Nathan Utley (February 15, 1743
["Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F74Z-QFL : 11 February 2018), Nathan Utley, 15 Feb 1743; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.] – 1804
) was an
American
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-born sailor and political figure in
Nova Scotia. He represented Yarmouth Township in the
Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia from 1799 to 1804.
He was born in
Windham, Connecticut, the son of Jeremiah Utley and Mary Frink. He was married twice: first to Hannah Durkee in 1762 and then to the widow Anna Ellenwood (née Clarke) in 1781. Utley came to
Yarmouth
Yarmouth may refer to:
Places Canada
*Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia
**Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
**Municipality of the District of Yarmouth
**Yarmouth (provincial electoral district)
**Yarmouth (electoral district)
* Yarmouth Township, Ontario
*New ...
with his family in 1770. He served as
justice of the peace
A justice of the peace (JP) is a judicial officer of a lower or ''puisne'' court, elected or appointed by means of a commission ( letters patent) to keep the peace. In past centuries the term commissioner of the peace was often used with the sa ...
and customs collector. Utley died in office in 1804.
References
1743 births
1804 deaths
Nova Scotia pre-Confederation MLAs
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