Samuel Sewall

Relationship with Sewall with family Samuel Sewall lived a very Puritan life in early colonial Boston. As a person deeply concerned about his religion and family, Sewall loves his family very much and considers their health as a reward or punishment to God. But he did not only take care of his family but also satisfied what he regarded as the will of God. Sewall has risen rapidly, became prominent in society, earned money, and built close relationships with his wife and children. He personally helped them through sickness, moral dilemmas, and even though he suffered most, he led them through the process of mourning, even after someone in the family died.

In late winter in September 1708, Boston-based bookmaker Samuel Jelisch began to appeal to the 18 year old Puritan judge Samuel Sever and Mary Swell's daughter. Mary Sewall) Judge Sewall is a responsible father and, like many Puritan's fathers, he believes that he has the right and obligation to play an active role in the selection of his daughter's spouse. He heard "various uncertain reports", and the young Gerrish proposed to other women and immediately wrote to Gerrish's father seeking "naked truth". Judge Sewall approved continuing courtship only after satisfying answers were obtained. In August after the whirl of June, the couple got married, but when Mary gave birth, the marriage was cut in just 5 months.

Samuel Sewell's diary record from 1674 to 1729 is full of energy and charm. Sewall matches the pattern of the early New England writers seen in Bradford and Taylor. Born in England, Sewall was taken to colonies from an early age. He settled in the Boston area where he graduated from Harvard University and worked in the fields of law, administration and religion. Sevar was born late enough to see the change from Puritan's early strict religious life to the more secular wealth in the New England colony. His diary, which is well compared with Samuel Pepys' English diary, inadvertently recorded the transition period