Col. Alexander Lowrey and Mary Waters
Husband Col. Alexander Lowrey 1 2 3 4
AKA: Col. Alexander Lowery,5 6 7 Col. Alexander Lowry 8 Born: Dec 1723 or 1725 - County Donegal, Ireland 3 7 Christened: Died: 30 Jan 1805 - ? Huntingdon Co, PA 7 9 Buried:
Father: Lazarus Lowrey ( -1753/1755) 3 4 10 Mother: Unknown ( - )
Marriage: 26 Sep 1752 10 11
Other Spouse: Ann West ( - ) 11 12 13 - 1774 9 11 13
Other Spouse: Mrs. Sarah Cochran ( -Aft 1805) 9 11 13 - 1793 11 13
• Biographical Sketch: Alex. Harris, A Biographical History of Lancaster County (Lancaster, PA: Elias Barr & Co., 1872).
To read this brief biographical sketch of his life and career, click here.
Wife Mary Waters 10 11
AKA: Mary Walters 14 Born: 1732 11 Christened: Died: 1767 or 1773 9 11 Buried:
Children
1 M Alexander Lowrey 9 11
Born: 21 Apr 1756 - Huntingdon Co, PA 9 11 Christened: Died: Bef 1805 Buried:
2 F Elizabeth Lowrey 9 11
Born: 31 Oct 1757 9 11 Christened: Died: Bef 1794 Buried:Spouse: Daniel Elliott ( -1794) 1
3 F Mary Lowrey 9 11 15 16
Born: 21 May 1761 9 11 Christened: Died: - Allegheny Co, PA Buried: - Lebanon Cemetery, Mifflin Twp, Allegheny Co, PASpouse: Matthew Hay ( - ) 15Spouse: Joseph West ( - ) 8 11 15 16 17
4 M Lazarus Lowrey 9 11 18
Born: 27 Jan 1764 9 11 Christened: Died: Aft 1805 Buried:Spouse: [Unk] Holliday ( - ) 11 18
5 F Margaret Lowrey 1 6 9 11 20
AKA: Margaret Lowery,6 Margaret Lowry 19 Born: Sep 1765 11 20 Christened: Died: 24 Mar or 24 Jun 1818 - Westmoreland Co, PA 11 20 21 Buried:Spouse: George Plumer (1762-1843) 6 9 11 19 20 22 Marr: Aug 1784 11 20 21
General Notes: Husband - Col. Alexander Lowrey
His father came from Northern Ireland, in 1729, and settled in Donegal, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. He located on the celebrated farm known as "Donegal." This place passed into the hands of Col. Alexander Lowrey, one of the most noted Indian traders in the history of Pennsylvania, and he lived on it some years, then sold out and moved to Huntingdon County.
His parents, with several elder children, came to America in 1729, and settled in Donegal township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. His father became an Indian trader, which occupation Alexander entered about 1748, in partnership with Joseph Simon of the town of Lancaster, the fur trade with the Indians being at that period quite lucrative. The connection with Mr. Simon, continuing for forty years, was finally closed and settled without a word of difference between them, with large gains resulting, over many and severe losses from Indian depredations on their trains and trading posts. Mr. Lowrey was, from the first, outspoken and ardent for separation from the mother-country. In July, 1774, he was placed on the Committee of Correspondence for Lancaster, and was a member of the Provincial Conference held in Philadelphia on the 15th of that month; and of that convened in Carpenters' Hall, 18th of June, 1776; and of the Convention of the 15th of July following. He was chosen to the Assembly in 1775, and, with the exception of two or three years, served as a member of that body almost uninterruptly until 1789. In May, 1777, he was appointed one of the commissioners to procure blankets for the army. In 1776 he commanded the Third Battalion of the Lancaster County Associators, and was in active service in the Jerseys during that year. As senior colonel, he commanded the Lancaster county militia at the battle of the Brandywine. At the close of the Revolution, Colonel Lowrey retired to his farm adjoining Marietta. Under the Constitution of 1789-90, he was commissioned by Governor Mifflin justice of the peace, an office he held until his death. His remains lie interred in Donegal church graveyard. Colonel Lowrey was a remarkable man in many respects, and his life an eventful one, whether considered in his long career in the Indian trade, a patriot of the Revolution, or the many years in which he gave his time and means to the service of his country. He was greatly beloved by his neighbors, and during his long life, shared with his associate and friend, Colonel Galbraith, the confidence and leadership accorded to both in public, church and local affairs.
He was born in county Donegal, Ireland, and came to America with his parents when six years of age and was reared at Donegal, Pennsylvania. He traded extensively with the Indians of the locality and became one of the seventeen largest land owners in the colony. In 1758 he was one of General Forbes' guides on that officer's march to Fort Duquesne and was also the guide of Colonel Bouquet's force five years later. He narrowly escaped death in the massacre at Bushy Run, in 1762, living a most strenuous life during Revolutionary times because of his activity in behalf of the American cause, and on September 10, 1777, was in command of the Lancaster county militia at the battle of Brandywine. He was a member of the convention which in 1776 framed the first constitution of the state of Pennsylvania, and for several years was a member of the general assembly, serving as senator for one term. In 1790 he was appointed a justice of the peace by Governor Mifflin, filling that position until his death. About the middle of the eighteenth century Colonel Lowrey built a stone house on his three hundred and ninety-one acre estate near Marietta, in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, which was known as Locust Grove and which is still [1915] in the possession of his descendants. [GPHWP, 602]
1 George Dallas Albert, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 659.
2 Franklin Ellis & Samuel Evans, History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 17, 761.
3 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 18.
4 Addams S. McAllister, The Descendants of John Thomson, Pioneer Scotch Covenanter (Easton, PA: The Chemical Publishing Company, 1917), Pg 101.
5 Alex. Harris, A Biographical History of Lancaster County (Lancaster, PA: Elias Barr & Co., 1872), Pg 375.
6 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 569.
7 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 602.
8 —, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 294.
9 Franklin Ellis & Samuel Evans, History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 762.
10 Franklin Ellis & Samuel Evans, History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 761.
11 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 19.
12 John E. Alexander, A Record of the Descendants of John Alexander (Philadelphia, PA: Alfred Martien, 1878), Pg 31.
13 John W. Jordan, LL.D, A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Vol. III (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), Pg 38.
14 Alex. Harris, A Biographical History of Lancaster County (Lancaster, PA: Elias Barr & Co., 1872), Pg 378.
15 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 603.
16 John W. Jordan, LL.D, A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Vol. III (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), Pg 34.
17 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 637.
18 G. O. Seilhamer, Esq, The Bard Family (Chambersburg, PA: Kittochtinny Press, 1908), Pg 283.
19 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 697.
20 John W. Jordan, LL.D, A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Vol. III (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), Pg 37.
21 George Dallas Albert, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 660.
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George Dallas Albert, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 658.
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