SEWALL ANDREWS (1807-1887)

“ A biographical sketch about the life and times of a Wisconsin pioneer ... …a founder of the town of Mukwonago, Waukesha County, Wisconsin.”

Compiled, annotated, and edited by: Robert C. Kuhmann

Copyright © 2015

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SEWALL ANDREWS (1807-1887) “ A biographical sketch about the life and times of a Wisconsin pioneer ... …a founder of the town of Mukwonago, Waukesha County, Wisconsin.” From: Andover, Windsor County, Vermont – to: Mukwonago, Waukesha County, Wisconsin.

Compiled, annotated, and edited by: Robert C. Kuhmann, of Delavan, Wisconsin, in January of

2015. Dedicated to my son (a 4th-Great-Grand-Nephew of, Sewall & Sarah Resseguie-Andrews).

Sewall Andrews, the pioneer settler of Mukwonago village, was born Feb. 5, 1807, in Andover, Vermont, son of John and Rebecca Webber-Andrews, after he was thirteen, he attended school but little, being engaged on the farm of his widowed mother1; at 19 he began peddling tin-ware in Massachusetts; and after eight years, began business in Simonsville, Vermont; his first visit to Wisconsin, in the fall of 1835. Major Jesse Meacham2, and Adolphus Spoor3 accompanied him from Chicago4 to Milwaukee village5, where Milo Jones6 joined them, proceeding with a team7, to the southwest, they tented-out on the open prairie, now the site of the city of Janesville, returning via Chicago, to his native State, remained until the spring

of 1836, came to Milwaukee, met Henry H. Camp8, and with him, reached the Indian village of "Mequanego"9, in May, 1836. Major Jessie Meacham was one week ahead of them, a present of two barrels of flour induced the Indians10 to allow them to build a bark-roofed shanty, 10 x 12 feet, in their village, prior to this, they built, but did not occupy, a similar hut on Section 22, these were very first log buildings ever erected by a pale-face11 in Mukwonago. The "Logs"12 were removed in 1837, but many returned and staid13 for years, the village plot was

1 [sic] {widowed father, who eventually remarried}.

2 JM, Find-A-Grave memorial [link]: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=21617769

3 AS, Find-A-Grave memorial [link]: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=44272690

4 At that time, Chicago had a population of a mere 3,500 persons.

5 Milwaukee had a population of a few hundred at the end of 1835, by June of 1836: 1,206 (per Lapham).

6 MJ, Find-A-Grave memorial [link]: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=9167812

7 Probably a 4-wheeled wagon and two horses (but possibly, oxen).

8 HC, Find-A-Grave memorial [link]: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=141066306

9 The name (which means, Bear’s Den), later changed to Mukwonago, due to confusion with Mequon, WI.

10 Originally a Native American village and the tribal seat of the Bear Clan of the Potawatomi Indians.

11 A white person: a term believed by some to have been first used by North American Indians.

12 Slang term, meaning: log cabins / log structures.

13 [sic] “stayed”

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surveyed by Martin Field14 and Ira Blood15, in the fall of 1836, in the spring of 1837, Mr. Andrews built a store and brought-in the first goods from New York City, this was the trade center for twenty-miles around, and the hardy frontier merchant reaped rich rewards, after relinquishing mercantile business, Mr. Andrews owned the grist mill five-years, but of late, has given his attention to cultivating his farm on the outskirts of the pretty village, in which, he is now the oldest settler, his substantial brick residence was built in 1842, and was one of the first of that material erected in Waukesha County. He married Nov. 21, 1838, Miss Sarah Resigue16 of Hubbardton, Vermont, {who} died in April 1861, leaving two sons: Lorin, born Sept. 3, 1839, and Clement, born April 15, 1847.

The present [ca. 1880] Mrs. Andrews, was formerly Sarah J. Mason17, and was born in Pompey, Onondaga Co., NY., married Edgar Meacham18, who at his death in March 1856, left two children: Clarence and Lillian. Leona, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Andrews, died, Feb. 27, 1871. Mr. and Mrs. Andrews are members of the “Universalist Society” of Mukwonago. Mr. Andrews at this writing, is a ruddy-cheeked, sturdy-looking man, who can follow a team, or break-in a fractious colt, as well as he did forty-four years ago, was a prominent figure in the first recorded events of his town, and county. Politics: Old Line Whig Republican19.

