Lowell family

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Lowell
Lowell family plot at Mount Auburn Cemetery
Current region	United States United Kingdom
Connected families	Cabot Roosevelt Lawrence Amory Putnam Astor
Distinctions	Lowell Observatory Lowell Institute Lowell House
Estate(s)	Elmwood (Cambridge, Massachusetts) 805 Fifth Avenue, NYC [1] Nos. 7 & 8 Park Street, Boston President's House (Harvard) Bibury Court

The Lowell family is one of the Boston Brahmin families of New England, known for both intellectual and commercial achievements.

The family had emigrated to Boston from England in 1639, led by the patriarch Percival Lowle (c. 1570–1664/1665). The surname was spelt in many ways until it was standardised as Lowell from about 1721, apparently by the Rev. John Lowell. It was a later John Lowell (1743–1802) from whom the famous dynasty was descended.