Individual Details

Nathan Lockhart

(9 Apr 1793 - 30 Aug 1867)

Eaton's History of Kings Co. Nova Scotia states that the Lockhart family of Horton is of Scotch-Irish origin, but did not know when they came to Nova Scotia. His information on the family came from Rev. Arthur John Lockhart ("Pastor Felix"), a descendant of Nathan Lockhart and Elizabeth Fuller through their son Nathan Albert Lockhart.
Pastor Felix related the story of three Lockhart brothers, Nathan, Elihu and David. Elihu settled in Hantsport Nova Scotia, David, probably first in Horton, then in Cambridge, Mass. and Nathan, made his home permanently in King's County. David orginated the widely known Lockhart Casket manufactory and undertaking business in Boston and Cambridge. "My grandfather, Nathan Lockhart," says the Rev. Arthur John Lockhart, "settled in that part of Lower Horton, bordering on Hants county, which lies on a slope of the South Mountain, commanding an extensive and beautiful view of the Avon River..." He married Eliza Fuller who belonged to the Fuller family in Lower Horton whose forbears were among the immigrants who came to Connecticut, after the removal of the Arcadians (724-725).








Events

Birth9 Apr 1793Hortonville, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada
Marriage10 Oct 1813Elizabeth "Eliza" Fuller
Death30 Aug 1867Lockhartville, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada

Families

SpouseElizabeth "Eliza" Fuller (1793 - 1881)
ChildSilas Lockhart (1814 - 1849)
ChildAndrew Lockhart (1816 - 1864)
ChildCapt. Nathan Albert Lockhart (1819 - 1893)
ChildMary Ann Lockhart (1821 - 1861)
ChildLeonard Lockhart (1823 - 1856)
ChildEphraim Lockhart (1827 - 1907)
ChildBenjamin Lockhart (1828 - 1863)
ChildJohn Weston/Wesley Lockhart (1831 - 1867)
ChildAnn Eliza Lockhart (1833 - 1855)
ChildEmeline Lockhart (1839 - 1862)
FatherDavid Lockhart (1760 - 1827)
MotherMercy Fuller (1761 - 1830)
SiblingWilliam Lockhart ( - )
SiblingElihu Lockhart (1781 - )
SiblingElizabeth Lockhart (1783 - 1866)
SiblingAnn Lockhart (1785 - 1864)
SiblingJacob Lockhart (1787 - 1808)
SiblingJohn Lockhart (1788 - )
SiblingCaptain James Lockhart (1791 - 1858)
SiblingMary Lockhart (1795 - 1876)
SiblingMartha Lockhart (1796 - 1868)
SiblingAbigail Lockhart (1796 - )
SiblingRebecca Lockhart (1798 - )
SiblingDavid Lockhart (1802 - 1875)

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