Joseph Abbott (clergyman)
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Joseph Abbott 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.
Anglican Church of Canada
The Anglican Church of Canada is the Province of the Anglican Communion in Canada. The official French name is l'Église Anglicane du Canada. The ACC is the third largest church in Canada after the Roman Catholic Church and the United Church of Canada, consisting of 800,000 registered members...
, and the father of John Joseph Caldwell Abbott, the third Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada
The Prime Minister of Canada is the primary minister of the Crown, chairman of the Cabinet, and thus head of government for Canada, charged with advising the Canadian monarch or viceroy on the exercise of the executive powers vested in them by the constitution...
. Joseph Abbott was baptized in Little Strickland
Little Strickland
Little Strickland is a small village and civil parish in the Eden District of Cumbria, England. It is about from Penrith and from the small town of Appleby-in-Westmorland...
, 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.