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INDEX OF INDIVIDUALS

FAMILY TREE WHITE

FAMILY TREE BROOKE

UNIDENTIFIED PHOTOS

FATHER

Giles Low

MOTHER

Cicely Firmin

WIFE

1st Margaret Todd

2nd. Susannah

CHILDREN with Margaret Todd

1. Thomas Low b. 08/May/1631

2. Margaret Low b. 1632

3. John Low b. 1633

4. Sarah Lowe b. 1637

Source: A Genealogical Quest & Family Notes  July 1908
"There is a deposition on records made in 1660 by Thomas Low and by his daughter Sarah, in which his age is given as about 55 and hers as about 23.  It was made in complaint of Fuller v. Lee, Essex Court Files, book 5, leaf 80, and was sworn in court held at Ipswich the 25th of  September, 1660."

"Thomas Low of that part of Ipswich, Mass., called Chebacco Parish, now town of Essex.  His Will dated 20 Apr. 1677, proved 6 Nov. 1677 (see Essex Probate Files 17242) mentions wife Susanna and children John, Thomas, Margaret and Sarah and grand-children Thomas Low, Margaret Davisson, Sarah Safford and Sarah Low."

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The Ancestors of the John Lowe Family Circle and Their Descendants, 1901

Thomas Low was in Ipswich by 1641

"The first item in his will was, 'I give & bequeath unto Susannah my Loving wife what good she brought with her and also I give her the use of that room which I lye in & the free use of those things that are in it and also the use of one cow which she liketh best & will is that my Sonne John shall maintain it wintere & summer & also my will is that if the Cow come to any casuality hee shall find her another Cow & maintain it likewise as beforesaid.  Also I give unto my wife one-fourth part of her labor that she hath spunn both Lening & wollen & also she shall have her beere as she hath now & also free use of the fire; & also John shall reare her one Sheoate yearly for sume meate for her & also a little ground to sow half a peck of flax seede yearly.  And also to give unto her thirty shillings yearly to be paid by my executor in such things as she shall stand in need of during her natural life.  Moreover I give unto my loving wife five pounds to dispose of as she shall thinke good, and my will is that in case my wife shall thinke meete to remove from my sonne John, then my will is that John Low pay or cause to be paid to her forty shillings yearly & every yeare during her natural life in such pay as she needeth.  And also I give her the Cowe to be her owne & John to send the pay to Boston or Charlestown."

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