Percival Lowell was born about 1571 in Kingston Seymour, co. Somerset, England. He emigrated in 1639 from Bristol, co. Gloucester, England, arriving on the "Jonathan". He died on 8 Jan 1664/65 in Newbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts. He was a merchant in Newbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts. In England he has a large mercantile establishment under the firm name of "Percival Lowle & Co.". He was also known as Perceval Lowle. He was married to Rebecca about 1600.

Rebecca was born about 1575 in Kingston Seymour, co. Somerset, England. She died on 28 Dec 1645 in Newbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts. Children were:

i. John Lowell.
ii. Richard Lowell was born about 1602 in Kingston Seymour, co. Somerset, England. He died on 5 Aug 1682 in Newbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts.
WILL OF RICHARD LOWLE
"I give and bequeath unto my loveing and beloved wife, Margaret, all my Household Goods (except my Bible and my great Pot) and Chattels with house and land and orchard and meadow, during her widowhood or naturall life if she remains a widow. And after her I give and bequeath unto my son Percival Lowle, all my house and Barnes and outhousing and orchard with all my land adjoying to my house (except my 12 acres on the northeasterly side of my land). Also I give my son Percival my 12 acres of Marsh in the Great Marshes by the Plumb bushes and 5 acres of Marsh or meadow below Benjamin Rolfes & 2 acres of my Marsh of the 8 acres at old Towne and also the 1/2 of my freeholds and privileges of commons and my great Pot and my great Bible. And I do acknowledge that the meadow in Mirchen meadows which was formerly mine to Percivall's by purchase... Also I give and bequeath to my son Thomas Lowle 12 acres of my Upland adjoining to james Brownes and Nathaniel Clarkes land and widdow Muzzeya land.. So much in breadth as shall amout to the running the whole length...Moveables to be equally divided between my 2 sons or their heirs. Also I give my liveing stock of Cattell to my son, Thomas, and have a sixth part of the Apples yearly so long as he lives a single man without wife and no longer, and I give a book called Mr. Hookers Politic unto Anthony Somerby, my debts and funeral expenses being discharged by my Executrix." 1674 Richard and wife were members of the Newbury church. He had the "freehold right" #63 in the Upper Common in Newbury. (Freeholder - one who either by grant, purchase, or inheritance was entitled to a share in all the common and individual lands.) 1650/06/02 effort was made to relieve him as overseer of an estate because he was "sickly and unable to look after their interests."

WILL AND INVENTORY
Housing, barne & orchard and Value
26 acres of arable & pasture 250
36 acres of salt marsh & meadow 224
English corne in barne 8
3 acres Indian corne in field 3
Ox, 2 cowes, 2 yearling steers, 2 calves 1520 sheep
6 swine and 3 small ones3 feather beds and flock bed, 2 boulsters
3 pillows, 6 pairs of sheets 12
8 fine napkins & 12 other napkins5 long pewter platters
a flagon, 2 basins, a pringer 5
brass candlesticks, and 2 butter dishes3 sawcers, salt cellarpewter candlestick
a chamber pott and pint potthis wearing apparell, linen & woolen coats 10
an iron pot, 2 brass pots, old brass kettle, iron droping pan
2 tramells, pair pot hooks 3.11
1 old brass pot, 20S another brass pot12s 1.12
3 brass potts, a brass skellet & a bel mettell
skellet, a brass chafin dish and a bell
mettel mortar and a pessell 2.05
(Note mention of quantity of "napkins" mentioned in this inventory. The English & those coming to America in the mid 1630's were in the habit of holding their food in a napkin in the left hand while with the right hand they cut it with a knife and carried to the mouth. We accordingly find in early inventories large numbers of napkins and an entire absence of forks.)
a brass kettlespitts 5s tongs 1.05
an old warming pana fender, a cross cut saw 5s
4 augers 5s 1 ads & 3 wedges .15
an old gridiron & frying pan and flesh forkpart of a cart & wheels & 2 yoakes
part of a plow, 3 chaynes2 tables & a joyned forme & 3 charges
4 cushions, a bed stead with curtain & vallens& 4 partes & wheels
kneading trough, 2 barrels2 chests & a box & lumber
20 lbs of wool
£ 671.15
(IPSWITCH, 478)

iii. Benjamin Lowell was born about 1604 in Kingston Seymour, co. Somerset, England.
iv. Joanna Lowell.
v. Anne Lowell died on 27 Nov 1690 in Newbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts.