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Lowell family

January 04, 2023

The Lowell family is one of the Boston Brahmin families of New England, known for both intellectual and commercial achievements.

The family had emigrated to Boston from England in 1639, led by the patriarch Percival Lowle (1571–1665). The surname was spelt in many ways until it was standardised as Lowell from about 1721, apparently by the Rev. John Lowell. It was a later John Lowell (1743–1802) from whom the famous dynasty was descended.

Background

The Lowells originally settled on the North Shore at Cape Ann after they arrived in Boston on June 23, 1639. The patriarch, Percival Lowle (1571–1665), described as a "solid citizen of Bristol",[citation needed] determined at the age of 68 that the future was in the New World. By the 19th and 20th centuries, the Lowells descended from John Lowell (1743–1802) were widely considered to be one of America's most accomplished families.[2][3]

Massachusetts Bay Colony Governor John Winthrop needed solid, dependable people to settle the North Shore area as a buffer against the French from Canada and urged that the Lowells relocate to Newburyport on the Merrimack River, at the border of the failing Province of Maine.

Ancestry in the UK

Origin of the name

Many suggestions about the origins of the medieval name Lowle were offered during the late 20th century. Some argued that it was Welsh or Saxon while others supported the name was of Norman origin. One possibility is that it originates from the Latin word lupellus (wolf-cub) from Latin lupus (wolf).

Lowell family historian Delmar R. Lowell, gave much weight and persuasion to the origins of the name Lowle in his work and he and others concluded the Lowles of England were unquestionably of Norman descent.[4]

There were still Louels in Scotland on the Scottish Marches in the Royal Burgh of Roxburgh when Edward Longshanks, King of England, ordered the nobility and gentry in Scotland to swear an oath of allegiance to him in the Ragman Roll in 1291. It is during this period, in 1288, that the earliest documentation for the name Lowle appears. William Lowle of Yardley in Worcestershire is documented as a yeoman, and standing as a witness to a border dispute between two of his neighbours. It is from this period that Delmar Lowell traces the descent of the Lowles through England until their departure for the colonies.

Documentation for this period also exists in The National Archives of England showing that there were also Lowels in the Welsh Marches. In 1317, William de Braose, 2nd Baron Braose petitioned King Edward II, the King's Council, and the Parliament to request that Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March send two justices to arrest and bring to trial 200–300 men he accused of attacking his Knights and Ministers and for, "trespasses made against the King's peace to Brewose and his people of Gower.", a peninsula, part of Glamorgan in Wales. Members named in this band of men included Ieuan and Griffith Lowel for the attack at Eynon.

Coat of arms

The Harleian Society, a British publisher of the official Royal Heraldic visitations, describes the Lowle Coate of Arms from the herald's records taken in Somersetshire in the years 1573, 1591, and 1623.

  • Blazon: Sable, a dexter hand couped at the wrist grasping three darts, one in pale and two in saltire, all in argent.
  • Crest: A Stag's head cabossed, between the attires a pheon azure.
  • Motto: Occasionem Cognosce (oh-kay-see-OH-nem kogg-NOHS-keh).

The coat of arms has a shield with black field displaying a right hand cut-off at the wrist and grabbing three arrows, one vertical and two crossed diagonally, in silver; above the shield is a male deer's head with a barbed, broad arrowhead in blue between its antlers. A loose translation of the family motto is Know Your Opportunity.

The use of the Lowle Coat of Arms has varied slightly between the generations; some families omitted the pheon azure or substituted blunted bolts for the pointed darts; and one generation, notably a pastor, used an urn in his families crest instead of the stag's head. The right for a man to bear arms traditionally passes from father to eldest son; occasionally subsequent generations change the Coat of Arms to reflect their lives or vocations better, sometimes even "quartering" their Coat of Arms with another family by way of marriage.

Some believe that the Lowle Coat of Arms fell into abeyance when Percival Lowle and his sons emigrated to Massachusetts. They were still subjects of the Crown and its favor until the colonies declared Independence from Britain in 1776 and were entitled to bear their Coat of Arms. Also, there were a number of Lowles who remained in England who could claim the right.

