William Lowry

• Big Ydna Results, I-BY19889, - Scotch Irish
• Birth: 1650 in Elizabeth City County, Virginia
• It is possible that William was born in Scotland.
• William LOWRY owned 526 acres on the 1704 Quit Rent Rolls, Elizabeth City County, British Colonial America
• Death: September 16, 1724 (74) in Lower Norfolk County, Virginia
• 1698: John TABB, who had married Martha HAND, daughter of Richard HAND gave a receipt to William LOWRY, Sr, administrator of Richard HAND and also step father of Martha,. This receipt was "for her father's estate and for some stock left by Major Matthew WAKELIN, her grandfather-in-law."
• Hannah HAND Booker survived her second husband and on 11 August 1720, Hannah HAND (1) MARSHALL (2) BOOKER gave a power of attorney to William LOWRY, Sr [her stepfather] to acknowledge to Thomas KERBY of Charles parish, York County, her deed for 100 acres of land.
• 15 August 1720, William LOWRY deeded to his son, John LOWRY, "200 acres of land which came from John's mother Frances" [PUREFOY] Lowry, as "one of the Daughters and coeheires of Thomas PUREFIE [PUREFOY], deceased."
• 1695: WILLIAM LOWRY - Mr. Walter Bayly(imp. of WM LOWRY) given 23 acres. He was given 106 acres in Elizabeth City County, Va. on the S. side of Back River. Cavalier and Pioneers Abstracts of Virginia land patents and grants, Nugent Vol. 2

Married

• Married: Frances Purefoy, widow of Richard Hand sometime in 1689 in Elizabeth City, Virginia. They had the issue.

Officers, 1680-1699 in Hampton, Elizabeth City, County , page, 27 - The following composed the county bench in 1699: William Wilson, Anthony Armistead, Pasco Curie, William Lowry, Thomas Harwood, Augustine Moore, Coleman Brough, Thomas Curie, Mathew Watts, John Minson, Walter Bayley. Charles Jening was Clerk this year and Coleman Brough was sheriff.

Children listed below Are listed in William Lowry’s Will proved on 16 Sep 1724. Elizabeth City, Virginia

• Frances Lowry; married Thomas Kirby
• William Lowry; married 3 times, (1) Rachel Moore, (2) Mary MOTTRAM Ball & (3) Rebecca Unknown, she is listed as his wife in his Will.
• Margaret Lowry; married Richard Booker Jr.
• John Lowry; married Jane Nutting

13 May 1724 - William Lowry’s Will was proved on 16 Sep 1724 in Elizabeth City, Virginia

Whereas I give my daughter Frances Kirbie three Negroes during my pleasure, viz: Joyce, Robin, and Ned, my said daughter being dead and she having left five children, whereof one of them is since dead, and the said Negroes being increased to seven, I dispose of the said Negroes amongst my said grandchildren, thereof now being four, & request that Capt. Edw.(sic), my son John Lowry and their father Thomas Kirbie may divide the same accordingly.
To my son William Lowry my Negro man Samson, and the Negro woman Hannah and her boy Lemmon. To my daughter Margaret Booker my Negro woman Bess. To my son-in-law Thomas Kirbie my Negro boy Lifford. To my grandson William Booker my Negro boy George, but if he dies before he is of age, then his sister Frances may have the boy. To my grandson William Lowry my Negro girl Nan, but if he dies before he is of age, then his sister Francis may have said girl. To my son John Lowry, all the remaining part of my Negroes. To my son William Lowry all the land I have in Essex County or in King and Queen County, as also the lot in Hampton Town which I bought of Edmund Kerney. To my son William Lowry my scrutore and 20 head of cattle. To my son John Lowry my silver tankard and six of my best silver spoons. To my daughter Margaret Booker, my son William Lowry and Thomas Kirbie's children all the remaining part of my plate to be divided into three parts, my daughter and said son to have two parts and Kirbie's children to have one. To Thomas Kirbie my young gray horse and to his son a young mare. To my daughters-in-law Martha Tabb, Mary and Jane Lowry and my daughter Margaret Booker, 20 Pounds Sterling each. To my son William Lowry and my grandchildren of Thomas Kirbie all the money I have in England or Ireland in whosoever hands the same is as also the next proceeds of what tobacco I have in England unsold and likewise what tobacco I have to ship, my said son to have one moiety and the children to have the other to be equally divided among them. To my sons-in-law Richard Booker, Thomas Kirbie, and my son William Lowry all the new goods I have by me divided between them, the rest to be equally divided between my sons-in-laws, Richard Booker and Thomas Kirbie, and my two sons John and William Lowry. My son John Lowry and my son-in-law Thomas Kirbie sole exors. Witnessed :William Tucker, Susannah Tucker. His will is recorded in Book 1704-1730, page 17, Inventory Book 1440-1730 pages 25 & 29".

