The Lowes Family of Haltwhistle and the Surrounding Area
In Saint Nicholas Cathedral in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, there is a roof boss located in Saint Mary's porch (left) 3 (south transept) that are the arms of William Lowes, Esq. These arms are "Gules, a Wolf passant argent". The date of the roof boss is unknown although the present church dates to 1359. The reference is Richardson's book of 1820 [2 p35 pt: 84: 1]
A surviving remainder of a ballad marking the feud between Will Lowes and Will Charlton
"O, kensta Will Lowes,
O, kensta Leeha',
O, kensta Will Lowes,
The flower o' them a'.
O, had Leeha' been but a man,
As he was never nean,
He would have stabbed the rider,
And letten the horse alean."
Roughly translates as:
"Do you know Will Lowes,
Do you know Leehall (the man),
Do you know Will Lowes,
The flower of them all.
Had Leehall been like a man,
That he's never been,
He would have stabbed the rider,
And left the horse alone."
TROJANS OF THE TYNE
"Through all the decades succeeding, the
valley of the Tyne was evangelised and nurtured by godly men and women, and
village chapels and societies to-day testify to the fidelity to conviction of
Northumberland’s sons and daughters. Many of the old ministers speak in warm
terms of the three brothers Lowes, farmers, of Cowburn and Galisharigg, “just
under the Roman Wall,” says William R. Widdowson. Two of them were members, and
at the services at Cowburn the dogs entered the chapel with the shepherds.
Thomas Lowes’ wife had three notable cousins: John Martin, the famous painter;
his brother Jonathan, who set York Minster on fire; and William, who claimed
that he was the original designer of the High Level Bridge, Newcastle."
-- From “NORTHERN PRIMITIVE METHODISM” by W.M. PATTERSON, E. Dalton, London, 1909 - p184-203
"The upper part of Westgate Street has undergone great alteration of late years. New Grainger Street, with its palatial modern buildings, now cuts across it, just above St. John's Church. Before the building of that street a narrow alley, called St. John's Lane, and earlier, 'Copper Alley' (it is said, because the builder of it paid his workmen their wages all in coppers), was the means of communication with the Bigg Market. It will be well remembered with its high houses on either side, and the arched entrance to it from the Bigg Market.
In those days Westgate Street hereabouts was a very quiet and sleepy spot, reminding one much of some of the London Inns of Court. The high, heavy brick houses ran as at present up the one side. Opposite them the wall of the Vicarage garden formed the boundary of the street. The Vicar's Pump, with its long handle, then famed throughout the town for its fine water-in our day found to be not of the purest-stood at the side of the footpath outside the wall. It was taken away in 187o, and the well perhaps still lies just in front of the present Savings Bank. Over the wall waved the tall trees in which the crows built their nests, and the red-streak apples glowed temptingly amongst the autumn foliage of the orchard. The Vicarage-house itself stood back, quiet and retired, with its many gables, somewhere about where the Newcastle County Court is built. The testimony of all the historians of the town goes to show how pleasant a place Westgate Street was. Gray in 1649 says-" This street is broad and private, for men that lives there hath employment for both town and country'' Bourne (in 1733)-" It is chiefly inhabited by clergy and gentry;" and McKenzie (1827)-" This is a long, airy, and pleasant street, and contains several very handsome houses, having gardens or grass plots behind."
The semi-rural Westgate Street of the olden time was, however, sometimes roused from its wonted quietude, and became the scene of much stir and bustle. Periodically a fit of dissipation seized it, and, instead of the usual sleepy repose. there was clattering of carriages, and flaring of links, and sounds of music and revelry upon the midnight air. The occasions on which these outbreaks occurred were during the races and during the assizes, when the town was full of county gentry and their families. Then the Assembly Rooms were opened, and after the business of the day-horse racing or trying of criminals as the case might be-was over, the business of the evening and night commenced
The old Assembly Rooms stood on the opposite side of the street to the present ones, in a house described in an advertisement in the Courant of Monday, May 28th (race week), 1716, as " the house formerly belonging to Sir William Creagh, in Westgate." It was in 1860, says Mr. Hodgson Hinde, the property of W. H. Burdon, Esq. Balls, play's, masquerades, and assemblies were held in it until about 1736, when the new Assembly Rooms in the Groat Market were erected. In this latter place the meetings of the Newcastle fashionables were held for nearly forty years, and in 1776 the present Assembly Rooms in Westgate Street were built, opposite the original ones.