SOURCE of the body of text, above (GOOGLE Books): "The History of Waukesha County, Wisconsin", 1880 (1006 pages), page 965. Source [link]: http://books.google.com/books?id=vQ4rAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA965&

This oil-on-canvas painting of “Mrs. Sarah Andrews”, hangs on a wall of the parlor-salon, in the "Red Brick Museum" (Mukwonago, Waukesha Co., WI.). It is believed to be that of Sarah J. Mason [married-names: Meacham-Andrews-Babcock], but (problem): the 1st-wife of Sewall Andrews was ALSO named “Sarah”, i.e. Sarah Resseguie-Andrews. Thus, the identity of the woman in the painting - remains to be proven!

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MF, Find-A-Grave memorial [link]: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=53073324 15

IB, Find-A-Grave memorial [link]: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=70263353 16

[sic] the correct spelling is, Resseguie (formerly “de Rességuier”, in France). See also, French language [link]: http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Famille_de_Ress%C3%A9guier 17

The widow of Edgar Meacham, son of Jesse Meacham (mentioned above). 18

EM, Find-A-Grave memorial [link]: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=21622209 19

Political party – the name, “Whig” being borrowed from the British party opposed to royal prerogatives.

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THE 1st BRICK HOUSE BUILT IN WAUKESHA Co., WISCONSIN

The first brick house built in Waukesha county (130 Main Street in Mukwonago), it was put-up by S. Andrews and his first-wife, in 1842. That home stands to this day [ca. 2015], now restored and re-purposed as a museum. It is one and one-half story, size 28’ x 36’ and faces the square, constructed of Mukwonago-brick, has limestone trimmings and a rock foundation, enclosing a basement which is partitioned, and floored with brick. The front door hangs in one of the old-style, fancy-carved frames, all made by hand. At the north, it is joined by an addition built by Mr. Andrews some years later, as an office for himself. He was in the real estate and money lending business. As a whole, it represents a typical early-day farmhouse. Mr. Andrews was one of the planners of the village - those besides him, being: Martin Field, Ira Blood and Henry Camp - all of whom are long deceased. Mr. Andrews came to Mukwonago in 1836 and acquired considerable property in and about the village. Among which were the flour and saw mills, which are still [ca. 1906] in evidence. He died 20 years ago. His widow, who was his second wife, after several years, married a man by the name of, Babcock and is still a resident of the village. At present, she and her husband are at their winter home in Florida. This part of Mr. Andrew's estate went to his son, Lorin of Minneapolis, a broker. He sold it to Jacob Niver20 of Waukesha who disposed of the property in 1885 to John McNulty, the present owner [ca. 1906]. SOURCE: The Pewaukee Breeze, Pewaukee, Waukesha Co., WI., March 2, 1906. Source [link]: http://www.linkstothepast.com/waukesha/marAbios.php#andrewssewall

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JN, Find-A-Grave memorial [link]: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=84492220

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"NATIONAL REGISTRY OF HISTORIC PLACES" The “Sewall Andrews House” (added 1981 - #81000063). Also known as the “Mukwonago Museum”, 130 Main Street, Mukwonago, Waukesha Co., WI., or simply, the “Red Brick Museum” (ca. 2015).

Historic Significance: Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style: Greek Revival

Historic Person: Sewall Andrews

Significant Year: 1842

Significance: Exploration/Settlement/Architecture/Commerce

Period of Significance: 1825-1849

Owner: Local

Historic Function: Domestic

Historic Sub-function: Single Dwelling

Current Function: Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function: Museum SOURCE: listed on the National Registry of Historic Places: Source [link]: http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/wi/waukesha/state.html See also [link]: http://www.mukwonagomuseum.org/

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"MUKWONAGO VILLAGE" previous to its settlement in 1836, was a large and populous “Pottawatomie”21 Indian village, situated on Mukwonago Creek, not far from its junction with the Fox River, and near the border of an extensive forest. The inhabitants were generally peaceful and inoffensive. Their wigwams were substantially built. Their council house, a large building built of poles and covered with the bark of trees, in which the chiefs and principal men of the tribe held their annual councils, was in 1836, standing on the north bank of Mukwonago Creek, at the south end of the village. The valley in which the village was located, being very productive, they raised corn in great abundance. Colonel Childs mentions the village as located here in 1820. The name of the village is derived from "mukwa" (bear). The chief of this important Pottawatomie village was "Wau-be-kee-tschuk". He was blind, hence his name “kee-tschuk” (eyes). "Tauh-pauh-wihs" was next in rank to him. The Milwaukee trader, Solomon Juneau22 states that the Mukwonago Potawatomi raised as many as 5,000 bushels of corn a year. Their principal articles of food were: fish, wild rice, muskrats, rabbits, prairie fowls, roots, corn, and wild fruits. On property formerly owned by Henry H. Camp23, they had a race course, where they raced their ponies. Andrew E. Elmore24, an early settler (1836), opened a store, and traded with them. Sewall Andrews and Henry H. Camp, early settlers who arrived at 21

