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He was recorded as being the first man child born of English parents in Newbury.²

Was in the Revolutionary Army. Was for some time a sailor, and was for some years insane. Died in 1807. Being in Saco, he went on board a vessel to sleep which had been fumigated with sulphur, to destroy rats, and died from breathing the poisonous atmosphere. His body was brought to his brother's house at Pleasant Point, and he was buried in the grave-yard there. He was never married.¹

WAXHAW — Mrs. Carol Ethel Woodruff Sewall, age 83, of 7900 Royal Court, died Tuesday afternoon, October 8, 2002 at Springs Memorial Hospital. She was born December 25, 1918 in Newark, NJ, the daughter of the late Mr. Thomas Oliver Woodruff and Mrs. Ethel Martha Fredricks Woodruff and was the wife of the late Mr. Stanley Charles Sewall. Mrs. Sewall was a homemaker and a member of Waxhaw RoundTop Baptist Church.
Mrs. Sewall is survived by 2 daughters, Mrs. Mary Ann Payne of the home, and Mrs. Janice Carol Vance of Ft. Smith, AR, 14 grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren.
Mrs. Sewall was preceded in death by a son, Marlon Sewall.
The Memorial Funeral Service for Mrs. Sewall will be 11:00 am, Saturday morning, October 12, 2002 at Waxhaw RoundTop Baptist Church by Rev. Frank Barwig.²

John Woods was educated in the public schools of his native town, and prepared for college at the Farmington Academy. After graduating with honours from Bowdoin he taught Latin for over two years at Cooperstown Seminary, New York and was for one year principle of the high school at Concord, New Hampshire. He then gave himself to music as his profession and the remainder of his life was spent in Boston, as a composer, publisher and teacher of music. He also engaged to some extent in literary work. A poem of considerable length descriptive of college days, written by him, was printed in 1889.⁶