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Origin of the Surname SEWALL,
SEWELL.
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SEWALL, SEWELL.
Probably from sea and wall, a structure of stone or other
materials intended for a defense or security against the sea. This name,
though seemingly local, may have various significations; suil, in the
Gaelic, is a willow; suail, small, inconsiderable. Su,
south, and wold, wald, wild, well, an uncultivated place, a wood, a
plain, a lawn, hills without wood: Suwold, Suwall, Suwell.
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C, D, E,
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I, J, K,
L, M, N,
O, P, Q,
R, S, T,
U, V, W,
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