Thomas Lovell
Transcribed by Bonnie M Bunce
My ancestress in this line was Ruth Lovell, 5th child of Thomas(3) and
Martha (Herrick) Lovell. She m. William Waite and they were my 5th
g.grandparents.
On pp. 569-71 of "Centennial History of Millbury, Massachusetts,
Including Vital Statistics, 1850-99," Published Under the Direction of a
Committee Appointed by the Town,
1915, the following record appears:
"Thomas Lovell, currier, was born in Dublin, Ireland, about 1620. He
came to New England and settled in Salem about 1641. In 1644, he owned a
share and a half in Plum Island. In 1647, he moved to Ipswich where he
became one of the proprietors. He signed the loyalist petition in 1666
and his name is on the list of voters for 1679. He was a selectman in
Ipswich in 1680 and 1692. He married Ann _______. Children: 1. John,
b. 1647, d. Feb. 4, 1718-19; 2. Thomas, Jr. (see below); 3. Alexander,
b. May 29,
1657, d. aged 2 years; 4. Nathaniel, b. Mar. 28, 1658; 5. Elizabeth,
m. ------- Perkins; 6. Margaret, m. ------- Edwards (see Waters'
'History of Ipswich' p. 383); 7. Hannah, m. ------- Dutch; 8. Mary, m.
------- Downton; 9. probably another Alexander who was living in
1678-79, the date of his will, as the Alexander mentioned here would not
be living at the time.
"John (2) Lovell married _______. Children: 1. Elizabeth;
2. Thomas (see below); 3. Alexander.
"Thomas(2) Lovell, currier, was born in Ipswich, Feb. 2, 1649, and died
Aug. 11, 1718. He settled his father's estate. His will made
Aug. 10, 1717, was probated Aug. 18, 1718, and mentions no wife or
children of his own, but refers to his brother John Lovell's family,
naming children 1. Elizabeth; 2. Thomas (see below); 3. Alexander, and
names his cousin Thomas Lovell as executor of his estate.
"Thomas(3) Lovell, (John(2), Thomas(1)) was born about 1690 and married
in Beverly, Mass., May 19, 1715, Martha Herrick. He settled the estate of
his uncle Thomas Lovell and for a time resided in Ipswich, but moved to
Sutton in 1722. Children, all born in Sutton: 1. Esther, b. Mar. 27,
1717, m. Holyoke Putnam; 2. John, bap. Mar. 2, 1718; 3. Thomas (see
below); 4. Martha, b. Jan. 7, 1721-2, d. Aug. 14, 1723; 5. Ruth, b. Jan.
16, 1724, m. William Waite; 6. Elizabeth, b. Sept. 23, 1726, m. Joshua
Carter (q. v.); 7. George, b. June 28, 1729.
"Thomas(4) Lovell was born in Sutton, June 17, 1719, and married first,
Eunice Putnam. Children: 1. Sarah, b. Aug. 22, 1744, m. Josiah Waite; 2.
John, b. Aug. 8, 1746; 3. Ezra (see below); 4. Eunice, b. Oct. 2, 1751.
He married second, Jan. 13, 1762, Lydia Moore, of Worcester. Children:
1. Thomas, b. Dec. 30, 1762; 2. Hannah, b. July 31, 1763.
"Capt. Ezra(5) Lovell, Revolutionary soldier, was born in Sutton, Mar.
29, 1749, and married Sept. 24, 1776, Mary Jennison, who was born Nov.
18, 1757. He died Aug. 14, 1821. She died Jan. 3, 1844. Children: 1.
Elias, b. Jan. 12, 1778, m. Betsey Pierce; 2. Polly, b. Feb. 17, 1779; 3.
Lydia, b. June 5, 1782; 4. Ezra (see below).
"Ezra(6) Lovell, farmer, was born in Sutton, July 8, 1787, and
married first, June 2, 1812, Polly, dau. of Azor and Mary Phelps. She was
born Sept., 1791, and died Sept. 21, 1814 (see Providence St. Cemetery).
Children: 1. Mary Phelps, b. in Millbury, Sept. 13, 1812, m. Alden
Woodward; 2. Charles Herrick, b. in Millbury, Jan. 20, 1814, m. Elizabeth
Hunting. He married second, Oct. 29, 1815, Olive Jennison. He died in
Millbury, Aug. 12, 1874. She died there May 14, 1875. Children: 1.
