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of Somerset, Worcester and Dorchester, but
from which of these Mr. Lovell came does
not appear. He was called a husbandman
and his age is given as forty years, while that
of his wife Elizabeth, who accompanied him, is
given as thirty-five. They brought with them
children : Anne,
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aged sixteen years ; Zaccheus,
aged fifteen years ; John, aged eight years ; Ellen
and James, twins, aged one year ; and also
a servant, Joseph Chicken, aged sixteen years.
The father's will was proved June 25, 1672.
His property seems to have extended from the
tide mill to King Oak Hill, in scattered lots,
and probably covered the place on the east side
of "the latter hill which was in after times the
homestead of Capt. Enoch Lovell.
(II) James Lovell, son of Robert, aged one
year on the coming of the family to New England,
was twice married, his first wife being
Jane, his second Anna. Mr. Lovell remained
in Weymouth, residing on the family home
stead, upon the slope of King Oak Hill. He
died in Weymouth in 1706, leaving a large
property. His children, all save the youngest
born to the first wife, were : Deborah, bom
June 8, 1664; James, March 7, 1667; Hannah,
Sept. 29, 1668; Enoch, Dec. 29, 1670; Mary,
Jan. 5, 1673; John, April 19, 1676; Elizabeth,
Sept. 22, 1679; Joseph, Oct. 25, 1684; and
Anna, Nov. 20, 1697.
(III) John Lovell, born April 19, 1676,
married Mary, daughter of John and Hannah
Shaw, and removed to Middleboro, where the
^vife became a member of the First Congregational
Church there prior to 1708, the church
having been organized in 1694. Their children
were: John, born Sept. 29, 1702; Peter,
Feb. 7, 1706; Ebenezer, Oct. 17, 1712; Mary,
April 20, 1714; Joseph, Jan. 20, 1717; Hannah,
March 24, 1720; and perhaps others born
between 1702 and 1712.
(IV) Joseph Lovell, bom Jan. 20, 1717,
married in 1750 (intentions expressed or mar-
riage occurring Oct. 13th of that year) Patience
'Barrows. They lived in Middleboro,
Mass. Mr. Lovell died Feb. 11, 1796, aged
seventy-nine years.
Millicent, bom Dec.
Their children were:
22, 1751; Hannah, July
10, 1754 : Joseph, Sept. 9, 1758 ; Samuel, Aug.
29, 1762; and Sylvanus, Aug. 29, 1764.
(V) Joseph Lowell (2), son of Joseph, was
bom in Middleboro, Mass., Sept. 9, 1758. He
participated in the war of the Revolution, his
record taken from the Massachusetts records
of soldiers and sailors in the Revolutionary
war being: "Joseph Lovell, Middleboro, list
of men mustered between Sept. 10 and Sept.
24, 1777, by James Hatch, muster master of
Plymouth county, Colonel Robinson's regiment,
enlisted by Captain Hollis; also return of men
mustered for Colonel Jacobs's regiment by
James Hatch, muster master of Plymouth, to
serve in the four New England governments,
dated June 8, 1778, enlisted by Capt. Lemuel
Wood. Joseph Lovell was also corporal in Capt.
Jacob Fuller's company. Col. John Jacobs's
regiment, enlisted May 4, 1778, serving seven
months, twenty-nine days, at Rhode Island, en-
'listment to expire Jan. 1, 1779." Joseph Lovell
married Sept. 16, 1783, Jerusha Sparrow, of
Middleboro, and to them were born children
as follows: Millicent, 1784; Hannah, July 27,
1786; Samuel, Aug. 6, 1789; Jerasha, Nov. 6,
1791; Joseph, Dec. 14, 1794; Sally, April 5,
1797; Sparrow, Aug. 16, 1799. Joseph Lovell,
the father, died July 20, 1817, aged fifty-nine
years.
(VI) Joseph Lovell (3), son of Joseph (2),
was born in Middleboro Dec. 14, 1794. He
there grew to manhood and when a young man
went to the State of Vermont, locating at
Woodstock, on a farm, making farming his
life occupation. He spent the remainder of his
years in his new home, and there died. He
was an officer in the militia, and was quite
prominent in the public affairs of the town.
He married in Woodstock Sarah Lathrop, a
descendant of Rev. John Lathrop. After the
death of her husband she removed to East
Houndsfield, N. Y. She died at Watertown,
N. Y. Their children were: One born Sept.
3, 1827, deceased in infancy; Edward Sparrow,
bom Oct. 13, 1830; Augustus Monroe, bom
Dec. 21, 1834; Sarah Louise, born Sept. 25,
1837; Joseph Wheeler, bom Aug. 20, 1839,
who resides in Buffalo, N. Y., where he is
active in the Grand Army of the Republic;
and Samuel Alonzo, born Nov. 24, 1848, who
is retired and resides in Watertown, New York.
(VII) Edward Sparrow Lovell, son of Joseph
(3) and father of Dr. Lovell, was born
on the farm in Woodstock, and there grew
to manhood, attending the local school. He
entered a woolen mill at an early age, and
learned all the branches of the woolen manufacturing
business. He moved from Woodstock
to Michigan with his family, locating at Rawsonville,
where he became superintendent of a
woolen mill. After some time there he removed
to Watertown, N. Y., where he filled
a similar position for some time. He next became
engaged in the insurance business, representing
the Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance
Company, of Hartford. In 1876 he removed
to the town of Middleboro, Mass., which for
generations had been the home of his ancestors.