New England family history : a magazine devoted to the history of families of Maine and Massachusetts . 331 II. Ellen Day Sewall, b. in Brierwood, Ala.,21 Mar., 1841, d. at Portland, 7 Nov., 1872. III. Somers Sewall, b. 14 June, 1843; d. inPortland, 7 Dec, 1867. IV. Lucretia Day Sewall, b. 21 Aug., 1845;d. Nov. 14, 1873, in Portland. V. Abby Trask Sewall, b. Feb. 5, 1848; 22, 1872, in Portland. VI. Josephine Day Sewall, b. June 9, 1851;d. 29 Oct., 1853; in Mobile, Ala. VII. Ada Sewall, b. Feb. 12, 1853; lives at312 Gowen Ave., Mt. Airy, Philadelphia, Pa. VIII. Samuel Bayley Sewall, b. 3
New England family history : a magazine devoted to the history of families of Maine and Massachusetts . 331 II. Ellen Day Sewall, b. in Brierwood, Ala.,21 Mar., 1841, d. at Portland, 7 Nov., 1872. III. Somers Sewall, b. 14 June, 1843; d. inPortland, 7 Dec, 1867. IV. Lucretia Day Sewall, b. 21 Aug., 1845;d. Nov. 14, 1873, in Portland. V. Abby Trask Sewall, b. Feb. 5, 1848; 22, 1872, in Portland. VI. Josephine Day Sewall, b. June 9, 1851;d. 29 Oct., 1853; in Mobile, Ala. VII. Ada Sewall, b. Feb. 12, 1853; lives at312 Gowen Ave., Mt. Airy, Philadelphia, Pa. VIII. Samuel Bayley Sewall, b. 30 Oct.,1855. IX. Amy Winifred Sewall, b. 6 Oct., 1858;d. at Brierwood, Ala., April 30, 1861. X. Arthur Wollaston Sewall, b. 19 Nov.,i860; m. a Miss Izat, and has one son, ArthurR. Sewall. All the children except the oldest one were born atBrierAvood, Mobile Co., Alabama; four died in Port-land, two in Alabama. But one of these children wasmarried. Mrs. Lucretia Day Sewall lived at Free-hold, New Jersey, in 1892. 332. ^MBil- 1:;-—: li- ft mm m The First Church of Portland. From an old wood-cut. (See p. 333) 333 THE FIRST CHURCH IX PORTLAND. The first church in Portland—the church overwhich Parson Smith and Parson Deane presided—has been the subject of a monograph compiled by thelate Marquis F. King, President of the Maine Gen-ealogical Society, of which only one hundred copieswere printed. As with it. were identified a numberof the families referred to herein, we present an oldwood cut of the second building, which w^as built andturned over to the parish 17 Jidy, 1740. The pews onthe lower floors were reserved for the two plans of the ground floor, showingthe pew holders in 1753 and in 1788 have been pre-served and copies of these plans redrawn, are alsopublished in this number, the plates kindly loaned byDr. Alfred King of Portland. The exterior of the house remained unfinished till1756, and it was not painted till after the revolution. Mr. King sa
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