WIKI: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potawatomi 22

SJ - Find-A-Grave memorial [link]: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=8477642 23

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AE - Find-A-Grave memorial [link]: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=82752160

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Mukwonago, in May 1836, presented two barrels of flour to the Indians, for the privilege of erecting a cabin on their land. After 1837, when they were removed, the Indians returned, sometimes to the number of one hundred. See image [below]:

SOURCE (Google Books): "The Wisconsin archeologist, Volumes 1-2", 1922, page 82. By Wisconsin Natural History Society. Archeological Section, Wisconsin Archeological Society.

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Of the Potawatomi, with whom the whites became well acquainted, and who frequently furnished the early settlers with shelter, food, guides, and warning information as to the movements of hostile tribes, something more should be said. Their graves, corn hills, and camp-fire remains, have not all disappeared from the vicinity even yet, and many families have numerous interesting relics obtained from them safely stored away. The men, or "bucks" were expert hunters, athletic and lazy. No such embonpoint25 was ever discovered among them as is common everywhere with the whites, extreme laziness being universal. The women, or "squaws" did all the work while in camp, and generally carried their smaller children and bore all the other burdens when on the march. No matter how long and tedious the journey, they were not relieved by the warriors. M. D. Cutler26, who came to Milwaukee in April 1834, and who settled in Waukesha, states that he has seen a dead infant bound to the limb of a tree, and on one occasion, discovered the body of a man tied in a standing position by the forehead, neck, and waist, to the trunk of an old oak, but in the latter case, also,

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Excessive plumpness / stoutness. 26

Morris D. Cutler, FAG memorial [link]: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=5481924

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there was a fence of broken limbs to protect the corpse from the wild animals. The Indian trails, especially the one called, the "Green Bay trail" was worn to a depth of about twenty-inches, showing long use. The plow, residences, streets, and factories, have obliterated all traces of them, after serving thousands of years, perhaps, as the only highways the country afforded. Each separate village seemed to have its chief, or head man, in this vicinity. The name of the Mukwonago chief was "Wau-be-kee-tschuk", and was the only leader known by the whites. He was blind, hence his name, "Kee-tschuk", meaning eyes. The next man to him in tribal importance was "Top-o-wihs", more properly, "Tauh-pauh-wihs", a very kind man. These important men had larger houses or wigwams than the others, and were blessed with the privilege of having more wives. To illustrate that "Top-o-wihs” was a kind man: Once, while riding on the road from, Milwaukee he found a trunk which had been lost from a traveler's wagon. "Top-o-wihs" hid the trunk, without disturbing its contents, in the brush, returned and told the whites of it. In a few days, a man returned inquiring for a trunk. "Top-o-wihs" was found, and kindly took his pony and rode fifteen miles to the place. The man was the rightful owner of the trunk, but paid the Indian nothing, not even a dinner for his journey of thirty miles, to make known its whereabouts. This made him angry, and he declared that if he ever found another white man's trunk, he would break it in with his tomahawk, and take whatever of value it contained. During several years after 1838, the year the Potawatomies went farther west, they returned sometimes in parcels of 100, for the season, and occasionally staying in the neighboring woods through the Winter. They have not been back in any considerable numbers for many years, and all those who returned in later years were gray and decrepit. They spoke fondly of "Mahn-a-wauk", however, and remarked that they would like to return to it, if the whites had not plowed so much of the land, felled so many of the trees, and killed so much of the game. But they never will return, and more of the local history of a once powerful and happy nation will never be known than is here recorded. The manner in which these Indians dressed was very simple. The hair was allowed to grow at will by both male and female, and the "bucks" had no more beard than the squaws. The former wore, in Summer, when the early settler arrived, only breech clouts, but in Winter, they added leggings of skin and square blankets, furnished by the Government. The latter were far less elaborate in their toilet than their white sisters of today, generally wearing about the same style and quantity of clothing as the males. After 1834, calico shirts became more common and were considered a great luxury; also, an occasional pair of pantaloons would be discovered on either a "buck" or a "squaw" - whichever first obtained possession of the garments, generally got into them. When the first white women came to Milwaukee, the Indian women were deeply interested in their appearance and dress and spent hours in watching and jabbering about them, in the most earnest manner imaginable. The youngsters, both boys and girls - ran about naked in Summer - their greasy skins shining like polished mahogany. The principal articles of food were fish, wild rice, muskrats, rabbits, prairie fowls, roots, Indian corn, and wild fruits. The corn was raised in greater or les abundance, according to the industry of the squaws. Fish and game were furnished by the bucks; but