The site chosen for the new building was on part of the Vicarage garden, and a special Act of Parliament had to be obtained to enable the vicar to grant a lease of it. This lease was for nine hundred and ninety-nine years. The building is heavy, bare, and unprepossessing in appearance, but it was when built considered a great ornament to the town. On a copper plate affixed to the foundation stone was engraved the following inscription, which shows that our forefathers appreciated the advance of their age in civilisation as much as we appreciate that of ours
By general encouragement and emulation,
Have advanced to a state of perfection
Unknown in any former period,
The first stone of this edifice,
Dedicated to the most elegant recreation,
Was laid by William Lowes, Esq.,
On the 16th day of May 1774."
How many brilliant companies have gathered in the spacious rooms, and how many happy hours have glided away to the magic sound of the gay dance music, since the time when Sir William Loraine with Mrs. Bell, and Sir Matthew White Ridley with Miss Aliwood opened the first assembly in the good old time when George the Third was king! Periwigs, powder, and patches; full skirted coats, ample hoops and silver buckles, have given way to other fashions, and these, in their turn, have changed over and over again; yet still on occasion the black and grim facade lightens up at the sight of the graceful forms which emerge from the carriages as they pause before the door, and the old rooms are still sometimes gay with music and dance. Of late years they have been pressed into the service of art, as the exhibition rooms of the Newcastle Arts Association."
-- From R.J. Charleton 'A History of Newcastle' ; written about 1880.
Here lies the Body of
THOMAS LOWES, Esq.
Late of Ridley
Hall
In the County of Northumberland
One instance among
thousands
Of the uncertainties of human life
And the instability of
earthly possessions
And enjoyments.
Born to ample property
He for
several years experienced
A distressing reverse of fortune
And no sooner
was he restored to
His former affluence
Than it pleased Divine
Providence
To withdraw this, together with his life.
READER
Be thou
taught by this
To seek those riches which never can fail
And those
pleasures
Which are at God's right hand
For evermore,
The gracious gift
of God,
And to be enjoyed through faith
In JESUS CHRIST, Our
Saviour.
An only daughter, over which the deceased
Had long watched
with the tenderest care
And many friends who admired
His liberal and
generous mind unite
In deploring his loss.
He departed this life
On
the 18th day of September
In the year of our Lord 1812, and
In the 61st
Year of his Age.
The Lowes of Ridley Hall
Generation No. 1
1. John1 LOWES was born Abt. 1640.
Children of John LOWES are:
2. i. William2 LOWES, b. Abt. 1660, Northumberland, England; d. Abt. 1732, Northumberland, England.
ii. John LOWES, b. Abt. 1660, Northumberland, England; d. 1709, Northumberland, England.
Generation No. 2
2. William2 LOWES (JOHN1) was born Abt. 1660 in Northumberland, England, and died Abt. 1732 in Northumberland, England.
Children of William LOWES are:
i. Susan3 LOWES, b. Bet. 1680 - 1690, Northumberland, England; m. John MAUGHAN.
ii. George LOWES, b. Bet. 1680 - 1700, Northumberland, England.
iii. Nicholas LOWES, b. Bet. 1680 - 1700, Northumberland, England.
iv. William LOWES, b. 1687, Northumberland, England; d. 1750, Northumberland, England.
3. v. John LOWES, b. 1692, Northumberland, England; d. Northumberland, England.
vi. Elizabeth LOWES, b. 1696, Northumberland, England; m. Unknown LINDLEY.
vii. Jane LOWES, b. 1696, Northumberland, England.
viii. Robert LOWES, b. 1698, Northumberland, England.
ix. Margaret LOWES, b. 1700, Northumberland, England.
x. Joseph LOWES, b. 1704, Northumberland, England.
xi. Hannah LOWES, b. 1710, Northumberland, England; m. Bryan PETCH, 12 Jul 1736, Haltwhistle, Northumberland, England.
xii. Edward LOWES, b. 1712, Northumberland, England; d. 1771, Northumberland, England; m. Margaret.
Generation No. 3
3. John3 LOWES (WILLIAM2, JOHN1) was born 1692 in Northumberland, England, and died in Northumberland, England. He married Eleanor GRAHAM. She was born in Dumfriesshire, Scotland, and died 1760 in Northumberland, England.
Children of John LOWES and Eleanor GRAHAM are:
4. i. William4 LOWES, b. 1711, Northumberland, England; d. 22 Nov 1783, Northumberland, England.
5. ii. John LOWES, b. 1713, Northumberland, England; d. 13 Jan 1760, Northumberland, England.
iii. Robert LOWES, b. 1717, Northumberland, England; d. 1793, Northumberland, England; m. Unknown COLLING; b. Abt. 1720, England; d. 28 Jan 1777, Northumberland, England.
