Hon. John Lowell Jr was born 6 August 1769 in Newburyport, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States to John Lowell (1743-1802) and Sarah Higginson (1744-1772) and died 12 March 1840 Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States of unspecified causes. He married Rebecca Amory (1771-1842) 26 May 1793 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States.
John Lowell Jr maintained a well-established law firm in the city, and three years after John Amory's birth, retired for reasons of his failing health. After retiring in 1801, the elder Lowell spent much of his time and wealth patronizing the burgeoning horticultural society in Boston, so much so that he became known to his friends and family as "The Norfolk Farmer."
His father, also named John Lowell (1743–1802) but referred to as "The Old Judge," was a Federal Judge appointed by President George Washington and is considered to be the founding father of the Boston Lowells. (Greenslet 1946)
Marriage and Family
- Rebecca Amory Lowell (1794-1873)
- John Amory Lowell (1799-1881) - 1st Trustee of the Lowell Institute
- Anna Cabot Lowell (1801-1802)
- Anna Cabot Lowell (1808-1894)
- Sarah Champney Higginson Lowell (1810-1816)
Children
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Rebecca Amory Lowell (1794-1873) | |||
| John Amory Lowell (1799-1881) | 11 November 1798 Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States | 31 October 1881 Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States | Susan Cabot Lowell (1801-1827) Elizabeth Cabot Putnam (1807-1881) |
| Anna Cabot Lowell (1801-1802) | |||
| Anna Cabot Lowell (1808-1894) | |||
| Sarah Champney Higginson Lowell (1810-1816) | |||
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 |
| 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) | |||
References
- John Lowell - disambiguation
- Lowell in Massachusetts -
- Amory Family (Boston) -
- John Amory Lowell (1799-1881)/immigrant_ancestors - early Colonial New England immigrant ancestors