Short History of William Lowry & Frances Purefoy

Time Line

• In 1698 - John Tabb, gave a receipt to William Lowry, administrator of Richard Hand estate, and "Father in law [step-father] to Martha, Tabb's wife, for her father's estate, and for some stock left by Major Matthew Warkelin [Wakelin] her "Grandfather in law" [which meant the Wakelin married the widow of her grandfather Thomas Purefoy, Jr.]
• On 29 Dec 1698 - William was the surveyor for a land Patent grant for William Mallory's 274 acres and Robert Saylor's 1.5 acres in Elizabeth City Co. on Dec 29 1698 approved in general court of 1706.
• On 09 Jun 1699 - William Lowry was the court appointed county officer for Elizabeth City County, Virginia. Also in 1699, he was the court appointed Surveyor for Elizabeth City, Warwick and York Counties, Virginia.
• May 1700 - William was on a jury to try John Houghing, a Private. [1]
• 08 Jul 1702 - William Lowry was the court appointed Surveyor in 8th day of July 1702 for the Dominion of Virginia in Elizabeth City and Warwick Counties. [2]
• 1704 - Mr William Lowery is shown having 526 acres in Elizabeth City County, VA in the Quit Rent Roll List of 1704. Quit Rents were annual fees paid to the king in exchange for the right to live on and farm property. These rolls are lists of those who paid these fees. [3]
• April 1704 - Wm Lowry signed a Land Patent in April 1704 for 1044 acres in Essex County, Virginia. [4]
• 1720 - William deed to his son John [5]
• Certain lands adjoining Hannah Booker's in Gloucester county, coming to him [William] as marrying "Frances, one of the daughters of and co-heirs of Thomas Purify of the parish, and county aforesaid, and mother of the said John Lowry."
• Death: September 16, 1724 (70-78) in Elizabeth City, Virginia, United States

Links

• https://archive.org/details/historyofhampton00tyle/page/26/mode/2up...

