Cemetery: Old Burying Yard, York Maine

SEWALL, DAVID, lawyer, jurist, was born Oct. 7, 1735, in York, Maine. He was representative for York in 1776; was chosen a member of the council of Massachusetts; and was appointed in 1777 a justice of the superior court. From 1789 till 1818 he was United States judge for the district of Maine. He died Oct. 22, 1825, in York, Maine. 9

Sewall, David (d. 1825) Justice of Massachusetts state supreme court, 1782-89; Judge of U.S. District Court, 1789. Died in 1825. Burial location unknown. The Political Graveyard

SEWALL, David, jurist, was born in York, Maine, Oct. 7, 1735; son of Samuel and Sarah Titcomb (Batchelder) Sewall, and grandson of John and Hannah (Fessenden) Sewall. He was graduated from Harvard, A.B., 1755, A.M., 1758, and was admitted to the bar in 1763. He was collector of excise for York county, and in 1766 was appointed register for the probate of wills for York county. He was councillor for the Province of Maine, 1766–77; justice of the supreme court of the state of Massachusetts, 1777–81, and judge of the supreme judicial court, 1781–89. He was an elector at large for Massachusetts in 1789, and was judge of the U.S. district court of Maine, 1789–1817. The honorary degree of LL.D. was conferred on him by Bowdoin college in 1812. He was a member of the Massachusetts Historical society; a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and a trustee of Bowdoin college, 1794–1815. He died in York, Me., Oct. 22, 1825. 13

Read a letter written by him here.