William Austin (see below); 2. Russell Buckman (see below); 3. Sophia, b.
Mar. 30, 1826, m. George Estabrook; 4. Ann Maria, b. June 19, 1830, d.
1901, m., in Millbury, Ebenezer Handy, who was born in 1830 and died in
1897.
"William Austin(6) Lovell, mill superintendent, resided in Millbury, was
born there Nov. 28, 1816, and married there June 3, 1841, Mary Ann
Mallalieu, who was born in Millbury, July 4, 1818. He died in Windsor,
Conn., May 29, 1906. She died there May 1, 1897. Children: 1. Louise, b.
in Windsor, Conn., May 18, 1842, m., first in Media, Penn., Jasper
Morgan, m., second, S. D. Wilson; 2. Sarah Elvira, b. in Rockville,
Conn., Sept. 2, 1844, m. in Millbury, Milton Belden, resides in Brooklyn,
N.Y.; 3. George, b. in 1846, died in infancy; 4. Emma, b. 1848, d. in
infancy; 5. George Austin, b. in Broad Brook, Conn., Feb. 23, 1850, m. in
Millbury, Lizzie Scott, resides in Windsor; 6. Edward Jennison, b. in
Elligton, [sic] Conn., Mar. 1, 1852, m. in Brooklyn, N.Y., Amanda Allyn,
resided there, died there Apr. 24, 1904; 7. Willard Mallalieu, farmer, b.
in Rockville, Conn., Jan. 31, 1854, m. in Windsor, Conn., Emma Briggs; 8.
Charles Freemont, R. R. inspector, b. in Windsor, Mar. 30, 1856, m. there
May 20, 1885, Effie Holcombe, who died in Windsor, Feb. 17, 1891; 9.
Freddie, b. in Windsor, Conn., Apr. 11, 1858, d. in Media, Penn., in
1861; 10. Emma Maria, b. in Windsor, Conn., May 19, 1860, m. there
Charles Welch and resided there.
"Russell Buckman(7) Lovell (Ezra(6), Ezra(5), Thomas(4), Thomas(3),
John(2), Thomas(1)) was born in Millbury, Sept. 21, 1822, and married in
Oxford, May 21, 1846, (Millbury records, May 22) Lydia Marble, who was
born in Sutton, Nov. 4, 1821. She died in Millbury, Sept. 18, 1912.
Children: 1. Luther Merritt (see below); 2. Fannie Sophia, teacher,
residing in Millbury, b. in Woodstock, Vt., Apr. 1, 1849, m. in Millbury,
May 21, 1873, George F. Chase (q.v.); 3. William Russell, bank clerk,
resided in Millbury, was born there Dec. 7, 1851, d. there July 26,
1883; 4. Mary Lizzie, b. in Woodstock, Vt., Aug. 16, 1854, m. in
Millbury, in Oct., 1874, Pliny W. Wood (q.v.); 5. Charles Edward,
bookkeeper, resided in Worcester (see below); 6. Nellie Harriet, b. in
Woodstock, Vt., Aug. 3, 1859, m. in Millbury, May 21, 1893, Edward H.
Park (q.v.).
"Luther Merritt(8) Lovell, bank teller, residing in Worcester, was born
in Woodstock, Vt., June 29, 1847, and married in Claremont, N.H., Apr.
24, 1872, Clara Sumner Waite, dau. of Otis F. R. Waite (q.v.). Children:
1. Hiram King, architect, residing in San Francisco, Cal., b. in
Millbury, Apr. 5, 1873, m. in New York City, June 7, 1897 (sic); 2. Mary
Lydia, residing in Winchester, b. in Worcester, Aug. 7, 1874, m. there
Nov. 10, 1897, George W. Fitch; 3. Annie Waite, deaconness, residing in
Springfield, b. in Worcester, Dec. 4, 1879; 4. Margaret, teacher of
drawing, residing in Worcester, b. there, May 15, 1881.
"Charles Edward(8) Lovell, bookkeeper, resided in Worcester, was born in
Woodstock, Vt., Oct. 23, 1856, and married in Millbury, May 9, 1883,
Nellie Alexander, dau. of James Hancock and Mary A. (Alexander) Mattoon
(q.v.). He died in Westboro, Oct. 31, 1906. Children, all born in
Millbury, but now residing in Worcester: 1. Russell Alexander, b. Oct.
17, 1886; 2. Miriam, b. Aug. 11, 1888.
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