2nd son of the above
died 2nd June 1847 aged 43 years
also Jane COOPER
died 2nd Jun 1860 aged 47 years
also Ellen
relict of George SEWELL
Senior
died 8th June 1865 aged 94 years