Robert was born in 1772 in Alexandria, Alexandria, Virginia.
He lived for a time in New York then moved to Lunenburg, Nova Scotia where he met, then married Harriet Elizabeth Cutler on 21 Mar 1816. The 4 May 1816 edition of the Acadian Recorder reported: "m. lately at Manchester, N.S.: Robert Hartshorne, Esq., Halifax / [Harriet], widow of John Ballaine, Esq., eldest d/o Thomas Cutlet, Esq., of Manchester." Lawrence Hartshorne's biography in the Dictionary of Canadian Biography states: "Some time after 1800, [Lawrence] Hartshorne moved from Halifax to Dartmouth to take up residence in a large three-storey wooden mansion known as Poplar Hill. There, with his second wife, daughter of Jonathan Tremain, his business partner, he presided over a family of three sons and six daughters from both marriages, along with a younger cousin, Robert Hartshorne, who had come from Virginia to work in the family business."
Robert Hartshorne appears as a Justice of Peace in Guysborough Township, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia in 1838 with a family consisting of 1 male under fourteen years of age, 1 female under fourteen years of age, 5 males above fourteen years of age and not heads of families, 4 females above fourteen years of age, total 12 in the family including himself.
Robert died in 1851 and is buried in Guysborough, Guysborough Co., Nova Scotia.
Children:
1. Lawrence
2. Harriet Ann, b. 16 Dec 1816, m. 1838 in Halifax, Rev. Charles J. Shreve, d. 13 Mar 1851. The 22 Mar 1851 edition of New Brunswick Courier reported: "d. Guysboro, N.S., 13th inst., Harriet Shreve w/o Rev. Charles J. Shreve and d/o Robert Hartshorne, Esq."[2]
3. Elizabeth, b. 27 Jun 1818 in Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, m. Rev. Abraham Jordan, d. 29 May 1874 in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.
4. William, b. 21 Dec 1819 in Guysborough, Guysborough, Nova Scotia, m. Harriet ____, d. 29 Sep 1910 aged 90 in Middleton, Annapolis Co., NS.[3]
5. Sarah Caroline, b. 29 Aug 1821 in Guysborough, Guysborough, Nova Scotia, m. 1846 in Halifax Co., James E. Cutler, d. Jun 1885 in Cambridge, Mass.[4]
6. Lucy, b. 10 May 1826 in Guysborough, Guysborough, Nova Scotia, m. Rev. Thomas Morris.[5]
He lived for a time in New York then moved to Lunenburg, Nova Scotia where he met, then married Harriet Elizabeth Cutler on 21 Mar 1816. The 4 May 1816 edition of the Acadian Recorder reported: "m. lately at Manchester, N.S.: Robert Hartshorne, Esq., Halifax / [Harriet], widow of John Ballaine, Esq., eldest d/o Thomas Cutlet, Esq., of Manchester." Lawrence Hartshorne's biography in the Dictionary of Canadian Biography states: "Some time after 1800, [Lawrence] Hartshorne moved from Halifax to Dartmouth to take up residence in a large three-storey wooden mansion known as Poplar Hill. There, with his second wife, daughter of Jonathan Tremain, his business partner, he presided over a family of three sons and six daughters from both marriages, along with a younger cousin, Robert Hartshorne, who had come from Virginia to work in the family business."
Robert Hartshorne appears as a Justice of Peace in Guysborough Township, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia in 1838 with a family consisting of 1 male under fourteen years of age, 1 female under fourteen years of age, 5 males above fourteen years of age and not heads of families, 4 females above fourteen years of age, total 12 in the family including himself.
Robert died in 1851 and is buried in Guysborough, Guysborough Co., Nova Scotia.
Children:
1. Lawrence
2. Harriet Ann, b. 16 Dec 1816, m. 1838 in Halifax, Rev. Charles J. Shreve, d. 13 Mar 1851. The 22 Mar 1851 edition of New Brunswick Courier reported: "d. Guysboro, N.S., 13th inst., Harriet Shreve w/o Rev. Charles J. Shreve and d/o Robert Hartshorne, Esq."[2]
3. Elizabeth, b. 27 Jun 1818 in Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, m. Rev. Abraham Jordan, d. 29 May 1874 in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.
4. William, b. 21 Dec 1819 in Guysborough, Guysborough, Nova Scotia, m. Harriet ____, d. 29 Sep 1910 aged 90 in Middleton, Annapolis Co., NS.[3]
5. Sarah Caroline, b. 29 Aug 1821 in Guysborough, Guysborough, Nova Scotia, m. 1846 in Halifax Co., James E. Cutler, d. Jun 1885 in Cambridge, Mass.[4]
6. Lucy, b. 10 May 1826 in Guysborough, Guysborough, Nova Scotia, m. Rev. Thomas Morris.[5]
Robert was born in 1772 in Alexandria, Alexandria, Virginia.
