Caleb Low
Of Chebacco in Ipswich, Massachusetts, probably a son of David Low and Mary Lamb. He married Abigail Varney there on 8 Jan 1732/3, and they had ten children recorded at Ipswich, among them Nathan Low (b. 1742). He died at Chebacco in 1777, aged about 70.
Life
- c. 1707Bornc. 1707
From his age at death, "a. abt. 70."
documentedprobable - 1732Married Abigail Varney8 Jan 1732/3, Ipswich (Chebacco), Massachusetts
Ipswich VR 2:289, 436. Mollie has "173?".
documentedproven - 1777Died
Family
Pedigree
Notes
His brother, Lt. Stephen Low of Chebacco, was “Slain att the Battle of Tyconderoga,” 8 July 1758 (Ipswich VR 2:625).
His will, dated 17 June 1773, names his wife Abigail; sons Thomas, Caleb, Nathan, William and Jeremiah; “Thomas Varney, brother” (his brother-in-law); and daughters Katharine Sutton, Abigail Low (wife of Joseph Low) and Mary Bradley. It is known from a WikiTree abstract of the Essex probate image; the image itself has not been seen.
Children (Ipswich VR 1:251-255): Catherine (bp. 17 Mar 1733/4); Abigail (b. 10 Sept 1735, d. 1736); Abigail (b. 1 Sept 1737); Caleb (bp. 8 July 1739); Nathan (b. 1 Oct 1742); Thomas (b. 20 Feb 1744); Mary (b. 7 May 1747); William (b. 4 Nov 1751, d. 28 Dec 1752); William (b. 27 May 1754); Jeremiah (b. 17 Dec 1756). There is no son David, which is the evidence against Mollie’s “Captain David Low … brothers of our ancestor.”
Mollie (p. 78) also makes Major Caleb Low an aide to Washington at André’s execution. A Major Caleb Low (1739-1810, of Danvers) served in Col. Nathaniel Wade’s regiment from 6 July to 10 Oct 1780 (Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors 9:1020), when it was in the Hudson Highlands; nothing makes him an aide. Crowell (History of Essex, p. 226) repeats from Hanson’s History of Danvers that he “was present at the execution of Andre” and prints an order to him signed by Washington; his service is documented, being an aide is not.
Mollie also says “a part of his life was spent in Danvers” (not tested), and that his son Thomas married Dorothy Choate, whose children “were all born in the old slant-roof house” later replaced by Josiah Low’s square house.
Open questions
- View the original probate image of the 1773 will.
- Was Major Caleb Low (1739-1810) of Danvers his son Caleb, baptized 8 July 1739? See
caleb-low-1739. Mollie calls Major Caleb a brother of Nathan.
Mollie's typescript
Mollie says he married Abigail Varney and spent part of his life in Danvers, and credits two of his sons, Major Caleb and Captain David, with fine Revolutionary records (Capt. David Low was in fact his nephew, the records show).
Caleb Low (4), who married Abigail Varney, daughter of Thomas and Abigail Varney -- she who had a hand in building the church. A part of his life was spent in Danvers.
p. 78 →
Checked against the records
- UnlikelyMajor Caleb Low was Washington's aide at Major André's execution
He was a militia major in Col. Nathaniel Wade's regiment from 6 July to 10 Oct 1780 (Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors), then in the Hudson Highlands, where André was hanged on 2 Oct, and Crowell prints an order to him signed by Washington. Nothing makes him an aide; a three-month militia major would not have been one.
Read it in the book, p. 78 → - DisprovenCapt. David Low was a brother of Nathan Low
His service is confirmed: lieutenant on the Lexington alarm, and captain of volunteers sent to Gates's army in 1777 (Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors). But he was Nathan's first cousin, David (bp. 1728), son of David and Susanna Low. Caleb Low's recorded children include no David.
Read it in the book, p. 78 →
Connections
- In his ancestry
- 5 notable connections →
Every notable ancestor and famous relative that Caleb's own ancestors lead to, with the lines drawn down to him.