Andrew Seton of Nova Scotia, of the Seton's of Barnes

Andrew Seeton was the eldest son of James Seton (or Seaton/Seeton) and Martha Crawford of Ulster, Ireland, and as such the representation of this line of the Seton Family from the House of Seton of Barnes and Hailes follows his descent.

The Seeton's in Ireland and Nova Scotia then, descend from the younger son of Sir John Seton, 4th of Barnes, John Seton (or Seaton, younger of Barnes) who married m. Anna Lothian (married by the Dean, Mr. William Annand on 30th May, 1684) and who settled in Ireland.  Their grandson, Thomas Seaton is the ancestor.  The Seton's of Barnes having long held an interest and lands, in Ireland, and who were likewise long-active Mason's.  It is of no surprise then that our family that had settled in Ireland and continued the Masonic traditions there, brought them to Nova Scotia.

Andrew was born in 1812, in Ulster, and came with his parents and three other siblings on the ocean voyage from Belfast to St. John, New Brunswick, Canada in 1822.  He had commenced his Presbyterian education in Ireland before arriving in Canada and there finished his studies under the tutelage of local Masonry men prominent during that period in Nova Scotia. 

All of his brothers grew and did particularly well, and Andrew was no exception, he and his next sibling James bought and sold substantial land in the north-western part of the British Colony around what at the time was called Londonderry, or Great Village (now called Glenholm) near the city of Truro, eventually settling in the centre-east in what is still known as the Seeton Farm in Meagher's Grant, Nova Scotia, near Musquodoboit Harbour. 

Andrew and his brother James bought the Seeton Farm lands from Daniel Lydiard about 1854, and were also engaged in Merchant business in Halifax which the younger brothers Joseph and Robert B. Seeton were noted for later.  There was a tradition for Scottish families to keep hereditary ties, and the Seeton's were no exception: as descendants of the Seton's of Barnes, they maintained ties within the other prominent families who had likewise originated from Scotland. 

Despite the fall of the House of Seton in Scotland during the failed support of the Royal House of Stuart during the century before, many of the Seton family kept open communications and business relationships.  The Seeton's of Nova Scotia and the Seton's of New York, for example, (the Houses of Barnes and Parbroath respectively), maintained active ties. 

Andrew Seeton began the Merchant trading between Halifax and New York and Boston that his younger brothers expanded upon, and he and his brothers were all active Mason's.  He married Miss Matilda Porter at St. John, New Brunswick on October 4, 1838 by the Rev'd R. Wilson of St. Andrew's and had a sizeable family.