JOHN LOWELL

Lowell, John (1743-1802), a Delegate from Massachusetts; born in Newburyport, Mass., June 17, 1743; was graduated from Harvard College in 1760; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1762 and commenced practice in Newburyport, Mass.; an officer in the militia in 1776; moved to Boston, Mass., in 1777; member of the State house of representatives 1778 and 1780-1782; delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1780; Member of the Continental Congress in 1782; served in the State senate in 1784 and 1785; commissioner on the New York and Massachusetts boundary line in 1784; judge of the court of appeals 1784-1789, of the United States district court 1789-1801, and of the United States Circuit Court for Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut in 1801 and 1802; died in Roxbury, Suffolk, Mass., May 6, 1802.
Parents: John Lowell, Sarah Champney
Spouse 1: Sarah Higginson
Marriage: 3 JAN 1767
Children
Ann Cabot Lowell 1768–1810
John Lowell 1769–1840
Sarah Champney Lowell 1771–1851
Spouse 2: Susannah Cabot
Marriage: 31 MAY 1774
Children
Francis Cabot Lowell 1775–1817
Susanna Cabot Lowell 1776–1816
Spouse 3: Rebecca Russell
Marriage: 27 JAN 1778
Children
Rebecca Russell Lowell 1779–1853
Charles Russell Lowell 1782–1861
Elizabeth Cutts Lowell 1783–
Mary Lowell 1786–1789

Sources:
United States Federal Census
Massachusetts Vital Records
The Political Graveyard
Submitted by Deborah Crowell