Josiah Crowell
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: Cir 1689
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Spouses and Children
1. *Mary Whelden (Est 1688 - )
Marriage: 17 Dec 1708 - Cape May, New Jersey 1
Status:
Josiah Clerk Crowell
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 19 Jul 1790 - Provincetown, Massachusetts 2
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Solomon Crowell (1753- )
Mother: Thankful Wixon (1753- )
Judah Crowell
Sex: M
AKA: Judah Crow
Individual Information
Birth: 6 May 1703 - Yarmouth, Massachusetts 3
Baptism:
Death: 25 Apr 1783 - Cape Island, Nova Scotia 4
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Events
• Alt Death, , Barrington, Nova Scotia in Barrington, Nova Scotia
Parents
Father: Thomas Crowell (Est 1670-1735)
Mother: Elizabeth (Jones) (Est 1670- )
Spouses and Children
1. *Tabatha Nickerson (15 Jun 1713 - 1771) 5
Marriage: 6 Sep 1733 - Yarmouth, Massachusetts
Status:
Children:
1. Eleazer Crowell (1733- )
2. Thomas Crowell (1735-1771)
3. Judah Crowell (1741-1768)
4. Tabitha Crowell (1743- )
5. Archelaus Crowell (1747- )
6. Mary Crowell (Est 1748- )
7. Elizabeth Crowell (1748- )
8. Ansel Crowell (1749- )
Judah Crowell
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 24 Jul 1741 - Yarmouth, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: 1768 - Moses Island, Shelburne, Nova Scotia
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Judah Crowell (1703-1783)
Mother: Tabatha Nickerson (1713-1771) 5
Spouses and Children
1. *Jerusha Knowles (Est 1743 - )
Marriage: Est 1762
Status:
Notes
General:
of Moses Island, Shelburne, Nova Scotia
Kelley Howes Crowell
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 26 Feb 1797
Baptism:
Death: 12 Jan 1855
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Abner Crowell (1754-1840)
Mother: Tabitha Kelley (Est 1757- )
Spouses and Children
1. *Lucy K Howes (1788 - 4 Apr 1845)
Marriage: 26 Mar 1818
Status:
Children:
1. Arthur Kent Crowell (1849-Bef 1890)
Keziah Crowell
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 13 Jul 1729 - Yarmouth, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: 29 Jul 1729 - Yarmouth, Massachusetts
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: John Crowell (1693-1739)
Mother: Keziah Eldredge (1695-1755)
Keziah Crowell
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 18 May 1730 - Yarmouth, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: 29 May 1730 - Yarmouth, Massachusetts
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: John Crowell (1693-1739)
Mother: Keziah Eldredge (1695-1755)
Levi Crowell
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 16 May 1764 - Yarmouth, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Christopher Crowell (1737-1820)
Mother: Deborah Sears (1742-1825)
Lois E Crowell
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: Est 1828 - Dennis, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: 1879
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Spouses and Children
1. *Captain Joshua Harding (20 Dec 1825 - 2 Oct 1896)
Marriage: 1847
Status:
Rev Loranus Crowell
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: Oct 1815 - Ware, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: Apr 1889 - Lynn, Massachusetts
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Spouses and Children
1. *Elizabeth Ann Fuller (Oct 1823 - )
Marriage: 1843
Status:
Notes
General:
"Rev. Loranus Crowell, D.D., for many years an esteemed elder of the Methodist Episcopal church, was appointed in 1840 principal of the Spring Hill Seminary, Sandwich, and held that position for four years. Doctor Crowell married, in 1843, Elizabeth Ann Fuller, of Sandwich." - Deyo, 307 7Marriage Notes (Elizabeth Ann Fuller)
Children
Samuel Fuller Crowell b: 19 NOV 1846 in Boston, Massachusetts
Elizabeth Wing Crowell b: 8 DEC 1844
Lot Crowell
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 10 Jan 1753 - Yarmouth, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: 27 May 1769 - Yarmouth, Massachusetts
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Captain Lot Crowell (1730-1809)
Mother: Hannah Hamblin (Cir 1728-1787)
Captain Lot Crowell
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 8 Apr 1730 - Yarmouth, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: 21 Mar 1809 - South Yarmouth, Massachusetts
Burial: in Woodside cemetery, Yarmouthport 8
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Seth Crowell (1690-1769)
Mother: Mercy Nickerson (1696-1761)
Spouses and Children
1. *Hannah Hamblin (Cir 1728 - 17 Jul 1787)
Marriage: 1 Dec 1747 - (Yarmouth, Massachusetts)
Status:
Children:
