_George Charles, Jr. LOWRY \ LOWREY _+ | (1770 - 1852) _Anderson Pierce LOWRY \ LOWREY _|_Lucy BENGE _________________________ | (1816 - ....) (1772 - 1846) _Henry LOWRY \ LOWREY _| | | | | _____________________________________ | | | | |_Mary NAVE ______________________|_____________________________________ | _George LOWRY \ LOWREY _| | | | | _____________________________________ | | | | | _________________________________|_____________________________________ | | | | |_Mary PARRIS __________| | | | | _____________________________________ | | | | |_________________________________|_____________________________________ | | |--Louisa LOWRY \ LOWREY | | _____________________________________ | | | _________________________________|_____________________________________ | | | _______________________| | | | | | | _____________________________________ | | | | | | |_________________________________|_____________________________________ | | |_Fannie HENDRICKS ______| | | _____________________________________ | | | _________________________________|_____________________________________ | | |_______________________| | | _____________________________________ | | |_________________________________|_____________________________________
[4888] All data from S. Lowry.
__________________________ | _George Charles, Sr. LOWRY \ LOWREY _|__________________________ | (1740 - ....) _George Charles, Jr. LOWRY \ LOWREY _| | (1770 - 1852) | | | __________________________ | | | | |_Nancy or Nannie ____________________|_Oo-lu-tsa or She's Come _ | (1748 - ....) _James LOWRY \ LOWREY _| | (1804 - ....) | | | _Thomas, I BENGE _________+ | | | (1710 - ....) | | _John BENGE _________________________|_Martha MARTIN ___________ | | | (1735 - 1802) m 1761 | |_Lucy BENGE _________________________| | (1772 - 1846) | | | _John, Sr. WATTS _________ | | | (1730 - 1771) | |_Wurteh WATTS _______________________|_Sister of Doublehead ____ | (1750 - ....) m 1761 (1734 - ....) | |--Lucy LOWRY \ LOWREY | | __________________________ | | | _____________________________________|__________________________ | | | _____________________________________| | | | | | | __________________________ | | | | | | |_____________________________________|__________________________ | | |_Elizabeth MCLEMORE ___| | | __________________________ | | | _____________________________________|__________________________ | | |_____________________________________| | | __________________________ | | |_____________________________________|__________________________
[4626] All data from S. Lowry.
_George Charles, Sr. LOWRY \ LOWREY _ | (1740 - ....) _George Charles, Jr. LOWRY \ LOWREY _|_Nancy or Nannie ____________________ | (1770 - 1852) (1748 - ....) _Anderson Pierce LOWRY \ LOWREY _| | (1816 - ....) | | | _John BENGE _________________________+ | | | (1735 - 1802) m 1761 | |_Lucy BENGE _________________________|_Wurteh WATTS _______________________ | (1772 - 1846) (1750 - ....) _Andrew Nave LOWRY \ LOWREY _| | | | | _____________________________________ | | | | | _____________________________________|_____________________________________ | | | | |_Mary NAVE ______________________| | | | | _____________________________________ | | | | |_____________________________________|_____________________________________ | | |--Lucy LOWRY \ LOWREY | | _____________________________________ | | | _____________________________________|_____________________________________ | | | _________________________________| | | | | | | _____________________________________ | | | | | | |_____________________________________|_____________________________________ | | |_Dora PINCKNEY ______________| | | _____________________________________ | | | _____________________________________|_____________________________________ | | |_________________________________| | | _____________________________________ | | |_____________________________________|_____________________________________
[4782] All data from S. Lowry.
__________________________ | _George Charles, Sr. LOWRY \ LOWREY _|__________________________ | (1740 - ....) _George Charles, Jr. LOWRY \ LOWREY _| | (1770 - 1852) | | | __________________________ | | | | |_Nancy or Nannie ____________________|_Oo-lu-tsa or She's Come _ | (1748 - ....) _Anderson Pierce LOWRY \ LOWREY _| | (1816 - ....) | | | _Thomas, I BENGE _________+ | | | (1710 - ....) | | _John BENGE _________________________|_Martha MARTIN ___________ | | | (1735 - 1802) m 1761 | |_Lucy BENGE _________________________| | (1772 - 1846) | | | _John, Sr. WATTS _________ | | | (1730 - 1771) | |_Wurteh WATTS _______________________|_Sister of Doublehead ____ | (1750 - ....) m 1761 (1734 - ....) | |--Lucy Ann LOWRY \ LOWREY | | __________________________ | | | _____________________________________|__________________________ | | | _____________________________________| | | | | | | __________________________ | | | | | | |_____________________________________|__________________________ | | |_Mary NAVE ______________________| | | __________________________ | | | _____________________________________|__________________________ | | |_____________________________________| | | __________________________ | | |_____________________________________|__________________________
[4656] All data from S. Lowry.
