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Alexander LOWREY Col. [Parents] was born in Dec 1725 in , , Ireland. He died on 31 Jan 1805 in , , PA. Alexander married Mary WATERS on 1 Sep 1752.
Other marriages:
WEST, Ann
, Sarah
The below was obtained from: Tom Lincoln in 1/99:
Alexander Lowrey (Dec 1725 in Ireland - 31 Jan 1805) was six feet
in height, raw boned and athletic, possessing great physical prowess (WLK).
He took his apprenticeship in trading with his father and learned to speak several Indian languages fluently, which made him a great favorite of the Indians. He participated in their sports, hunted and trapped with them, and could outrun any man. He became a trader in 1748, ranging as far West as Kaskakaskia and Fort Chartres on the Mississippi and as far north as the
Great Lakes, with posts at Fort Pitt and Carlisle. He frequently went among hostile tribes, but was only once in a tight spot, from which he saved
himself by courage and fleetness of foot. He was in partnership with Joseph Simon, who resided in the town of Lancaster. Their connection continued on
a handshake for forty years, in which there were both large gains and
losses, the latter due to Indian depredations on their trains and trading posts. He was a guide to Colonel Forbes' expedition in 1758 and Colonel Boquet's expedition in 1763, and was at the bloody battle of Bushy Run. In
that year his losses amounted to # 8,000. He moved for a while to the
Juniata, where he bought a farm on 5 Jun 1759, but he later purchased his father's Plantation in Marietta and other land there, his ambition being to reacquire all of the land held by his father and other members of the
family. At the close of the Revolutionary war he was one of the largest landholders in Pennsylvania. The old homestead was less than a mile from Anderson's ferry, so that many distinguished guests, including General
Gates, stopped at his house shortly after his victory at Saratoga.
>From the first disagreement, he was an ardent and outspoke advocate for separation from Great Britain. On 13 Jul 1774 he was placed on the
Committee of Correspondence for Lancaster, and was a member of the
Provincial Conference held in Philadelphia on 15 Jul 1774. In Dec 1774 he
was appointed to a committee to watch suspected parties and prevent them,
if possible, from purchasing tea or giving aid or comfort to the enemy. He
was a party to the Convention that convened in Carpenter's Hall, 18 Jul
1776, that instructed the Members of the Constitutional Congress to vote
for independence, dating from 4 Jul 1776, and was a member of the
Convention of 15 Jul 1777. He was chosen to the Assembly in 1775, 1778,
1779, 1780, 1785, 1786, 1787 and 1788. In May 1777 he was appointed one of
the Commissioners to procure blankets for the army. In 1776 as Colonel he commanded the Third Battalion of the Lancaster County (Militia)
Associators, and was active in the service in the Jerseys in that year. As Senior Colonel he commanded the 7th Battalion of Lancaster County Militia
at the battle of Brandywine, where his command suffered heavy losses. After
the war he retired to his fine farm adjoining Marietta. A slave holder (he
had three negroes on the Donegal Township assessment list of 1782), when
the law authorizing the gradual emancipation of slavery in the State was
under discussion in 1779, he took positive and strong ground against the separation of slave families by sale to different persons. He stood in such high repute that he was frequently called to remote sections to compose business differences and to settle disputes about the titles of lands. In
1784 the government appointed him to go as a messenger to the different
Indian tribes to formulate a treaty at Fort MacIntosh and a second time for
a treaty at Fort Detroit. Each time he returned at the head of sever
hundred Indians -- this at age 61 Under the Consitution of 1789-90 he was appointed Justice of the Peace by Governor Mifflin, an office which he held until his death. In Aug 1791 he was elected to fill a vacancy in the State Senate caused by the death of Sebastian Graff, of Manheim township, where
he served until the following October. He died a wealthy man and is buried
in the Donegal Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Grave 30.
Mary WATERS was born in 1732. She died in 1767. Mary married Alexander LOWREY Col. on 1 Sep 1752.
They had the following children:
Alexander LOWREY Jr. [Parents] was born on 21 Apr 1756 in , , PA. He died before 1795 in , , PA.