More About Robert LOWES:
Christening: 24 Jul 1717, Northumberland, England
6. iv. Eleanor LOWES, b. 1718, Northumberland, England; d. 1803, Northumberland, England.
v. Jane LOWES, b. 1710, Northumberland, England; d. 1761, Ridley Hall, Ridley, Northumberland, England.
More About Jane LOWES:
Burial: 1761, Beltingham, Ridley, Northumberland, England
vi. Mary LOWES, b. Northumberland, England; d. 1764, Northumberland, England.
vii. Sarah LOWES, b. Northumberland, England; d. 29 May 1808, Northumberland, England.
viii. Hannah LOWES, b. Northumberland, England; d. Northumberland, England.
ix. Margaret LOWES, b. 1729, Northumberland, England; d. 1815, Northumberland, England.
Generation No. 4
4. William4 LOWES (JOHN3, WILLIAM2, JOHN1) was born 1711 in Northumberland, England, and died 22 Nov 1783 in Northumberland, England. He married Margaret MARLEY. She was born in County Durham, England, and died in Northumberland, England.
More About William LOWES:
Burial: Aft. 22 Nov 1783, Beltingham, Ridley, Northumberland, England
Christening: 28 Jul 1711, Northumberland, England
Children of William LOWES and Margaret MARLEY are:
i. John5 LOWES, b. Abt. 1750, Northumberland, England; d. 1795, Northumberland, England; m. Helen STOTT, 04 Jun 1786, Northumberland, England; b. Abt. 1760, Minnigaff, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland; d. 02 Jan 1790, Northumberland, England.
More About Helen STOTT:
Burial: Aft. 02 Jan 1790, Beltingham, Ridley, Northumberland, England
ii. Thomas LOWES, b. 1751, Northumberland, England; d. 1812, Edinburgh, Scotland.
More About Thomas LOWES:
Burial: 1812, Holyrood Abbey, Holyrood Palace, Edinburgh, Scotland
iii. Margaret LOWES, b. Northumberland, England; d. 25 Aug 1780, Northumberland, England.
iv. Mary LOWES, b. Northumberland, England; d. 02 Apr 1775, Northumberland, England.
v. Elizabeth LOWES, b. Northumberland, England; d. 27 Jan 1838, London, Middlesex, England; m. John RIDLEY; b. Lincoln Hill, Northumberland, England.
5. John4 LOWES (JOHN3, WILLIAM2, JOHN1) was born 1713 in Northumberland, England, and died 13 Jan 1760 in Northumberland, England. He married Jane CLARKE in England, daughter of Ralph CLARKE. She was born 1719 in County Durham, England, and died 19 Aug 1794 in Northumberland, England.
More About John LOWES:
Christening: 11 Feb 1713, Northumberland, England
Children of John LOWES and Jane CLARKE are:
i. Ralph Clarke5 LOWES, b. 1752, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland, England; d. Bef. 1852, England; m. Mary FALL, 27 Nov 1777, England; b. Abt. 1750, England.
ii. Unknown LOWES.
iii. Unknown LOWES.
iv. Unknown LOWES.
6. Eleanor4 LOWES (JOHN3, WILLIAM2, JOHN1) was born 1718 in Northumberland, England, and died 1803 in Northumberland, England. She married Thomas DAVIDSON 19 May 1749 in Northumberland, England. He was born Abt. 1720 in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland, England, and died 1781 in Northumberland, England.
More About Thomas DAVIDSON:
Burial: 1781, All Saints, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland, England
Children of Eleanor LOWES and Thomas DAVIDSON are:
i. John5 DAVIDSON, b. 18 Jul 1750, Northumberland, England; d. 21 Jun 1818, Northumberland, England; m. Ann HUTCHINSON, 28 Feb 1797, Northumberland, England; b. Northumberland, England; d. 31 Aug 1829, Northumberland, England.
ii. George DAVIDSON, b. 01 Jul 1752, Northumberland, England; d. Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland, England.
iii. Thomas DAVIDSON, b. 22 May 1754, Northumberland, England; d. 29 Jul 1823, Northumberland, England; m. Elizabeth ALLAN, 09 Jan 1785, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland, England; b. Abt. 1765, England; d. 1792.
iv. Eleanor DAVIDSON, b. 09 Apr 1755, Northumberland, England.
