Birth Name: John Joseph Caldwell Abbott
Date of Birth: March 12, 1821
Place of Birth: Saint-André, Lower Canada
Date of Death: October 30, 1893
Place of Death: Montreal, Quebec
Ethnicity: English
John Abbott was a Canadian politician. A member of the Conservative Party, he served as the third Prime Minister of Canada, from June 16, 1891 to November 24, 1892. He was the first Prime Minister of Canada to have been born in Canada.
Prime Minister Abbott was the son of Harriet A. (Bradford) and The Rev. Joseph Abbott, an Anglican missionary. Prime Minister Abbott’s great-grandson is actor Christopher Plummer.
Prime Minister Abbott’s paternal grandparents were Joseph Abbott and Isabella Kendal (the daughter of John Kendal and Margery).
Prime Minister Abbott’s maternal grandparents were Richard Bradford, Jr. (the son of Richard Bradford, Sr. and Susanna Cole) and Sarah Jeffery. Richard, Sr. was born in Charles City, Virginia.
Source: Genealogy of John Abbott – http://www.geni.com