John Lowrance Genealogy

Record modified: 2024-11-07
This is my ancestor 8 generations back.

			/	Johannes Lorentz
	/	Johannes Lorentz	\|
	\|		\	Mary Townley
John Lowrance	\|
	\|		/	Johannes Heiliger
	\	Anna Heiliger	\|
			\

Born: 1716-02-16 Peapack, Somerset Co, New Jersey USA
Died: 1781-04-23 Rowan Co, North Carolina USA

Marriages:
1. 1738-00-00 Mary Perkins
2. 1762-00-00 Ann Nichols

Children of John Lowrance and Mary Perkins:

Daniel Lowrance	b. 1739-02-28 d. 1763-00-00
Margaret Lowrance	b. 1740-09-28
Joseph L Lowrance	b. 1742-11-18
John II Lowrance	b. 1745-02-14
Abraham Lowrance	b. 1746-07-18
*Andrew Lowrance	b. 1748-08-27
Mary Lowrance	b. 1750-11-11
Elizabeth Lowrance	b. 1753-01-24
Catherine Lowrance	b. 1756-08-25
Jacob H Lowrance	b. 1759-08-17

Children of John Lowrance and Ann Nichols:

Jane Lowrance	b. 1763-06-28
Annie Lowrance	b. 1765-07-24
Joshua Lowrance	b. 1767-07-26
Sarah Lowrance	b. 1769-12-21
Lydia Lowrance	b. 1773-03-11
Elcy Lowrance	b. 1775-11-21
Alexander Lowrance	b. 1778-07-15

Notes:

He was a farmer / plantation owner.
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married Mary in Peapack NJ
married Ann in NC
buried in Thyatira Presbyterian cemetery, Rowan Co NC

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another researcher sends:

John was killed during an attack by Indians, and 2 of their children were injured during the attack; one died and one survived.

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One RootsWeb tree said that daughter Margaret was actually adopted.

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He and brother Alexander bought land in Rowan Co NC in 1756. John bought 632 acres on Sills Creek.
That part of Rowan Co later became Iredell Co.

In 1774 he bought land from Joshua Nichols, his neighbor, described as being:

in the county
of Rowan aforesaid on both sides of Blythe Creek begining at a wt [white] oak
corner to Jacob Nicholas runing thence North 70 ps [poles] to a wt oak then
East 362 ps to a hickory then South 140 ps to a hickory thence S19W 92
to a stone corner to Jacob Nicholas thence with his line S81W 53 ps to a
wt oak, thence N52W 103 ps to a red oak sapling thence N26W 262 ps to a
black oaksapling, thence N73W 43 ps to a stake on the east side of Blythe
Creek then up to the meanders of the creek to a pirsimmon thence
N55W 176 ps to the first station containing by estimation three hundred
& twenty acres

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NC Archives
Record ID: SR.12.8.3.049

Rowan Co Land Records
Warrant 1762-01-19, 700 acres
Descriptive references for land: Lyle Creek, John Hagler. Plat: 1762 March 10. 435 acres.
Descriptive references for land: Lyle Creek, Richard Lewis.
Chain carriers: Peter Lowrance, David Bridges.

[Lyle Creek arises in current Hickory, Catawba Co NC and flows east about 18 miles, joining the Catawba River just east of the town of Catawba.]

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"List of taxable property in the county of Rowan, North Carolina, anno 1778"

p4
Captain Armstrong's District
John Lorance 1 796-17-4

p29
Capt John Cowan's District
John Lorance 1 546-14
Abram Lorance 555-10
Andrew Lorance 575-12
Joseph Lorance 1 327-7

[The numbers seem to be pounds-shillings-pence but that would have been a lot of money.]
[Presumably the last 4 are his sons.]

