Lucy Lord

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name
Lucy Lord
aka
[Lucy Low, Lucy Choate]
sex
female
access
public
summary
Wife of Nathan Low of Boxford from 1765 and mother of their ten children; after his death she married Capt. Ebenezer Lord of Ipswich in 1808 and, probably, Josiah Choate in 1817. Her Bible, recording the family's births, marriages and deaths, passed to her son Major Nathan Low's family on Deer Isle. She died at Boxford in 1833, aged 87.
born
date
25 Aug 1746
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
sources
[book-jameson-1896-choates-in-america, typescript-deer-isle-families, vital-records-ipswich]
note
Her Bible and the Choate Genealogy. The Ipswich VR has her baptism, 30 Aug 1747 (1:245), which Mollie gives; her age at death, 87, fits 1746.
died
date
10 Sept 1833
place
Boxford, Massachusetts
basis
documented
confidence
proven
sources
[vital-records-boxford]
note
"Lucy [(Lord)], w. Nathan, Sept. 10, 1833, a. 87 y." (p. 249).
buried
place
Harmony Cemetery, East Boxford, Massachusetts
basis
documented
confidence
probable
sources
[vital-records-boxford]
note
Beside her first husband.
residences
date
1747
place
Ipswich, Massachusetts
basis
documented
confidence
proven
sources
[vital-records-ipswich]
note
Baptized at Ipswich on 30 Aug 1747, a daughter of James Lord Jr.
date
1767
place
Boxford, Massachusetts
basis
documented
confidence
proven
sources
[vital-records-boxford]
note
Moved to Boxford with her husband Nathan Low, where he hired the Hale farm.
date
1817
place
Gloucester, Massachusetts
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
sources
[book-jameson-1896-choates-in-america, vital-records-boxford]
note
Married Josiah Choate of Gloucester in 1817 and, after his death in 1822, returned to Boxford.
father
id
james-lord-1707
basis
documented
confidence
proven
sources
[vital-records-ipswich]
research
research/low/Low_Line_Research.md
note
Mollie made her the daughter of James Lord Sr. (b. 1676/7); she was the daughter of his son James Jr.
mother
id
mary-fuller-1709
basis
inferred
confidence
probable
sources
[vital-records-ipswich]
note
James Lord Jr.'s wife from 1731/2. The baptism reads "Lucy, d. James and Mary, bp. Aug. 30, 1747" (1:245).
spouses
name
Capt. Ebenezer Lord
married
date
25 Apr 1808
basis
documented
confidence
proven
sources
[vital-records-boxford, vital-records-ipswich, typescript-deer-isle-families]
note
Boxford VR p. 171; Ipswich intention 9 Apr 1808 (2:280). Her Bible has "Eben Lord and Lucy Low, 25 Apr 1808."
basis
documented
confidence
proven
sources
[vital-records-boxford, typescript-deer-isle-families]
note
Capt. Ebenezer Lord of Ipswich. That the 1808 bride was this Lucy, once our inference, is confirmed by her own Bible. He died 2 May 1810 (Ipswich VR 2:617); the Bible says 21 May 1810.
name
Josiah Choate
married
date
28 Nov 1817
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
sources
[book-jameson-1896-choates-in-america, vital-records-boxford]
note
Choate Genealogy, Josiah Choate [179]. Boxford records the intention, "Lucy, and Josiah Choate of Gloucester, int. Nov. 1, 1817" (p. 171).
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
sources
[book-jameson-1896-choates-in-america, typescript-deer-isle-families]
note
Her Bible records his death, 30 Mar 1822, aged 75, and is inscribed with her name as Lucy Choate. Mollie says she married "a Choate" and had a daughter who married a Tappan. The Tappan bride, Nancy, was Josiah's daughter by his first wife.

Wife of Nathan Low of Boxford, then of Capt. Ebenezer Lord and of Josiah Choate. She died as "w. Nathan," with her first husband's name. Her husband's will of 1803 left her a third of the real estate for life, "two cows and two sheep," his chaise and sleigh "together with the privilege of using a horse for all necessary purposes," and the household furniture.

