Sir Henry Hobart, 4th Baronet [SEP] noble title
Sir Henry Hobart, 4th Baronet
Sir Henry Hobart, 4th Baronet (1657–1698) was an English Whig politician and baronet.
Family.
Henry Hobart was the eldest son to Sir John Hobart, 3rd Baronet and his first wife Mary Hampden, daughter to John Hampden. He was knighted at Blickling by King Charles II of England in 1671 and succeeded his father as baronet in 1683.
Hobart was educated at St John's College, Cambridge.
On 9 July 1684, he married Elizabeth Maynard, eldest daughter
List: Return of American Refugee Negroes who have been received into the Province of Nova Scotia from the United States of America between 27 April 1815 and 24 October 1818". This list took no account of the considerable number of African Americans who had arrived earlier.
Outcome.
In total, about 4000 Africans escaped to the British by way of the Royal Navy, the largest group emancipation of African Americans prior to the American Civil War. About 2000 settled in Nova Scotia and about 400 settled in New Brunswick. Together