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they never disgraced themselves by hoeing corn, gathering wild rice, plucking berries, or crushing corn. They also brought game home, which must be skinned, drawn, and prepared for the spit, or the smoking-crotches, by the squaws. It was considered enough for them to do the mere shooting and trapping. A dish which was said to be very palatable was made by boiling fish, wild rice, and Indian corn together with a seasoning of spicy berries or herbs. This mixture was called “tassimanomin”. The Indians found in this vicinity did not live to a great age, carried an erect figure till death, and were hardly ever ill. Venereal and all contagious diseases were said to be entirely unknown among them, thus showing that their simple habits of life had many redeeming features. Small pox, and various other contagious diseases introduced by the whites, almost always resulted fatally with the Indians. With these fragmentary pieces of information an historical good-bye must be hidden to the red men. As they left no recorded history, the memory of old settlers has been depended on for any information concerning those from whom the soil now occupied by the whites was wrested by the sheer power of superior force, and that is more or less imperfect. However, everything should be preserved that contains the remotest reference to their appearance, habits, and customs; for the day is not distant when history will record the utter extinction of a race that owned and occupied a whole continent, and gave it up, with the graves of their fathers, without the return of any value. SOURCE: “History of Milwaukee, Wisconsin: From Pre-historic Times ...", pages 48-52, Issue 886, by Western Historical Company, 1881. Source [link]: https://books.google.com/books?id=pnAvAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA48&

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Mukwonago area map, 1870 (sections: 22, 23, 26, 27), the village, and “Oak Knoll” cemetery.

Land owned by Sewall Andrews: 40 acres in Section 23; 76 acres in section 26; 80 acres on the NE side of the “Mill Pond”, and 40 acres on the East side of Mukwonago “village”.

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THE FLOURING AND SAW MILL now [ca. 1880] owned by J.27 & M.28 Howitt, were begun (and the sawmill finished in 1847), by a Mr. McVean29, but they soon passed from his hands and became the property of Mr. Sewall Andrews. SOURCE (Google Books): “The History of Waukesha County, Wisconsin", 1880 (1006 pages), page 763. Source [link]: http://books.google.com/books?id=vQ4rAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA763&

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John H - FAG memorial [link]: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=129594114 28

Matthew H - FAG memorial [link]: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=141999323 29

Colin McVean - FAG mem. [link]: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=97781925

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THE UNITED UNITARIAN AND UNIVERSALIST SOCIETY OF MUKWONAGO was founded in 1877. It was one of the first in the country to unite Unitarians and Universalists into one society. The three men who founded the village of Mukwonago in 1836 - Sewell Andrews, Martin Field30 and Henry Camp - were of the Unitarian and Universalist faiths. When these New England 'Yankees' arrived here it was still a Native American village. They stayed to settle the village of Mukwonago. Forty years later, two of the men were still living and helped to build the original church. Andrews was a Universalist and Field was a Unitarian. Thus the two denominations joined together in one endeavor eighty years before the Unitarians and Universalists formally merged, in 1961. The Yankee settlers of Mukwonago liked to build churches that resembled the churches of New England and New York State. The Baptist church across the street was of the same style, and so was a third church, a Congregational, on Main Street - corner of Blood Street. All three white-frame churches had steeples which were struck by lightening and taken down. Of the three, only the original church still stands. In 1987 it was placed on the National Register of Historic Places (the only other building so designated in Mukwonago, is the Andrews house on the square, now the “Mukwonago Museum”). SOURCE [link]: http://www.uumuk.org/aboutus.php

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MF, Find-A-Grave memorial [link]: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=53073324

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APPENDICES (misc. info.) MARRIAGES: m1. 20-Nov-1838 to: Sarah Resseguie, b.29-Jan-1818, d.23-Apr-1861, 3 children are known. m2. after 1861 to: Sarah J. Mason, b.1827 Pompey, Onandaga Co., NY., d.1912 Santa Ana, Orange Co., CA. (She was the widow of Edgar Meacham, b.1818, d.1856 - 3 children with Edgar / 1 child with Sewall Andrews.)

