Hallowell family
Benjamin Hallowell (1699-1773): A Boston merchant and one of the Kennebec Proprietors, holders of land originally granted to the Plymouth Company by the British monarchy in the 1620s. One of the largest owners in the Plymouth Company, Hallowell owned 50,000-acres at Hallowell, Maine. His daughter, Sarah Hallowell (1727-1809), married Samuel Vaughan, who, with his sons, Benjamin, William, and John, developed Hallowell’s lands on the Kennebec. Benjamin’s grandson, Robert Hallowell, took the name of Gardiner on receiving the bulk of his grandfather's (Dr. Sylvester Gardiner's) large landed estate on the Kennebec. Benjamin Hallowell Jr. (1725-1799): A staunch loyalist and Commissioner of Customs for the Port of Boston during the Boston Tea Party. He married Mary Boylston, the daughter of Thomas Boylston. Benjamin Jr’s children included Ward Nicholas Boylston, benefactor of Harvard University, Admiral Sir Benjamin Hallowell-Carew, one of Nelson's "Band of Brothers"; and, Mary, the wife of The Hon. John Elmsley, Chief Justice of Upper Canada. Benjamin Hallowell Carew: A senior officer in the Royal Navy. His mother, Mary (Boylston) Hallowell, was the daughter of Thomas Boylston, and a first cousin of Susanna Boylston, the mother of the 2nd President of the United States, John Adams, and grandmother of the 6th President, John Quincy Adams. He was a brother of Ward Nicholas Boylston and a nephew of Governor Moses Gill. In 1828, Sir Benjamin Hallowell succeeded to the estates of the Carew family of Beddington, Surrey, on the death of his cousin, who had herself inherited them from her brother-in-law. In accordance with the terms of her will, he assumed the Carew name and coat of arms, becoming known as Admiral Sir Benjamin Hallowell Carew. Ward Nicholas Boylston: Born Ward Hallowell, he was a merchant and benefactor of Harvard. The Town of Boylston, Massachusetts as well as Boylston Street in Boston and in Jamaica Plain are named for him. Benjamin Hallowell (educator): The first president of the Maryland Agricultural College, a position he accepted on the condition that the College not use slaves and he would not accept a salary. Hallowell married Margaret Farquhar, the sister of William Henry Farquhar, around 1820. Caroline Hallowell Miller: The first president of the Maryland Woman Suffrage Association. Her cousin, Issac Hallowell Clothier (1837-1921), was a co-founder of Strawbridge's. Morris Longstreth Hallowell: He was born in Pennsylvania where he inherited and successfully ran a China import trade business. Hallowell became a director of the Pennsylvania Railroad and the First National Bank. His summer home was a stop on the underground railroad. He was a founding member of the Union League of Philadelphia. He married Hannah Penrose, a first cousin of Charles B. Penrose. May Hallowell Loud: Artist, suffragist and great granddaughter of Lucretia Mott. Sarah Tyson Hallowell
Sarah Catherine Fraley Hallowell
Elisabeth Hallowell Saunders
Sarah Tyson Hallowell: An American art curator, quaker, and granddaughter of Elisha Tyson. Harriet Hallowell
Edwin Hallowell
Edward Hallowell
Alfred Irving Hallowell
Norwood Penrose Hallowell: A colonel in the 54th Massachusetts regiment. In the Civil War Film, Glory (1989 film), Norwood Penrose Hallowell and his brother were recreated as the fictional character, Major Cabot-Forbes, portrayed by actor Cary Elwes. He died in 1914 and was buried in Mount Auburn Cemetery. Edward Needles Hallowell: An officer in the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment. Edward Hallowell
Anna Hallowell, education reformer, civil war nurse and anti-slavery activist. John Hallowell
Norwood Hallowell
Frank Hallowell
Notable members
The Hallowell family is frequently associated with Boston Brahmin culture.