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Nova Scotian Ancestors

Rachel (b)-est. 1753 Scotland (wife of Allen MacAskill)
Elizabeth Brennan (b)- circa 1811 (d)-
Margaret Burton (b)- circa 1820 (d)- 29 Sep 1852 Nova Scotia, Canada
Walter Burton (b)- (d)-
Shubael Dimmock (b)- 27 May 1707 Tolland, Connecticut (d)- 24 May 1781 Nova Scotia, Canada
Lydia Dimock (b)- 27 Aug 1748 Tolland, Connecticut (d)-
Andrew Harvey (b)- 11 Mar 1769 Nova Scotia, Canada (d)- 21 May 1861 Nova Scotia, Canada
Andrew Harvie (b)- circa 1698 Dalry, Ayr, Scotland (d)- 1743 Scotland
Jennet Harvey (b)- 11 Aug 1794 Nova Scotia, Canada (d)-
John Harvie (b)- 30 May 1730 Dalry, Ayr, Scotland (d)- 1822 Nova Scotia, Canada
James Lockhart (b)- (d)- 1789
John Lockhart (b)- 1744 Nova Scotia, Canada (d)- Nova Scotia, Canada
Rebecca Lockhart (b)- 22 Apr 1772 Nova Scotia, Canada (d)- 1 Aug 1845 Nova Scotia, Canada
Allan MacAskill (b)-est. 1750 Scotland
Mary MacAskill (b)- c. 1780 Harris, Scotland (d)- 1872 Loch Lomond, Nova Scotia
Eunice Marsh (b)- 14 Apr 1726 Windham, Connecticut (d)- before 1769 Nova Scotia, Canada
Mary McCuish (b)- est. 1783 Scotland
Christy McCuspic (b)- circa 1813 Scotland (d)- 1912 Loch Lomond, Nova Scotia
John McCuspic (b)- c. 1780 Harris, Scotland, (d)- 1856 Grand River, Nova Scotia
Catherine McDonald (b)- 17 Feb 1847 Nova Scotia, Canada (d)- circa 1877 Nova Scotia, Canada
Donald McDonald (b)- circa 1821 (d)-
Catherine McInnis (b)- circa 1824 (d)-
Christina Ann Morrison (b)- 15 Jun 1871 Nova Scotia, Canada (d)- circa 1965 Massachusetts
Donald (Ban) Morrison (b)- circa 1810 Harris, Scotland (d)- 1880, Loch Lomond, Nova Scotia
John Morrison (b)- 15 Aug 1841 Nova Scotia, Canada (d)-
William Morrison (b)- c. 1780, Harris, Scotland (d)- 1859 Loch Lomond, Nova Scotia
Experience Powers (b)- circa 1733 (d)-
Janet Speir (b) cir 1702, Edinburgh, Scotland, (d) aft 1784, Highless, Scotland
Robert Stephens (b)- (d)-
Robert Burton Stephens (b)- 26 Jul 1872 Nova Scotia, Canada (d)-
Robert Burton Stephens Jr. (b) - 1901 Massachusetts
Robert James Stephens (b)- circa 1843 Nova Scotia, Canada (d)- 31 Jan 1886 Nova Scotia, Canada
William Stephens (b)- circa 1794 Kerry, Ireland (d)- 23 Dec 1870 Hants Co., Nova Scotia
Helen McGhee Summers (b) - 1922 Tennessee
Benoni Sweet (b)- circa 1748 Rhode Island (d)-
Benoni Sweet (b)- 28 Mar 1692 Rhode Island (d)-
John Sweet (b)- circa 1776 Nova Scotia, Canada (d)-
John Lockhart Sweet (b)- 1814 Nova Scotia (d)- 1885
Mary Lavinia Sweet (b)- circa 1845 Nova Scotia, Canada (d)- 16 Jan 1878 Nova Scotia, Canada
Abigail Trask (b)- 5 Jul 1746 Plymouth, Massachusetts (d)- Nova Scotia, Canada
Elias Trask (b)- 14 Oct 1707 Weymouth, Massachusetts (d)- 1 Apr 1780 Nova Scotia, Canada
Abigail Woods (b)- 22 Aug 1715 Suffolk, Massachusetts (d)- Nova Scotia, Canada

Elizabeth Brennan. Elizabeth is the wife of William Stephens and they were married in Hants County sometime around 1831. She and William went on to have several children; William (1832), John (1834) Elizabeth (c. 1835), Joseph (c. 1837), Mary (c. 1839), Catharine (1841), Robert James (c. 1843) and one other of unknown name born c. 1845. I have made no progress on this name for some time now.

Margaret Burton. Margaret is the wife of John Lockhart Sweet. She was born sometime around 1815 and her father is named as Walter. Margaret died in Ardis, Hants Co., in September of 1852. She and John had 3 children, Mary Lavinia (b. c. 1845), John Walter (b. c 1850) and William Thomas (b. c. 1850). I have been unable to make any progress on Margaret for some time now.

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