Her Bible. A Philadelphia Bible of 1802, published by Mathew Carey, inscribed "This book was purchased Anno Domino 2 April 1801 By Lucy Choate" (the edition is of 1802, and she was Lucy Choate only from 1817, so the date is wrong). It records her marriages to Nathan Low and Eben Lord, the births of Nathan, herself and their ten children, and the deaths of Eben Lord (1810), Josiah Choate (1822), "Daniel Lord, 11 Jul 1819, in his 77th year" and "Miss Mary Lord, d. 28 Jan 1826 in 94th year of age (called an old maid)," probably her kin. It passed to her son Major Nathan's family on Deer Isle, where Thomas T. Low's family added their own entries, and is known from the transcript in the Deer Isle families typescript.

Boxford's record of her second marriage reads "LORD, Ebenezer, Capt., of Ipswich, and Mrs. Lucy Low, Apr. 25, 1808," and the same page files her third under LORD: "Lucy, and Josiah Choate of Gloucester, int. Nov. 1, 1817" (Boxford VR p. 171). That she used the name Lord in 1817 supports identifying the 1808 bride as this Lucy (our inference). The Choate Genealogy (Josiah Choate [179]) calls her "Mrs. Lucy (Lord) Lowe" at the 1817 marriage, leaving out the Lord marriage. It says Josiah Choate died 30 March 1822, and that "Mrs. Lucy (Low) Choate, nee Lord, after Mr. Choate's death, returned to Boxford, Mass., where she died."

