Historic Genealogy of the Lowells of America from 1639 to 1899Historic Genealogy of the Lowells of America from 1639 to 1899 - Delmar R. Lowell. The common ancestor of the American Lowells is Percival Lowell (Lowle), who came with his family to Newbury, Massachusetts, from Bristol, England, in 1639 in the ship Jonathan. The text is divided into two main parts which document the descendants of Percival’s two sons: the John Lowell Line and the Richard Lowell Line. (1899), 2011, 5½x8½, paper, index, 1006 pp.101-L1567 ISBN: 0788415670