Individual Details

John Lockhart witnessed the marriage of Joshua McBean and Hannah Thornton in 1833 in Charlotte, New Brunswick. He married Joshua's sister, Jane P., five years later in the same place.

The following affidavit is probably a different John Lockhart
((US, Citzenship Affidavits of US-born seamen at select ports, 1792-1869. (Port of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
John Lockhart, age 35 years, or thereabouts, of the height of 5 feet, 9 1/2 inches, ruddy complexion, lt. brown hair, grey eyes, who being by my duly sworn according to law, did declare and say, That he is a native of Calais, State of Maine and is a citizen of the United States. John Lockhart and N H Wells, being by me also duly sworn did declare and say, that the facts above stated are true,to the best of his knowledge and belief.
NH Wells
In testament whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed my Notarila Seal, the 15 day of January 1848. John H Frisk Notary Public 39874))



Notes for CAPTAIN JOHN ALEXANDER LOCKHART from Susan Slade Grosl:
Was the Captain of the clipper ship "The Hungarian".

From "Lockhart Families of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick", by Douglas Eaton Eagles
John Lockhart b. Horton, N.S.; m. (1) a lady from St. Andrews, N.B. and m. (2) a lady from New York. Children by his first wife:
John, unmarried; listed as being "in a P.M. steamer".
Benjamin m. and living on a ranch in California in 1897.
John's father was John Lockhart b. Nov. 22 1788 to David Lockhart and Mercy Fuller.
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John Lockhart was a Ship Master. A family legend (unproven) infers that some of his cargo might have been of a nefarious nature... I'll let cousin Kathy Smith tell it in her words -
"The summer before Grandma Hattie died, I was staying with her and I asked her if she remembered her grandparents which she did. I knew her grandfather Lockhart had been a ship's captain and asked her what the cargo was. She said "Well, slaves of course". You know how on TV when someone is shocked they clutch their chest and stagger back? Well, that's exactly what I did. She about laughed her self silly. She was surprised I didn't know. She said his father had been a slaver, going to the Bahama's I think. Susan had heard from Millie Lovejoy that the father had scuttled the ship off the North Carolina coast to avoid the blockade, with the only survivor's being him and the first mate. All crew and slaves were drowned. She said that Aunt Bess (Lovejoy Anderson) had danced with the first mate somewhere along the line. The rest of the story was that when Lockhart's wife found out what happened she left him and took the children to New York which was where Ben and Mary Cull Lockhart first met."
Susan Slade-Grosl has a photograph of a line drawing of a ship labeled: "Flying Cloud ‘Blackbirder’ Captain John Lockhart". This might be the ship that Captain John Lockhart sunk, ship, cargo and crew off the coast of the Carolina’s to avoid a patrol with all crew and cargo (slaves) perishing except Capt. Lockhart and the first mate. The "Black Mariah" is another ship name heard in conjunction with the Lockhart family. Importation of slaves was banned in the US in 1808, but continued for many years on the blackmarket. The family story continues that the wife of John Lockhart left him and moved with her children to New York after the ship scuttling.
Family legends are not always reliable, and whether or not John Lockhart was a slaver might never be proved. The following historical points from the research of Richard Langill, USAF ret. shows that this activity did occur from the New England area - "A common misconception about slavery is that slavers were from the south, however the lions share of of slavers were New Englanders, evidently because Yankee ship captains were the shrewdest bargainers. They had a four cornered trade run - rum going from Barbados to Africa, trading the rum for slaves, slaves to Southern ports, trading them for cotton, cotton to New England ports for the mills, where the cotton was exchanged for cash."




McAlpine's Maritime Provinces Directory for 1870-71
page 769
St. John
Lockhart, Alexander, shipowner, h Wentworth
Lockhart, A. B. coal inspector, h Elliott row n Pitt
Lockhart, David, clerk, h Wentworth cor Princess
Lockhart Edward E. chairman Water Commission, 77 Prince William, h Wentworth
Lockhart, George A. auctioneer and commission merchant, and flour and provision dealer, 12 and 13 South, h Princess
Lockhart, George A. & Son, auctioneers and commission merchants, and flour and provision dealers, 12 and 13 South wharf, h 116 Princess
Lockhart, James, laborer, h 30 Drury lane
Lockhart W. Albert, auctioneer and commission merchant, flour and provision dealer, 12 and 13 South wharf, h Princess
Lockhart, William J. coal inspector, 69 Brussells

Birth	Abt 1812	Horton Township, Nova Scotia, Canada
Marriage	10 Oct 1838	St. Stephen Parish, New Brunswick, Charlotte, New Brunswick, British North America - Jane Parker McBean
Census (family)	16 Jul 1850	Calais, Washington, Maine, United States - Jane Parker McBean
Marriage	Aft 1855	Martha K Hunt
Census (family)	8 Jun 1860	West Stockbridge, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States - Martha K Hunt
Death	Bef 1870
Burial		West Stockbridge Cemetery, West Stockbridge, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States

Spouse	Jane Parker McBean (1811 - )
Child	Captain John A. Lockhart (1840 - 1902)
Child	Benjamin Franklin (Pomeroy) Lockhart (1843 - 1929)
Child	Laura Lockhart (1845 - 1918)

Spouse

Martha K Hunt (1823 - 1887)

Father	John Lockhart (1788 - )
Mother	Living
Sibling	Eleazer Lockhart (1814 - 1901)
Sibling	Daniel Lockhart (1815 - 1841)

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