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Ancestry of Ethel B. Miles
Descendants of THOMAS Low, Sr.
Generation No. 1
1. THOMAS 1 LOW, SR. was born 1605 in England, and died September 08, 1677 in Chebacco,
Ipswich, Essex County, Mass, USA. He married MARGARET TODD June 22, 1630 in Polstead,
Suffolk, England 1 . She was born Abt. 1597.
Notes for THOMAS LOW, SR.:
NOTES From http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=brons&id=I877 The
Family of Jim and Selma Burrows
Will of Thomas Low, Sr. of Ipswich
"In the Name of God Amen. The Twentith day of Aprill in the yeare of grace one Thowsand Six
hundred Seauenty & Seauen, I Thomas Low Senr. of Ipswich in America in the Shire of Essex, being
weake in body; but of good & perfect memory, thanks be vnto God, Doe ordaine & make this my last
will & Testament in manner & forme following, first I bequeath my Soule into the hands of the Almighty
God my Creator & redeemer, by whom, through whom, & in whom I trust to haue remission of all my
Sinnes & to be an Inheritor of the Kingdome of Heauen, & my body to be buried at the discression of
my Executor. Item I giue & bequath vnto Susannah my loueing wife, what goods she brought with hir,
And also I give hir the vse of that roome which I lye in & the free vse of those things that are in it, And
also the vse of one Cow which she liketh best, & will is that my sonne John shall mainteine it winter &
sumer & also my will is, that if the Cow Come to any Casualty hee shall find her another Cow &
maintaine it likewise as beforesaid, Also I giue vnto my wife one fourth part of her labor that she hath
Spunn both Lening & woollen, & Also she shall haue hir beere as shee hath now, & also free vse of the
fire: & Also John shall reare hur vp a shoate yearely for Sum meate for hir, & also shee shall haue the
free vse of a Garden plott, & also a litle ground to sow half a peck of flax seede yeerely. And also I
giue vnto hir Thirty shillings yeerely to be payd by my Executor in Such things as shee shall stand in
neede of, during her naturall life: moreouer I giue vnto my loueing wife five pownds to dispose of as
shee shall thinke good. An my will is That in Case my wife shall thinke meete to remoue from my
Sonne John, Then my will is, that John Low shall pay or ca[use] to by payd vnto hir forty Shillings
yearely & euery yeare during hir natu[ral] life in Such pay as shee needeth. And Also I giue hir the
cowe to be hir [own] & John to send hir the pay to Boston or Charls Towne.
"Item I Giue & bequeathe vnto my Sonne John Low all my Howsing & all my lands in Ipswich both
meadow & vpland, to him & his heires for euer. Item I giue & bequeath vnto my Sonne Thomas Low
Thirty pownds, to bee payd him by my Executor in tooe yeares after my decease. Item I giue vnto my
Daughter Margaret forty pownds, to be payd by my Executor in tooe yeares after my decease. Item I
Giue vnto my daughter Sarah forty pownds to be payd by my Executor within tooe yeare after my
Decease. Item I giue vnto my Grandchild Thomas Low five pownds, when hee is Twenty yeares of
age, or at his day of marriage. Item I give vnto my Grandaughter Margaret Dauison five pownds, when
she shall be Twenty yeare old, or at hir day of marriage. Item I give vnto my Grandaughter Sarah
Safford, five pownds, when she shall be Twenty yeare old, or at hir day of marriage. Item I giue vnto
my Grandaughter, Sarah Low, five pownds, when she shall be Twenty yeare old, or at hir day of
marriage. All the rest of my goods & Chattells vnbequeathed, I giue unto my Sonne John Low, whom I
doe ordaine & make my Sole Executor of this my last will and Testament. In witness whereof I haue
herevnto sett my hand & Seale the Thirtith day of April in the yeare of Grace Sixteene hundred
Seuenty & Seauen. 1677"
Thomas Low. (seal) Witness: James Chute, Mary (her + mark) Chute
Proved in Ipswich court November 6, 1677 by Ja. Chute
More About THOMAS LOW, SR.:
Probate: November 06, 1677
Register Report of THOMAS Low, Sr.: 179