John Munro Lockhart (1789 - 1832)

Born 22 Dec 1789 in Bahama Islands

Descendants

Died 21 Oct 1832 at age 42 in Ragged Island, Bahamas

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John Lockhart is part of a Bahamian family.

Biography

John Munro Lockhart was born 22 December 1789 to William and Polly Lockhart and was baptized in Christ Church, Nassau, Bahamas.

John married Frances Thompson, an English woman, about 1818 - perhaps in New York, New York. They had at least four children, who are listed as minors in slave ownership records for years 1825, 1828, 1831, and 1834. The British colonial slave database is free to everyone on Ancestry.com. ^[1]: 1. Maria Elizabeth Lockhart, b. abt. 1821?, m. Rev. William H. Strombom 2. John McKay Lockhart, b. abt. 1821, m. Lucy Brinyard 3. Frances Anna Lockhart, b. abt. 1822, m. Daniel Sargent 4. Jane Mary (Jennie) Lockhart, 15 Nov 1826-12 Oct 1916, m. John Reuben Bacon

In 1831, John M Lockhart, John Lockhart, and Frances Anna Lockhart travelled from Ragged Island, Bahamas to New York aboard the Brig Panama. ^[2]

John was a merchant on Ragged Island, where he and his family enslaved numerous people. He died in 1832, shortly after his return from this trip at Ragged Island. His will was dated 5 Sep 1832, and proved 23 Oct 1832. ^[3]

Frances Thompson Lockhart Wilson appears in the 1834 British slave registers, having recently remarried to George Gray Wilson.^[4]

Four of John and Frances's children appear in slaveholding records directly alongside them, giving clues to their ages and confirming parentage. Most of the people they enslaved were engaged as domestic servants or in the salt raking industry on Ragged Island.

Other Potential Children Ancestry member trees list three other potential children of John Munro Lockhart and Frances Thompson. 1. Adeline Matilda Lockhart, b. about 1828. Adeline appears in a ship manifest, traveling from Ragged Island to NY with a teacher, John, and Jane. This isn't proof that she is a sister, but likely. 2. Emma Thompson Lockhart, b. abt. 1831. No sources listed. 3. William George Lockhart, b. abt 1833. Listed in some trees as John Munro's son, without evidence. William m. Emmeline Pratt, occupation listed as salt raker, and has numerous documented mixed race children ^[5]. William may not be a child of John Munro at all, or he may be an illegitimate son (likely with an enslaved woman). The Bahamas DNA project lists evidence that he is connected to Lockhart lines and African ancestors.^[6]

Alternative Parentage Most trees have William and Polly Lockhart as John Munro Lockhart's parents and suggest John met and married Frances Thompson in New York. One old message from Rootsweb archives suggests 1) he is the son of John Monroe Lockhart I and Maria Hubbard I___or J___, daughter of the daughter on a loyalist evacuation ship who met John I (an engineer on the same ship); 2) Frances Thompson was a shipwrecked orphan from Reading, England, who met John II in the Bahamas; and 3) John and Frances had two sons and two daughters. The original poster's email address is no longer working as of 2023.

Enslavement Records In order to help descendents of people the Lockharts enslaved trace their ancestors, the names of enslaved people are included here. Ages, roles, and more details are included in the online records.^[7]

1825 British Colonial Slave Ownership Records • Maria Elizabeth, minor: 4 people enslaved (Peggy, Jim, Clarissa, George)[3] • Frances Ann Lockhart, minor: 3 people enslaved (Patty, Dick alias Alexander, Delia)[4] • John McKay Lockhart, minor: 3 people enslaved (George, Clarissa, Frederick) [5]

1828 Records • John Monro Lockhart: 8 people enslaved; mostly purchased in 1827 (Jeoffrey, Sarah, Will, Ben, Isabella, Clarinda, Kate, Richard)[6] • Frances Lockhart: 1 person enslaved (Paul) [7] • Maria Elizabeth, minor: 4 people enslaved (Peggy, Jim, Clarissa, George)[8] • Frances Ann Lockhart, minor: 5people enslaved (Patty, Dick, Delia, Joe, Fanny)[9] • John McKay Lockhart, minor: 3 people enslaved (George, Clarissa, Frederick) [10] • Jane Mary Lockhart, minor: 1 person enslaved (Bridget); 1 person enslaved and died (David) [11]