Lowle to Lowell

After Percival Lowle emigrated to the New World with his sons and after some subsequent generations Lowle became Lowell. Delmar Lowell suggests that Rev. John Lowell was the catalyst in getting the Lowell family into cohesion regarding the spelling of the surname sometime after 1721. At the time, Lowells all over New England spelled their names as many different ways as there were branches. Some spelled their surname Lowel, Lowle, Lowell, Lowl, and some spelled it Louell, and Louel even after arriving in the new world. Spelling was so poorly controlled that some early wills show one son with the name Lowle while another son is Lowel and the wife as Lowell all in the same document. It's unlikely that one member of the family had such a big impact on the name.[citation needed] He may well have influenced many Lowells in America to be consistent, but documentation shows that Lowles in England started spelling their name Lowell around this time as well. By the mid 18th century in England there are plenty of documents for Lowells and none for the prior spellings. This suggests that the proliferation of literacy and a trend to standardize the English language caused members of the family on both sides of the Atlantic to adopt the phonetic spelling.

Family tree

The Lowell family of Boston was traditionally known as the descendants of John Lowell (1743–1802) of Newburyport. His descendants were the Lowells, well known as members of the Boston Brahmins.[5]

Notable Lowells

Other notable descendants:


Other descendants of Percival Lowle:[citation needed]

Portrait gallery

See also

References

  1. ^ "Alfred Roosevelt Dead.; the Young Banker Unable to Withstand His Injuries". The New York Times. 4 July 1891.
  2. ^ Cleveland Amory, The Proper Bostonians
  3. ^ Great American Family: The Lowells of Massachusetts. Oxfordclothbuttondown.com. March 2012.
  4. ^ Lowell, Delmar R., The Historic Genealogy of the Lowells of America from 1639 to 1899 (pp 208–209); Rutland VT, The Tuttle Company, 1899; ISBN 978-0788415678.
  5. ^ Scott Steward and Christopher Child, The Descendants of Judge John Lowell of Newburyport Massachusetts, 2010
  6. ^ "Lawrence Scientific School".
  7. ^ "World War 1 and the Roosevelts: Franklin and Eleanor, Family and Friends".
  8. ^ The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography, Vol. 12. New York: James T. White Company. 1904. p. 328.
  9. ^ "Marie-Chantal Genealogy".
  10. ^ "Marie-Chantal Genealogy".
  11. ^ "Marie-Chantal Genealogy".
  12. ^ "Marie-Chantal Genealogy".

External links

  • The Historic Genealogy of the Lowells of America from 1639 to 1899 is available for free download at Google Books.
  • Domesday Books The National Archives, England
  • The Ragman Roll
  • "Lowell, John" . Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. 1900.
  • "Lowell, the name of a distinguished family of Massachusetts" . The American Cyclopædia. 1879.