1. Heman Crowell (1748- )
2. Matthews Crowell (1750- )
3. Lot Crowell (1753-1769)
4. Elizabeth Crowell (1755- )
5. Willard Crowell (1759- )
6. Mercy Crowell (1761-1837)
7. Hannah Crowell (1766-1787)
8. Sarah Crowell (1769- )
Notes
General:
? m2 Hannah Berry, 9 nov 1788
or son Lot married her
Lucia Crowell
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 10 Mar 1760 - Yarmouth, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Joshua Crowell (1716- )
Mother: Tabitha Baker (1718- )
Spouses and Children
1. *Levi Rogers (17 Sep 1749 - Jul 1794)
Marriage: 25 Jul 1785 - Yarmouth, Massachusetts
Status:
Children:
1. Shubel Rogers (1786-1842) 9
2. Molly Rogers (1789- )
3. Gennie Rogers (1793- )
Lucrecia Crowell
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 11 Apr 1753 - Yarmouth, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Jabez Crowell (1721- )
Mother: Thankfull Vincent (1722- )
Spouses and Children
1. *Samuel Bassett (Est 1750 - )
Marriage: 25 Apr 1771 - Yarmouth, Massachusetts
Status:
Captain Luther Crowell
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 3 Nov 1818 - Dennis, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: 18 Aug 1896 - West Dennis, Massachusetts 10
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: James Crowell (Est 1770- )
Mother: Ruth Crowell (Est 1780- )
Spouses and Children
1. *Rebecca Kelley (7 Jul 1823 - 15 Feb 1893)
Marriage: 4 Jan 1842 - Dennis, Massachusetts
Status:
Children:
1. Captain Luther B Crowell (1841- )
2. Rebecca Crowell (1848-After 1900)
3. Ruth Ina Crowell (1861- )
4. Grace M Crowell (Est 1847-Bef 1890)
Notes
General:
"Captain Luther Crowell.\emdash This worthy representative of one of the first comers on the Cape traces his ancestry along the generations of the past through James, David, Jonathan, Thomas, John (of Bass ponds, as there was another of that name,) and Thomas, back to that John Crow who came to Old Yarmouth in 1639 and built his house near Nobscusset pond, on the lot a little to the northeast of the present house of Calvin S. Crowell. James Crowell, father of Luther, married Ruth, daughter of Elisha and Sarah (Nickerson) Crowell, and she was one of fourteen children, all born in a house northwest from the present West Dennis church.
Luther Crowell was born in 1818, the son of poor parents, and was early thrown upon his own resources for a livelihood and an education. In the small country schools of that day the question was asked each pupil at commencement of the term : "Who is to pay your tuition?" Some would answer, "my father," "this uncle or that friend;" but the lad Luther's answer had to be "I'll pay," and he did. At ten years of age his penchant for the sea induced him to ship as cook in the fishing and coasting trade. His anxiety to rise and excel could hardly brook the delay of reaching a statable age in which he should consummate his wishes. The airy castles of future greatness, and the fairy ships built by the aspiring cook, were often wrecked by the gruff voice of the mate asking down the hatchway if dinner was ready; and this disaster to ideal shipping would occur just as the captain of the fairy ship was rounding into Bass river harbor.
Thus the actual life a man may lead grows up from the ideal life a boy may dream of, and success comes but to him who is born capable of dreaming of success and daring to labor for it. His zeal and faithfulness earned rapid promotions, and from October, 1839, until 1852, he commanded coastwise packets between Boston and Baltimore and in the West India trade. In the latter year he commenced with R. W. Ropes & Co., of Brooklyn, N. Y., as captain and part owner in vessels engaged in an extensive South American trade, which he continued until 1866, when, for three years, he commanded a steamer in the Winsor line, between Boston and Philadelphia, and then returned to the command of a ship for Ropes & Co. in their important trade. In this firm was Ripley Ropes, the recently deceased president of the Brooklyn Trust Company, and his elder brother, Reuben W., still the head of the firm. Their appreciation of Captain Crowell as master, agent and factor, increased with the years of their pleasant business relations. This mutual regard between the three, ripening with time, became a permanent friendship.
In 1871 Captain Crowell renewed his connection with the Winsor line, which relations have continued to the present moment. Although widely and favorably known from his ancestral connections, and for those genial social qualities which have always marked him, he is doubtless destined to be best known and longest remembered by his position as a favored captain in the Winsor steamship line.
