Born in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Ancestors 
Daughter of John Low
and Dorcas (UNKNOWN) Low
Sister of
Sarah (Low) Grover [half], John Low [half], Elizabeth Low [half], Margaret (Low) Larkum [half], Thorndike Low [half], Daniel Low [half], Susannah (Low) Wood, Mary (Low) Grover, Martha (Low) Rowe, Joseph Low, Hannah (Low) Hadley and Allice (Low) Elwell
Wife of
Elias Elwell
— married
12 Nov 1690 in Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts
Descendants 
Mother of
Experience Elwell, Dorcas (Elwell) Ellery, William Elwell, Nehemiah Elwell, Josiah Elwell, Elias Elwell, Daniel Elwell, Nehemiah Elwell and Hannah Elwell
Died before
before age 88
in Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts Bay
Profile last modified
| Created 16 Nov 2010
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Biography
Dorcas Low / Lowe was born in 1674. She was wed to Elias Elwell (1668-1737) in Gloucester, Massachusetts on 12 Nov 1690.[1]
Sources
- ↑ "New England Marriages Prior to 1700", Ancestry.com, Provo, UT, 2012.
- MA Town & Vital Records
- Steele, Edward E., Descendants of Thomas Low, the Immigrant to Ipswich, Massachusetts, for Three Generations, The New England Historical and Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 2020) Vol. 174, Page 356.
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