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Gov. Roger Conant

Gov. Roger Conant[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21]

Male 1591 - 1679  (~ 88 years)


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  • Name Roger Conant 
    Prefix Gov. 
    Birth Apr 1591  East Budleigh, Devonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 5, 6, 22] 
    Gender Male 
    Baptism 9 Apr 1592  East Budleigh, Devonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 9, 11, 14, 15] 
    Migration early Feb 1622/3  From England Find all individuals with events at this location  [9, 18, 23, 24] 
    To New Plymouth
    aboard unknown vessel 
    • The ship arrived in March, probably at Damariscove first.
    • Role: Family1
    Office From 1624 to 1625  Cape Ann Colony, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 25] 
    Governor
    Removed to 1624  Nantasket Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    From: Plymouth Colony
    Removed to 1624/5  Cape Ann Colony, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    From: Nantasket
    Removed to 1626  Naumkeag Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    From: Cape Ann
    Removed to Aft 1626  Beverly, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    From: Naumkeag (Salem)
    Freeman 18 May 1631  [4, 5, 9] 
    Appointed 9 May 1632  Salem, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Deputy
    Where:
    General Court
    Appointed 7 Nov 1632  [9] 
    to the committee to lay out land for John Humphrey
    Property 25 Jan 1635/6  [9] 
    received a two hundred acre farm in the freeman's lands at the head of Bass River
    Appointed 27 Jun 1636  [9, 26] 
    Essex surveyor of canoes
    Property 1637  Salem, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    received one acre
    Appointed 17 May 1637  Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    magistrate
    Appointed 20 Nov 1637  [9] 
    to the committee to determine bounds between Salem and Saugus
    Property 7 May 1639  [9] 
    received a grant of five acres of meadow "in some convenient place"
    Grand Jury 9 Jul 1644  [9] 
    Will 1 Mar 1677/8  [9, 27, 28, 29] 

    • The Last will & testament of Roger Conant, dated the 1st of the 1 mo. 1677 I roger Conant aged about eightie fiue yeares, being of perfect vnderstandin though weak & feeble in body, doe heerby declare my will and minde wherein in the first place I doe bequeath my soule vnto God that gaue it & my body to the graue, in hope of a blessed Resurection: & for my outward estate & goods I giue vnto my Sonne Exercise one hundred and fortie acres of Land lyeing neere adjoyning vnto the new towne of Dunstable as part of two hundred acres granted me by the Generall court: also I giue & bequeath vnto him ten acres of Land next adjoining vnto his pr'sont home lott and land Lying by the side of william Dodgeses his land & butts on the land of thomas Herrick: also I give him two acres of marsh at the south End of the grat pond by whenham, or if my daughter Elizabeth Conant will Exchang to haue soe much at the great marsh neere wenham: also I giue him my swamp at the head of the railes which is yet undevided betwixt me and Benjamin Balch adjoyning vnto william Dodgeses swamp: also I giue him my portion of land Lying by Henry Haggats on wenham side: now out of this forementioned Land he is to paye seaven pound toward the discharge of such Legassis as I haue giuen & bequeathed: according as is heere after sett down
      More I giue vnto my grandchild John Conant sonne of Roger Conant ten acres of Land adjoying to his twenty acres by the great ponds side he paying twenty pounds for the same towards the payment of legassis as after mentioned.
      more I giue vnto my grand child Joshua Conant seaventeen acres of Land Lying by the south side of the great marsh neer wenham and bounding unto the land of peeter woodbery: and the rest to returne to my Executor.
      also I giue vnto my Daughter Sarah two acres of Land lying between the gead of the railes & Isaac Hull his ground as part of six acres twixt me and Benjamine Balch: this to her and her children.
      also sixtie acres of Land out of my farm granted me by the Generall Court neere the new town of Dunstable I giue and bequeath unto the hands of Captain Roger Clap of the castle neer Dorchester for the use of a daughter of one mris pits deceased whose daughter now Liueth in culleton a towne in Devon in old England & is in lue for certaine goods sold for the said mris pits in London and was there to be paid many years since but it is alleaged was neuer paid and the aforesaid captaine clap to giue a discharge as theire atturney according as he is impowered and intrusted in theire behalfe:
      further more as lagacies I doe giue vnto my sonne lott his ten children twenty pounds to be equally devided: to my daughter Sarahs Children to John five pounds to the foure daughters fiue pounds betwixt ym: to my daughter Mary Dodge to herself fiue pounds and fiue pounds to her fiue children equally devided: to Exercise his children foure pound betwixt them: to Adoniron Veren three pound to his sister Hannah twenty shillings and her two children each ten shillings: to my cozen Mary Veren wife to Hillier veren three pound as also three pounds unto the daughters of My Cozen Jane Mason deceased to be divided amongst them including Loue steevens her children a share:
      my wearing apparell I giue and household implements not otherwise disposed of and my Gray horse and cattle to my sonn Exercise and sheepe I giue to Rebacka Connant my grand child and one sheep to Mary Leach:
      and whereas there remains in my hands a certain portion of cattle belonging vnto one Mr Dudeney in England and by him assigned vnto his nephew Richard Conant valued at twenty five pounds and now left in the hands of my sonne exercise Conant that there be a rendering vp of such cattle or theire valuation mentioned unto the said Richard Conant upon seasonable demaund he giuing a full discharge for the same.
      and further my will is that my sonn Exercise be my executor to this my will and Testament and for further help in seeing these things performed I desire my sonne william Dodge and my grandchild John Conant Senior to be overseears of the same.
      In witness whereof I haue haere vnto sett my hand the day and yeare aboure written. The blotting our of part of a line and a whole line under the part was before signing hereof.

