User:Walterrichardson/John Lowell

Lowell married his first wife, Sarah (January 14, 1745 – May 5, 1772), sister of Stephen Higginson, on January 8, 1767.[citation needed] They had three children, including John Lowell Jr. (1769–1840)[1]. John Lowell Jr.'s descendants include businessmen John Amory Lowell, Augustus Lowell, and Ralph Lowell; federal judges John Lowell and James Arnold Lowell; and siblings author and innovator Percival Lowell, Harvard President A. Lawrence Lowell, and poet Amy Lowell.[citation needed] Lowell's wife Sarah died on May 5, 1772.[citation needed]

From his practice of the law and shipping ventures John was able to acquire a large estate and a considerable sum of money throughout his lifetime and despite not being from the richest family growing up he was able to raise the value of the Lowell name[2].

1. "Lowell Family Papers, 1728-1898". www.masshist.org. Retrieved 2020-10-13.

2. Greenslet, Ferris (1946). The Lowells and Their Seven Worlds. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. p. 267. ISBN 0-89760-263-3.