Samuel Sewall and William Byrd II
The most important period or time of life for Samuel Sewall and William Byrd II is during the age forty to fifty for each mans life. It is at this time that each man makes his largest influential mark in history. For Sewall the time period from which I will taking most of my information is 1692, it is at this time that Sewall becomes a judge and takes part in the Salem witch trials. For Byrd I will be using information from 1714, it is at this time that Byrd is fighting with England and trying to become a governor. The themes of which I will be writing are comparing and contrasting the activities of each man, what each did as an occupation and the major contributions of each man to society. Samuel Sewall was born at Bishop Stoke in Hampshire, England on March 28, 1652. In 1661, Sewall came with his family to settle in Newbury, Massachusetts. At the age of 15 he was excepted into Harvard. Sewall married Hannah Hull, the daughter of one of the wealthiest men in the colony in 1676 and began a career as a merchant. In 1681 Sewall was appointed by the General Council to run a Boston printing press. Sewall used his position to publish articles of his own and achieve greater notoriety. From 1691 to 1725 Sewall served on the Governor's
" # William Byrd II was born in Virginia on March 28, 1674. Sewell's diary provides important information about the Salem witch trials. He had wealth, reputation, authority and education. He was sent to England at the age of 2 for safety from Bacon's Rebellion. This is not to say that it was non existent, but not an important part of Byrd's life. In Byrd's mind the "aim had always been, manifestly from his texts, to become an English Gentlemen. I read in his writings about the church and its purpose and his role in the church. At Felsted becoming a gentlemen was sole reason behind the curriculum. Considered the first anti-slavery piece published in the colonies, The Selling of Joseph presents religious arguments against slavery. In 1728 he survey's the dividing the line between Virginia and North Carolina. He is most famous his role in the Salem witch trials, where he did find them guilty but he was the only judge to come out afterwards and say that they made the wrong decision. Beside being a the owner of a farm, and never really being there to work it, he held positions as Council of State in Virginia, he surveyed the dividing line between Virginia and North Carolina, and was also helping to fight for things he believed in. In 1709 he takes his father's place on the Virginia Council of State, and unsuccessfully seeks governorships of Virginia and Maryland. In December 1696, however, Sewall wrote a proclamation for a day of fast and penance and reparation by the government for the sins of the witchcraft trials. In 1704 he returns to Virginia upon the death of his father, and inherits his father's estates.
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