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CHILDREN (the subject, and his 2nd wife, Sarah Jane Mason): i. Leona Andrews, b.1862 Mukwonago, Waukesha Co., WI., d.27-Feb-1871 Mukwonago, Waukesha Co., WI. STEP-CHILDREN (3 by his 2nd wife, with Edgar Meacham): i. Edward Meacham, b.May-1848, d.28-Mar-1850, Walworth Co., WI. ii. Clarence Herbert Meacham, b.28-Apr-1851 Troy, Walworth Co., WI., d.10-Dec-1919 Santa Ana, Orange Co., CA., m.~1872 to: Alice Cobler b.11-Nov-1861 Shelby Co., IN, d.30-Oct-1938 Santa Ana, Orange Co., CA. iii. Lillian Meacham, b.1853 Troy, Walworth Co., WI., d.1926 Mukwonago, Waukesha Co., WI., m.~1874 to: Frank Augustus Wood, b.1852, d.1939.

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TIME-LINE & RESIDENCES (of the subject, and family): 1807 – Birth of Sewall, at Andover, Windsor Co., VT. 1813 – School days. 1820 – Schooling (resided: farm of his parents). 1822 – Approximate date of death of his mother (b.1782, d. ~1822) 1823 – Estimated date of his father’s marriage to: Betsey Smith, b.1797, d.1846. 1824 – Birth of half-sister, Lucy Andrews. 1824 – Birth (approx.) of half-brother, John Jr. Andrews. 1826 – Birth (approx.) of half-brother, Frederick S. Andrews. 1826 – Massachusetts, a tin-ware merchant. 1829 – Marriage (approx.) of brother, Webber Andrews to: Mary S. Sargent Miner 1834 – Simonsville, Windsor Co., VT., began a business. 1835 – Fall - 1

st visit to WI. (at the time, Michigan Territory

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1835 – Chicago, then to Milwaukee, where Milo Jones joined them. 1835 – Janesville, WI., then back to Chicago, IL. 1836 – Spring - Chicago, IL. 1836 – Spring - back up to Milwaukee, met-up with Henry H. Camp. 1836 – May - reached Mukwonago village, Wisconsin. 1837 – Spring - built store at Mukwonago (now part of the Wisconsin Territory)

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1838 – Marriage to: Sarah J. Resseguie (probably at Caldwell’s Prairie, in her parents’ home). 1839 – Birth of son, Lorin Andrews. 1841 – Birth of half-brother, Laurel G. Andrews. 1842 – Built brick home in Mukwonago. 1844 – Sarah J. Mason marries Edgar Meacham – son of Jesse Meacham, a friend to Sewall. 1845 – Death of brother, Webber Andrews. 1846 – Death of his step-mother, Betsey Smith-Andrews. 1847 – Flour mill and saw mill completed in Mukwonago - soon owned by Sewall. 1847 – Birth of son, Clement Andrews. 1848 – Half-brother, Frederick marries Emaline M. Hollister. 1848 – Wisconsin Territory becomes the State of Wisconsin.

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1850 – Resided Mukwonago, Waukesha Co., WI., per Census. 1850 – Death of step-son, Edward Meacham. 1852 – Death of father, John Andrews. 1856 – Death of father-in-law, Abraham Resseguie. 1856 – Death of pioneer companion and friend, Edgar Meacham. 1859 – Death of mother-in-law, Lovina Robinson-Resseguie. 1860 – Resided Mukwonago, Waukesha Co., WI., per Census. 1861 – Death of 1

st-wife, Sarah Resseguie.

1861 – Marriage to 2nd

-wife, Sarah Mason-Meacham (widow of Edgar Meacham). 1862 – Birth of daughter, Leona Andrews. 1863 – Death of his sister-in-law, Mary S. Miner-Andrews (Webber’s wife). 1870 – Resided Mukwonago, Waukesha Co., WI., per Census. 1870 – Death of 2

nd mother-in-law, Mary E Stanton-Mason (mother of Sarah Mason-Meacham).

