Phineas Lovett Jr. (1745 - 1828)

Born 15 May 1745 in Milford, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Husband of Abigail (Thayer) Lovett — married 6 Apr 1768 in Mendon, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 17 Jun 1828 at age 83 in Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia

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Biography

"Phineas Lovett came to Nova Scotia with the New England planters who settled on the fertile lands left vacant by the deportation of the Acadians. His father appears to have taken up land in Nova Scotia in 1760 and both father and son are listed among the grantees for Annapolis Township in October 1765. By 1770 Lovett was established on the substantial farm at Round Hill, Annapolis County, where he lived throughout his life.

Like many Nova Scotians of his day, Lovett was both farmer and merchant. He had a ship in the West Indian trade by the late 1780s, and in later years seems to have devoted more time to commerce than to agriculture. He took full advantage of the lucrative trading opportunities offered by the American embargo on British imports adopted in 1807. During the War of 1812, in fact, he spent so much time in New Brunswick trafficking across the American border that he was criticized for neglecting his public duties as a magistrate in Nova Scotia."^[1]

Children of Phineas Lovett and Abigail Thayer

Phineas Lovett and Abigail Thayer were married 6 Apr 1768 at Mendon, Massachusetts.^[2] Phineas and Abigail had 12 children,^[3] including Phineas.^[4]

1. Lovett, Beulah
2. Lovett, Abigail, b. 18 Jan 1769, Annapolis Township, N.S.; d. 10 Jan 1854 (age 84 years)
3. Lovett, Phineas 3rd, b. 1772; d. 5 Oct 1841, Digby, Digby Co., N.S. (Age 69 years)
4. Lovett, Rachel, b. Abt 1779, Round Hill, Annapolis Co., N.S.; d. 6 Apr 1875 (age ~96 years)
5. Lovett, Daniel, b. 1780, Wilmot, Annapolis Co., N.S.; d. 26 Feb 1863 (age 83 years)
6. Lovett, James Russell, M.P.P., b. 12Feb 1781, Annapolis Township, N.S.; d. Mar 1864 (age 83 years); m. in 1806, Sarah, dau. of William Allen and Ann (Osborn) Chipman, b. 10 Aug 1788, and had 11 children
7. Lovett, Louisa, b. Abt 1782, Granville, N.S.; d. 26 Feb 1866, Granville, N.S. (age ~84 years)
8. Lovett, Elizabeth, b. Abt 1786; d. 6 Mar 1864, Round Hill, Annapolis Co., N.S. (age ~78 years)
9. Lovett, Thomas, b. 1792; d. 30 Jan 1867, Kings Co., N.S. (Age 75 years); m. Ann, youngest dau. of William Allen and Ann (Osborn) Chipman, b. 16 Dec 1795; settled in Kings County; five children
10. Lovett, Eunice S., m. 25 Nov 1847, George Thomson, of Halifax, later a resident of Wolfville, and Mayor of the town, and had five children
11. Lovett, William
12. Lovett, Mary

The Lovett Family

The following is excerpted from Eaton, Arthur Wentworth Hamilton, 1849-1937. The History of Kings County, Nova Scotia, Heart of the Acadian Land. 1910. Page 735.

"A brief sketch of the Lovett Family is given in the Calnek-Savary History of Annapolis, but its New England origin is not there stated. The History of Milford, Mass., says that Major Daniel Lovett, from Braintree, Mass was an original proprietor of Mendon, Mass., and that he probably lived and died on what is known as "the Lovett Place in the Davenport neighborhood." He m. in Boston (Judge Sewall officiating, certificate in 1721,) Abigail Thompson, of Braintree, and had children: Phineas; James; Hannah; Joanna; Abigail; Samuel; Daniel. Of these children, Phineas, the eldest, b. in Mendon July 13 1711, m. (1) Aug 7 1734 Hannah Merriam (2) late in 1742, Beulah, dau. of Edmund and Rachel (Sheffield) Morse b March 4, 1723. His eldest son was Phineas, Jr., bap. June 30, 1745, m. April 6 1768, Abigail Thayer, and both father and son were well known in in Annapolis County, N.S. For a sketch of Phineas Lovett, Sr. M.P.P. and a notice of his son Phineas, Jr., M.P.P. see the History of Annapolis.^[5]

Phineas Lovett, Jr., M.P.P., who died in 1828, and his wife Abigail (Thayer) had 11 children, of whom the sixth, James Russell Lovett, M.P.P. b. in 1781 m. in 1806, Sarah, dau. of William Allen and Ann (Osborn) Chipman, b. Aug. 10, 1788, and had 11 children. The 9th of these, Eunice S., was m. Nov 25 1847, to George Thomson, of Halifax, later a resident of Wolfville, and Mayor of the town, and had five children.