Open questions

  • Born 25 Aug 1746 (her Bible, the Choate Genealogy) or 1747 (baptized 30 Aug 1747)?
  • Who were Daniel Lord (d. 1819) and Miss Mary Lord (d. 1826) of her Bible?
  • Where is the Bible now? Last reported on Deer Isle with Thomas T. Low's descendants (the Deer Isle-Stonington Historical Society may know).
  1. ---
  2. name: Lucy Lord
  3. aka: [Lucy Low, Lucy Choate]
  4. sex: female
  5. access: public
  6. summary: >-
  7. Wife of Nathan Low of Boxford from 1765 and mother of their ten children; after his death she
  8. married Capt. Ebenezer Lord of Ipswich in 1808 and, probably, Josiah Choate in 1817. Her Bible,
  9. recording the family's births, marriages and deaths, passed to her son Major Nathan Low's family
  10. on Deer Isle. She died at Boxford in 1833, aged 87.
  11. born:
  12. date: 25 Aug 1746
  13. basis: compiled
  14. confidence: probable
  15. sources: [book-jameson-1896-choates-in-america, typescript-deer-isle-families, vital-records-ipswich]
  16. note: Her Bible and the Choate Genealogy. The Ipswich VR has her baptism, 30 Aug 1747 (1:245), which Mollie gives; her age at death, 87, fits 1746.
  17. died:
  18. date: 10 Sept 1833
  19. place: Boxford, Massachusetts
  20. basis: documented
  21. confidence: proven
  22. sources: [vital-records-boxford]
  23. note: '"Lucy [(Lord)], w. Nathan, Sept. 10, 1833, a. 87 y." (p. 249).'
  24. buried:
  25. place: Harmony Cemetery, East Boxford, Massachusetts
  26. basis: documented
  27. confidence: probable
  28. sources: [vital-records-boxford]
  29. note: Beside her first husband.
  30. residences:
  31. - date: "1747"
  32. place: Ipswich, Massachusetts
  33. basis: documented
  34. confidence: proven
  35. sources: [vital-records-ipswich]
  36. note: "Baptized at Ipswich on 30 Aug 1747, a daughter of James Lord Jr."
  37. - date: "1767"
  38. place: Boxford, Massachusetts
  39. basis: documented
  40. confidence: proven
  41. sources: [vital-records-boxford]
  42. note: "Moved to Boxford with her husband Nathan Low, where he hired the Hale farm."
  43. - date: "1817"
  44. place: Gloucester, Massachusetts
  45. basis: compiled
  46. confidence: probable
  47. sources: [book-jameson-1896-choates-in-america, vital-records-boxford]
  48. note: "Married Josiah Choate of Gloucester in 1817 and, after his death in 1822, returned to Boxford."
  49. father:
  50. id: james-lord-1707
  51. basis: documented
  52. confidence: proven
  53. sources: [vital-records-ipswich]
  54. research: research/low/Low_Line_Research.md
  55. note: Mollie made her the daughter of James Lord Sr. (b. 1676/7); she was the daughter of his son James Jr.
  56. mother:
  57. id: mary-fuller-1709
  58. basis: inferred
  59. confidence: probable
  60. sources: [vital-records-ipswich]
  61. note: James Lord Jr.'s wife from 1731/2. The baptism reads "Lucy, d. James and Mary, bp. Aug. 30, 1747" (1:245).
  62. spouses:
  63. - name: Capt. Ebenezer Lord
  64. married:
  65. date: 25 Apr 1808
  66. basis: documented
  67. confidence: proven
  68. sources: [vital-records-boxford, vital-records-ipswich, typescript-deer-isle-families]
  69. note: Boxford VR p. 171; Ipswich intention 9 Apr 1808 (2:280). Her Bible has "Eben Lord and Lucy Low, 25 Apr 1808."
  70. basis: documented
  71. confidence: proven
  72. sources: [vital-records-boxford, typescript-deer-isle-families]
  73. note: Capt. Ebenezer Lord of Ipswich. That the 1808 bride was this Lucy, once our inference, is confirmed by her own Bible. He died 2 May 1810 (Ipswich VR 2:617); the Bible says 21 May 1810.
  74. - name: Josiah Choate
  75. married:
  76. date: 28 Nov 1817
  77. basis: compiled
  78. confidence: probable
  79. sources: [book-jameson-1896-choates-in-america, vital-records-boxford]
  80. note: Choate Genealogy, Josiah Choate [179]. Boxford records the intention, "Lucy, and Josiah Choate of Gloucester, int. Nov. 1, 1817" (p. 171).
  81. basis: compiled
  82. confidence: probable
  83. sources: [book-jameson-1896-choates-in-america, typescript-deer-isle-families]
  84. note: Her Bible records his death, 30 Mar 1822, aged 75, and is inscribed with her name as Lucy Choate. Mollie says she married "a Choate" and had a daughter who married a Tappan. The Tappan bride, Nancy, was Josiah's daughter by his first wife.
  85. ---
  87. Wife of Nathan Low of Boxford, then of Capt. Ebenezer Lord and of Josiah Choate. She died as
  88. "w. Nathan," with her first husband's name. Her husband's will of 1803 left her a third of the
  89. real estate for life, "two cows and two sheep," his chaise and sleigh "together with the
  90. privilege of using a horse for all necessary purposes," and the household furniture.
  92. **Her Bible.** A Philadelphia Bible of 1802, published by Mathew Carey, inscribed "This book was
  93. purchased Anno Domino 2 April 1801 By Lucy Choate" (the edition is of 1802, and she was Lucy
  94. Choate only from 1817, so the date is wrong). It records her marriages to Nathan Low and Eben
  95. Lord, the births of Nathan, herself and their ten children, and the deaths of Eben Lord (1810),
  96. Josiah Choate (1822), "Daniel Lord, 11 Jul 1819, in his 77th year" and "Miss Mary Lord, d. 28 Jan
  97. 1826 in 94th year of age (called an old maid)," probably her kin. It passed to her son Major
  98. Nathan's family on Deer Isle, where Thomas T. Low's family added their own entries, and is
  99. known from the transcript in the Deer Isle families typescript.
  101. Boxford's record of her second marriage reads "LORD, Ebenezer, Capt., of Ipswich, and
  102. Mrs. Lucy Low, Apr. 25, 1808," and the same page files her third under LORD: "Lucy, and
  103. Josiah Choate of Gloucester, int. Nov. 1, 1817" (Boxford VR p. 171). That she used the
  104. name Lord in 1817 supports identifying the 1808 bride as this Lucy (our inference). The
  105. Choate Genealogy (Josiah Choate [179]) calls her "Mrs. Lucy (Lord) Lowe" at the 1817
  106. marriage, leaving out the Lord marriage. It says Josiah Choate died 30 March 1822, and
  107. that "Mrs. Lucy (Low) Choate, nee Lord, after Mr. Choate's death, returned to Boxford,
  108. Mass., where she died."
  110. ## Open questions
  112. - Born 25 Aug 1746 (her Bible, the Choate Genealogy) or 1747 (baptized 30 Aug 1747)?
  113. - Who were Daniel Lord (d. 1819) and Miss Mary Lord (d. 1826) of her Bible?
  114. - Where is the Bible now? Last reported on Deer Isle with Thomas T. Low's descendants (the
  115. Deer Isle-Stonington Historical Society may know).
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