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LOWELL, Percival[1]

Male 1571 - 1665  (94 years)Deceased   Has 6 ancestors and 3 descendants in this family tree.

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  • Name LOWELL, Percival 
    Birth 1 Jan 1571  Kingston Seymour, Somerset, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Burial Jan 1664  Burying Ground of the First Settlers, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    • PERCIVAL LOWELL (LOWLE), Gent., merchant, of Kington Seymour and Portbury, Somerset(England), son and heir by his father's 2nd marriage. On 14 April 1573 he and MARGARET Lowle were admitted tenants of eight acres of land in Portbury, Somerset(England)in 1613, and as bailiff of the manor of Portbury, Somerset (England), 1621. He married about 1599 REBECCA______.



      He served as a chruchwarden in Portsbury, Somerset (England) in 1613. They immigrated to New England in 1639, where they settled at Newbury, Massachusetts. His wife, REBBECA, died at Newbury, Massachusetts 28 Feb 1645. [Mr.]PERCIVAL LOWELL died at Newbury, Massachusetts 8 Jan. 1665.



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      Children of PERCIVAL and REBECCA(__Goodale___)LOWELL, first eight baptized at St. Mary's Church, Portbury, Somerset (England):



      i. CHRISTIAN LOWELL, bp. 21 April 1600.


      ii. RICAHRD LOWELL, bp. 3 Jan 1601/2; d. at Newbury 5 Aug. 1682; m. MARGARET____who was b. ca. 1605 and d. after 26 Sept. 1682, and had issue.


      iii. AGNAS LOWELL, bp. 31 Jul 1603


      iv. JOHN LOWELL, bp. 11 Oct. 1604; m. (1) 30 Nov. 1630, MARY BAUGH;m. (2)before 12 Sept. 1642,ELIZABETH GOODALE.


      v. THOMAS LOWELL, bp 24 Feb 1607/8.


      vi. GERARD LOWELL, bp 6 Jan 1609/10; bur. at Portbury 11 Sep 1610.



      vii. EDWARD LOWELL, bp. 17 March 1610/11; bur.at Portbury 22 Oct. 1614



      viii. PETER LOWELL, bp. 19 Aug. 1614.



      ix. JOAN LOWELL, b. ca 1619;d. at Newbury 14 June 1677 aged 58 years; m. (1) JOHN OLIVER of Bristol, who d. at Newbury before 29 Mar 1642 aged 29 years; m. (2) at Newbury 17 April 1645, Capt. WILLIAM GERRISH, who d. at Salem, Mass. 9 Aug 1687, and had issue by both marriages.



      x. ANNE LOWELL, b. ca. 1620; d. at Newbury 27 Nov 1690; m. (1) before 1 Nov 1642, THOMAS MILWARD, who d. 1 7th mo. 1653, and had issue; m. (2) at Newbury 26 Dec. 1654, DANIEL PEIRCE, who d. at Newbury 27 Nov. 1677.





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      References:

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



      The Descendants of JUDGE JOHN LOWELL of Newburyport, Massachusetts, by Scott C. Steward, Christopher C. Child (Oct 2011), page 6

      Bio by: Paula Towne McRonald

      Inscription
      Born Somerset Co, England, Merchant of Bristol, came to Newbury 1639 [2]
    Death 8 Jan 1664/5  Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    • I have one death record that states the year he died as 1664 and another one that states 1665
    Age 94 years 
    Person ID P4125  Dutton Ancestry
    Last Modified 8 Mar 2025 

    Father LOWELL, Richard
              b. 1549  
              d. 1577, Portbury, North Somerset Unitary Authority, Somerset, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 28 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Mother PERCIVAL, Christian
              b. 1547, Somerset, England Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Relationship Birth 
    Children
    +1. LOWELL, Percival
              b. 1 Jan 1571, Kingston Seymour, Somerset, England Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 8 Jan 1664/5, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 94 years)
     
    Family ID F6410  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family GOODALE, Rebecca
              b. 1575, Kingston Seymour, North Somerset Unitary Authority, Somerset, England Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 28 Dec 1645, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years)  [1
    Children 
    +1. LOWELL, John
              b. 1595, Somerset, England Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 10 Jul 1647, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 52 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]
    Family ID F6409  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 8 Mar 2025 

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    Link to Google MapsBurial - Jan 1664 - Burying Ground of the First Settlers, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S141] Familysearch.org.

    2. [S50] Findagrave.com.

    3. [S50] Findagrave.com.
      Maintained by: confused365
      Originally Created by: Frank Grimes
      Added: Oct 26, 2002
      Find a Grave Memorial #6881621

    4. [S60] (See) Death Record.



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