Hello every one, if we can help Constance I'm sure she will be forever gratefull.. Dear Kathy, I came across the "Descendants of Arthur Sewell" while searching for "Freeman" surnames on Google. I am related to Eliza Freeman (July 15, 1858 - 1926), wife of Arthur Sewell, 9th child of Arthur and Ann Nancy Sewell and to Mahallah Freeman (abt 1861 - Jan 16, 1949). Eliza and Mahala Freeman were daughters of Simon Freeman and Mary Hazlewood. Mary Hazlewood was apparently the first-born of nine children born to John Hazlewood and his wife, Sarah Custobody. Simon and Mary (Hazlewood) Freeman left her family behind in Perth and Huron Counties, and moved up to Grey County, apparently to be near Mary's aunt, a sister of her mother Sarah, also named Mary. John Hazlewood and Sarah Custobody were from Yorkshire, England. Sarah Custobody Hazlewood, Great-Grandmother of Mary Ann, edith Evaline, Clara A., Richard Walton, Arthur Merton, John Elsemere Roy, Robert H. E., Walter herbert, William james, Frederick Albert, Thomas Hubert, Arthur Ransford, John Edgar, Harold Sylvester, Olive Menetta, Gordon Russell, Richard Wesley, and Horace E. Sewell, was born near the city of York in 1807. She was the daughter of George Custobody, by his first wife, Elizabeth Barker. George Custobody was one of the first people buried in York Cemetery (d.1838). He also had two daughters by his third wife, Ann Hood, who had offspring in the city of York. George Custobody is a brother of Mary Custobody Cottom, my Great-Great-Great Grandmother. George and Mary Custobody (his sister), were children of John Custobody and Frances Bilton. John Custobody was the third child of George Custobody and Abygail Barker of Stamford Bridge (Catton Parish, YKS). Could you please forward this email on to whoever is responsible for the wonderful writeup about all the descendants of Arthur Sewell? Or please write back to me and let me know how I can contact them. I had come across the Sewell families in the 1881 Census of Grey County, Ontario, and by cross-checking with Ontario Civil Birth Index, ascertained two of Simon and Mary Freeman's daughters had married Sewell brothers. I back-tracked to the 1871 Census to establish that Mahala and Eliza were indeed daughters of Simon Freeman and Mary Hazlewood. Descendants of John and Sarah (Custobody) Hazlewood's other eight children continue to live in Ontario. One of them keeps a website about the numerous family lines. Please contact me as whenever it is convenient. My home telephone number is: (650) 579-7582. My home address is: Constance E. Williams, 705 First Avenue, San Mateo, CA 94401. If anyone should ever telephone, please bear in mind I live in the Pacific Time Zone, three hours behind Toronto. When it's 9 am in Toronto, it's 6 am, but I don't know it, because I'm still sleeping. Your site is very artfully arranged and pleasing to the eye. I'm not sure how the Sewell family fits into the overall scheme of your website. Thanks so much, Connie Williams [email protected] p.s. I write a family newsletter and have many details about the family. I can put the Sewell descendants of the two younger sons in touch with Cheryl Smelser, who has all the data on that branch of the family (but nothing about the Sewell line). __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com Kathy [email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------