David Low

What Mollie wrote about him in The Holbrook and Low Families, and her claims about him checked against the records.

1. His father gave him part of the land in Winchendon granted for service in the 1690 expedition against Quebec.

   for his service was given a grant of land in Winchendon, a part of which he gave to his son, David.

   p. 78 →

Checked against the records

• Proven
  Sgt. David Low went against Quebec in 1690 and got land for it

  Waters lists David Low among the Ipswich men on Phips's 1690 expedition. In 1735 he claimed in the Ipswich-Canada grant (now Winchendon) by his own service, and in 1736 he deeded his son David land granted to men "which formerly went in an expedition to Canada under Sir William Phipps, of which I, David Lowe, was one."

  Read it in the book, p. 78 →
• Disproven
  Capt. 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 →
• Proven
  Seth Low and Rufus Choate descend from Thomas Low

  Seth Low, mayor of New York, descends from Sgt. David Low and Mary Lamb through their son David (Ipswich records; Merriam). Rufus Choate is a kinsman through the Varneys and Proctors (Choate genealogy), and probably descends from Thomas Low too, through his grandmother Ruth Low. Mollie's "Joseph" is not identified.

  Read it in the book, p. 86 →