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Rowan Co Will Book B p113

THE WILL OF JOHN LOWRANCE:
I John Lowrance of the County of Rowan and state of North Carolina, farmer, being
sick and weak in body but of perfect mind and Memory,
Do make and ordain this my Last Will and Testament in the
manner and form following:
That is to say first of all I do order all my just and lawful debts to be paid.
ITEM: I do give and bequeath unto my well beloved wife Anne Lorance one black
bald faced horse and one Brown horse with a bald face but one eye. My Old Sorrel
Horse during her widowhood. Likewise Two hundred pounds in money to be raised
out of my Estate if the money rates at the time when she shall demand it, as it does at
this present time Dollar at ahe [?] a penny, but if it should come to its former value a dollar
at eight shillings at the above said time of demand then she shall have but thirty pounds
likewsie the use of my house I now live in, and all my household furniture likewise my
whole plantation on the west side of the Creek I now live on, during her widowhood,
except Ten Acres of the lower end of my Meadow with a strate line from the Creek
west to the Hill which I reserve for the use of my son Jacob. Likewise give unto my
Beloved wife four Cows and Calves of her own choosing two three year Old
stears, likewise ten sheep of her own choosing, Iikewsie all my Hogs and geese for the
support maintenance of these my children, which I had by her during her widowhood
and if it should please God to Remove her by death or if she should marry again
before my two sons Johsua & Alx'r become of age then all the above moveables to be
equally divided between all my children I had of her at the discretion of my Executors.
Ilikewise order that my Wife shall have use of my 'itch plow'and Waggon with the
gears belonging to them, likewise my Iron tooth Harrow, likewise the use of Negro
Boy called Ben for the time of eight years from the date hereof and no longer and after
the expiration of the above said eight years that then my said Negro Boy shall be my
beloved son Abrahams property. I also give unto my Son John my money scales. I
also give unto my son Abraham my still and eight still Vefsels, also one
Cow-and Calf and three sheep. I also give unto my son Andrew two sheep. I also give
unto my son Joshua both my old and young black Mares. I also give unto my daughter
Jane my black Mare called fley-and her yearling Colt I give to my daughter Anna. I
also give unto my son Jacob my Stone [?] Horse and my three year Old passing mare
Colt and one Cow and Calf. I also give unto my step-daughter Agness two sheep. I
also give unto my daughter Catherine two sheep. I also give unto my beloved wife
shoud think it best for my son Jacob to live in the House by himself, that then he shall
build a House on the East side of the Creek for himself to live in and shall have the use
of the land on that side of the Creek on the above said Plantation, and further if it
shoud please my beloved wife to Marry again, or if it shoud please God to remove her
by death, That thenafter either of these, I do give unto my son Jacob the whole
Plantation I now live on, with a promise that he give or cause to be given unto my
two younger sons, Joshua and Alexander each of them when they come of age fifty
pounds proc Currency of North
Carolina, and if my son Jacob shoud not be willing to pay the money that then the
above said Plantation shall be equally divided between my two younger sons namely
Joshua and Alexander at the discretion of my Executors not withstanding if my son
Jacob shoud pay the above s. moneys to said Joshua and Alexander, that then the said
Plantation shall be my son Jacobs not withstanding if it shoud please God to remove
my son Jacob by death and he not having a Male Heir that then the said Plantation
I now live on shall be equally divided between my two sons Joshua & Alexander.
Nevertheless if my son Jacob should beget a living Male heir, that then the above
Plantation shall be his property & only his the paying the above said moneys____ I
also order that what moneys I have at present shall be equally divided between my
two sons namely Joshua & Alexander. I likewise order that forty shillings be raised out
of my Estate and given unto my daughter Margaret or her first born son. I also order
that forty shillings be raised out of my Estate & given unto my daughter Mary or her
first born son. Also I order that forty
shillings be raised out of my Estate and be given unto my daughter Elizabeth or her first
born son and further I order that the rest of my moveable effects such as my Executors
shall not think proper to keep or
divide amongst the Children, to be sold at public sale and the money arising therefrom
to defray these Legacies I give to my daughters or their children. I also choose and
appoint my well beloved Wife Ann
Lorance, and my son John Lorance, and my son Abraham Lorance, and my friend
John McCorkle to be the Executors of this my Last Will andTestament. And I do
hereby utterly disallow revoke and disannul all and every other former Testaments,
Wills, Legacies and Executors by me in anywise before this time named, willed and
bequeathed and Ratefying and confirming this and only this to be my Last Will and
Testament in witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this
20th day of April One Thousand seven Hundred and Eighty One. Signed,
Sealed, Published, pronounced, and declared by the said John Lowrance as his last Will
and Testament in the presence of us

s/John Lorance Junr:
s/William Irvin
s/John Gray
s/John Gracey

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