The captain's home is at West Dennis, where he has surrounded his family with appointments in keeping with their high social position. He was married in 1841, to Rebecca, daughter of Asa and Edith Kelley. Their children are: Luther B., Rebecca, Ruth Ina and Grace M., the latter deceased. Of these Luther B. Crowell, born in 1841, has been a successful sea captain since 1865. In that year he married Esther, daughter of Anthony and Priscilla Kelley, and has four children : Charles B., Luther A , Arthur R. and Grace M. He is closely following the footsteps of his father, being in command of a ship in the same line. Rebecca married Captain George H. Baxter, a native of South Dennis. He was commander of the schooner Allie Burnham, which was lost with all on board in April, 1886, while on the passage from Cuba to Philadelphia. Besides his widow he left one son, George L. B., and a daughter, Rebecca M. Baxter. Captain Baxter was a promising young man, with great possibilities, the sorrow for whose untimely fate is a shadow that must long abide.
Captain Luther Crowell, the subject of this sketch, is now in the midst of a bright career, and popular as a master. Still in vigorous life, he has just passed his semi-centennial as a master mariner. With a character unblemished, his ability, energy and carefulness have gained for him a position seldom equaled among the many noted seamen of Cape Cod." 11
Luther Anderson Crowell
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 12 Sep 1912 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 12
Baptism:
Death: 1 Sep 1989 - South Wellfleet, Massachusetts
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Events
• Social Security Number, 013-01-2379, Massachusetts in Massachusetts
Parents
Father: Luther Francis Crowell (1864-1941) 13
Mother: Pauline Evelyn Pierce (1877-1955) 13
Spouses and Children
1. *Minnie Louise Robbins (Est 1920 - )
Marriage: 25 Jul 1943 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 14
Status:
Children:
1. Janet Louise Crowell (1946- ) 15
2. Doris Pauline Crowell (1948- ) 16
3. Phyllis Ann Crowell (1954- )
4. Beverly Jean Crowell (1954- )
Notes
Marriage Notes (Minnie Louise Robbins)
1943, Luther of Wellfleet, Minnie of Quincy
Captain Luther B Crowell
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 1841 - Dennis, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Captain Luther Crowell (1818-1896)
Mother: Rebecca Kelley (1823-1893)
Spouses and Children
1. *Esther Kelley (30 Mar 1846 - 28 Nov 1909)
Marriage:
Status:
Notes
General:
"Luther B. Crowell, born in 1841, has been a successful sea captain since 1865. In that year he married Esther, daughter of Anthony and Priscilla Kelley, and has four children : Charles B., Luther A , Arthur R. and Grace M. He is closely following the footsteps of his father, being in command of a ship in the same line." 17
Luther Childs Crowell
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 7 Sep 1840 - Harwich, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: 11 Sep 1903 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts
Burial: in Oak Dale Cemetery, Wellfleet
Cause of Death: instial stenosis
Parents
Father: Captain Francis Baker Crowell (Est 1810- )
Mother: Mehitable Hall Crowell (Est 1810- )
Spouses and Children
1. *Margaret Doane Atwood (3 Nov 1827 - 26 Sep 1911) 19
Marriage: 18 Aug 1863
Status:
Children:
1. Edgar Doane Crowell (1871-1958) 18
2. Luther Francis Crowell (1864-1941) 13
Notes
General:
On 2/20/1872 Luther Crowell received patent #123-811 for a machine for manufacturing paper bags with two longitudinal inward folds.Medical:
He held 280 patents, making him the 3rd most prolific American inventor of the 19th century. Among his other inventions were a "double supplement printing press" and a bottle-labeling machine.
Luther was a long-time and prominent resident of Wellfleet.
Sources are conflicting on whether he was born in Harwich or West Dennis.
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Luther Childs Crowell
1840-1903
Birth: September 7, 1840 in Massachusetts, United States
Death: September 16, 1903 [check Wellfleet records]
Occupation: Inventor
Source: Dictionary of American Biography Base Set. American Council of Learned Societies, 1928-1936.