1871 – Death of daughter, Leona Andrews. 1873 – Death of half-sister, Mary Ann Andrews-Shultis. 1877 – United Unitarian and Universalist Society of Mukwonago was founded. 1887 – Mukwonago, Waukesha Co., WI., death of Sewall himself. 1891 – Death of half-brother, George Andrews. 1893 – Death of sister-in-law, Jane Resseguie-Van_Valin.

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MI Territory, [link]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michigan_Territory 32

WI Territory, [link]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wisconsin_Territory 33

State of WI., [link]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wisconsin

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1896 – Death of 2nd

father-in-law, Julius Herman Mason (father of Sarah Mason-Meacham) 1897 – Death of sister-in-law, Sophronia Resseguie-Cheney. 1898 – Death of sister-in-law, Emaline M. Hollister-Andrews. 1905 – Death of son, Lorin Andrews. 1908 – Death of sister-in-law, Lavina Resseguie-Cooper-Sheldon. 1912 – Death of 2

nd wife, Sarah Mason-Meacham-Andrews-Babcock.

1912 – Death of half-brother, Frederick Andrews. 1917 – Death of son, Clement Andrews. 1918 – Death of Sarah Mason’s brother, William Mason. 1919 – Death of step-son, Clarence Meacham. 1920 – Death of Sarah Mason’s sister, Myra L. Mason-Whitney. 1924 – Death of Sarah Mason’s sister, Ambrosia Mason-Cropper. 1926 – Death of step-daughter, Lillian Meacham-Wood.

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FEDERAL & STATE records: "BIRTH RECORD" Name: Sewall Andrews Gender: Male Birth Date: 05 Feb 1807 Birthplace: ANDOVER TWP,WINDSOR,VERMONT Father's Name: John Andrews Mother's Name: Rebekah SOURCE: LDS Family Search, Vermont, Births and Christenings, 1765-1908. Source [link]: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8LK-6MZ "US CENSUS 1850" Name: Sewall Andrews {aka "Sewall"} Event: Census Event Date: 1850 Event Place: Mukwanago, Waukesha, Wisconsin, United States Gender: Male Age: 40 Marital Status: Race (Original): Race (Expanded): Birthplace: Vermont Estimated Birth Year: 1810 Dwelling House Number: 999 Family Number: 1020 Line Number: 23 NARA Publication Number: M432 NARA Roll Number: 1009 Film Number: 444996 Digital Folder Number: 004206495 Image Number: 00142 Household Gender Age Birthplace Sewall Andrews M 40 Vermont Sarah Andrews F 30 Vermont Loren Andrews M 11 Wisconsin [sic] {Lorin} Clement Andrews M 3 Wisconsin

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Charles Watkins M 38 Vermont Sarah Watkins F 39 Vermont {probably née Andrews} S E Watkins F 13 Vermont J S Watkins F 10 Vermont C W Watkins M 7 Vermont Mary Watkins F 3 Vermont SOURCE: US Federal Census, 1850. Source [link]: https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M4D5-F1S

"US CENSUS 1860" Name: Sewall Andrews Event Type: Census Event Year: 1860 Event Place: Mukwonago, Waukesha, WI. Gender: Male Age: 53 Race: White Race (Original): [Blank] Birth Year (Estimated): 1807 Birthplace: Vermont Page: 48 Affiliate Name: The U.S. (NARA) Affiliate Publication Number: M653 Household Role Gender Age Birthplace Sewall Andrews M 53 Vermont

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BIRTH RECORD of Sewall Andrews:

SOURCE: Ancestry-dot-com

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INTERNET LINKS (to burial sites / online memorials): SUBJECT OF THIS BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH & HIS SPOUSES:

Sewall Andrews 1807-1887 http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=49708821

Sarah Resseguie 1818-1861 http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=70263222

Sarah Mason-Meacham-Andrews-Babcock, b.1827, d.1912 http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=13832745

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OBIT OF SARA J. MASON [MEACHAM-ANDREWS-BABCOCK]