The 8th child of Phineas Lovett, Jr. M.P.P. was Thomas, who m. Ann, youngest dau. of William Allen and Ann (Osborn) Chipman, b Dec. 16, 1795, and settled in King's County. Children of Thomas and Ann (Chipman):

i. Margaret Ann, b. Nov. 21, 1815, m. to James Leavitt DeWolf, of Windsor, N.S.

ii. Sarah Jane, b. Feb 2, 1823, d. unm.

iii. Mary Chipman, b. Dec. 14, 1825

iv. Henry Edwin, b March 28, 1834, m. Jan. 5, 1859, Annie M., dau of Lewis Johnstone, M.D., and his wife Mary Ann (Pryor), b. Sep 11, 1836, and 9 children, 3 sons and 6 daughters.

v. Agnes T., May 17, 1837, m. to James W. King, M.P.P. of Windsor, N.S. and had children.

One of the most prominent men of Kings Co., for the past quarter of a century has been Henry Edwin Lovett, son of Thomas and Ann (Chipman) Lovett. He has for years held public office in Kentville, his present office being Registrar of Probate for the county."

The Lovett Home at Round Hill

The following is excerpted from the supplement to A. W. Savary's History of the County of Annapolis.

"Phineas Lovett, Senr. (p. 333, Vol. 1). According to Bolton’s History of Milford, Mass., Phineas Lovett, Senr., was son of Major Daniel Lovett by his 1st wife, whose name I do not know, but his 2nd wife was Abigail Thomson of Braintree, to whom he was married Sept. 11, 1721. His immigrant ancestor was Daniel, who settled at Braintree in 1640, and there married Joanna, daughter of Robert Blott, but was not the ancestor of the Lovitt family of Yarmouth, N.S., who are descended from a Lovitt who came to Beverly, Mass., in 1639. Both were probably descended from the same Norman ancester, Richardus de Louet, who came to England with William the Conqueror. The line of descent of this Phineas is Daniel(1), James(2), Major Daniel(3). He was born July 13th, 1711, and was therefore fifty years old when he came to Nova Scotia, and according to the inscription on the Lovett Monument at Round Hill “took possession of Round Hill,” (i.e., the farm granted to him in that district, the Round Hill farm), in 1761. He married, 1st, August 1st, 1731, Hannah Merriam, who died May 21st, 1739; 2nd, December 22nd, 1742, Beulah Morse, who died June 28th, 1766. The date of his death and age, stated on p. 334, are evidently confounded with those of his son, who died, however, in 1828, not 1824. He died in 1801, in which year his will, dated in 1799, was proved, December 24th. (p. 51, supplement)".^[6]

Col. Phineas Lovett M.P., II is buried at Round Hill Cemetery, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia.^[7][8]

Sources

1. ↑ Judith Tulloch, “LOVETT, PHINEAS,” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 6, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–, accessed July 30, 2017.
2. ↑ Mendon (Mass. : Town); New England Historic Genealogical Society; Baldwin, Thomas W. (Thomas Williams), b. 1849. Vital records of Mendon, Massachusetts, to the year 1850. Publisher Boston, MA : [New England Historic Genealogical Society]. 1920. pg. 341
3. ↑ hhennigar: Lovett, Col. Phineas : membership required
4. ↑ Wilson, Isaiah W. A Geography and History of the County of Digby. Mika Publishing Company, Belleville, ON. 1975. p. 334.
5. ↑ W. Calnek, Edited by A. W Savary, M.A. History of the County of Annapolis. 1897.
6. ↑ Savary, A. W. 1831-1920. Supplement to the History of the County of Annapolis: Correcting And Supplying Omissions In the Original Volume. Toronto: William Briggs, 1913.
7. ↑ Find a Grave - Col. Phineas Lovett M.P., II
8. ↑ Roots Web Round Hill 2 Cemetery : Lovett Family

• Eaton, Arthur Wentworth Hamilton, 1849-1937. The History of Kings County, Nova Scotia, Heart of the Acadian Land. 1910.
• The Sprague Project: Col. Phineas Lovett, M.P.P.

Acknowledgments

• Researched by Sara V Mosher