Below is from "Old Families of Randolph Co., Missouri":
"Dr. William Tolman Lowry was a successful pioneer doctor of central Missouri and a descendant of one of the first pioneer families that settled in what
was known as the Boonslick Country. He was born at Old Franklin on July 18, 1828 and died in 1878. His father was John Jefferson Lowry who was born in West Philadelphia in 1780, was reared and educated in that city. John Jefferson Lowry was a son of Colonel Alexander Lowry who was a native of Scotland, and immigrated to the United States in the time of Charles The Pretender and settled in Philadelphia. Col. Alexander was born in 1723.
Later he held public office in Pennsylvannia.
[The above is incorrect according to information received later. John Jefferson was apparently the son of Alexander Jr., rather than Col. Alexander. This is more likely correct, as it is unlikely that someone b. 1723 had a child who was b. 1780.]
Dr. William Tolman Lowry was educated by private teachers and prepared for a medical college. He then entered Cincinnati Medical University and
graduated with a Degree of Doctor of Medicine at the age of 18. He then practiced with Dr. William Fort until he was 21 years old and then located
at McGee College Huntsville, MO where he practiced his profession for 40
years. Later he went to California where he died.
Dr. John Jefferson Lowry attended medical school in Cincinnati, Ohio and imigrated to St. Louis, MO. and then went on to Old Franklin in Howard
County and was one of the first pioneers to settle in the vicinity. He conducted the first land office at Old Franklin for a time and later moved
to Fayette, MO where he was for many years president of the First Bank established in Fayette. ....Dr. J.J. Lowry was married first to Miss
Harriett Hubbard on March 22, 1818. Then on May 1, 1820 married to Nancy Malinda Gorham who was born March 15, 1806 and died March 14, 1844. She was the daughter of Thomas Gorham and Sally Sugg who was the daughter of Noah
Sugg and Murphee Howell. Noah Sugg was a Soldier in the Revolution. He was born in 1740 and died January 1800 in Robertson Co., Tenn. (NSDAR 18012). Thomas Gorham was the son of Nathaniel Gorham and Sarah Cotton.
The children of Dr. John Jefferson Lowry and Nancy Malinda Gorham were:
Thomas Gorham Lowry born 1821; Sarah Elizabeth Lowry born 1823; John
Jefferson Lowry born 1825; William Tolman Lowry born 1827; Francis Jane
Lowry born 1829; Ann Eliza Lowry born 1831; Nancy Miller Lowry born 1835;
Mary Benton Lowry born 1833; Martha Macon Lowry born 1837; Armide Van Buren Lowry born 1840; Margaret Louise Lowry born 1842; Henry Lowry born 1844 and died 1845."
The later information says that Alexander "settled near Frankston leaving a son, John G. Lowery (b. 1787) of Centre Co." Middle initial and dates off.
He had the following children:
Alexander LOWREY Col. [Parents] was born in Dec 1725 in , , Ireland. He died on 31 Jan 1805 in , , PA. Alexander married Sarah in 1793.
Other marriages:
WEST, Ann
WATERS, Mary
The below was obtained from: Tom Lincoln in 1/99:
Alexander Lowrey (Dec 1725 in Ireland - 31 Jan 1805) was six feet
in height, raw boned and athletic, possessing great physical prowess (WLK).
He took his apprenticeship in trading with his father and learned to speak several Indian languages fluently, which made him a great favorite of the Indians. He participated in their sports, hunted and trapped with them, and could outrun any man. He became a trader in 1748, ranging as far West as Kaskakaskia and Fort Chartres on the Mississippi and as far north as the
Great Lakes, with posts at Fort Pitt and Carlisle. He frequently went among hostile tribes, but was only once in a tight spot, from which he saved
himself by courage and fleetness of foot. He was in partnership with Joseph Simon, who resided in the town of Lancaster. Their connection continued on
a handshake for forty years, in which there were both large gains and
losses, the latter due to Indian depredations on their trains and trading posts. He was a guide to Colonel Forbes' expedition in 1758 and Colonel Boquet's expedition in 1763, and was at the bloody battle of Bushy Run. In
that year his losses amounted to # 8,000. He moved for a while to the
Juniata, where he bought a farm on 5 Jun 1759, but he later purchased his father's Plantation in Marietta and other land there, his ambition being to reacquire all of the land held by his father and other members of the
family. At the close of the Revolutionary war he was one of the largest landholders in Pennsylvania. The old homestead was less than a mile from Anderson's ferry, so that many distinguished guests, including General
Gates, stopped at his house shortly after his victory at Saratoga.
