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Thomas Low and Margaret Todd

Thomas Low, the son of Giles Low and Cicely Firmin, was born in 1605 in England. He died at the age of about 62 on Sunday, 8 September 1667 o.s..

Thomas Low (aged about 25) married Margaret Todd (aged about 33) on Tuesday, 22 June 1630 o.s. in Polstead, Suffolk.

Margaret Todd, the daughter of Ananias Todd and Bridget Thompson, was born in about 1597.

Their children were:

• Margaret Low, born in 1632 in Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts. She married Daniel Davison on Monday, 13 April 1657 o.s. in Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts.

• John Low, born in 1633 in Boxford, Suffolk. He married Sarah Thorndike on Tuesday, 10 December 1661 o.s..

• Deacon Thomas Low, born on Sunday, 8 May 1631 o.s. in Groton Church, Suffolk, died on Saturday, 12 April 1712 o.s.. He married Martha Borman on Wednesday, 4 July 1660 o.s..

• Sarah Low, born in 1637. She married John Safford in about 1663.

First Ipswich record of Thomas is in 1641

According to AHD--

Thomas (father) 2nd m. Susanna ____ 
Margaret (mother) bp. 23 Nov 1597, Polstead

Margaret (Dau) b. ~1634-5, Thomas b. ~1631-2, John b. ~1630, Sarah m. ~1663.
Corrected to Margaret bp. 17 Jun 1632, Boxford, John bp. 2 Mar 1633-4
John 2nd m. Dorcas ?, 3rd m. Anna ?

Both AHD and IGI list Margaret Low's mother as both Susanah Low and Margaret
(Todd) Low. AHD concludes that Susanah is Margaret's step-mother, and that she
was named after her mother.

IGI lists Margaret as b. to Thomas Low & Susanah in 1639, Ipswich MA
and as bapt. (dau. of Thomas Low and Margaret Todd) 17 Jun 1632, Ipswich, MA
it also lists Thomas son of Thomas Low and Susanah, b. 1632, Ipswich, MA