Elizabeth SILVESTER

Father: Richard SILVESTER
Mother: Naomi //

Family 1: John LOWELL

(1) Source: U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700 via Ancestry.com

  1. John LOWELL
  2. Joseph LOWELL
  3. Patience LOWELL
  4. Elizabeth LOWELL
  5. Phebe LOWELL
  6. Zaccheus LOWELL
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Notes

Updated January 2, 2025. Compiled by Howder (www.howderfamily.com) from the following source(s):

(1) Stearns, Ezra S.. Early Generations of the Founders of Old Dunstable: Thirty Families. Boston, Massachusetts, United States, G. F. Littlefield, 1911. Pages 33-35.

"LOVEWELL. During several years immediately preceding 1665, there were dwelling in Boston two men of the same name, John LOWELL; one was a cooper, the other a tanner... John LOWELL, the tanner, is the ancestor of the LOVEWELL family of Dunstable. The date of his arrival in Boston is not definitely known. He was there in 1657, and January 24, 1658, he married, in Scituate, Elizabeth SYLVESTER, born January 23, 1644, daughter of Richard and Naomi SYLVESTER of Scituate. The record of this publishment and of the marriage is at Scituate: 'These are to Certyfy all those to Whom It may Conscirne that John LOWWELL and Elizabeth SILVESTER hath Been Lawfully Published accordinge to law three Lecture Dayes. William COURSSER. Witness Henry BRIDGEMAN. John LOWWELL abovesayed was Marryed to Elizabeth SILVESTER January the 24th 1658 pr Mr. HATHERLY. In Scituate.' William COURSER and Henry BRIDGEMAN were residents of Boston, where the intention of marriage was published three times. John LOWELL and his wife, Elizabeth, lived in Boston until 1665, when they removed to Rehoboth. In 1669, he received grants of land in Rehoboth, where he lived until about 1680, when he removed to Lynn. After his removal from Rehoboth he was taxed as a non-resident proprietor in that town about twenty years. He came from Lynn to Dunstable in 1682 or 1683. He and his sons, John and Joseph, were among the early settlers of the town and all were prominent in the affairs of the settlement. He was a selectman of Dunstable in 1689. If the records were complete it is reasonable to assume that he would have credit for other elections to office. During the troublous times of King William's War, his son, Joseph, and his three married daughters removed from Dunstable and in 1700, John, the father, and his wife, Elizabeth, were living in Sudbury. The date and place of his death have not been discovered. In 1700 then of Sudbury, he sold to William WOODCOCK of Rehoboth four tracts of land in Scituate and Attleborough. Until 1694, Attleborough was a part of Rehoboth. The deed is dated at Sudbury, June 20, 1700, and is recorded in the Registry of Deeds at Taunton. His wife, Elizabeth, joined in the conveyance. The original name of the family is LOWELL. A person is not responsible for the form in which his name is written by the clerks of the church and towns. In the record of his publishment and marriage, the name is LOWWELL. The birth of two children of John and Elizabeth LOWELL is recorded in Boston. Six children were baptized at the Second Church of Scituate, now Norwood. The name of the father is written John LOWEL four times and John LOWELL two times. In records of Rehoboth appear John LOWELL and John LOVELL, while the Lynn record presents the form of John LOVILL. His name in the deed of 1700 and his signature are written John LOVWELL, and here is found the easy inflection from LOWELL to LOVEWELL. His children, and very uniformly his descendents in Dunstable and elsewhere, have written the name LOVEWELL."

(2) Massachusetts, U.S., Compiled Birth, Marriage, and Death Records via Ancestry.com

- "SILVESTER... Elizabeth, d. Richard, Jan. 23, 1643."

(3) New England, The Great Migration and The Great Migration Begins via Ancestry.com

- "ELIZABETH [SILVESTER], b. Weymouth 23 January 1643/4 [NEHGR 8:349, 9:172]; m. Scituate 24 January 1658[/9] John LOVELL."

(4) Genealogies of Mayflower Families, Vol. III via Ancestry.com

"Elizabeth [SILVESTER], b. at Weymouth 23 Jan. 1643/4; m. at Scituate, 24 Jan. 1658/9, John LOWELL of Boston, tanner. They lived successively in Boston, Rehoboth, Lynn, and Dunstable, Mass., and in 1700 were in Sudbury, Mass. Children (surname LOWELL, later LOVEWELL): John... Joseph... Patience... Elizabeth... Phebe... Zaccheus..."

(5) U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700 via Ancestry.com

"LOWWELL/LOVELL, John, Boston (-1700+) & Elizabeth SILVESTER (1644-1700+); 24 Jan 1658; Scituate/Boston/Rehoboth/Dunstable"

(6) Silvester, Albert Henry, "Richard Silvester of Weymouth, Mass., and Some of his Descendants," New England Historical and Genealogical Register volume LXXXV (Boston, MA: 1931), p. 257.

- John and Elizabeth LOWELL "lived successively in Boston, Rehoboth, Lynn, and Dunstable, Mass., and in 1700 were in Sudbury, Mass."