January 04, 2023
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The Lowell family is one of the Boston Brahmin families of New England known for both intellectual and commercial achievements LowellLowell family plot at Mount Auburn CemeteryCurrent regionUnited StatesUnited KingdomConnected familiesCabotRooseveltLawrenceAmoryPutnamAstorDistinctionsLowell ObservatoryLowell InstituteEstate s Elmwood Cambridge Massachusetts 805 Fifth Avenue NYC 1 Nos 7 amp 8 Park Street BostonPresident s House Harvard Bibury CourtThe family had emigrated to Boston from England in 1639 led by the patriarch Percival Lowle 1571 1665 The surname was spelt in many ways until it was standardised as Lowell from about 1721 apparently by the Rev John Lowell It was a later John Lowell 1743 1802 from whom the famous dynasty was descended Contents 1 Background 2 Ancestry in the UK 2 1 Origin of the name 2 2 Coat of arms 3 Lowle to Lowell 4 Family tree 5 Notable Lowells 5 1 Portrait gallery 6 See also 7 References 8 External linksBackground EditThe Lowells originally settled on the North Shore at Cape Ann after they arrived in Boston on June 23 1639 The patriarch Percival Lowle 1571 1665 described as a solid citizen of Bristol citation needed determined at the age of 68 that the future was in the New World By the 19th and 20th centuries the Lowells descended from John Lowell 1743 1802 were widely considered to be one of America s most accomplished families 2 3 Massachusetts Bay Colony Governor John Winthrop needed solid dependable people to settle the North Shore area as a buffer against the French from Canada and urged that the Lowells relocate to Newburyport on the Merrimack River at the border of the failing Province of Maine Ancestry in the UK EditOrigin of the name Edit Many suggestions about the origins of the medieval name Lowle were offered during the late 20th century Some argued that it was Welsh or Saxon while others supported the name was of Norman origin One possibility is that it originates from the Latin word lupellus wolf cub from Latin lupus wolf Lowell family historian Delmar R Lowell gave much weight and persuasion to the origins of the name Lowle in his work and he and others concluded the Lowles of England were unquestionably of Norman descent 4 There were still Louels in Scotland on the Scottish Marches in the Royal Burgh of Roxburgh when Edward Longshanks King of England ordered the nobility and gentry in Scotland to swear an oath of allegiance to him in the Ragman Roll in 1291 It is during this period in 1288 that the earliest documentation for the name Lowle appears William Lowle of Yardley in Worcestershire is documented as a yeoman and standing as a witness to a border dispute between two of his neighbours It is from this period that Delmar Lowell traces the descent of the Lowles through England until their departure for the colonies Documentation for this period also exists in The National Archives of England showing that there were also Lowels in the Welsh Marches In 1317 William de Braose 2nd Baron Braose petitioned King Edward II the King s Council and the Parliament to request that Roger Mortimer 1st Earl of March send two justices to arrest and bring to trial 200 300 men he accused of attacking his Knights and Ministers and for trespasses made against the King s peace to Brewose and his people of Gower a peninsula part of Glamorgan in Wales Members named in this band of men included Ieuan and Griffith Lowel for the attack at Eynon Coat of arms Edit The Harleian Society a British publisher of the official Royal Heraldic visitations describes the Lowle Coate of Arms from the herald s records taken in Somersetshire in the years 1573 1591 and 1623 Blazon Sable a dexter hand couped at the wrist grasping three darts one in pale and two in saltire all in argent Crest A Stag s head cabossed between the attires a pheon azure Motto Occasionem Cognosce oh kay see OH nem kogg NOHS keh The coat of arms has a shield with black field displaying a right hand cut off at the wrist and grabbing three arrows one vertical and two crossed diagonally in silver above the shield is a male deer s head with a barbed broad arrowhead in blue between its antlers A loose translation of the family motto is Know Your Opportunity The use of the Lowle Coat of Arms has varied slightly between the generations some families omitted the pheon azure or substituted blunted bolts for the pointed darts and one generation notably a pastor used an urn in his families crest instead of the stag s head The right for a man to bear arms traditionally passes from father to eldest son occasionally subsequent generations change the Coat of Arms to reflect their lives or vocations better sometimes even quartering their Coat of Arms with another family by way of marriage Some believe that the Lowle Coat of Arms fell into abeyance when Percival Lowle and his sons emigrated to Massachusetts They were still subjects of the Crown and its favor until the colonies declared Independence from Britain in 1776 and were entitled to bear their Coat