Major Daniel Lovett

Biography

Daniel Lovett was born 6 Sep 1680 at Braintree, Massachusetts. He was the son of James Lovett and Hannah Tyler. Daniel married first, 28 Mar 1710 at Andover, Massachusetts, Abigail Sprague,[1] mother of at least four of his seven children — Phineas, Hannah, Joanna, Abigail. Daniel married second, 11Apr 1721 at Boston, Massachusetts, Abigail Thompson.[2]

Daniel Lovett died 18 Nov 1748 at Mendon, Massachusetts.[3]

The following is from Eaton, Arthur Wentworth Hamilton, 1849-1937. The History of Kings County, Nova Scotia, Heart of the Acadian Land. 1910. Page 735.

The Lovett Family

A brief sketch of the Lovett Family is given in the Calnek-Savary History of Annapolis, but its New England origin is not there stated. The History of Milford, Mass., says the Major Daniel Lovett, from Braintree, Mass was an original proprietor of Mendon, Mass., and that he probably lived and died on what is known as "the Lovett Place in the Davenport neighborhood." He m. in Boston (Judge Sewall officiating, certificate in 1721,) Abigail Thompson, of Braintree, and had children: Phineas; James; Hannah; Joanna; Abigail; Samuel; Daniel. Of these children, Phineas, the eldest, b. in Mendon July 13 1711, m. (1) Aug 7 1734 Hannah Merriam (2) late in 1742, Beulah, dau. of Edmund and Rachel (Sheffield) Morse b March 4, 1723. His eldest son was Phineas, Jr., bap. June 30, 1745, m. April 6 1768, Abigail Thayer, and both father and son were well known in in Annapolis County, N.S. For a sketch of Phineas Lovett, Sr. M.P.P. and a notice of his son Phineas, Jr., M.P.P. see the History of Annapolis.

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Daniel Lovett (1680 - 1748)

Major Daniel Lovett

Born 6 Sep 1680 in Braintree, Suffolk, Massachusetts

Son of James Lovett and Hannah Tyler

Brother of John Lovett, Joanna (Lovett) Perry, Martha (Lovett) Death, Abigail (Lovett) Partridge and Mary (Lovett) Ballou

Husband of Abigail (Sprague) Lovett — married 28 Mar 1710 (to 13 Apr 1718) in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts

Husband of Abigail (Thompson) Lovett — married 11 Apr 1721 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts

Father of Phineas Lovett Sr., Hannah (Lovett) Keith, Joanna (Lovett) Wheelock, Abigail (Lovett) Russell, James Lovett, Deborah (Lovett) Taft and Daniel Lovett

Died 18 Nov 1748 at age 68 in Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts

21:46: M Cole edited the Birth Place for Daniel Lovett (1680-1748). (Formatting. ) [Thank M for this]

Sources

↑ Vital Records of Andover, Massachusetts: Marriages Abigail, and Daniell Lovett of Mendon, Mar. 28, 1710. : accessed 20 Dec 2018 ↑ Mendon (Mass. : Town); New England Historic Genealogical Society; Baldwin, Thomas W. (Thomas Williams), b. 1849. Vital records of Mendon, Massachusetts, to the year 1850. Publisher Boston, MA : [New England Historic Genealogical Society]. 1920. pg. 341
↑ The Sprague Project Daniel Lovett : accessed 29 Dec 2018
Eaton, Arthur Wentworth Hamilton, 1849-1937. The History of Kings County, Nova Scotia, Heart of the Acadian Land. 1910. The Lovett Family, pp. 735-6
Worcester County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1731-1881. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.). Case 37907: Will. Names sons Phineas and James, daughters Hannah Keith, Johanna Taft, Abigail Russell and Deborah Taft.
Acknowledgements

Sara V Mosher, April, 2019

GEDCOM Note

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IGI Index - www.familysearch.org The Mellen and Shearer Families by Gail Elizabeth Shearer. p. 221 - 281