"DEATHS - Mrs. Sarah J. Babcock - Mrs. Sarah J. Babcock, among the best known residents of the village of Mukwonago, died at the home of her son, C. H. Meacham, at Santa Anna, Cal., Sept. 13. Funeral services were held at Mr. Meacham's residence. Mrs. Babcock, whose maiden name was Sarah J. Mason, was born in Pompey, Onandagua county. N. Y., where she spent her girlhood. In 1834 she accompanied her parents to Troy, Walworth county, Wis., and in 1844 was united in marriage to Edgar Meacham, who with his parents located at that place in 1836. Mr. Meacham died in 1856, survived by his widow and two children, Clarence H., at whose residence in California, Mrs. Babcock died, and Lillian, Mrs. F. A. Wood of Mukwonago. During the sixties she married Sewall Andrews, a pioneer of Mukwonago since 1836. One daughter, Leona, was born to the union but died, Feb. 27, 1871. Mr. Andrews died Mar. 19, 1888. In August, 1901, Mrs. Andrews and Truman Babcock were married. Mrs. Babcock had a winter home at Lake Helen, Fla., and there nearly a year ago she met with a

serious accident, a fracture of the hip bone. She went to the home of her son in California early in the summer. Besides the husband34, son and daughter, Mrs. Babcock is survived by one sister, Mrs. John Cropper35, Milwaukee." SOURCE: The Waukesha Freeman, Waukesha, Waukesha Co., WI., Thursday, 26-Sep-1912.

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Truman Babcock [link]: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=8862103 35

Ambrosia Mason-Cropper [link]: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=52793637

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PARENTS OF SEWALL ANDREWS:

John Andrews, b.1782, d.1852 http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=70263218 Rebecca “Betsey” Webber, b.1782, d.~1822 http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=95095180

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DESCENDANTS of (his father), John Andrews (1782-1852): 1-John Andrews (18 Nov 1782-8 Feb 1852) +Rebecca Webber (~1782-) . . . . 2-John Andrews (Nov 1798-1892) . . . . +Sarah Smith (24 Nov 1809-1895) . . . . . . . . 3-Orette Andrews (~1850-) . . . . +Rebecca "Betsy" [Surname?] (~1808-) . . . . . . . . 3-M Andrews (~1833-) . . . . . . . . 3-Laurel Andrews (20 Sep 1841-14 Apr 1905) . . . . . . . . +Martha "Mattie" Whitney (17 Aug 1842-17 Jul 1928) . . . . . . . . 3-Mattie Andrews (17 Aug 1842-17 Jul 1928) . . . . 2-Webber Andrews (19 Jul 1801-6 Apr 1845) . . . . +Mary Sargeant (1808-10 Feb 1863) . . . . 2-Sewall Andrews (5 Feb 1807-18 Mar 1887) . . . . +Sarah Mason (1827-13 Feb 1912) . . . . . . . . 3-Leona Andrews (~1862-27 Feb 1871) . . . . +Sarah Rességuié (29 Jan 1818-23 Apr 1861) . . . . . . . . 3-Lorin Andrews (Mar 1839-10 Aug 1905) . . . . . . . . +Fidelia [SurName?] (1 Oct 1844-15 Dec 1898) . . . . . . . . 3-Clement Andrews (15 Apr 1847-17 Mar 1917) . . . . . . . . +Oliva Platner (11 Oct 1849-21 Feb 1928) +Betsy Smith (1797-6 Sep 1846) . . . . 2-Lucy Andrews (6 Feb 1824-1885) . . . . +Dr. Henry Youmans (22 May 1816-4 Oct 1893) . . . . . . . . 3-Augustus Youmans (1 Jan 1847-1 Oct 1864) . . . . . . . . 3-Henry Youmans (6 Jan 1851-21 Jan 1931) . . . . . . . . 3-Annie Youmans (27 May 1854-7 Apr 1950) . . . . . . . . +Theron "T W" Haight (14 Sep 1840-19 Oct 1913) . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-Lucy Haight (24 Feb 1872-6 Nov 1940) . . . . . . . . . . . . +[Name?] Strong (-) . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-Henry Haight (20 Jan 1874-26 Sep 1893) . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-Frank Haight (14 Apr 1876-7 Oct 1957) . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-Robert Haight (2 Feb 1882-15 Nov 1945) . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-Margaret Haight (14 Feb 1888-11 Jun 1957) . . . . . . . . . . . . +[Name?] Ovitt (-) . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-Walter Haight (-) . . . . . . . . 3-Dr. Laurel Youmans (26 Feb 1863-7 Jul 1926) . . . . . . . . 3-Mabel Youmans (-) . . . . . . . . +S West (-) . . . . 2-Frederick Andrews (24 Mar 1826-14 Apr 1912) . . . . +Emaline Hollister (6 Feb 1829-2 May 1898) . . . . . . . . 3-Betsy "Bettie" Andrews (27 Oct 1849-10 Jul 1943) . . . . . . . . 3-Wallace Andrews (1855-1945) . . . . . . . . +Eva Boss (1856-1946) . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-Carl Andrews (8 Jan 1879-13 May 1889) . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-Katherine Andrews (~1880-) . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-Frederick Andrews (~1885-) . . . . . . . . 3-Angenette Andrews (~1857-) . . . . . . . . 3-Addie "Adda" Andrews (23 Jun 1858-31 Dec 1933) . . . . . . . . +George Harland (1853-1934) . . . . . . . . 3-Alida Andrews (~1864-) . . . . . . . . 3-Luella Andrews (1865-1955) . . . . . . . . +Frederick "Fred" Smith (3 Dec 1866-1941) . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-Silvia Smith (-)

