Some Descendants of
Thomas Lovell (1620-1692)

LOVELL.

Thomas Lovell, currier, was born in Dublin, Ireland, about 1620. He came to New England and settled in Salem about 1641. In 1644, he owned a share and a half in Plum Island. In 1647, he moved to Ipswich where he became one of the proprietors. He signed the loyalist petition in 1666 and his name is on the list of voters for 1679. He was a selectman in Ipswich in 1680 and 1692. He married Ann ______. Children:

1. John, b. 1647, d. Feb. 4, 1718-19;
2. Thomas, Jr. (see below);
3. Alexander, b. May 29, 1657, d. aged 2 years;
4. Nathaniel, b. Mar. 28, 1658;
5. Elizabeth, m. ______ Perkins;
6. Margaret, m. ______ Edwards (see Waters' History of Ipswich, p. 383);
7. Hannah, m. ______ Dutch;
8. Mary, m. ______ Downton;
9. probably another Alexander who was living in 1678-79, the date of his will, as the Alexander mentioned here would not be living at the time.

John² Lovell married ______. Children:

1. Elizabeth;
2. Thomas (see below);
3. Alexander.

Thomas² Lovell, currier, was born in Ipswich, Feb. 2, 1649, and died Aug. 11, 1718. He settled his father’s estate. His will made Aug. 10, 1717, was probated Aug. 18, 1718, and mentions no wife or children of his own, but refers to his brother John Lovell’s family, naming children 1. Elizabeth; 2. Thomas (see below); 3. Alexander, and names his cousin Thomas Lovell as executor of his estate.

Thomas³ Lovell, (John², Thomas¹) was born about 1690 and married in Beverly, Mass., May 19, 1715, Martha Herrick [dau. of George and Martha (____) Herrick of Salem, Mass.]. He settled the estate of his uncle Thomas Lovell and for a time resided in Ipswich, but moved to Sutton in 1722. Children, all born in Sutton:

1. Esther, b. Mar. 27, 1717, m. Holyoke Putnam;
2. John, bap. Mar. 2, 1718;
3. Thomas (see below);
4. Martha, b. Jan. 7, 1721-2, d. Aug. 14, 1723;
5. **Ruth, b. Jan. 16, 1724, m. William Waite;
6. Elizabeth, b. Sept. 23, 1726, m. Joshua Carter (q.v.);
7. George, b. June 28, 1729.

Thomas⁴ Lovell was born in Sutton, June 17, 1719, and married first, Eunice Putnam.

Children by Eunice Putnam:

1. Sarah, b. Aug. 22, 1744, m. Josiah Waite;
2. John, b. Aug. 8, 1746;
3. Ezra (see below);
4. Eunice, b. Oct. 2, 1751.

He married second, Jan. 13, 1762, Lydia Moore, of Worcester.

Children by Lydia Moore:

4. Thomas, b. Dec. 30, 1762;
5. Hannah, b. July 31, 1763.

Capt. Ezra⁵ Lovell, Revolutionary soldier, was born in Sutton, Mar. 29, 1749, and married Sept. 24, 1776, Mary Jennison, who was born Nov. 18, 1757. He died Aug. 14, 1821. She died Jan. 3, 1844. Children:

1. Elias, b. Jan. 12, 1778, m. Betsey Pierce;
2. Polly, b. Feb. 17, 1779;
3. Lydia, b. June 5, 1782;
4. Ezra (see below).

Ezra⁶ Lovell, farmer, was born in Sutton, July 8, 1787, and married first, June 2, 1812, Polly, dau. of Azor and Mary Phelps. She was born Sept., 1791, and died Sept. 21, 1814 (see Providence St. Cemetery). He married second, Oct. 29, 1815, Olive Jennison [Note:  Her last name is spelled “Jeneson” in Vital Records of Millbury book]. He died in Millbury, Aug. 12, 1874. She died there May 14, 1875.

Children by Polly Phelps:

1. Mary Phelps, b. in Millbury, Sept. 13, 1812, m. Alden Woodward;
2. Charles Herrick, b. in Millbury, Jan. 20, 1814, m. Elizabeth [Rice] Hunting.