      The mark X of Roger CONANT his seale
      John Bennet
      Benjamin Balch
      Sealed in the presence of the aforesaid witnesses and delivered
      John Bennet
      Benjamin Balch

      25-9-mo 1679 Benjamin Balch and John Bennett gave oath in Court at Salem that they signed as witnesses to the within written that then the said Roger Conant declared the same to be his last will and testament and there is no later will of his that they know of

      Attest Hilliard Veren Cler:
    Property 28 May 1679  [9] 
    received one parcel of land in the wilderness on the eastern side of Merrimack River
    • It consisted of two hundred acres as laid out by Jonathan Danforth.
    Deposition 4 Jun 1679  [9] 
    "Mr. Roger Conent, aged about eighty-seven years" deposed that sixteen years ago Benjamin Balch and Mary Balch, widow of John Balch, now wife of William Dodge, came to an agreement
    Death 19 Nov 1679  Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 5, 9, 13, 17, 22] 
    Inventory 24 Nov 1679  [9, 30] 
    •         ££-ss-d
      200 acres land lying at Dunstable not improved      60-00-0
      more land sold to Elizabeth Conant not paid for 40-00-0
      more land 10 acres and more 10 acres 20 40-00-0
      more land 23 acres 59-00-0
      more two acres of meddow 10-00-0
      swampy land 20s 2 acres of land 5 pounds 6-00-0
      more land 1-00-0
      2 cows and a horse 10 pounds cattell 15 pounds 4 sheep 1 pound 26-10-0
      a bed and furniture 5 pounds wearing cloathes and linen 9 pounds 14-00-0
      a chest trunk and box 20s and other things 20s 2-00-0
    Occupation salter  [9, 15, 19, 23]
    Probate 25 Nov 1679  [9, 31] 
    Burial Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [17] 
    Cemetery:
    Burying Point Cemetery
    Person ID I21289  Duane's Ancestors
    Last Modified 12 Feb 2020 

    Father Richard Conant,   b. Abt 1548   bur. 22 Sep 1630 (Age ~ 82 years) 
    Mother Agnes Clarke,   b. 16 May 1548   bur. 22 Sep 1630 (Age ~ 82 years) 
    Marriage 4 Feb 1578  [3, 5, 6, 8, 11, 14, 15, 32] 
    Family ID F7327  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Sarah Horton,   b. 1598   d. Bef 1 Mar 1677/8 (Age < 80 years)  [20, 33, 34] 
    Marriage 11 Nov 1618  St. Ann Blackfriars, London, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 9, 13, 33, 35, 36] 
    Children 
     1. Sarah Conant,   b. Sep 1619, London, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Oct 1620, St. Lawrence Jewry, London, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 1 years)
     2. Caleb Conant,   b. May 1622, London, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 11 Nov 1633, New England, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 11 years)
     3. Sarah Conant,   b. Abt 1623, New England, British America Find all individuals with events at this location
    +4. Lot Conant,   b. Abt 1624, New England, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Sep 1674, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 50 years)
     5. Joanna Conant,   b. Abt 1626, New England, British America Find all individuals with events at this location
    +6. Roger Conant,   b. Abt 1628, Naumkeag Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Jun 1672, Salem Towne, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 44 years)
    +7. Joshua Conant,   b. Abt 1630, Salem, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1659, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 29 years)
     8. Mary Conant,   b. 24 Dec 1631, Salem, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Jan 1688, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 56 years)
     9. Elizabeth Conant,   b. Abt 1635   d. Aft 1679 (Age ~ 45 years)
     10. Lt. Exercise Conant,   b. 1636/7, Salem, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Apr 1722, Windham Village, Hartford, Connecticut, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years)
    Family ID F7321  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 10 Apr 2020 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - Apr 1591 - East Budleigh, Devonshire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBaptism - 9 Apr 1592 - East Budleigh, Devonshire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 11 Nov 1618 - St. Ann Blackfriars, London, Middlesex, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMigration - To New Plymouth,aboard unknown vessel  - early Feb 1622/3 - England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOffice - Governor - From 1624 to 1625 - Cape Ann Colony, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsRemoved to - From: Plymouth Colony - 1624 - Nantasket Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsRemoved to - From: Nantasket - 1624/5 - Cape Ann Colony, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsRemoved to - From: Cape Ann - 1626 - Naumkeag Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsRemoved to - From: Naumkeag (Salem) - Aft 1626 - Beverly, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsAppointed - Deputy,Where:
    General Court - 9 May 1632 - Salem, Massachusetts Bay, British America    		 Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsProperty - received one acre - 1637 - Salem, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsAppointed - magistrate - 17 May 1637 - Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 19 Nov 1679 - Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - Cemetery:
    Burying Point Cemetery - - Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States    		 Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 
    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Coats of Arms
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  • Notes 
    • In Hawthorne's description of Main street, Salem, he speaks of Conant as follows "Roger Conant, the first settler of Naumkeag, has built his dwelling on the border of the forest path, and at this moment he comes Eastward through the vista of woods, with his gun over his shoulder, bringing home the choice portions of a deer. Roger Conant is of that class of men who do not merely find but make their place in the system of human affairs. A man of thoughtful strength, he has planted the germ of a city."

