Revision of thesis (doctoral)--Boston College.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-274) and index.

ch. 1. "My comfort and defense": the marriage of Hannah Hull and Samuel Sewall -- ch. 2. "Herein is my Father glorified": birth -- ch. 3. "The sorrowfull remembrance of Adam's carriage": child-rearing -- ch. 4. "A red coat for her little Aaron": children as "miniature adults" -- ch. 5. "Give her a lift towards heaven": the illness and death of children -- ch. 6. "Your son is now one of us": education -- ch. 7. "A trade that might be good for soul and body": the calling -- ch. 8. "No man came with him to me": children taken into the Sewall home -- ch. 9. "Hopes by going to sea after his time is out, may get a livelihood": sending out and taking in -- ch. 10. "A stone-ring and a fan with a noble letter to my daughter": courtship and marriage -- ch. 11. "Govr Dudley mention'd Christ's pardoning Mary Magdalen": the relationship between the generations -- ch. 12. "The fruit of the womb is a reward": conclusion.