John "the cooper" Lowell, of Boston

During several years immediately preceding 1665, there were dwelling in Boston two men of the same name, John Lowell; one was a cooper, the other a tanner. ....

Researchers: The original Lowell and Lovell genealogies are a mess. Please read these latest works on the two families:

Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study In Colonial And Medieval Families, Volume II, 2nd edition (2011), by Douglas Richardson, Kimball G. Everingham, editor, page 460

NEHGSR Vol. 164- Jan 2010; page 66 " Humphrey Blake 1494?- 1558 And His Descendants In New England And South Carolina: Blake, Richards, Selleck, Torrey and Wolcott", by Clifford L. Scott.

The Descendants of JUDGE JOHN LOWELL of Newburyport, Massachusetts, by by Clifford L. Scott.

A FEW KEY POINTS:

1) There is no known relationship between the families of John Lowell the cooper (grandson of Percival Lowell and son of John Lowell of Newbury) and John Lowell / Lovewell the tanner who was progenitor of the Lovewell family. None!' Also his parents are unknown.

2) The first wife of John Lowell of Newbury (son of Percival) was MARY BAUGH. MARY BAUGH is also the mother of John the cooper

3) He did not marry Naomi Sylvester he married Naomi TORREY.

4) John Lowell, the cooper, was a son of John and a grandson of Percival Lowell.

John LOWELL II cooper

   baptized 18 March 1631 in All Saint's Chruch, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England 

   Death 7 Jun 1694 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA Son of John Lowell of Newbury  1604 – 1647 and Mary BAUGH  1615 – 1639 Baptism:

   1631 18 Mar 

   All Saint's Chruch, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England

   *John Lowell, the cooper, was a son of John and a grandson of Percival Lowell.*

Residence

   1641 — Age: 10

   Massachusetts Colony, MA

1st Marriage to Hannah Proctor 1634 – 1665

   1653 3 Jan — Age: 21

   Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA

   He married, March 3, 1653, Hannah Proctor, who became the mother of John, Mary and Peter, and who was living in 1661. She was daughter of George P Proctor  1616 – 1661 and Edith Tuttle  1615 – 1662. Children:

John LOWELL 1655 – 1655

Mary LOWELL 1657 – 1657

Peter Lowell 1661 –

2nd Marriage to Naomi TORREY (Not Sylvester)

   1658 24 Jan — Age: 26

   Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States

   He married, 2nd prob in 1664, Naomi TORREY, 11 children. daughter of Captain William TORREY, Gent., 1608 – 1690  of of Combe St. Nicholas, Somerset and his third wife Elizabeth ( FRYE ). 1620 – 1690 " PLANTAGENET ANCESTRY A STUDY IN COLONIAL AND MEDIEVAL FAMILIES  They had 11 children here is an incomplete list:

Phoebe Lovell 1666 – 1717

Margaret Lowell 1667 –

Samuel Lovell 1669 – 1669

Samuel LOWELL 1671 – 1701

Ebenezer Lowell 1675 – 1711

William LOWELL 1676 – 1677

Mehitabel LOWELL 1677 –

Benjamin LOWELL 1679 –

Nathaniel LOWELL 1681 –

Death

   1694 7 Jun — Age: 63

   Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA

== Sources == Researchers: The original Lowell and Lovell genealogies are a mess. Please read these latest works on the two families:

Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study In Colonial And Medieval Families, Volume II, 2nd edition (2011), by Douglas Richardson, Kimball G. Everingham, editor, page 460

NEHGSR Vol. 164- Jan 2010; page 66 " Humphrey Blake 1494?- 1558 And His Descendants In New England And South Carolina: Blake, Richards, Selleck, Torrey and Wolcott", by Clifford L. Scott.

The Descendants of JUDGE JOHN LOWELL of Newburyport, Massachusetts, by by Clifford L. Scott.

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