1831 Records • John Monro Lockhart: 29 people enslaved (Jeffery, Sarah, Will, Ben, Isabella, Clarinda, Kate, Richard, Vergil, Nanny, Jacob, Towerhill, Grace, Margaret, Tiney, Dolly, Jane, Patience, Margaret, Matilda, Eliza, Fanny, Rose, Lydia, Sylvia, Harriett, Phoebe, Charity, Jim, Edinburgh); 1 bought and sold (Adam) [12] • Frances Lockhart, 1 person enslaved (Paul) [13] • Maria Elizabeth, minor: 5 people enslaved (Peggy, Jim, Clarissa, George, Moses)[14] • Frances Ann Lockhart, minor: 6 people enslaved (Dick, Delia, Joe, Patty, Fanny, Charlotte)[15] • John McKay Lockhart, minor: 2 people enslaved (Clarissa, Frederick; 1 died (George) [16] • Jane Mary Lockhart, minor: 2 people enslaved (Bridget, Nancy) [17]

1834 Records • Estate of the late John Monro Lockhart: 34 people enslaved (Sarah, Will, Isabella, Clarinda, Kate, Richard, Nanny, Jacob, Towerhill, Grace, Margaret, Tiney, Dolly, Jane, Patience, Margaret, Matilda, Eliza, Fanny, Rose, Lydia, Sylvia, Harriett, Phoeby, Charity, Jim, Peggy, Edinburgh, Will, Tom, Tom, Bob, March, Ann); 4 people seized by His Majesty's Customs and forfeited (Virgil, Joeffery, Tim, Ben) [18] • Frances Wilson (formerly Frances Lockhard): 1 enslaved person seized (Polyane or Paul) by HM Customs in 1832 [19] • Maria Elizabeth, minor: 5 people enslaved (Peggy, Jim, Clarissa, George, Moses)[20] • Frances Ann Lockhart, minor: 8 people enslaved (Patty, Dick, Delia, Joe, Fanny, Charlotte, Frank, William) [21] • John McKay Lockhart, minor: 2 people enslaved (Clarissa, Frederick)[22] • Jane Mary Lockhart, minor: 2 people enslaved (Bridget, James); 1 enslaved person died (Nancy) [23]

Sources

1. ↑ Former British Colonial Dependencies, Slave Registers, 1813-1834 (free on Ancestry.com) [1]
2. ↑ New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957, Roll M237, 1820-1897, Roll 015.
3. ↑ Bahamas National Archives Will Index
4. ↑ Former British Colonial Dependencies, Slave Registers, 1813-1834
5. ↑ Caribbean, Select Births and Baptisms, 1590-1928
6. ↑ The Bahamas DNA Project : "William George LOCKHART (who married Emmaline Pratt) matches 12 out of 12 markers in the Family Tree DNA customer database with another Lockhart (ancestry to be determined) and matches 11 out of 12 markers with one male in Family Tree DNA's Ancestral Origins database who traces his direct paternal line to Guinea-Bissau. His haplogroup is estimated to be E-P252/U174 (also known as E1b1a1a1f1a1 per the 27 March 2013 ISOGG Y chromosome haplogroup tree) based on matching 11 out of 12 markers with another male in Family Tree DNA's Haplogroup Origins database who is confirmed to belong to have the P252/U174 SNP." [2]
7. ↑ Former British Colonial Dependencies, Slave Registers, 1813-1834 (free on Ancestry.com)

• Christ Church Birth and Baptism Records.

• Rootsweb Message Board Post from Jim Rogers, 1 Feb 1995:

"I don't have descendants of this Lockhart, but would like to Know what you have on his ancestry. I have a John Monroe Lockhart (a Scotsman), who was an engineer on a ship that helped in the British evacuation of New York City in 1783. He fell in love with Maria Hubbard ______, who was on board with her father, a Dr. I____ or J_____, who was a doctor in the British Army (appt. 1777 in NYC). Maria and John were later married in Nassau, Bahamas, and John died in 1795 at Nassau. They had JML jr, another son (name unknown) and three daughters. JML jr was b. 1786, d. 1850 at Nassau, m. Francis Thompson (an orphan from Reading Eng. who was shipwrecked in the Bahamas) in 1821. They had three daughters and two sons: John McVey [sic] and William. Any connections?"