Lowry Family

This information concerns three generations of the Lowry family.
1700-1800

 • Individuals are listed chronologically, and those in red show my line of descent.
 • Connections of collateral lines to main lines are indicated by linked names.
 • Generations within a family are separated by a series of asterisks.
 • Unknown or unsubstantiated data are marked with blanks or with question marks.

   William born: ( ) in
married: Tabitha Carter (about 1738-1740) in Stafford County (?), VA
children: Judith and
George
died: (1745) in Stafford County, VA
buried:
census:
note: When William died, his widow married Jeremiah Starke (January 29, 1747) in Overwharton Parish, Stafford County, VA. Tabitha Carter was the daughter of Joseph Carter and Anne Pines. (Is it possible that Robert Carter, father of Margaret Carter, is descended from one of these Carter families?)

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   Judith
(children of William Lowry and Tabitha Carter)

born: (1742) in Stafford County, VA
married: ( ) in
children:
died: ( ) in
buried:
census:
note: She was named for her aunt Judith Carter, sister of Tabitha Carter.

   George born: (1744) in Stafford County, VA
married: Nancy George (about 1764) in VA
children: Prudence,
Elizabeth, William George, Joseph, Nancy
died: (about 1813) in Fauquier County, VA
buried:
census: On the 1790 tax list, he was in Fauquier County, VA; on the 1799 tax list, he was in Fauquier County, VA, with son Joseph listed as tithable and son William listed separately; on the 1810 census, he was in Fauquier County, VA
note: He was named for his uncle George Carter, brother of Tabitha Carter.

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   Prudence
(children of George Lowry and Nancy George)

born: (about 1772) in Stafford County, VA
married: William Brent (January 17, 1790) in Fauquier County, VA
children:
died: (between 1850-1860) in Fauquier County, VA
buried:
census: On the 1810-1850 census, she is in Fauquier County, VA.
note: If Prudence were about age 18 when she married in 1790, then her birth date would have been about 1772. The 1850 census lists her age as 74. Her husband was the son of Charles Brent and Anna Gunnell.

   Elizabeth born: (about 1775) in Stafford County, VA
married: (a) Samuel Cave (June 14, 1793) in Fauquier County, VA
               (b) John Raley (August 11, 1806) in Fauquier County, VA
children: (a) John,
James, Nancy, and Lowry
               (b) none
died: (between 1810-20) in Fauquier County, VA
buried:
census: On the 1810 census, Elizabeth Lowry Cave Raley was in Fauquier County, VA.
note: If Elizabeth were about age 18 when she married in 1793, then her birth date would have been about 1775.

   William George
born: (about 1778) in Stafford County, VA
married: Elizabeth Grant (January 28, 1799) in Fauquier County, VA
children:
died: ( ) in
buried:
census: On the 1799 tax list in Fauquier County, VA, he is listed separately from George Lowry; on the 1810 census, he is in Fauquier County, VA.
note: If the reached his majority in 1799, then his birth date would have been about 1778. However, it may have been earlier, and other tax records may clarify this notion. The deed of a slave from George Lowry to his son William George Lowry was recorded in 1799 in Fauquier County, VA.
   Joseph
born: (about 1779-1783) in Stafford County, VA
married: ( ) in
children:
died: ( ) in
buried:
census: Joseph Lowry is listed as tithable on the 1799 tax list in Fauquier County, VA, and is charged to George Lowry.
note: If he were between 16 and 21 years old, then his birth date would have been between 1779 and 1783.
   Nancy
born: (about 1790) in Fauquier County, VA
married: George Britt (January 25, 1808) in Fauquier County, VA
children:
died: ( ) in
buried:
census:
note: If Nancy were about age 18 when she married in 1808, then her birth date would have been about 1790.

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