>From the first disagreement, he was an ardent and outspoke advocate for separation from Great Britain. On 13 Jul 1774 he was placed on the
Committee of Correspondence for Lancaster, and was a member of the
Provincial Conference held in Philadelphia on 15 Jul 1774. In Dec 1774 he
was appointed to a committee to watch suspected parties and prevent them,
if possible, from purchasing tea or giving aid or comfort to the enemy. He
was a party to the Convention that convened in Carpenter's Hall, 18 Jul
1776, that instructed the Members of the Constitutional Congress to vote
for independence, dating from 4 Jul 1776, and was a member of the
Convention of 15 Jul 1777. He was chosen to the Assembly in 1775, 1778,
1779, 1780, 1785, 1786, 1787 and 1788. In May 1777 he was appointed one of
the Commissioners to procure blankets for the army. In 1776 as Colonel he commanded the Third Battalion of the Lancaster County (Militia)
Associators, and was active in the service in the Jerseys in that year. As Senior Colonel he commanded the 7th Battalion of Lancaster County Militia
at the battle of Brandywine, where his command suffered heavy losses. After
the war he retired to his fine farm adjoining Marietta. A slave holder (he
had three negroes on the Donegal Township assessment list of 1782), when
the law authorizing the gradual emancipation of slavery in the State was
under discussion in 1779, he took positive and strong ground against the separation of slave families by sale to different persons. He stood in such high repute that he was frequently called to remote sections to compose business differences and to settle disputes about the titles of lands. In
1784 the government appointed him to go as a messenger to the different
Indian tribes to formulate a treaty at Fort MacIntosh and a second time for
a treaty at Fort Detroit. Each time he returned at the head of sever
hundred Indians -- this at age 61 Under the Consitution of 1789-90 he was appointed Justice of the Peace by Governor Mifflin, an office which he held until his death. In Aug 1791 he was elected to fill a vacancy in the State Senate caused by the death of Sebastian Graff, of Manheim township, where
he served until the following October. He died a wealthy man and is buried
in the Donegal Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Grave 30.
Sarah was born about 1740. She married Alexander LOWREY Col. in 1793.
Lastly in 1793 he married Mrs. Sarah Cochran of York
Springs, York Co. PA who survived him a few years. There was no issue.
Lazarus LOWREY was born about 1690 in , , Northern Ireland. He married CAMPBELL.
Other marriages:
, Anne
From Tom Lincoln in 1/99:
LOWRY is one of the septs accepted by the Clan MacLaren. "The family came
with Lord Forbes into Ireland from Scotland during the reign of James I of England (1603-1625) and settled in Loughford Co. It is asserted that the
name "LOCHRY" signifies mountain lake, from Scottish 'loch', meaning lake,
and 'ery' mountain. ["A Brief Genealogy of the LOUGHRY Family of
Pennsylvania" Compiled by Julia A. Jewett, St. Louis, Missouri, 1923.These latter were not true Lowrys, however, but a sept of Clan Douglas whose
modern day descendents mostly use a spelling of Lockery or some comparable form.]
Lazarus Lowrey, the founder of the Lowrey trading family in America,
came to America in 1729 from Northern Ireland with several of his older children who were born in Ireland by his first wife, _____ Campbell (?).
They settled in Donegal, Lancaster County PA where he took up 333 acres of
land about two miles from Marietta. He established a trading post there in 1730, receiving a license to sell 'liquor by the small'. The Donegal stone
farm house is still standing. He was an energetic man, and , over time,
became a large landowner with indentured servants and slaves. In the 'Consolidation of Ships Passenger Lists' for Philadelphia, we find a
notation that "William Humphreys assigns Robert Walker to Lazarus Lowry for four years from 5 Jun 1746; consideration: 15 pounds."
About 1750 he moved to Arch St. in Philadelphia and died there in 1755. He
is buried in Christ Church. His will is recorded on pg. 264 Book K. of the Phila. Co. Wills, signed 6 Feb 1775 and proved 15 Feb 1775, mentioning his second wife Anne, widow of Thomas Edwards [member of the Assembly], and children Lazarus, Thomas, Benj., Wm. & Martha Lowry and John Edwards. His signature is spelled "Lazarus Lowrey".
