Phineas Lovett

Phineas Lovett

Phineas Lovett (May 15 1745 – June 17 1828) was a farmer, merchant, judge and political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented Annapolis County from 1774 to 1783 and from 1808 to 1811 and Annapolis township from 1799 to 1806 in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.

He was born in Massachusetts, the son of Phineas Lovett and Beulah Morse, and came to Nova Scotia with his family during the 1760s. He married Abigail Thayer in 1768. Lovett settled in Annapolis County. He owned a ship which traded in the West Indies. Lovett was high sheriff for the county, justice of the peace and lieutenant-colonel in the militia. In 1810, he was named a justice in the Inferior Court of Common Pleas. He died at Annapolis Royal at the age of 83.

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