LOWRY FAMILY; As these families were among the early and prominent settlers of Erie Co PA, and as several of them removed to this, (Chautauqua Co NY) where some of the descendants still remain, a sketch of them is here given; GEORGE Lowry of Scotch descent, born in the North of Ireland in the County of DOWN, where he died in 1770; He had 10 sons, all living at the time of his death, the youngest about 18 months old, His first born , a daughter, died in childhood; The names of the sons were SAMUEL, HUGH, JOHN, ROBERT, JAMES, ANDREW, WILLIAM, GEORGE, ALEXANDER AND MORROW Samuel and Hugh, came to America, exploring for the family, in 1774. Hugh returned to report, Samuel remained and settled in Columbia County PA where he died in 1826. The MOTHER< MARGARET LOWRY, and her sons, determined to emigrate to the land of freedom and settle together; They had perpetual leases of land for which they paid the annual rent of $1.50 per acre. They left James and William to sell their leases; and the Mother and 7 sons embarked at Belfast, for the state of Delaware May 1, 1776 and landed at Wilmington Delaware July 5, 1776. William came in 1787 and James in 1788. The Mother and her 10 sons,settled near each other in Northumberland County PA. Some of the brothers, removed to other places in the vicinity and were married. Hugh, after his return from Ireland, settled in Union Co PA had a large family and died there. In 1794, the mother and her sons proposed to remove to some new country where they could form a colony and live on contigious lands. Having seen advertisements offering to settlers cheap land, on the shore of Lake Erie, they formed a compact and appointed James and George to go and explore and report back. In the spring of 1795, they went through the wilderness to Lake Erie, and down to 16 mile creek, and concluded to locate there. The land had been offered by the state to settlers in tracts of 400 acres , they made a measuring cord of bark, and measured off a number of 400 acre tracts, and in each tract, built a shanty, and they procured, in behalf of Lowry's Colony, from Gen. REES, agent of the state, certificates if 13 tracts at and about 16 Mile Creek; James and George reported back in the fall, and all were pleased ; the family numbered the tracts and drew lots for them, In March, 1796 the Colony of 8 brothers, JOHN, ROBERT,JAMES, ANDREW, WILLIAM, GEORGE, ALEXANDER and MORROW, and 4 other men left Northumberland for what they considered the "Land of Promise" (much more detail but too large for this) Of the LOWRY Brothers, Only 2 are believed to have come to Chautauqua. George came to Mayville in 1808, He raised a number of daughters, and 1 son;named James B. , who was clerk of the County; George removed to Illinois, where son James had gone and died there; MORROW, Lowry, father of Morrow B. LOWRY of Erie Co PA, came to Mayville in 1811, and removed to PA in 1813 or 1814; HUGH, another son of another of the 10 brothers, born in PA came to Westfield, where he was for several years in the mercantile business and removed to PA where he died; Nathaniel LOWRY son of Alexander, one of the 10 sons, settled in Jamestown, Chautauqua Co NY; the mother of the LOWRY SONS died in MAYVILLE in 1812 Nathaniel A. LOWRY came to Jamestown, Chautauqua Co NY in 1833; His father was Alexander LOWRY, 1 of 10 brothers who emigrated from Ireland; Most of whom were early settlers in ERIE COUNTY PA ; Nathaniel A was for many years a merchant and promiinent citizen and business man in Jamestown and acquired a large property. In November, 1844 he was stabbed by an assailant with intent to kill, the wound being for some time, considered mortal; The perpetrator of the deed was convicted and made to suffer the penalty of law,. Mr LOWRY was born Oct. 22, 1805 and died in Jamestown, Feb 23, 1852; His sons, William H., Augustus N, and Alexander M, reside in Jamestown. Source for the above data Andrew W Young, History of Chautauqua Co NY 1875 Morrow B. LOWRY (Son of Morrow, b Ireland), of Erie Co. PA married to Sarah Ann FLETCHER,8 b. Sept. 17, 1811; m., 1837, Morrow B. Lowry of Erie, Penn.; d. 1845, leaving one dau., who m. Major LYON of Erie His brotehr, Samuel Lowry married a sister of Sarah Ann Fletcher in Eire Co PA, Mary Jane FLETCHER b. Aug. 19, 1819; m., 1838, Samuel Lowry of Erie, Penn., a bro. of M. B. Lowry (Fletcher Genealogy)