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Joseph Abbott (Canadian priest)

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Name
  
Joseph Abbott

Role
  
John Abbott's father


Died
  
January 10, 1862

Children
  
John Abbott

Books
  
Memoranda of a settler in Lower Canada

Joseph Abbott (baptized 10 June 1790 – 10 January 1862) was a Canadian clergyman in the Anglican Church of Canada, and the father of John Joseph Caldwell Abbott, the third Prime Minister of Canada. Joseph Abbott was baptized in Little Strickland, in the United Kingdom. His parents were Joseph Abbott and Isabella Abbott. He is known for writing two books, Memoranda of a settler in Lower Canada; or, the emigrant in North America and Philip Musgrave; or memoirs of a Church of England missionary in the North American colonies.

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