Ancestry of Colonel
Robert Gould Shaw

U.S. Civil War leader of film “Glory” fame

John Sewell

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• • 8th Great-grandfather of Robert Gould Shaw — 11th Generation
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  • ABT 1589 
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  Thomas Sewell (Ahnentafel No:692 )

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  • John Sewell may have been the son of William and Jane (Swallow) Sewall. More research is needed to confirm this.

• Sources for John Sewell

  • ¹ New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1913, Vol. 67, p. 268.