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The inscription reads: “The Gift of the Revd Joseph Sewall D.D. to the South Church in BOSTON who was Ordained pastor of said Church Sept 16 1713 & decd June 27 1769 Ætat 81”
Reverend Joseph Sewall (1688-1769) was the pastor of Old South Church from 1713-1769 along with the Reverend Thomas Prince. His father was the judge and diarist Samuel Sewall and his mother, Hannah, was a daughter of the silversmith John Hull, one of the founders of Old South Church. Rev. Sewall graduated from Harvard in 1707 at 19 years old and married his wife Elizabeth in October 1713, shortly after becoming the Ordained Pastor of the church.
Reverend Joseph Sewall (1688-1769) was the pastor of Old South Church from 1713-1769 along with the Reverend Thomas Prince. His father was the judge and diarist Samuel Sewall and his mother, Hannah, was a daughter of the silversmith John Hull, one of the founders of Old South Church. Rev. Sewall graduated from Harvard in 1707 at 19 years old and married his wife Elizabeth in October 1713, shortly after becoming the Ordained Pastor of the church.