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James Lockhart

Birth
Ashford, Windham County, Connecticut, USA
Death
1800 (aged 48–49)
Parrsboro, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada
Burial
Parrsboro, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada Add to Map
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Name: James Lockhart
Sex: M
Birth: 1751 in Horton, Kings County, Nova Scotia, Canada
Occupation: Innkeeper in Windsor, Hants County, Nova Scotia, Canada ABT 1780
Death: 1800 in Parrsboro, Nova Scotia, Canada

Source: Vol. 9 #2251

June 10 1784 James bought a 300 acre farm on the road between Windsor and Halifax which he sold Oct 10 1786. He and Margery then moved to Parrsboro, Nova Scotia. In 1786 he bought 500 acre farm from his father-in-law Captain Daniel Knowlton. Later that same year he sold part of the property and took up farming, he was given a mark for his cattle in July 12 1786. At the court of sessions held in Horton Oct 16th 1812 he was appointed "fence viewer" for Parrsboro (then a part of King's County). At least 5 children of James and Margery married into the Edward Barker Family. See parents of Mary Barker who married Thomas son of James and Margery. The Lockharts who moved to Parrsboro turned to lumbering. The rapidly expanding communities needed lumber and the shipbuilding industry was booming. Five of James' sons jointly owned a lumber mill and large tracts of woodlands near Crossroads.
Name: James Lockhart
Sex: M
Birth: 1751 in Horton, Kings County, Nova Scotia, Canada
Occupation: Innkeeper in Windsor, Hants County, Nova Scotia, Canada ABT 1780
Death: 1800 in Parrsboro, Nova Scotia, Canada

Source: Vol. 9 #2251

June 10 1784 James bought a 300 acre farm on the road between Windsor and Halifax which he sold Oct 10 1786. He and Margery then moved to Parrsboro, Nova Scotia. In 1786 he bought 500 acre farm from his father-in-law Captain Daniel Knowlton. Later that same year he sold part of the property and took up farming, he was given a mark for his cattle in July 12 1786. At the court of sessions held in Horton Oct 16th 1812 he was appointed "fence viewer" for Parrsboro (then a part of King's County). At least 5 children of James and Margery married into the Edward Barker Family. See parents of Mary Barker who married Thomas son of James and Margery. The Lockharts who moved to Parrsboro turned to lumbering. The rapidly expanding communities needed lumber and the shipbuilding industry was booming. Five of James' sons jointly owned a lumber mill and large tracts of woodlands near Crossroads.


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  • Added: Oct 19, 2019
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/203988232/james-lockhart: accessed ), memorial page for James Lockhart (1751–1800), Find a Grave Memorial ID 203988232, citing St. George's Anglican Old Cemetery, Parrsboro, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada; Maintained by Memerizion (contributor 48072664).