John Lowell (minister)

Rev. John Lowell (born in Boston, Massachusetts on March 14, 1704; died in Newburyport, Massachusetts in May 17, 1767) was a colonial Massachusetts clergyman. He was the first minister in the history of Newburyport, Massachusetts and the father of John Lowell, the delegate to the Congress of the Confederation.

Biography

John Lowell was the son of Ebenezer Lowell and Elizabeth Shailer. His great-grandfather, Percival Lowell (sometimes spelled Lowle), was the Lowell family immigrant ancestor. John Lowell was educated at Harvard University, graduating in 1721. He became the first minister of Newburyport, holding this position from 1726–1767.[1]

gollark: There seems to at least be consistent agreement on basic stuff like "if you consume more calories than you use, you will increase in weight".
gollark: Automated trading is cool and very weird at the same time.
gollark: I don't get it.
gollark: Not *exactly*, since it incentivizes actually making progress in the first place.
gollark: Intellectual property is among the weird and vaguely broken things too, come to think of it.

See also

References
  1. Duberman, Martin. (1966). James Russell Lowell. Boston, MA: Beacon Press.



This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.