   sir john joseph caldwell abbott,  (march 12, 1821 â october 30, 1893) was the third prime minister of canada. he served in the office for seventeen months, from june 16, 1891 to november 24, 1892.canadian encyclopedia == life and work == born in st. andrews, lower canada (now saint-andrÃ©-d'argenteuil, quebec) to rev. joseph abbott (an anglican missionary) and harriet (nÃ©e bradford), he became canada's first native-born prime minister. in 1849, abbott married mary martha bethune (1823â1898), a relative of dr. norman bethune, a daughter of anglican clergyman and mcgill acting president john bethune, and a granddaughter of the presbyterian minister john bethune. the couple had four sons and four daughters, many of whom died without descendants. their eldest surviving son, william abbott, married the daughter of colonel john hamilton gray, a father of confederation and premier of prince edward island. the direct descendants of abbott and hamilton gray include john kimble hamilton ("kim") abbott, a political commentator and lobbyist and a wwii royal
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