______________________________________ | __________________________|______________________________________ | _George Charles, Sr. LOWRY \ LOWREY _| | (1740 - ....) | | | ______________________________________ | | | | |__________________________|______________________________________ | _George Charles, Jr. LOWRY \ LOWREY _| | (1770 - 1852) | | | ______________________________________ | | | | | __________________________|______________________________________ | | | | |_Nancy or Nannie ____________________| | (1748 - ....) | | | ______________________________________ | | | | |_Oo-lu-tsa or She's Come _|______________________________________ | | |--Lydia LOWRY \ LOWREY | (1808 - 1863) | _Robert BENGE ________________________+ | | (1665 - ....) | _Thomas, I BENGE _________|______________________________________ | | (1710 - ....) | _John BENGE _________________________| | | (1735 - 1802) m 1761 | | | | _Joseph, II MARTIN ___________________+ | | | | | | |_Martha MARTIN ___________|_Ann __??__ __________________________ | | |_Lucy BENGE _________________________| (1772 - 1846) | | ______________________________________ | | | _John, Sr. WATTS _________|______________________________________ | | (1730 - 1771) |_Wurteh WATTS _______________________| (1750 - ....) m 1761 | | _Willenawah or Great (or Grey) Eagle _+ | | (1720 - ....) |_Sister of Doublehead ____|_Woman of Ani'-Wa'di _________________ (1734 - ....) (1720 - ....)
[957]
See Hoyt Connections.
Marriage date from Hoyt's Issue Fall 1990. HHH gives her place ofdeath as Park Hill but does not give the state or area. Hickssupplied birth data. According to HHH, "She was a graduate of themission boarding school, and one of the first converts toChristianity. She gave occasion to the composition of Cherokee hymns,which the missionaries had supposed impracticable, by dreaming onenight a paraphrase of the 23th Psalm in rhythm, which she repeated toher father in the morning. He wrote it down in the Cherokeecharacters, and showed it to the missionaries."
She was daughter of Major George Lowry, second chief of the Cherokeenation. Lydia was a graduate of the mission boarding school, and oneof the first converts to Christianity. She composed the first Cherokeehymn, a paraphrase of the 23 Psalm, which her father wrote in Cherokeecharacters. An old record of Brainerd makes special mention of "LydiaLowry, the pious and intelligent daughter" of Chief George Lowry andhis wife, Lucy Benge Lowry. Lydia was sixteen years old when shejoined the Presbyterian Church.
Ref: Hoyt's Issue Fall 1990, p.624; Springplace, Moravian Mission andThe Ward Family Of The Cherokee Nation By Muriel H. Wright, from thegenealogical notes of Miss Clara A. Ward.
_George Charles, Sr. LOWRY \ LOWREY _ | (1740 - ....) _George Charles, Jr. LOWRY \ LOWREY _|_Nancy or Nannie ____________________ | (1770 - 1852) (1748 - ....) _Anderson Pierce LOWRY \ LOWREY _| | (1816 - ....) | | | _John BENGE _________________________+ | | | (1735 - 1802) m 1761 | |_Lucy BENGE _________________________|_Wurteh WATTS _______________________ | (1772 - 1846) (1750 - ....) _Daniel Webster LOWRY \ LOWREY _| | | | | _____________________________________ | | | | | _____________________________________|_____________________________________ | | | | |_Mary NAVE ______________________| | | | | _____________________________________ | | | | |_____________________________________|_____________________________________ | | |--Mary LOWRY \ LOWREY | | _____________________________________ | | | _____________________________________|_____________________________________ | | | _________________________________| | | | | | | _____________________________________ | | | | | | |_____________________________________|_____________________________________ | | |_Nancy Hendricks TERRELL _______| | | _____________________________________ | | | _____________________________________|_____________________________________ | | |_________________________________| | | _____________________________________ | | |_____________________________________|_____________________________________
[4717] All data from S. Lowry.
