Henry Seawell (alternatively spelled Sewell) (born c. 1610 - died c. 1644) was an American colonial politician, merchant, and landowner. He was a member of the Virginian House of Burgesses.

Sewell's Point Sewells Point is a peninsula of land in the independent city of Norfolk, Virginia in the United States, located at the mouth of the salt-water port of Hampton Roads. Sewells Point is bordered by water on three sides, with Willoughby Bay to th ...

is named for Seawell. He was burgess for Elizabeth City in 1632 and for Norfork County in 1639. Seawell married Alice and had a son named Henry Seawell (born May 1, 1639; died 1672) and a daughter Anne Seawell (born c. 1634). Anne married

Lemuel Mason Colonel Lemuel Mason (c. 1628 – 1702) was an early Virginia planter, politician, justice of the peace, and militia colonel, who represented Lower Norfolk County in the House of Burgesses intermittently over three decades. Early and family l ...

, also a member of the House of Burgesses.

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