He lived for a time in New York then moved to Lunenburg, Nova Scotia where he met, then married Harriet Elizabeth Cutler on 21 Mar 1816. The 4 May 1816 edition of the Acadian Recorder reported: "m. lately at Manchester, N.S.: Robert Hartshorne, Esq., Halifax / [Harriet], widow of John Ballaine, Esq., eldest d/o Thomas Cutlet, Esq., of Manchester." Lawrence Hartshorne's biography in the Dictionary of Canadian Biography states: "Some time after 1800, [Lawrence] Hartshorne moved from Halifax to Dartmouth to take up residence in a large three-storey wooden mansion known as Poplar Hill. There, with his second wife, daughter of Jonathan Tremain, his business partner, he presided over a family of three sons and six daughters from both marriages, along with a younger cousin, Robert Hartshorne, who had come from Virginia to work in the family business."
Robert Hartshorne appears as a Justice of Peace in Guysborough Township, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia in 1838 with a family consisting of 1 male under fourteen years of age, 1 female under fourteen years of age, 5 males above fourteen years of age and not heads of families, 4 females above fourteen years of age, total 12 in the family including himself.
Robert died in 1851 and is buried in Guysborough, Guysborough Co., Nova Scotia.
Children:
1. Lawrence
2. Harriet Ann, b. 16 Dec 1816, m. 1838 in Halifax, Rev. Charles J. Shreve, d. 13 Mar 1851. The 22 Mar 1851 edition of New Brunswick Courier reported: "d. Guysboro, N.S., 13th inst., Harriet Shreve w/o Rev. Charles J. Shreve and d/o Robert Hartshorne, Esq."[2]
3. Elizabeth, b. 27 Jun 1818 in Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, m. Rev. Abraham Jordan, d. 29 May 1874 in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.
4. William, b. 21 Dec 1819 in Guysborough, Guysborough, Nova Scotia, m. Harriet ____, d. 29 Sep 1910 aged 90 in Middleton, Annapolis Co., NS.[3]
5. Sarah Caroline, b. 29 Aug 1821 in Guysborough, Guysborough, Nova Scotia, m. 1846 in Halifax Co., James E. Cutler, d. Jun 1885 in Cambridge, Mass.[4]
6. Lucy, b. 10 May 1826 in Guysborough, Guysborough, Nova Scotia, m. Rev. Thomas Morris.[5]
He lived for a time in New York then moved to Lunenburg, Nova Scotia where he met, then married Harriet Elizabeth Cutler on 21 Mar 1816. The 4 May 1816 edition of the Acadian Recorder reported: "m. lately at Manchester, N.S.: Robert Hartshorne, Esq., Halifax / [Harriet], widow of John Ballaine, Esq., eldest d/o Thomas Cutlet, Esq., of Manchester." Lawrence Hartshorne's biography in the Dictionary of Canadian Biography states: "Some time after 1800, [Lawrence] Hartshorne moved from Halifax to Dartmouth to take up residence in a large three-storey wooden mansion known as Poplar Hill. There, with his second wife, daughter of Jonathan Tremain, his business partner, he presided over a family of three sons and six daughters from both marriages, along with a younger cousin, Robert Hartshorne, who had come from Virginia to work in the family business."
Robert Hartshorne appears as a Justice of Peace in Guysborough Township, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia in 1838 with a family consisting of 1 male under fourteen years of age, 1 female under fourteen years of age, 5 males above fourteen years of age and not heads of families, 4 females above fourteen years of age, total 12 in the family including himself.
Robert died in 1851 and is buried in Guysborough, Guysborough Co., Nova Scotia.
Children:
1. Lawrence
2. Harriet Ann, b. 16 Dec 1816, m. 1838 in Halifax, Rev. Charles J. Shreve, d. 13 Mar 1851. The 22 Mar 1851 edition of New Brunswick Courier reported: "d. Guysboro, N.S., 13th inst., Harriet Shreve w/o Rev. Charles J. Shreve and d/o Robert Hartshorne, Esq."[2]
3. Elizabeth, b. 27 Jun 1818 in Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, m. Rev. Abraham Jordan, d. 29 May 1874 in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.
4. William, b. 21 Dec 1819 in Guysborough, Guysborough, Nova Scotia, m. Harriet ____, d. 29 Sep 1910 aged 90 in Middleton, Annapolis Co., NS.[3]
5. Sarah Caroline, b. 29 Aug 1821 in Guysborough, Guysborough, Nova Scotia, m. 1846 in Halifax Co., James E. Cutler, d. Jun 1885 in Cambridge, Mass.[4]
6. Lucy, b. 10 May 1826 in Guysborough, Guysborough, Nova Scotia, m. Rev. Thomas Morris.[5]
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