In Lancaster Co. his sons by his first wife were James; John; Daniel (b. ca 1723); (Col.) Alexander; all of whom accompanied him on trading
expeditions; and Joseph, about whom nothing is known.
These sons spent some years in trading. John began trading with the Indians before 1740. He was subsequently killed in 1750 when an Indian lit a powder
keg next to him... He and his wife Elizabeth had no children. James married Susanna, daughter of James Patterson [who is significant in the
Gregg-McMurtrie genealogy]. Again: "William Humphreys assigns Dennis Conran
to James Lowry for four years from 5 Jun 1746; consideration: 15 pounds".
He gave up trading in 1758 and moved out of the region, after too many financial losses and too many deaths among the trading parties. His son, (Capt.) James Lowry was killed by Indians "on the way to Ft. Washington."
[He may have been the James Lowry who managed an inn at Harper's Ferry WV,
and whose children (presumably John and George) continued in trading and married into the Cherokee tribe.] In 1757-58 Indian war Daniel supplied
boats to Col. James Burd who was over Capt.James Patterson at Fort
Augusta.
Several Lowreys lived in
the vicinity. A James Lowery was also listed on the tax lists of Pine Creek Twp. among the "additional residents 1793"; and a William Lowery was among
the "additional residents 1789." ["The Tiadaghton Tale" by Helen Russell, 1904]. These may be cousins in the same Lowrey family
CAMPBELL was born about 1700 in , , Ireland. She married Lazarus LOWREY.
They had the following children:
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James LOWREY |
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John LOWREY |
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Daniel LOWREY was born about 1723.
In 1757-58 Indian war Daniel supplied
boats to Col. James Burd who was over Capt.James Patterson at Fort
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Alexander LOWREY Col. |
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Joseph LOWREY was born about 1730. |
Daniel ELLIOT was born about 1755. He married Elizabeth LOWREY.
Elizabeth LOWREY [Parents] was born on 21 Oct 1757. She died before 1793. Elizabeth married Daniel ELLIOT.
Lived in Pittsburg.
They had the following children:
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John ELLIOT was born about 1780. |
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West ELLIOT was born about 1782. |
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Mary ELLIOT was born about 1785. |
Lazarus LOWREY [Parents] was born on 27 Jan 1764. He died on 16 Apr 1813. Lazarus married Mary FLEMING in 1783.
Born on the homestead near Marrietta. He moved with his brother Alexander in father's lifetime to settle near Hollidaysburg PA with 1200 acres between them, provided by their father, where they built a Fort in Canoe valley along the north bank of the Juniata. He was living there in 1779, and built a grist
mill and saw mill nearby in 1800. These lands were deeded to him in his father's will dated 29 Jan 1795. He also kept store in Frankstown.
Mary FLEMING was born in 1760. She died on 15 Sep 1827. Mary married Lazarus LOWREY in 1783.
George PLUMER was born on 5 Dec 1762. He died on 9 Jun 1843. George married Margaret LOWREY in Aug 1784 in Fort Pitt.
Served in the 17th, 18th, & 19th Congresses representing the Westmorlann district.
Margaret LOWREY [Parents] was born on 8 Sep 1765. She died on 24 Jun 1818. Margaret married George PLUMER in Aug 1784 in Fort Pitt.
Francis BURRELL [Parents] was born in 1685 in , Prince George, MD. He died in 1731 in , Prince George, MD. Francis married Jane on 7 Nov 1709 in , MD.
Jane was born about 1688. She married Francis BURRELL on 7 Nov 1709 in , MD.
They had the following children:
Robert WADE [Parents] was born in 1675 in Northampton, Prince George, Maryland. He died on 4 Dec 1713 in , Prince George Co, MD. Robert married Elizabeth SPRIGG in 1698 in , , Prince George, Maryland.
Elizabeth SPRIGG [Parents] was born in 1679 in Northampton, Prince George, Maryland. She died on 4 Nov 1713. Elizabeth married Robert WADE in 1698 in , , Prince George, Maryland.
They had the following children:
John EDGAR was born about 1680 in , Prince George Co, MD. He married Joanna.
Joanna was born about 1684 in , Prince George Co, MD. She married John EDGAR.
They had the following children:
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