Seventh Generation

84. Captain John Alexander LOCKHART^10,414 was born about 1812 in Canada, Nova Scotia, Horton Township.²⁰⁸ He died on 13 Nov 1902. 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." Captain John Alexander LOCKHART and Jane P. (POMEROY ?) were married before 1839. They appeared in the census on 16 Jul 1850 in USA, Maine, Washington Co., Calais.²⁰⁸ 1850 LOCKHART JOHN Washington County ME p. 127 Calais
27, 27 John Lockhart age 38 Ship Master b. Nova Scotia
Jane P. age 38 b. New Brunswick
John age 11 b. New Brunswick attended school within the year.
Benjamin age 8 b. New Brunswick attended school within the year.
Laura age 5 b. New Brunswick
Nancy McBean age 73 b. Maine

85. Jane P. (POMEROY ?)²⁰⁸ was born about 1812 in Canada, New Brunswick. The names of John Lockhart's two wives are still questioned. The 1850 Calais census lists a Jane P. Family records mention a Martha Hunt. Hopefully more research will turn up marriage records. Children were:

	i.	John A. LOCKHART208 was born about 1839 in Canada, New Brunswick or USA, Maine.209 Notes for JOHN LOCKHART from Susan Slade Grosl: Occupation: Steamer crew
42	ii.	Benjamin Pomeroy (Franklin) LOCKHART.
	iii.	Laura LOCKHART77,208 was born about 1845 in Canada, New Brunswick or USA, Maine.209 She appeared in the census on 13 Jun 1900 in USA, Connecticut, New Haven Co., Waterbury.416 Laura Bunce Head, WF, May 1845, 55, Widowed, 2 children born & living, Maine, England Maine Harry L Bunce, WM, Sept 1866, 33, single, Massachusetts Sevilla E Bunce, WF, Sept 1872, 27, single, Massachusetts Button maker