_George Charles, Sr. LOWRY \ LOWREY _ | (1740 - ....) _George Charles, Jr. LOWRY \ LOWREY _|_Nancy or Nannie ____________________ | (1770 - 1852) (1748 - ....) _Anderson Pierce LOWRY \ LOWREY _| | (1816 - ....) | | | _John BENGE _________________________+ | | | (1735 - 1802) m 1761 | |_Lucy BENGE _________________________|_Wurteh WATTS _______________________ | (1772 - 1846) (1750 - ....) _James Monroe LOWRY \ LOWREY _| | | | | _____________________________________ | | | | | _____________________________________|_____________________________________ | | | | |_Mary NAVE ______________________| | | | | _____________________________________ | | | | |_____________________________________|_____________________________________ | | |--Mary LOWRY \ LOWREY | | _____________________________________ | | | _____________________________________|_____________________________________ | | | _________________________________| | | | | | | _____________________________________ | | | | | | |_____________________________________|_____________________________________ | | |_Susie VICKERY _______________| | | _____________________________________ | | | _____________________________________|_____________________________________ | | |_________________________________| | | _____________________________________ | | |_____________________________________|_____________________________________
[4758] All data from S. Lowry.
_George Charles, Sr. LOWRY \ LOWREY _ | (1740 - ....) _George Charles, Jr. LOWRY \ LOWREY _|_Nancy or Nannie ____________________ | (1770 - 1852) (1748 - ....) _Anderson Pierce LOWRY \ LOWREY _| | (1816 - ....) | | | _John BENGE _________________________+ | | | (1735 - 1802) m 1761 | |_Lucy BENGE _________________________|_Wurteh WATTS _______________________ | (1772 - 1846) (1750 - ....) _Andrew Nave LOWRY \ LOWREY _| | | | | _____________________________________ | | | | | _____________________________________|_____________________________________ | | | | |_Mary NAVE ______________________| | | | | _____________________________________ | | | | |_____________________________________|_____________________________________ | | |--Mary LOWRY \ LOWREY | | _____________________________________ | | | _____________________________________|_____________________________________ | | | _________________________________| | | | | | | _____________________________________ | | | | | | |_____________________________________|_____________________________________ | | |_Dora PINCKNEY ______________| | | _____________________________________ | | | _____________________________________|_____________________________________ | | |_________________________________| | | _____________________________________ | | |_____________________________________|_____________________________________
[4776] All data from S. Lowry.
_George Charles, Sr. LOWRY \ LOWREY _ | (1740 - ....) _George Charles, Jr. LOWRY \ LOWREY _|_Nancy or Nannie ____________________ | (1770 - 1852) (1748 - ....) _Anderson Pierce LOWRY \ LOWREY _| | (1816 - ....) | | | _John BENGE _________________________+ | | | (1735 - 1802) m 1761 | |_Lucy BENGE _________________________|_Wurteh WATTS _______________________ | (1772 - 1846) (1750 - ....) _James Monroe LOWRY \ LOWREY _| | | | | _____________________________________ | | | | | _____________________________________|_____________________________________ | | | | |_Mary NAVE ______________________| | | | | _____________________________________ | | | | |_____________________________________|_____________________________________ | | |--Minnie LOWRY \ LOWREY | | _____________________________________ | | | _____________________________________|_____________________________________ | | | _________________________________| | | | | | | _____________________________________ | | | | | | |_____________________________________|_____________________________________ | | |_Susie VICKERY _______________| | | _____________________________________ | | | _____________________________________|_____________________________________ | | |_________________________________| | | _____________________________________ | | |_____________________________________|_____________________________________
[4760] All data from S. Lowry.
_George Charles, Sr. LOWRY \ LOWREY _ | (1740 - ....) _George Charles, Jr. LOWRY \ LOWREY _|_Nancy or Nannie ____________________ | (1770 - 1852) (1748 - ....) _Anderson Pierce LOWRY \ LOWREY _| | (1816 - ....) | | | _John BENGE _________________________+ | | | (1735 - 1802) m 1761 | |_Lucy BENGE _________________________|_Wurteh WATTS _______________________ | (1772 - 1846) (1750 - ....) _Henry LOWRY \ LOWREY _| | | | | _____________________________________ | | | | | _____________________________________|_____________________________________ | | | | |_Mary NAVE ______________________| | | | | _____________________________________ | | | | |_____________________________________|_____________________________________ | | |--Minnie Cunningham LOWRY \ LOWREY | (1879 - ....) | _____________________________________ | | | _____________________________________|_____________________________________ | | | _________________________________| | | | | | | _____________________________________ | | | | | | |_____________________________________|_____________________________________ | | |_Evaline EVANS ________| | | _____________________________________ | | | _____________________________________|_____________________________________ | | |_________________________________| | | _____________________________________ | | |_____________________________________|_____________________________________
[4735] All data from S. Lowry.