Joshua LOW

Abt 1730 - 1808  (~ 78 years)

• Name	Joshua LOW
  Born	Abt 1730	Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Coroner of Lancaster County  [1]
  Religion	Quaker
  Census	1780	Shrewsbury, York, Pennsylvania
  Census	1790	Shrewsbury, York, Pennsylvania
  	3 males over 16, 1 free female, 3 slaves
  Census	1800	Shrewsbury, York, Pennsylvania
  Census	1807	Shrewsbury, York, Pennsylvania
  Owned Slaves?	Y
  Died	1 Oct 1808	Shrewsbury, York, Pennsylvania
  Buried	unknown
  Person ID	I36288	Main
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2023

  
  

  Father	Hugh LOWE,   b. 9 Mar 1694, Yorkshire, England ,   d. 25 Aug 1762, Shrewsbury, York, Pennsylvania  (Age 68 years)
  Mother	Mary FREEMAN,   b. Abt 1710,   d. 1 Aug 1734, Pennsylvania  (Age ~ 24 years)
  Married	5 Jun 1729	St Johns Parish, Baltimore, Maryland
  Family ID	F12717	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Anna LAWSON,   b. 9 Nov 1730, Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland ,   d. 10 Jan 1808, Shrewsbury, York, Pennsylvania  (Age 77 years)
  Married	31 Aug 1758	Christ Lutheran Church, York, Pennsylvania
  Children	1. Caleb LOW,   b. Abt 1759, Shrewsbury, York, Pennsylvania ,   d. 25 Feb 1850, York County, Pennsylvania  (Age ~ 91 years) + 2. Jesse LOW,   b. Abt 1762, Shrewsbury, York, Pennsylvania ,   d. 19 Dec 1815, Shrewsbury, York, Pennsylvania  (Age ~ 53 years)   3. Ann LOW,   b. Abt 1764, Shrewsbury, York, Pennsylvania   4. Mary LOW,   b. Abt 1766, Shrewsbury, York, Pennsylvania
  Last Modified	8 Nov 2023
  Family ID	F12715	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - Abt 1730 - Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Notes

  1780 Shrewsbury, York, Pennsylvania, Tax and Exoneration Joshua Lowe Land 150 Cleared 80 Negroes 1 Houses 2 Cows 3 Sheep 3 Valuation 330 Taxes 20 —— York County, Pennsylvania Wills, 1749-1819 Name: Joshua Low Description: Decedent Residence: Shrewsbury Township Date: 1 Oct 1808 Prove Date: 7 Nov 1808 Remarks: Joshua Low. Oct. 1, 1808. Executors: Caleb Low and Jesse Low.Shrewsbury Township . Children: Caleb, Ann, Jesse, and Mary. Pennsylvania Wills, 1682-1834 Low, Joshua. Executors: Caleb Low and Jesse Low. Shrewsbury Township. Children: Caleb, Ann, Jesse, and Mary. —— The Particular Assessment Lists for Baltimore and Carroll Counties,Maryland. transcribed by Robert Barnes. Willow Bend Books, Westminster, Maryland. 1986.  Low, Joshua; Occupant: Jesse Low (2 slaves); Mine Run Hd; 600A; dwlg hse, hewn log, 1 1/2 stry, 24x19, tol well finished; meat hse, 10x10, hewn log; barn, log, 47x21, good repair; stble, 14x16, log; corn hse & stbles under, 14x18; old stble, 14x16, indiff; adj Pennna line, Thomas Hunt. —— By 1768, Joshua Low was a resident of Shrewsbury, York, Pennsylvania Colony when he appeared as #20 of 23 on a list of citizens called for a grand inquest.[2] The 1781 tax and exoneration list for Shrewsbury Township, York, Pennsylvania reported Joshua Low with 190 land valued at 142, 1 Negroe valued at 25, 2 horses valued at 12, and 6 cows valued at 2, total value 191, total tax 3.[3] The 1783 tax and exoneration list for Shrewsbury Township, York, Pennsylvania reported Joshua Low with 2 houses, 1 outhouse, 190 lands, 5 inhabitants, 0 tenants, 1 Negro, and 0 mills.[4] The 1790 census of Shrewsbury, York, Pennsylvania reported Joshua Low in a household of 3 white males 16 and over, 1 white female, and 3 enslaved people.[5] The 1798 U.S. direct tax list for York, Pennsylvania described the dwelling place of Joshua Low: 1 one-story, 36 X 16, wood, house with 4 windows and 48 lights [meaning?]; also 1 Negro quarters, wood, 16 X 12, and 1 spring house, wood 12 X 10.[6] The 1800 census of Shrewsbury, York, Pennsylvania reported Joshua Low in a household of 1 white male 45 and over, 1 white female 45 and over, and 3 all other free persons.[7] Joshua died before 7 Nov 1808 in Shrewsbury, York, Pennsylvania aged ~78. He made a will on 1 Oct 1808 which was proved on 7 Nov 1808. The will named son Caleb, daughter Ann Sparks, son Jesse, and daughter Mary Mahon. Son Caleb recieived land and the whole of Joshua Low's personal estate including: my Negroes to serve him for one year after my decease and then to be set free and liberated.[8] https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Low-1317

  
  

• Sources

  [S201] Pennsylvania, Notes and queries : historical, biographical and genealogical, chiefly relating to interior.