Estate / Collection: The Victor Gulotta Collection

SEWALL, STEPHEN

Document signed as Justice of the Peace. Bradford, Massachusetts: 24 February 1712. Manuscript document in a secretarial hand selling land in Bradford between Nicholas Wallingford and Caleb Hopkinson, with Stephen Sewall's autograph three-line attestation signed "Steph Sewall Just PEace," below the signatures and marks of Wallingford and witnesses. 12 x 7 ½ inches (30 x 19 cm); framed with a window to the document verso revealing another Sewell signature on the docketing. Spotting, old folds, stray stains, not removed from frame.

Stephen Sewall (1657-1725) was born in England and came to Massachusetts with his family in 1661 and settled in Salem in 1682. He served as clerk to the Court of Oyer and Terminer during the Salem Witch Trials and as such attested to the accuracy of each witness account and thus was eye-witness to each testimony. He later showed regret for his role in the events and participated in the committee that offered compensation to victim's families. His brother was Samuel Sewall, a chief magistrate of the court.

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