Francis Cabot Lowell was born 7 April 1775 in Newburyport, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States to John Lowell (1743-1802) and Susanna Cabot (1754-1777) and died 10 August 1817 Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States of unspecified causes. He married Hannah Gardner Jackson (1776-1815) 18 October 1798 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.
Founder of Boston Manufacturing Company
In 1814, he enlisted the support of his three brothers-in-law, Charles, James and Patrick Tracy Jackson, and obtained the financial backing of the merchants Nathan Appleton and Israel Thorndike to establish the Boston Manufacturing Company at Waltham, Massachusetts, using the power of the Charles River.
The BMC was the first "integrated" textile mill in America in which all operations for converting raw cotton into finished cloth could be performed in one mill building. Lowell hired the gifted machinist Paul Moody to assist him in designing efficient cotton spinning and weaving machines, based on the British models, but with many technological improvements suited to the conditions of New England. Lowell and Moody were awarded the patent for their power loom in 1815.
He was an American businessman for whom the city of Lowell, Massachusetts, is named. He was instrumental in bringing the Industrial Revolution to the United States.
Children
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| John Lowell (1799-1836) | |||
| Susan Cabot Lowell (1801-1827) | 14 February 1801 Massachusetts, United States | 15 August 1827 Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States | John Amory Lowell (1798-1881) |
| Francis Cabot Lowell (1803-1874) | 5 January 1803 Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States | 8 September 1874 Waltham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States | Mary Lowell Gardner (1802-1854) |
| Edward Jackson Lowell (1805-1830) | |||
Siblings
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Ann Cabot Lowell (1768-1810) | |||
| John Lowell (1769-1840) | 6 August 1769 Newburyport, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States | 12 March 1840 Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States | Rebecca Amory (1771-1842) |
| Sarah Champney Lowell (1771-1851) | |||
| Charles Lowell (1772-) | |||
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Francis Cabot Lowell (1775-1817) | 7 April 1775 Newburyport, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States | 10 August 1817 Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States | Hannah Gardner Jackson (1776-1815) |
| Susan Cabot Lowell (1776-1816) | 26 December 1776 Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States | 26 February 1816 | Benjamin Gorham (1775-1855) |
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Rebecca Russell Lowell (1779-1853) | 17 May 1779 Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States | 11 May 1853 Massachusetts, United States | Samuel Pickering Gardner (1767-1843) |
| Charles Russell Lowell (1782-1861) | 15 August 1782 Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States | 20 January 1861 Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States | Harriet Bracket Spence (1783-1850) |
| Elizabeth Cutts Lowell (1783-1864) | |||
| Mary Lowell (1786-1789) | |||