of Arms Also there were a number of Lowles who remained in England who could claim the right Lowle to Lowell EditAfter Percival Lowle emigrated to the New World with his sons and after some subsequent generations Lowle became Lowell Delmar Lowell suggests that Rev John Lowell was the catalyst in getting the Lowell family into cohesion regarding the spelling of the surname sometime after 1721 At the time Lowells all over New England spelled their names as many different ways as there were branches Some spelled their surname Lowel Lowle Lowell Lowl and some spelled it Louell and Louel even after arriving in the new world Spelling was so poorly controlled that some early wills show one son with the name Lowle while another son is Lowel and the wife as Lowell all in the same document It s unlikely that one member of the family had such a big impact on the name citation needed He may well have influenced many Lowells in America to be consistent but documentation shows that Lowles in England started spelling their name Lowell around this time as well By the mid 18th century in England there are plenty of documents for Lowells and none for the prior spellings This suggests that the proliferation of literacy and a trend to standardize the English language caused members of the family on both sides of the Atlantic to adopt the phonetic spelling Family tree EditThe Lowell family of Boston was traditionally known as the descendants of John Lowell 1743 1802 of Newburyport His descendants were the Lowells well known as members of the Boston Brahmins 5 John Lowell 1743 1802 Member of the Continental Congress and Federal Judge John Lowell 1769 1840 lawyer and Federalist John Amory Lowell 1798 1881 industrialist philanthropist John Lowell 1824 1897 Federal Judge John Lowell 1856 1922 lawyer Mary Emlen Lowell 1884 1975 Countess of Berkeley m Randall Thomas Mowbray Berkeley 8th Earl of Berkeley Ralph Lowell 1890 1978 philanthropist founder of WGBH and PBS Olivia Lowell 1898 1977 m Augustus Thorndike 1896 1986 James Lowell 1869 1933 Federal Judge Augustus Lowell 1830 1900 industrialist philanthropist m Katherine Bigelow Lawrence 1832 1896 daughter of Abbott Lawrence Ambassador to the United Kingdom congressman industrialist and original founder of the Harvard School of Engineering 6 Percival Lowell 1855 1916 astronomer Abbott Lawrence Lowell 1856 1943 President of Harvard University 1909 33 Katharine Lowell 1858 1925 m Alfred Roosevelt 1856 1891 banker director of Roosevelt amp Son and Gallatin National Bank Elfrida Roosevelt 1883 1963 m Sir Orme Bigland Clarke 4th Baronet military officer Sir Humphrey Clarke 5th Baronet 1906 1973 Sir Toby Clarke 6th Baronet 1939 2019 British businessman Theodora Roosevelt Clarke 1985 United Kingdom parliamentarian Sir Lawrence Clarke 7th Baronet 1990 Olympic hurdler and investment banker Major James Alfred Roosevelt 1885 1919 military officer and engineer awarded the Silver Star for valor during the Meuse Argonne offensive 7 Katharine Roosevelt 1887 1961 m Josiah Stanley Reeve sportsman and foxhunter Elizabeth Lowell 1862 1935 m William Lowell Putnam see below George Putnam 1889 1960 founder of Putnam Investments Katherine Putnam 1890 1983 m Harvey Bundy 1888 1963 William Bundy 1917 2000 foreign affairs advisor to John F Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson McGeorge Bundy 1919 1996 U S National Security Advisor Katharine Lawrence Bundy 1923 2014 m Hugh Auchincloss Jr 1915 1998 1st cousin once removed of Hugh D Auchincloss Hugh Auchincloss III b 1949 m Laurie Hollis Glimcher b 1951 divorced daughter of Melvin J Glimcher Jacob Daniel Auchincloss b 1988 U S Representative for Massachusetts s 4th congressional district since 2021 Roger Putnam 1893 1972 Mayor of Springfield Director of the Economic Stability Administration ESA Amy Lowell 1874 1925 Pulitzer Prize winning poet Francis Cabot Lowell 1775 1817 pioneer textile industrialist John Lowell Jr 1799 1836 Founder of the Lowell Institute Francis Cabot Lowell Jr 1803 1874 industrialist George Gardner Lowell 1830 1885 Francis Cabot Lowell 1855 1911 Federal Judge Edward Jackson Lowell 1845 1894 historian Guy Lowell 1870 1927 architect Frederick Eldridge Lowell 1874 1933 landscape painter Mariana Lowell 1904 1979 m Jacques Barzun 1907 2012 historian Roger Barzun 1941 lawyer Matthew Barzun 1970 Ambassador to the United Kingdom and Sweden m Brooke Brown Rebecca Russell Lowell 1779 1853 m Samuel Pickering Gardner 1767 1843 John Lowell Gardner 1804 1884 John Lowell Gardner 1837 1898 m Isabella Stewart 1840 1924 Charles Lowell 1782 1861 Unitarian minister Charles Russell Lowell 1807 1870 Charles Russell Lowell Jr 1835 1864 Civil War general m Josephine Shaw Harriet Lowell 1836 1920 m George Putnam 1834 1917 William Lowell Putnam 1861 1923 lawyer and banker m Elizabeth Lowell see above Mary Traill Spence Lowell Putnam 1810 1898 author translator 8 Robert Traill Spence Lowell 1816 1891 Robert T S Lowell 1860 1887 Robert T S Lowell 1887 1950 naval officer Robert Lowell 1917 1977 Pulitzer Prize winning poet James