More About Eleanor DAVIDSON:
Christening: 09 Apr 1755, St Nicholas, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland, England
v. Robert DAVIDSON, b. 01 Feb 1757, Northumberland, England.
More About Robert DAVIDSON:
Christening: 01 Feb 1757, St Nicholas, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland, England
vi. William DAVIDSON, b. 17 May 1759, Northumberland, England.
More About William DAVIDSON:
Christening: 17 May 1759, St Nicholas, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland, England
vii. Catherine DAVIDSON, b. 1761, Northumberland, England; m. William CHARLTON.
More About Catherine DAVIDSON:
Christening: 07 Nov 1761, St Nicholas, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland, England
Some assorted Northumberland LOWES records:
ALSTON
13 Feb 1751 Joseph Bowman = Jane Lowes
5 Jan 1785 Thomas Pollard = Hannah Lowes
18 Apr 1795 William Lowes = Bridget Hetherington
30 May 1796 Ralph Lowes = Ann Dixon
2 Jul 1803 Robert Lowes = Isabella Craig
9 Jun 1814 William Hutchinson = Isabella Lowes
19 Oct 1816 William Lowes = Jane Lonsdale
2 Sep 1819 William Vipond = Sarah Lowes
29 Jun 1820 James Milligan = Elizabeth Lowes
1 Dec 1821 Joseph Lowes = Sarah Shield
7 Aug 1830 Jason Stephenson = Mary Lowes
23 Nov 1833 Hugh Walton = Isabella Lowes
12 Jul 1834 Thomas Heatherington = Sarah Lowes
5 Jan 1837 Walton Lowes = Catherine Lee
KIRKHAUGH
18 Dec 1813 William Lowes = Mary Walton
HAYDON BRIDGE
20 May 1815 Robert Lowes = Catherine Johnson
17 May 1831 John Surtees = Sarah Lowes
HEXHAM
2 Jul 1581 Robert Mylbourne = Elizabeth Lowes
13 Aug 1609 Robert Forster = Jane Lowes
7 Oct 1623 John Nicholson = Isabell Lowes
21 Apr 1646 George Peacocke = Elzabeth Lowes
17 Aug 1646 William Hill = Alice Lowes
?? ??? 1698 William Lowes =
?? ??? 1712 Matthew Leadbitter = Jane Lowes
?? ??? 1713 Robert Lowes =
26 Nov 1723 John Lowes = Mary Bell
29 Dec 1740 John Lowrey = Jane Lowes
10 Dec 1750 Thomas Nevin = Ann Lowes
11 Jun 1751 Thomas Lowes = Mary Frost
4 Jun 1752 William Lowes = Martha Turnbul
9 Nov 1766 William Armstrong = Isabell Lowes
17 Sep 1772 William Wilson = Catherine Lowes
28 Oct 1781 Thomas Armstrong = Margaret Lowes
8 Jan 1783 William Marshall = Dorothy Lowes
11 May 1783 John Lowes = Mary Walton
11 Jan 1784 John Lowes = Deborah Liddle
16 Nov 1784 Joseph Lowes = Mary Hudson
26 Jan 1788 William Wilkinson = Mary Lowes
18 May 1788 George Lowes = Ann Dodd
11 Jul 1789 John Ridley = Catherine Lowes
12 Nov 1791 James Potts = Mary Lowes
20 May 1797 Joseph Johnson = Mary Lowes
4 Jul 1797 John Lowes = Margaret Wilson
4 Apr 1799 John Lowes = Mary Ellerington
3 Aug 1801 Anthony Hall = Margaret Lowes
18 May 1805 Archibald Charlton = Mary Lowes
5 Jul 1806 Joseph Renwick = Isabel Lowes
12 May 1807 Cuthbert Steel = Martha Lowes
23 May 1809 Matthew Brydon = Elizabeth Lowes
12 Nov 1811 Matthew Maddison = Elizabeth Lowes
9 Sep 1815 Joseph Lowes = Mary Dunwoody
6 Jul 1818 Ralph Jobson = Isabella Lowes
28 Nov 1819 George Gaul = Mary Lowes
25 Dec 1821 John Lowes = Elizabeth Hall
16 Feb 1822 Jonathan Newton = Ann Lowes
18 Dec 1823 John Lowes = Isabella Humble
18 Dec 1823 John Lowes = Mary Parker
6 Jan 1827 John Harrison = Ann Lowes
KNARSDALE
4 Dec 1768 Thomas Jackson/Wilson = Elizabeth Lowes
17 May 1785 James Lowes = Anne Armstrong
21 Feb 1790 Edmond Carrick = Anne Lowes
