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- [Br+derbund WFT Vol. 3, Ed. 1, Tree #3699, Date of Import: Jun 20, 1999]
Tradition says he opened a street through his land in Amesbury; built a house for each of his 7 sons and the street was known as Lowell Street.
He was a sea captain and owned many vessels. His wife went with him on his sea voyages.
From "The Lowell Genealogy" (Delmar R. Lowell):
1696 he was a "cordwainer".
1706 & later, he is called a "mariner" & "coaster".
Calls himself a "yeoman" in his will 1748, & when his will is executed 1753 he is called "captain".
Tradition says that he opened a street through his land in Amesbury; built a house for each of his seven sons and the street was known as Lowell Street.
He was a sea captain; built, owned & commanded his vessels--one a "sloupe" of 50 or 60 tons buron; sailed widely; took his wife Marian with him often, & probably some of his children were born while on these voyages. It is a familiar tradition that his son John was born in South Carolina while there with his ship.
In 1690 he was a soldier in the 1st expedition to Canada. (See Mass. Rec., Vol 114: p178)
It would seem that he was a very bold & successful boyager, as he amassed a considerable fortune. Traditions make it probable that in his voyages the King's revenue was not always considered, nor did he hesitate to run up aside of and board by force a French or Spanish craft as the opportunity presented. His vessels were staunch and swift, though not showing as fine outlines as some more modern ones might.
Unfortunately, the shipping records of those times were lost when the Custom House at Newbury was burned in 1811.
He owned a wharf near "Ames' Wharf" at the mouth of the Powow River, where he landed his cargos of "Rhum" and "Shugar" from the West Indies, or rice, resin and tar from the Carolinas.
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