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'''Children:''' [[John Lowell 1]], [[Richard Lowell]], [[Benjamin Lowell 1]], [[Joanna Lowell Appleton]], and [[Anne Lowell]] | '''Children:''' [[John Lowell 1]], [[Richard Lowell]], [[Benjamin Lowell 1]], [[Joanna Lowell Appleton]], and [[Anne Lowell]] | ||
'''Parents:''' [[Richard Lowle]] and [[Anne Perceval Lowle]] | |||
'''Siblings:''' [[Richard Lowle 2]] and [[Margaret Lowle]] | |||
== Early Life == | == Early Life == | ||
Revision as of 00:11, 11 August 2015
Born: ♂ Percival Lowle
- c. 1571
- Kingston Seymour, Somerset, England (uncertain)
Died: January 8, 1664/65
- Newbury, MA
Spouse: Rebecca Lowle (m. c. 1599, Bristol, Somerset, England)
Children: John Lowell 1, Richard Lowell, Benjamin Lowell 1, Joanna Lowell Appleton, and Anne Lowell
Parents: Richard Lowle and Anne Perceval Lowle
Siblings: Richard Lowle 2 and Margaret Lowle
Early Life
(Gwillim-Moore genealogy says:) Percival Lowle lived in Kingston-Seymour, Clevedon, Portbury, Weston-in-Gardano, all in Somersetshire.
Education
A poem written in America shows evidence that he had a formal education at a grammar school in England.
Career
He moved to Bristol, Gloucestershire around 1600, and established a wholesale import-export business named "Percival Lowle and Company." The family moved to New England to escape high taxes, via the ship "Jonathan," leaving on April 12, 1639 and arriving at Boston on June 23, 1639. They settled in Newbury, MA.