My Lowther Family

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William Lowther (b.1642) was the son of George Lowther and Elizabeth Fitzgerald of Ingleton, England and Moate, County Westmeath, Ireland. William joined the Quaker faith in 1675. He married Jane Kelso, the daughter of the Reverend Robert Kelso of Scotland, in 1671. She was from Inniskillen, Ulster and bore two children before her death in 1677. William next married Isabel Lancaster in 1679. They moved to Tobler, Kings County (now Offaly County, Ireland. They had six children between 1681 and 1697, including William (b.1694). William, Jr. emigrated to the American colonies in 1729 and first settled at Abington, Philadelphia County. He was a member of the Quaker Monthly Meeting at Abington. Later, the family moved to near Doylestown, Bucks County. His wife was Martha and they raised six children. Descendants lived in Virginia, Ohio, Missouri, Kansas, California and elsewhere. Twenty or more generations of ancestors are given.