first minister of Newburyport, where he officiated from 1726 to 1767. Lowell married his first wife, Sarah (January 14, 1745 – May 5, 1772), sister of Stephen Higginson, on January 8, 1767. They had three children, including John Lowell Jr. (1769–1840). John Lowell Jr.'s descendants include businessmen John Amory Lowell, Augustus Lowell, and Ralph Lowell; federal judges John Lowell and James Arnold Lowell; and siblings author and innovator Percival Lowell, Harvard President A. Lawrence Lowell, and poet Amy Lowell. Lowell's wife Sarah died on May 5, 1772. Lowell married his second wife, Susanna (1754–1777), on May 31, 1774. Together they had two children, including Francis Cabot Lowell (1775–1817), a businessman and namesake of Lowell, Massachusetts. Descendants of Francis Cabot include businessman and philanthropist John Lowell Jr., federal judge Francis Cabot Lowell, and architect Guy Lowell. Susanna died on March 30, 1777. On December 25, 1778, Lowell married his third wife, Rebecca (1747–1816). They had four children, including Charles Russell Lowell Sr. (1782–1861). Charles Russell's son was the American poet James Russell Lowell; his grandsons included the American Civil War figure Charles Russell Lowell and Boston banker and family lawyer William Lowell Putnam. His great-great-grandson was the poet Robert Lowell. Other notable children of the daughters and granddaughters of John Lowell include mathematician Julian Coolidge, and writer and biographer Ferris Greenslet. Publications Pietas et Gratulatio, a poem (1761) Oration on James Bowdoin the elder (delivered January 26, 1795), Memoirs of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, v. 2 (prefix) See also Admiralty court List of delegates to the Continental Congress Continental Congress Boston Brahmin Nassau Hall Treaty of Paris (1783) References Sources External links Constitution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Massachusetts Historical Society American Academy of Arts and Sciences 1743 births 1802 deaths 18th-century American politicians 18th-century American judges American people of English descent Continental Congressmen from Massachusetts Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences Harvard University alumni Judges of the United States circuit courts Judges of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts Lawyers from Boston People from Newburyport, Massachusetts People of colonial Massachusetts Phillips Academy Politicians from Newburyport, Massachusetts United States federal judges appointed by George Washington United States federal judges appointed by John Adams Members of the American Philosophical Society