John Lowry

• Son of John Lowry and Jane Nutting
• Married: (1) Mary Hollier, Tabb (Wallace) circa 1765 in Elizabeth City, Virginia, United States
• Permission to Move Lowry Family Graves

Married

• Married: Mary Hollier. They are both listed in Mary’s mother Mary Hollier Tabb (Wallace) Wil.

Children Listed In John Lowry Will

• William Lowry; born September 25, 1762, married Catherine Beverley Whiting
• Nancy Lowry, born January 16, 1765, married Moses Robertson
• John Lowry; born January 20, 1767; married Susanna Whiting in 1792. His father gave him land in Lunberg, Virginia, which is listed in his Will.
• Thomas Lowry; born February 08, 1769, Christening May 07, 1769 in Charles Parish, York, Virginia USA. Married Frances (Fanny) Mallory
• Frances Lowry; born December 17, 1770, married Henry Jacobs
• Robert Lowry; born April 18, 1772
• Mary (Molly) Hollier Lowry; born February 13, 1774, married William Sheldon Sclater
• Jane (Jenny) Lowry; born January 27, 1776
• Edmund Lowry; born August 21, 1779

SOME BRIEF NOTES ON THE "LOWRY" FAMILY IN ELIZABETH CITY COUNTY

When this family came to this region is unknown to me. The first notice I have of them is 1704, when a Mr. William Lowry was listed in the "Quit Rent Roll" of Elizabeth City County. He owned 426 acres of taxable land. In 1751, a Mr. John Lowry was listed as a land owner in the Elizabeth City County Parish "processioning", which was procedure carried out every four years or so to define property bounds (by walking them) for taxation purposes. On May 22, 1783 a Mr. John Lowry presented a claim to county court for re- imbursement for 2400 Ibs. of beef he provided to our local militia during the Revolution. It was evidently a valid claim, as he recieved payment of 30 Ibs. (sterlingg?) on August 21st of the same year. After the Revolution, property tax data again begins, and a John Lowry is listed in 1~87 as owning 525 acres. The 1810 census, the first perserved in this area, lists four families by the name of Lowry, the heads of which were Catherine, Elizabeth, Francis, and Robert. An extract from U.S. Army records, dated March 28,1863, indicates that the Union Army had taken possession of the "Lowry" Farm, along with many others in the areas belonging to "absetltee Disloyalists. No other names are given. About 1890, a map of Elizabeth City County was made which shows the boundary of the Lowry farm, Shellbanks, on the Southwest prong of the Rack River on the north side. This same location was given on the less accurate "Chilton" map made by the British in 1781. This map actually gives a sketch of the house. Around the turn of the century, Hampton Institute acquired Shellbank for an agricultural school, which· was in turn acquired by the federal government as part of Langley Field in 1917.

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More information can be obtained from census, land and property tax records, as well as the wills and deeds of Elizabeth City County -

John Lowry’s Will, From The Wills and Administrations of Elizabeth City County, Virginia 1688-1800

Will of John Lowry

John. Leg.- loving wife; son John the plantation which was formerly my brother William's; to son Thomas the residence which was formerly my brother Thomas; the waste land between the two plantations in Lunenburg to be divided between the said John and Thomas' son Robert; son Edmund, daughter Nancy; daughter Frances; daughter Molly; daughter Jenny; oldest son William Lowry. EXS. wife, son William Lowry, Mr. George Bokker and Mr. Richard Brown. D. January 29, 1786. R. February 17, 1790. Witness Westwood Armistead, Benjamin Bryan. William Lowry qualified, security, William Booker, and Miles King. Orginal Will. Estate appraised by Joseph Cooper, William Davis and Augustine Moore, Jr. February 7, 1791. R. July 26, 1792. Book 1787-1800, page 88.

• John Lowry’s Will
• Lowry Family, Vol. 18, April 1, 1910, Page 1 - Lists John & Mary’s Children from a paper filed in a suit in the old Willamsburg Chancery Court
• Lowry Family, Vol. 18, April 1, 1910, Page 2 - Lists John & Mary’s Children from a paper filed in a suit in the old Willamsburg Chancery Court, proves the family moved from Elizabeth City, Virginia to Lundenberg Virginia

Mary Tabb (Wallace), mother of Mary Hollier’s Will, From The Wills and Administrations of Elizabeth City County, Virginia 1688-1800

John & Mary Lowry are both mentioned in Mary’s mother Mary Tabb (Wallace) Will

• In the Will of Mary Wallace (1) Simon Holler, (2) Col. John TABB, mother of Mary Hollier Lowry, she mentions her daughter, Mary Lowry and Mary's husband, John LOWRY. Will of Mary TABB recorded in Chapman, Blanche Adams,Wills and Administrations of Elizabeth City County, Virginia and other genealogical and historical items", 1688-1800. Reprinted in an improved format 1895-1958. FHL US/CAN BOOK 975.5412 P2c, page 230
• John Lowry is also mentioned in his wife Mary Hollier, Step brother John Tabb’s wife Mary Parsons brothers Wills.
• Will of Father John Parsons and Brother William Parsons and his son William

Sources

• The Tabb Family, The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 7, July 1, 1898 - https://www.geni.com/photo/view/6000000029445519839?album_type=photos_of_me&photo_id=6000000091386838930
• 1687_Sweeney_Family_WandM_Quarterly.pdf - https://crgis.ndc.nasa.gov/crgis/images/f/fa/1687_Sweeney_Family_Wa...
• John is listed as a son of John Lowry, who is a son of William James Lowry and Frances Rachel Purefoy.
• Siblings are: William, Thomas, Frances who married William Stevenson, who's daughter is Mary Stevenson. John is listed in his fathers Will
• Wills and Administrations of Elizabeth City County, Virginia 1688-1800 - https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/49402/FLHG_WillsAdminElizabeth... Wills Administration of Elizabeth City
• John Lowry in the Virginia, Land, Marriage, and Probate Records, 1639-1850 - http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=VaRecords_ga&...
• Book 1763-1771 page 97. Chapman, Blanche Adams, Wills and administrations of Elizabeth City County, Virginia and other genealogical and historical items, 1688-1800 : reprinted in an improved format 1895-1958. FHL US/CAN BOOK 975.5412 P2c 1995.
• Judish McGhan, Genealogies of Virginia Families From William and Mary College Quarterly Historial Magazine, IV ( Genealogical Publishing Co.; Baltimore; 1982;), Page 223.
• Dorman, John Frederick, C.G., F.A.S.G. Complied and EditedAdventurers of Purse and Person, Virginia 1607-1624/5, Fourth EditionVolume Two, Families G-PPUREFOY, pages 866Elizabeth City Co., Deeds and Wills 1715-21, pp. 270-71.
• 15 August 1720, William LOWRY deeded to his son, John LOWRY, 200 acres of land which came from John's mother Frances (PUREFOY) Lowry, as "one of the Daughters and coeheires of Thomas (PUREFOY), deceased."
• William and Mary College quarterly historical magazine- https://archive.org/stream/williammarycolle24tyle#page/n79/mode/2up...
• Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Volume 32- https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-64641-594/virginia-magaz...
• In the Will of Mary Armistead (1) TABB, she mentions her daughter, Mary Lowry and Mary's husband, John LOWRY. Citation, Will of Mary TABB recorded in Chapman, Blanche Adams, "Wills and Administrations of Elizabeth City County, Virginia and other genealogical and historical items, 1688-1800. Reprinted in an improved format 1895-1958. FHL US/CAN BOOK 975.5412 P2c, page 230
• Mary Tabb in the Family Data Collection - Individual Records- Name: Mary Tabb, Parents: Thomas Tabb, Mary Armestead, Birth Place: New Hampton, Elizabeth City, VA, Birth Date: 1742, Marriage Place: Christian, KY, Marriage Date: 1765, Death Place: Christian Co, Death Date: 1801 - https://www.geni.com/photo/view/6000000014659768431?album_type=photos_of_me&photo_id=6000000082665822210&position=0
• Wills and Administrations of Elizabeth City County, Virginia, 1688-1800, By Blanche Adams Chapman - https://books.google.com/books?id=Ip5nfWQuWBkC&pg=PA53&lpg=PA53&dq=...
• Wills and Administrations of Elizabeth City County, Virginia, 1688-1800 By Blanche Adams Chapman - https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Ip5nfWQuWBkC&pg=PA90&lpg=PA90&d...