Representative from New York; born in Newent Society, in the township of Lisbon, CT, February 20, 1761, son of Captain Samuel and Abigail [Sprague] Lovett; graduated from Yale College in 1782; moved to Albany, NY, and thence to Fort Miller, NY, where he was employed as general agent and land steward; married 1788 to Nancy McClellan, daughter of General Samuel and Rachel [Abbe] McClellan; moved to Lansingburg, NY; member of the State assembly in 1800 and 1801; returned to Albany and served as clerk of the Common Council until the outbreak of the War of 1812; military secretary to Gen. Stephen Van Rensselaer at the northwestern frontier; wounded at the Battle of Queenstown in October 1812; returned to Albany; County Clerk of Albany County from March 3, 1813, to March 31, 1815; elected as a Federalist to the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Congresses (March 4, 1813 - March 3, 1817); relocated to Perrysburg, Ohio ca. 1817; died at Fort Meigs, Ohio, August 12, 1818.
Union & Advertiser Newspaper 01Sep1818 Rochester, NY: Died At Wayne, near Fort Meigs, on the 15th Aug., Col John LOVETT, aid to Gen. VAN RENSALAER at the battle of Queenstown, and late a member of Congress, from Albany in this state.
Union & Advertiser Newspaper 01Sep1818 Rochester, NY: Died At Wayne, near Fort Meigs, on the 15th Aug., Col John LOVETT, aid to Gen. VAN RENSALAER at the battle of Queenstown, and late a member of Congress, from Albany in this state.
Representative from New York; born in Newent Society, in the township of Lisbon, CT, February 20, 1761, son of Captain Samuel and Abigail [Sprague] Lovett; graduated from Yale College in 1782; moved to Albany, NY, and thence to Fort Miller, NY, where he was employed as general agent and land steward; married 1788 to Nancy McClellan, daughter of General Samuel and Rachel [Abbe] McClellan; moved to Lansingburg, NY; member of the State assembly in 1800 and 1801; returned to Albany and served as clerk of the Common Council until the outbreak of the War of 1812; military secretary to Gen. Stephen Van Rensselaer at the northwestern frontier; wounded at the Battle of Queenstown in October 1812; returned to Albany; County Clerk of Albany County from March 3, 1813, to March 31, 1815; elected as a Federalist to the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Congresses (March 4, 1813 - March 3, 1817); relocated to Perrysburg, Ohio ca. 1817; died at Fort Meigs, Ohio, August 12, 1818.
Union & Advertiser Newspaper 01Sep1818 Rochester, NY: Died At Wayne, near Fort Meigs, on the 15th Aug., Col John LOVETT, aid to Gen. VAN RENSALAER at the battle of Queenstown, and late a member of Congress, from Albany in this state.
Union & Advertiser Newspaper 01Sep1818 Rochester, NY: Died At Wayne, near Fort Meigs, on the 15th Aug., Col John LOVETT, aid to Gen. VAN RENSALAER at the battle of Queenstown, and late a member of Congress, from Albany in this state.
Gravesite Details
Lovett was probably first buried in the old Spafford Cemetery near Fort Meigs. In 2001, this cemetery was rediscovered during construction of the Visitor Center and the bones were reburied in Fort Meigs Cemetery in a common grave in 2003.
Family Members
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