Children by Olive Jennison/Jenneson:

3. William Austin (see below);
4. Russell Buckman (see below);
5. Sophia, b. Mar. 30, 1826, m. George Estabrook;
6. Ann Maria, b. June 19, 1830, d. 1901, m., in Millbury, Ebenezer Handy, who was born in 1830 and died in 1897.

William Austin⁶ Lovell, mill superintendent, resided in Millbury, was born there Nov. 28, 1816, and married there June 3, 1841, Mary Ann Mallalieu, who was born in Millbury, July 4, 1818. He died in Windsor, Conn., May 29, 1906. She died there May 1, 1897. Children:

1. Louise, b. in Windsor, Conn., May 18, 1842, m., first in Media, Penn., Jasper Morgan, m., second, S. D. Wilson;
2. Sarah Elvira, b. in Rockville, Conn., Sept. 2, 1844, m. in Millbury, Milton Belden, resides in Brooklyn, N.Y.;
3. George, b. in 1846, d. in infancy;
4. Emma, b. 1848, d. in infancy;
5. George Austin, b. in Broad Brook, Conn., Feb. 23, 1850, m. in Millbury, Lizzie Scott, resides in Windsor;
6. Edward Jennison, b. in Elligton, [sic] Conn., Mar. 1, 1852, m. in Brooklyn, N.Y., Amanda Allyn, resided there, died there Apr. 24, 1904;
7. Willard Mallalieu, farmer, b. in Rockville, Conn., Jan. 31, 1854, m. in Windsor, Conn., Emma Briggs;
8. Charles Freemont, R. R. inspector, b. in Windsor, Mar. 30, 1856, m. there May 20, 1885, Effie Holcombe, who died in Windsor, Feb. 17, 1891;
9. Freddie, b. in Windsor, Conn., Apr. 11, 1858, d. in Media, Penn., in 1861;
10. Emma Maria, b. in Windsor, Conn., May 19, 1860, m. there Charles Welch and resided there.

Russell Buckman⁷ Lovell (Ezra⁶, Ezra⁵, Thomas⁴, Thomas³, John², Thomas¹) was born in Millbury, Sept. 21, 1822, and married in Oxford, May 21, 1846, (Millbury records, May 22) Lydia Marble, who was born in Sutton, Nov. 4, 1821. She died in Millbury, Sept. 18, 1912. Children:

1. Luther Merritt (see below);
2. Fannie Sophia, teacher, residing in Millbury, b. in Woodstock, Vt., Apr. 1, 1849, m. in Millbury, May 21, 1873, George F. Chase (q.v.);
3. William Russell, bank clerk, resided in Millbury, was born there Dec. 7, 1851, d. there July 26, 1883;
4. Mary Lizzie, b. in Woodstock, Vt., Aug. 16, 1854, m. in Millbury, in Oct., 1874, Pliny W. Wood (q.v.);
5. Charles Edward, bookkeeper, resided in Worcester (see below);
6. Nellie Harriet, b. in Woodstock, Vt., Aug. 3, 1859, m. in Millbury, May 21, 1893, Edward H. Park (q.v.).

Luther Merritt⁸ Lovell, bank teller, residing in Worcester, was born in Woodstock, Vt., June 29, 1847, and married in Claremont, N.H., Apr. 24, 1872, Clara Sumner Waite, dau. of Otis F. R. Waite (q.v.). Children:

1. Hiram King, architect, residing in San Francisco, Cal., b. in Millbury, Apr. 5, 1873, m. in New York City, June 7, 1897 [sic];
2. Mary Lydia, residing in Winchester, b. in Worcester, Aug. 7, 1874, m. there Nov. 10, 1897, George W. Fitch;
3. Annie Waite, deaconness, residing in Springfield, b. in Worcester, Dec. 4, 1879;
4. Margaret, teacher of drawing, residing in Worcester, b. there, May 15, 1881.

Charles Edward⁸ Lovell, bookkeeper, resided in Worcester, was born in Woodstock, Vt., Oct. 23, 1856, and married in Millbury, May 9, 1883, Nellie Alexander, dau. of James Hancock and Mary A. (Alexander) Mattoon (q.v.). He died in Westboro, Oct. 31, 1906. Children, all born in Millbury, but now residing in Worcester:

1. Russell Alexander, b. Oct. 17, 1886;
2. Miriam, b. Aug. 11, 1888.
   
   

Emails from Alison Franks about the Lovell and related families.