Sources

• Mary Quarterly Material, page 487 - http://wvancestry.com/ReferenceMaterial/Files/William_and_Mary_Quar...
• Frederick A. Virkus, Editor, Compendium of American Genealogy 1600s-1800s Vol. V ( Genealogical Publishing Co.; Baltimore; 1968;), Page 463.
• Dorman, John Frederick, C.G., F.A.S.G. Complied and Edited, Adventurers of Purse and Person, Virginia 1607-1624/5, Fourth Edition, Volume Two, Families G-P PUREFOY, pages 863-877
• William Lowry in the Family Data Collection - Death Father: William Lowry, Mother: Janet Anderson Date: Circa 1665, City: Elizabeth City, State: VA, Country: USA - https://www.geni.com/photo/view/6000000014659705424?album_type=photos_of_me&photo_id=6000000082711605178
• Marriage to: Frances Purefoy, in 1689 Elizabeth City, Virginia, United States - Name: Frances Purefoy Hand, Gender: Female, Birth Place: VA, Birth Year: 1660, Spouse Name: William Lowery, Spouse Birth Place: VA, Spouse Birth Year: 1650, Marriage Year: 1689, Number Pages: 1- http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=worldmarr_ga&h=523110...
• William Lowry, on Marrying Robert Hand's widow Frances (Purefoy) Hand, became his Administrator. Mrs.Frances Purefoy-Hand-Lowry, was the daughter of Thomas Purefoy, son of Captain Thomas Purefoy, The Tabb Family, The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 7, July 1, 1898 - https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-90100-349103006/the-tabb...
• English Duplicates of Lost Virginia Records County Officers shows William Lowry in Elizabeth City, Virginia USA
• Will of William Lowry is found in Book 1704-30, pg. 17, From the Wills and Administrations of Elizabeth City County, Virginia 1688-1800
• Names Jane Lowry as his daughter-in-law, most likely Jane Nutting
• Wills and Administrations of Elizabeth City County, Virginia 1688-1800 - https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/49402/FLHG_WillsAdminElizabeth...
• Lowry, William. Leg.- My deceased daughter Ann Frances Kirbie left five children; son William my land in Essex and King and Queen Counties; daughter Margaret Booker; son William lot bought of Edmund Kerney; son-in-law Thomas Kirbie; grandson William Booker; grandson William Lowry and his sister Frances Lowry; son John Lowry; daughter-in-law Martha Tabb, daughter-in-law Mary Lowry, daughter-in-law Jane Lowry and daughter Margaret Booker all the money, I have in England and Ireland; son-in-law Richard Booker; son-in-law Thomas Kirbie. Exs. Thomas Kirbie and son John Lowry. May 13, 1724. R. September 16,1724. Wit William Tucker, Susanna Tucker, Nicholas McKey. Book 1704-30, page 17. Inventory. book 1704-30, page 25 & 89,William Lowry Date:9 Jul 1716, Location: Norfolk Co., VA
• Property:Tract of land called fosters, 2 books, mill
• This probate record was extracted from microfilmed copies of the original Will Book- Remarks: James Lowry of Norfolk in Virginia, Book 10 'f. 49, dated 9 July 1716, Proved 20 Mar 1718/9 . . . To my Son William Lowrey one tract of land Called by the name of fosters field beginning at a white Oake at ye head of black wallnut necke thence along ward Description: Son, Book: 10-49 Prove Date: 20 Mar 1718
• Frederick A. Virkus, Editor, Compendium of American Genealogy 1600s-1800s Vol. V '( Genealogical Publishing Co.; Baltimore; 1968;), Page 463
• Hannah HAND Booker survived her second husband and on 11 August 1720 as of Abingdon Parish, Gloucester County, Hannah HAND (1) MARSHALL (2) BOOKER gave a power of attorney to William LOWRY, Sr [her stepfather], of Elizabeth City to acknowledge to Thomas KERBY of Charles parish, York County, her deed for 100 acres of land. Thomas KERBY had married Frances LOWRY.
• William and Mary College quarterly historical magazine- https://archive.org/stream/williamandmaryc02marygoog#page/n154/mode...
• 'Compendium of American Genealogy 1600s-1800s Vol. V-Frederick A. Virkus - Editor, Compendium of American Genealogy 1600s-1800s Vol. V ( Genealogical Publishing Co.; Baltimore; 1968;), Page 463.
• On-line Quit Rent Rolls of Virginia, Elizabeth City County-William LOWRY owned 526 acres on the 1704 Quit Rent Rolls, Elizabeth City County, British Colonial Americ—
• Dorman, John Frederick, C.G., F.A.S.G. Complied and Edited- Adventurers of Purse and Person, Virginia 1607-1624/5, Fourth Edition Volume Two, Families G-P,, pages 863-877, Page 865:' "That Thomas Purefoy was the eldest son and heir of his father is shown by patent 25 March 1656 to William MOORE for 200 acres at the old Poquoson River at Burrowe's Neck, formerly assigned to Joseph MOORE by Lucy Purifoy [Purefoy], relict of Captain Thomas PURIFOY [PUREFOY], and allowed of by Thomas Purifoy, son and heir of said Thomas PURIFOY, and due William MOORE, as son and heir of said Joseph MOORE."
• William Lowry settled in the Southern Colonies in North America prior to incorporation into the USA. Join: US Southern Colonies Project- https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Project:US_Southern_Colonies
• Purifoys, Hands, Lowry and Bookers, Page 222 - https://www.geni.com/photo/view/6000000014659705424?album_type=photos_of_me&photo_id=6000000082709325053&position=0
• The Virginia magazine of history and biography- http://www.ancestraltrackers.net/va/resources/virginia-magazine-his...
• History of Hampton AND Elizabeth City County, Virginia, PUBLISHED BY the Board of Supervisors of ElizabetK City County, Hampton, Virginia 1922 - http://lawlibrary.wm.edu/wythepedia/images/4/48/TylerHistoryOfHampt...
• The Virginia magazine of history and biography, by Bruce, Philip Alexander, 1856-1933; Stanard, William Glover, 1859-; Virginia Historical Society; Virginia Historical Society. Proceedings - https://archive.org/details/virginiamagazine07bruc/page/100/mode/2u...
• The County Court Note-book, Volumes 1-5, page 3 - https://books.google.com/books?id=94VYAAAAMAAJ&pg=RA3-PA3&lpg=RA3-P...
• The Booker Family, Publication date 1899-07-0, Publisher The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Collection jstor_virghistbiog; jstor_ejc; additional_collections; journals,Contributor JSTOR, Volume 7 - https://archive.org/details/jstor-4242232/page/n5/mode/2up?q=Lowry+
• Justice of Elizabeth City, Surveyor of Warwick and Elizabeth City counties, Held 526 acres in Elizabeth City in 1704. (1987 ADVENTURERS p 501)
• Deeded to son John 200 acres that had come from his mother, 15 Aug 1720. (Eliz City Co. D&W 1715-21 pp 270-71)
• His will was proved 13 May 1724. (Eliz. City Co. Deeds & Wills, 1704-1730, pp. 17-19) In it he named his children.
• Above from Wm. & Mary Q'ly Vol. XVI (1908) pp 236-37.
• The 1704 Rent Roll has 2 Lowrys, both in Elizabeth City Co.: Mr. William L. and John L. The latter has the note "per Selden."