Person:Vincent Lowe (3)

From "Register of Maryland's Heraldic Families", Vol. 1, pg. 7:

Came to Maryland in 1672, and within two years came his nephews, Cols. Henry and Nicholas Lowe and great nephews, John and Charles. The first land patent of land fo Col. Vincent Lowe was for "Stratton", 1,000 acres. His sister, Isobel Lowe, m. Sir John Gouch and was ancestress of Francis Scott Key. His daughter, Jane, m--1st--Henry Sewell, 2nd--Gov. Charles Calvert, who became 3rd Lord Baltimore.

From Ancestry.com database:

Mudd Family Entries: 1082 Updated: Sat Aug 25 16:15:01 2001 Contact: Charles Mudd Jr.

ID: I813 Name: Colonel Vincent LOWE Sex: M Birth: BEF 30 SEP 1632 in Denby, Derbyshire, England Event: baptised 30 SEP 1632 Denby, Derbyshire, England 1

Father: Vincent LOWE b: BEF 1 NOV 1592 in Denby, Derbyshire, England Mother: Anne CAVENDISH

Sources: Title: Denby, Derbyshire, England Christenings and Burials 1573-1812 Publication: Copied by The British Museum, 3 NOV 1948 Note: Baptismal

Act Empowering Elizabeth, widow of Vincent LOW, to dispose of Land Tracts in Baltimore, Cecil, Dorchester and Talbot Counties (1698).

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[12 November 1698]

 An Act to Entitle William Coursey and Elizabeth his wife

or the Survivor of them to sell & Acknowledge such Lands as were left by Colonel Vincent Low to be sold for the pay- ment of his just debts.

  Whereas Col Vincent Low late of Talbott County by his

Last Will and Testament did devise unto James Murphew & Michael Turbutt his Executors to be sold for the payment of the Just Debts of the said Vincent Low These following Lands (viz.) Two Thousand Acres of Land in Two Pattents the one Called Winefield the other Okenthorp lying in Talbott County in the Branches of Tuckaho and one other Tract of Land lying in Cecill County Called Ladys Delight and Two Thousand Seaven hundred Acres near adjoyning to the aforesd Ladys Delight Called Timber Ridge in Cecill County aforesaid one Thousand acres of Land lying in Chester near Edward Elliotts land Called Low's Desire on Thousand Seaven hundred acres Called the Adventure lying in Chester aforesaid, five hundred Acres of Land Called the beginning five hundred Acres of Land Called Chesterfield in Chester both Tracts, one Thousand acres of Land Called Thurston neighbour lying in Baltemore County which Thousand Acres Called Thurston neighbour the said Vincent Low did by his sd Will Declare to have Sold to Jacob Jennifer but if the said Jacob did not Comply with his Obligation then to be disposed of as the foregoing Tracts of Lands and one Thousand Acres of Land lying in Dorchester County Called Low's purchase Conditionally Sold or Bargained for to Edward Cook and gave the remainder of the produce raise by Sale of those Lands to Elizabeth his wife now the wife of the said William Coursey and for that the said James Murphew and Michael Turbutt are both Dead before they disposed and made Sale of those Lands and for tht there remains no more of the Estate of the said Vincent Low to be Administred and wherewith the said Debts may be paid and Satisfyed and for that the said Vincent Low in his life time had Conditionally Bargained for some of the aforesaid Tracts of Land and the Executors in their Capacity had also sold and Bargained for some the sd Tracts but had not perfectly Confirmed their Sales to the end therefore that the Debts of the said Vincent Low may be Iustly paid and that the aforesaid Bargains may be Compleated and Confirmed. Be it Enacted by the Kings most Excellent Maty by and with the Advice and Consent of this present Generall Assembly and the Authority of the same That the aforesaid William Coursey and Elizabeth his wife or the Survivor of them be and are hereby Enabled and have full power and Lawfull Authority or the Survivor of them to Grant Bargain sell Dispose of alien & Confirme all and every the said Lands or Tracts of Land or any part or parts of any such Land or Tracts of Land to any purchacer of purchacers theire heires and Assignes to the onely use and behooff of such purchacer of purchacers their heires or Assignes foreuer in as full and ample ammner as the said Executors might or Could have done by Virtue of the said Will & Likewise to Confirme Consumate and make perfect and Compleat such Bargains Sales and Contracts of any Lands or Tracts of Land with the said Vincent Low in his life time had Conditionally Bargained and Sold upon the Purchasers performing his Conditions and likewise to ratify Confirme and make Assurance of all such Lands and Tracts of Land as the said Executors in their Capacitys had Bargained and sold in as fully amd Ample Manner as the said Executors might have done.

http://www.rootsweb.com/~irish/igsi_published/passlist/1679encr.htm Vincent Lowe mentioned in Irish Passenger List in 1679:

Sealed and delivered by the said Wm. Sharpe in the presence of William Sharpe, VINCENT LOWE, Rich Keen, Thos. Greening. Annexed to the above obligation was this catalogue follow viz and catalogue of all the servants names which came out of Ireland into Maryland in the ship Encrease of Youghall Phillip Poplestone master, March 8, 1679.

(list of servants not included but may be accessed in the Rootsweb.com link above)

Colonial Government of Maryland Attorney General (1657-1776) 1670-1676 Col. Vincent Lowe, Talbot County

Surveyors General 1648-1661.......Robert Clarke............St. Mary's City 1679-1683.......Col. Vincent Lowe........Talbot County