JAMES LOVELL

Lovell, James (1737-1814), a Delegate from Massachusetts; born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., October 31, 1737; attended the public schools; was graduated from the Boston Latin School in 1752 and from Harvard College in 1756; completed a postgraduate course at the latter institution in 1759; taught in the Boston Latin School 1757-1775 and was also master of the North Grammar (now the Eliot) School; imprisoned by General Howe during the Revolutionary War and conveyed to Halifax in 1775; Member of the Continental Congress 1777-1782; receiver of continental taxes 1784-1788; collector of customs at Boston, Mass., in 1788 and 1789; appointed naval officer of the port of Boston and Charlestown and served from August 3, 1789, until his death in Windham, Cumberland County, Maine, July 14, 1814.
Parents: John Lovell, Abigail Green
Spouse: Mary Middleton
Born: 1734
Died: 7 Nov 1817
Marriage: 24 Nov 1760 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
Children Sex Birth
James S Lovell M
Mary Lovell F 1 Jan 1769

Sources:
Vital Records
Family Collections LDS
The Political Graveyard
Submitted by Deborah Crowell