Russell Lowell 1819 1891 American Romantic poet Ambassador to Spain and EnglandNotable Lowells EditAbbott Lawrence Lowell lawyer historian philanthropist and former President of Harvard University Amy Lowell poet critic publisher and sister of Abbott Lawrence and Percival Lowell Augustus Lowell businessman philanthropist and father of Percival Abbott Lawrence and Amy Lowell Carey Lowell model actress and philanthropist Charles Russell Lowell Sr Unitarian pastor son of The Old Judge father of James Russell and great great grandfather of Robert Lowell Charles Russell Lowell Union General and Civil War hero Delmar R Lowell pastor Civil War veteran and genealogist Edward Jackson Lowell author and father of Guy Lowell Francis Cabot Lowell 1775 1817 businessman and namesake of Lowell Massachusetts Francis Cabot Lowell 1855 1911 U S Congressman and Federal Judge Guy Lowell architect and landscape designer James Russell Lowell poet critic publisher abolitionist Harvard professor and foreign diplomat Joan Lowell actress and newspaper reporter Rev John Lowell colonial era Massachusetts minister John Lowell aka The Old Judge Federal Judge appointed by President George Washington and American Revolutionary John Lowell Jr aka The Boston Rebel Federalist lawyer and son of The Old Judge John Lowell Jr Son of Industrialist Francis Cabot Lowell and founder of the Lowell Institute John Amory Lowell businessman and philanthropist Judge John Lowell Federal judge and son of John Amory Lowell Josephine Shaw Lowell sister of Civil War hero Robert Gould Shaw first woman to hold a public office in New York City and wife of Gen Charles Russell Lowell Maria White Lowell poet abolitionist and wife of James Russell Lowell Percival Lowell author astronomer founder of Lowell Observatory and brother of Amy and Abbott Lawrence Lowell Ralph Lowell businessman philanthropist and founding force behind Boston s WGBH public television Robert Lowell poet and lecturerOther notable descendants Sir Cuthbert Ackroyd 1st Baronet Lord Mayor of London 1955 56 Godfrey Lowell Cabot businessman and philanthropist Julian Lowell Coolidge mathematician Abbott Lowell Cummings noted Yale architectural historian John Lowell Gardner II art collector William Lowell Putnam banker lawyer and philanthropist William Lowell Putnam III alpinist broadcasting executive Ava Lowle Willing Philadelphia socialite and ex wife of John Jacob Astor IV RMS Titanic casualty citation needed Robert Warren Miller champion sailor and founder of DFS Group 9 Marie Chantal Crown Princess of Greece 10 Princess Maria Olympia of Greece and Denmark 11 Prince Constantine Alexios of Greece and Denmark future titular King of Greece 12 Other descendants of Percival Lowle citation needed McGeorge Bundy former National Security Advisor to Presidents John F Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson Dick Cheney Ex Vice President of the United States Herman Melville author John Lothrop Motley historian Tuesday Weld actress Tennessee Williams playwright William Whipple signer of the United States Declaration of Independence T S Eliot poet Edward Arlington Robinson poet Elliot Richardson United States Attorney General Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte son of Jerome Bonaparte King of Westphalia Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte II soldier officer of the Legion of Honour Charles Joseph Bonaparte United States Attorney General and Secretary of the Navy in his distant relative by marriage Theodore Roosevelt s cabinetPortrait gallery Edit James Russell Lowell Percival Lowell A Lawrence Lowell John Lowell Jr Charles Russell Lowell John Amory LowellSee also EditFirst Families of Boston Lowell disambiguation pageReferences Edit Alfred Roosevelt Dead the Young Banker Unable to Withstand His Injuries The New York Times 4 July 1891 Cleveland Amory The Proper Bostonians Great American Family The Lowells of Massachusetts Oxfordclothbuttondown com March 2012 Lowell Delmar R The Historic Genealogy of the Lowells of America from 1639 to 1899 pp 208 209 Rutland VT The Tuttle Company 1899 ISBN 978 0788415678 Scott Steward and Christopher Child The Descendants of Judge John Lowell of Newburyport Massachusetts 2010 Lawrence Scientific School World War 1 and the Roosevelts Franklin and Eleanor Family and Friends The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography Vol 12 New York James T White Company 1904 p 328 Marie Chantal Genealogy Marie Chantal Genealogy Marie Chantal Genealogy Marie Chantal Genealogy External links EditThe Historic Genealogy of the Lowells of America from 1639 to 1899 is available for free download at Google Books Domesday Books The National Archives England The Ragman Roll Lowell John Appletons Cyclopaedia of American Biography 1900 Lowell the name of a distinguished family of Massachusetts The American Cyclopaedia 1879 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Lowell family amp oldid 1129466527, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, 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