      In 1626 a small group of 27 or 28 "Puritans" under the guidance of Roger Conant, settled at what became, about 1628 or 1630, the town of Salem, and grew rapidly under the leadership of John Endicott and Roger Williams, a royal charter being issued to the "Puritan Colony of Massachusetts Bay, in New England", in the year 1629

  • Sources 
    1.  1.  [S616] Andrew Newcomb and His Descendants, 19, 00043.

    2.  2.  [S602] Vital Records of MA, 1620-1850, MA:Essex:Salem:1:198, 00596.

    3.  3.  [S939] First Settlers of New England, Vol. 1, 440, 00190.

    4.  4.  [S325] New England Families: Vol. 3 (pdf), 108, 00393.

    5.  5.  [S156] Genealogical Register of New England, 67, 00223.

    6.  6.  [S259] NEHGS Register, 2:233, 00390.

    7.  7.  [S765] Mayflower Births & Deaths, Vol. 2, 172, 00764.

    8.  8.  [S576] TGMSP, Christopher Conant, 00516.

    9.  9.  [S576] TGMSP, Roger Conant, 00516.

    10.  10.  [S880] TAG 30-32, 30:156, 00876.

    11.  11.  [S882] Conant Family, 99, 00878.

    12.  12.  [S882] Conant Family, 57, 00878.

    13.  13.  [S482] Torrey 1st, 175, 00395.

    14.  14.  [S965] Roger Conant, 3, 00918.

    15.  15.  [S259] NEHGS Register, 142:111, 00390.

    16.  16.  [S576] TGMSP, John Balch, 00516.

    17.  17.  [S1122] Find A Grave, Memorial# 5725134, 00974.

    18.  18.  [S1137] Planters of the Commonwealth, 55, 00988.

    19.  19.  [S1402] Mayflower, 162, 00401.

    20.  20.  [S259] NEHGS Register, 50:205, 00390.

    21.  21.  [S1448] Early Settlers of Nantucket, 80, 01171.

    22.  22.  [S602] Vital Records of MA, 1620-1850, MA:Essex:Beverly:2:405, 00596.

    23.  23.  [S965] Roger Conant, 21, 00918.

    24.  24.  [S965] Roger Conant, 29, 00918.

    25.  25.  [S259] NEHGS Register, 2:235, 00390.

    26.  26.  [S882] Conant Family, 114, 00878.

    27.  27.  [S259] NEHGS Register, 46:387, 00390.

    28.  28.  [S882] Conant Family, 123-5, 00878.

    29.  29.  [S965] Roger Conant, 161-4, 00918.

    30.  30.  [S882] Conant Family, 125-6, 00878.

    31.  31.  [S1217] Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881, Essex Cases 6000-7999; 6172:1-2, 01062.

    32.  32.  [S882] Conant Family, 52, 00878.

    33.  33.  [S259] NEHGS Register, 142:112, 00390.

    34.  34.  [S1122] Find A Grave, Memorial# 42398481, 00974.

    35.  35.  [S882] Conant Family, 127, 00878.

    36.  36.  [S1122] Find A Grave, Memorial# 34162300, 00974.