Mary Lamb

Also Mary Low

Wife of Sgt. David Low of Chebacco in Ipswich, Massachusetts, whom she married in 1699, and probably the mother of Caleb Low. She was probably a daughter of Caleb Lamb and Mary Wise, and so a niece of Rev. John Wise, minister at Chebacco from 1680. She died at Chebacco on 3 Mar 1735.

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Life

  1. c. 1680
    Born
    c. 1680-82

    Not recorded. Mollie has "Mar 7, 1681 (?)."

    inferredprobable
  2. 1699
    Married David Low
    28 Dec 1699, Ipswich (Chebacco), Massachusetts

    "David, and Mary Lamb, at Chebacco, Dec. 28, 1699" (2:289).

    documentedproven
    Sources· 1 found
  3. 1735
    Died
    3 Mar 1735, Ipswich (Chebacco), Massachusetts

    "Mary, w. Sergt. David, of Chebacco, Mar. 3, 1735" (2:624).

    documentedproven
    Sources· 1 found
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Family

Father
Caleb Lamb b. 1641

No birth record. Caleb and Mary (Wise) Lamb's first Mary, b. 13 Apr 1678, died 4 July 1679 of smallpox; this Mary is taken to be a later daughter whose birth went unrecorded.

inferredprobable
Sources· 2 found
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Pedigree

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Notes

Wife of Sgt. David Low of Chebacco. Her uncle, Rev. John Wise, was minister at Chebacco from 1680. Through her son David she is an ancestor of Seth Low, mayor of New York and president of Columbia.

Mollie (pp. 92-94) makes her a daughter of Caleb Lamb and Mary Wise, which the records support, though her birth is not recorded.

Open questions

  • Her birth record, about 1680-82, and her father Caleb Lamb’s death and estate (Suffolk Probate).
Mollie's typescript· 2 passages · 2 claims checked

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

  1. Mollie's Lamb chart gives her birth at Roxbury about 1681, her marriage to David Low in 1699 and her death in 1735.

    MARY LAMB (3) Caleb 2, Thomas 1) Born Mar 7, 1681 (?) Roxbury Died 1735 Married, 1699 David Low (3)
    p. 92 →

  2. Her sister Hulda came to live with her after their mother's death, and Mollie thinks she met David Low through their uncle, the Rev. John Wise, pastor at Chebacco.

    After her mother's death, Hulda went to live with her sister Mary who had married David Low, and it is probable that Mary met David through her uncle the Rev. John Wise who was pastor in Chabacco Parish, David's home.
    p. 94 →

Checked against the records

  • Possible
    Mary Lamb, Caleb Lamb's daughter, was born at Roxbury on 7 Mar 1681

    Probable, but her birth is not recorded. Caleb and Mary (Wise) Lamb's first Mary, born 13 Apr 1678, died of smallpox on 4 July 1679; David Low's wife is taken to be a later daughter, born about 1680-82. Her death, 3 Mar 1735, is recorded at Chebacco.

    Read it in the book, p. 92 →
  • Proven
    Rev. John Wise, pastor at Chebacco, was Mary Lamb's uncle

    Roxbury records give Mary Wise (bp. 27 Feb 1649/50), later Caleb Lamb's wife, and John Wise (bp. 15 Aug 1652) as children of Joseph Wise. John was the Chebacco minister from 1680, so David Low's bride was his niece. How the couple met is not recorded.

    Read it in the book, p. 94 →
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Connections

Famous kin
  • Seth Low 1850-1916
    Mayor of Brooklyn and of New York City, president of Columbia University
    Seth Low is the fifth cousin, twice removed, of the centre of this tree.
In her ancestry
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Every notable ancestor and famous relative that Mary's own ancestors lead to, with the lines drawn down to her.

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