BIOGRAPHICAL ESSAY
Crowell, Luther Childs (Sept. 7, 1840 - Sept. 16, 1903), inventor, was descended from Yelverton Crowell, who with his brother Thomas settled on Cape Cod in 1638. Luther was the son of Francis Baker Crowell, a ship's captain, and Mehitable Hall Crowell. Though both parents were of the same surname, they were not related. Both were born on Cape Cod, the father in South Yarmouth and the mother in West Dennis, and it was in the latter place that Luther was born. By the time he was seventeen he had not only completed the courses of the local schools but had also attended an academy and spent a year studying medicine privately with a physician. Following his adventures in higher education he entered the merchant marine
service and at the end of four years was offered a captain's commission, which he declined. The reason for this, apparently, was his intense interest in aeronautics, for within a year he had moved to Boston and on June 3, 1862, obtained a patent for an aerial machine. He immediately proceeded to develop the mechanism, but the business failure of his chief backer put a stop to the work. He then turned his attention to the development of another idea which had been suggested in the course of his work on the aerial machine; namely, a machine to make paper bags. For this he received a patent in 1867. Five years later he devised the square-bottomed paper bag universally used today and also the machine for making it; and while legal proceedings arising out of infringement of this patent were still in progress, he invented the side-seam paper bag and then sold partial rights in all his bag patents to the infringing company. Improvements in printing machinery next attracted Crowell and by 1873 he had
devised and patented a sheet-delivery and folding mechanism. This invention marked a distinct forward step in the development of printing machinery and was quite ahead of its time, so that the first opportunity to introduce it did not come until two years later when it was combined wih a new press purchased by the Boston Herald. The combination machine was the first rotary folding machine whereby newspaper sheets, singly or collectively, were delivered folded as complete products. For the next few years Crowell devoted his time wholly to improving his mechanism, being unable financially to enter into the general manufacture of it. Meanwhile R. Hoe & Company, in their various printing-press experiments, found that some of their devices encroached upon Crowell's inventions, and offered him not only a substantial sum of money for partial rights in his paper-bag improvements and sheet-delivery mechanism but also a liberal salary to join them. He accepted and in 1879 entered the employ of this firm where he
remained until his death. He could now work to his heart's content and during the following ten years he perfected the double supplement press, and followed this with double and quadruple presses and the combined pamphlet-printing and wire-binding machines. He obtained over 280 United States patents for printing machinery alone, including those for the printing of both sides of a web of paper from one cylinder, a rotary printing mechanism, a positive cutting and folding mechanism without tapes, the first sheet-piling mechanism, and many others. One of his last inventions was a machine for pasting labels on bottles, and at the time of his death he was working on a wrapping and mailing machine. Crowell gloried in being a "Cape Codder." He despised shams and expressed himself freely and fearlessly in all matters. He was a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and of the Franklin Institute. On Aug. 18, 1863, he married Mrs. Margaret D. Howard of Boston. Although a resident of New York City [?] he died at his old home in West Dennis [This is an error. He died in Wellfleet.].
-- Carl W. Mitman
FURTHER READINGS
[A Short Hist. of the Printing Press (1902), printed and published for Robt. Hoe; Stephen D. Tucker, "Hist. of R. Hoe & Co., N.Y.," transcript (M.S.) in Lib. of Cong.; W. B. Kaempffert, A Popular Hist. of Am. Invention (1924); Records of U. S. Patent Office and of the Franklin Institute; family correspondence.]
SOURCE CITATION
"Luther Childs Crowell."Dictionary of American Biography Base Set. American Council of Learned Societies, 1928-1936.
age 63-0-9
inventor
married 20
Luther Francis Crowell
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 1 Aug 1864 - Charlestown, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: 26 Apr 1941 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 21
Burial: in South Wellfleet cemetery
Cause of Death:
Events
• Alt Birth, , Charlestown, Massachusetts in Charlestown, Massachusetts
Parents
Father: Luther Childs Crowell (1840-1903) 18
Mother: Margaret Doane Atwood (1827-1911) 19
Spouses and Children
1. *Pauline Evelyn Pierce (19 Jun 1877 - 28 Dec 1955) 13
Marriage: 19 Jun 1906 - Chelsea, Massachusetts 22
Status:
Children:
1. Luther Anderson Crowell (1912-1989) 12
Notes
General:
res 1906 So WellfleetMedical:
age 76-8-25
Lydia Crowell
Sex: F
AKA: Lidy Crow
Individual Information
Birth: Abt 1659 - Nobscusset (Yarmouth), Plymouth Colony
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Events
• Alt Birth, , Barnstable, Plymouth Colony in Barnstable, Plymouth Colony
Parents
Father: John Crowell (Abt 1639-1689)
Mother: Mehitable Miller (1638-1715)
Spouses and Children
1. *Ebenezer Goodspeed (Dec 1655 - )
Marriage: Feb 1677 - Barnstable, Plymouth Colony 23
Status:
Children:
1. Benjamin Goodspeed (1678- )
2. Goodspeed (1679-1680) 23
3. Mehitable Goodspeed (1681- )
4. Alice Goodspeed (1683- )
5. Ebenezer Goodspeed (1685- )
6. Mary Goodspeed (1687- )
7. Susannah Goodspeed (1689- )
8. Patience Goodspeed (1692- )
9. Ruth Goodspeed (1694- )
10. Lydia Goodspeed (1696- )
11. Roger Goodspeed (1698- )
12. Reliance Goodspeed (1701- )
13. Moses Goodspeed (1704- )
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