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. . . . . . . . . . . . 4-Cecil Smith (-)

. . . . . . . . 3-Ross Andrews (13 Aug 1867-26 Dec 1954)

. . . . . . . . 3-May Andrews (~1870-)

. . . . 2-George Andrews Sr. (10 Sep 1828-18 Apr 1891)

. . . . +Susan Hollister (8 Jun 1831-1 Apr 1906)

. . . . . . . . 3-J Andrews (30 Oct 1870-)

. . . . 2-Andrew Andrews (~1830-)

. . . . 2-Mary Andrews (16 May 1833-1 Jun 1873)

. . . . +Nelson Shultis (May 1823-11 Jan 1900)

. . . . . . . . 3-John Shultis (1868-Feb 1893)

. . . . 2-Ira Andrews (~1835-)

. . . . 2-Wesley Andrews (~1838-)

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PARENTS OF (1st wife) SARAH RESSEGUIE:

Abraham Resseguie 1782-1856 http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=42163588 Lovina Robinson 1787-1859 http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=61062656 PARENTS OF (2nd wife) SARAH MASON-MEACHAM: Julius Herman Mason, Sr. 1798-1896 http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=21625359 Mary E. Stanton 1798-1870 http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=21625025 CHILDREN (with 1st wife, Sarah Resseguie):

Lorin Andrews, b.1839, d.1905 http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=120311339

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Clement Andrews, b.1847, d.1917 http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=70263221 CHILDREN (with 2nd wife, Sarah Jane Mason-Meacham): [No gravestone photo is available - exact burial site is uncertain.] Leona Andrews, b.1862, d.1871 http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=135400278 STEP-CHILDREN (by 2nd wife, with her 1st husband, Edgar Meacham):

Edward Meacham, b.1848, d.1850 http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=21622772

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Clarence Herbert Meacham, b.1851, d.1919 http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=13832721

Lillian Meacham, b.1853, d.1926 http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=118933455

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ANECDOTES:

a) This historical work was created as a public service, for those persons genetically related to, or simply interested by the families: Andrews, Resseguie, Mason, Meacham, or Babcock - and their respective genealogies. Your Editor (Robert C. Kuhmann) is not related to any of the persons mentioned herein.

b) My son is (however) a 4th Great-Grand-Nephew, to Sewall Andrews, via

his 1st-wife's Resseguie lineage. He and I visited the “1842” Andrews brick home (now known as the, "Red Brick Museum") on Sunday, 13-Jul-2014.

See [link]: http://www.mukwonagomuseum.org/

c) Sewall’s 1st wife, Sarah Rességuié (1818-1861), was a daughter of

Abraham Rességuié & Lovina Sarah Robinson-Rességuié [both are buried in Caldwell Cemetery, Caldwell, Racine Co., WI.].

They are 5x-Great-Grandparents to my son (who was born in 1998).

GENEALOGY pages (more than 22,150 names, as of this writing): [link]: http://www.kuhmann.com/Genealogy/default.htm

LEGAL STATUS: Copyright ©2015 - Robert C. Kuhmann – All Rights Reserved. This work is however, hereby released to the PUBLIC DOMAIN, for non-profit purposes. Permission to COPY this document is hereby granted to the: “Red Brick Museum” of Mukwonago, WI. The museum may charge a fee for on-paper reproduction services, along with a modest donation towards the perpetuation of the museum and the preservation of its collections. CONTACT INFORMATION (for the author/editor): FindAGrave contributor #46567652 http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=mr&MRid=46567652&MSid=46567652&

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