FATHER

Giles Low

MOTHER

Cicely Firmin

WIFE

1st Margaret Todd

2nd. Susannah

CHILDREN with Margaret Todd

1. Thomas Low
    bapt. 08 May 1631 Groton, Suffolk, England
    m. 4 Jul 1669 Martha Boreman
    d. 12 Apr 1712

2. Margaret Low
    b. 17 Jun 1632
    m. 8 Apr 1657 Daniel Davidson
    d. Aft. 4 Dec 1693

3. John Low
    b. 2 Mar 1633/4
    m. 10 Dec 1661 Sarah Thorndike

4. Sarah Lowe
    b. 1637
    m. 1661 John Safford

Thomas Low
by Susan Brooke
Jun 2023

Thomas Low was probably born in England about 1605 since he was deposed in 1660 saying his age was then about 55. (1) (2)  He was a resident of Ipswich as early as 5 Apr 1741 when he was granted an additional 10 acres adjacent to his previous 10 acre grant. (3) It is speculated that he was the Thomas Lowe  from Suffolk England and that had married Margaret Todd on 22 Jun 1630 Polstead, Suffolk, England. (4) In his will of 20 Apr 1677 he mentioned his wife Susanna and children John, Thomas, Margaret and Sarah and grand-children Thomas Low, Margaret Davidson, Sarah Safford and Sarah Low. (5) Some have speculated that the oldest three of  these children were baptized in Suffolk England.  (6)
The first wife of Thomas Low probably died about 1648 since he remarried to the widow Susannah Stone at about that time. (7) Thomas Low died in Ipswicj on 8 Sep 1677.  His will was dated 30 Apr 1677 and proved 6 Nov 1677.

Sources

(1) Index to Essex County, MA court records
FHL film 877428 image 177

Thomas Low, Sr. aged about 55
Sarah Low aged about 23
Sept 25, 1660
5:80

(2) A Genealogical Quest & Family Notes  page 4 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."

(3)  Massachusetts & Maine Families in the Ancestry of Walter Goodwin Davis, 1996 vo. 3
Ancestry of Phoebe Tilton 1775-1847

Thomas Low is first mentioned in the records of Ipswich on April 6, 1641, when he was granted ten acres of upland at Chebacco next to his previous ten acres, in exchange for the ten acres "due to him by grant to Mr. Rogers Company" near the mile brook by Mr. Appleton's farm. Rev. Nathaniel Rogers, the Ipswich minister, had emigrated to New England in 1636, and from the above record it would appear that Low was among those who accompanied or followed him to Ipswich. Mr. Rogers had been rector of the parish of Assington, co. Suffolk, and it is quite probable that Low was the Thomas Lowe who married Margaret Tod on June 22,1630, at Polstead, co. Suffolk, three miles from Assington, and that they were the Thomas and Margaret Lowe who had a son Thomas baptized at Groton May 8, 1631, and a son John baptized at Boxford March 2, 1633/4. Groton is a scant three miles while Boxford is about two miles from Assington. Both parishes are in co. Suffolk. Also at Boxford is the baptismal record, on June 17, 1632, of Margaret, daughter of John and Margaret Lowe. There is no other mention of John Lowe in the register at this period. Granting John to be the parson's error for Thomas, we have the baptism of three Lowe children corresponding in name, age and order to the three oldest children of Thomas Low of Ipswich.

(4) Marriage Record

Torrey, Clarence Almon. and Elizabeth Petty Bentley. New England Marriages Prior to 1700 as quoted on wikitree

(5) Probate Records of Essex, MA  page 174
Massachusetts and Maine Families in the Ancestry of Walter Goodwin David Vol II Garner-Moses

 (6) Named in the will of Thomas Low

1. Thomas baptized 8 May 1631 Groton, Suffolk, England Baptism of Thomas Low no last name or parents are attached to this record
            He is the right age.  see A Genealogical Quest & Family Notes  page 4 July 1908
            "Thomas Low was born about 1631-32 as he was eighty years old when he died 12 April 1712. 
            The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 7, page 83, says 'Thomas Low aged 37 in 1668."
        2. Margaret baptized 17 Jun 1632, Boxford, Suffolk, England Baptism of Margaret Lowe St. Mary Register, Margarite daughter of John and Margarite Lowe
            It is supposed that the father's name was accidently inscribed incorrectly
            She is the right age. Source Wikitree    Descendants of Thomas Low, the Immigrant to Ipswich, Massachusetts, for Three Generations,"  NEHGR Vol 174  218-220  Edeard E Steele
            "In a court case on 30 March 1680, Margaret gave her age as about 47 years
            She testisfied that Sameul Lomas held an axe over her head when she was talking with him, and he said, 'she lies, and if she wento to heaven, he wished he might never go there.' "
        3. John baptized 3 March 1633/4 Boxford, England  Baptism of John Lowe  St Mary Parish Register, son of Thomas and Margarite Lowe
            He is close to the right age.  see A Genealogical Quest & Family Notes  page 4 July 1908
            "John Low made a deposition, Sept. 24, 1678; Vide Book 29 lead 75 and Book 31 leaf 75, - recorded in duplicate; giving his age as about 43 years, making the year of his birth about 1635."
        4. Sarah Low    There are no found baptisms for her in Suffolk, England
            She was born about 1637   see A Genealogical Quest & Family Notes  page 4 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."
Thomas also named four grandchildren in his will.
        1. Thomas Low born 14 Apr 1661
            The oldest child of son Thomas Low
        2. Margaret Davidson born 24 Sep 1658
           The oldest surviving child of Margaret Low
        3. Sarah Safford born 14 Jul 1664
            Daughter of Sarah Low who married John Safford
            Sarah Safford may be the second child
        4. Sarah Low born about 1662
            The oldest child of John Low
           

(7) New England Marriages to 1700