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Email Us		Josiah CONANT was born on 26 Nov 1681 in Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts, USA.450 He died on 1 Oct 1721. Parents: Nathaniel CONANT and Hannah MANSFIELD.

Spouse: . Josiah CONANT and Elizabeth WASHBURN were married on 1 Sep 1707 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA.451

Photo Lot CONANT440 was born about 1624 in Nantasket, Nantucket, Massachusetts, USA. He signed a will on 24 Sep 1674 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA.452 He died on 29 Sep 1674 in Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts, USA.452

Will of Lott Conant:
"I Lot Conant aged about fiftie yeers being sicke and weak, yet of p'fit understanding doe hereby declare my last will and testament wherein in the first place I doe bequeth my soule unto god that gave it, and my body to the grave in hope of a blessed resurrection: and for my outward estate ,and goods I doe bequeath and give unto my five sonns to each of them fiftie pounds and unto my sonn nathaniel the shop and tools over & above the rest, and unto my five daughters twenty pounds to each of them and this estate I leave to be whole and unbroken till they come to full age or to marriage estate and in the meane time the whole to rest in the hands of my wife, and for the bringing up of the children and further more my will is that my wife be executrix and that the Iand be not at all disposed off from the children and that my wife have the dwelling house and orchard for her life time. and also that my kinwoman mari Leach have a cow or heifer at her being married or going from my wife. And for help unto my wife in this matter I doe instruct and designe mr. John Hale, Captaine Lathrop and my brother Exercise Conant to be assisting. hereunto I have subscribed my hand this 24 of the 7 month 1674.
Witness
ROGER CONANT (signed) LOT CONANT
EXERCISE CONANT
Roger Conant and Exercise Conantt sworn in Court at Salem the 26: 9 mo: 1674 that they were present as witnesses when Lott Conant signed and procIaimed the above written as his last will and testament and there is no later will they know of, the said Lott being of good understanding.
Attest HILLIARD VEREN Cl."

The original will is preserved jn the Court Files of Essex county. A tao-simile of it is here presented.

LOT, b. about 1624 (aged "about fifty years" in his will dated 24 September 1674 [EQC 5:431]); m. as her first husband Elizabeth Walton, bp. Seaton, Devonshire 27 October 1629, daughter of Rev. William Walton (her brother Nathaniel Walton names her "Elizabeth Conant" in his will [EQC 5:254; NEHGR 142:368]). She m. (2) Lynn 10 January 168[1/2] as his third wife Andrew Mansfield Sr. Parents: Roger CONANT and Sarah HORTON.

Spouse: Elizabeth WALTON. Lot CONANT and Elizabeth WALTON were married in 1649 in Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts, USA.11 Children were: Nathaniel CONANT, John CONANT, Lot CONANT, Elizabeth CONANT, Mary CONANT, Martha CONANT, Sarah CONANT Twin, William CONANT Twin, Roger CONANT, Rebecca CONANT.

Lot CONANT453 was born on 16 Feb 1657/58 in Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts, USA.444 He was christened on 26 May 1662 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA.444 Served in King Philip's War. Parents: Lot CONANT and Elizabeth WALTON.

Spouse: . Lot CONANT and Elizabeth PRIDE were married on 14 Jun 1698 in Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts, USA.

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Lot CONANT was born on 27 Mar 1689 in Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts, USA.454,455 He was christened on 20 Oct 1689.438 He died on 6 Jun 1774 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA.455 Death source: Bridewater, Mass., Vital Records
Marriage source: Barnstable Mass., Vital Records p.387 by Major Bassett Parents: Nathaniel CONANT and Hannah MANSFIELD.

Spouse: . Lot CONANT and Deborah LOVELL were married on 1 Feb 1710 in , Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA.456

Lydia CONANT was born on 8 Nov 1692 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA.457 Mentioned in father's will.
Marriage Source: Bridgewater, Mass., Vital Records p.254 Parents: Nathaniel CONANT and Hannah MANSFIELD.

Spouse: . Andrew LOVELL and Lydia CONANT were married on 10 Sep 1712 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA.458

Spouse: . Samuel FULLER and Lydia CONANT were married on 20 Dec 1727 in Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA.

Martha CONANT was born on 15 Aug 1664 in Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts, USA.459 She was christened on 12 Oct 1664.444 She died on 2 Jan 1754 in Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA. Parents: Lot CONANT and Elizabeth WALTON.

Spouse: . Luke PERKINS and Martha CONANT were married on 31 May 1688 in Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts, USA.459

Martha CONANT was born on 24 Feb 1686/87 in Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts, USA.460 She was christened on 8 Jul 1687 in Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts, USA.438 Parents: Nathaniel CONANT and Hannah MANSFIELD.

Spouse: . Thomas KNOWLTON and Martha CONANT were married on 10 Mar 1711.438

Mary CONANT440 was born about 1632 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA.440,461 She died in 1705/6 in Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts, USA. MARY, b. Salem say 1632; m. (1) say 1652 John Balch, son of JOHN BALCH (his estate showed a large debt to Lot Conant of Marblehead and was appraised by Roger Conant [EPR 1:365]); m. (2) by 1663 William Dodge, son of WILLIAM DODGE ("my son William Dodge" named in Roger Conant's will; called "Mary Balch, widow of John Balch, now wife of William Dodge" on 4 June 1679 [EQC 7:390]). Parents: Roger CONANT and Sarah HORTON.

Spouse: . John BALCH and Mary CONANT were married.461

Spouse: . William DODGE and Mary CONANT were married about 1663 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA.461,462,463

Mary CONANT was born on 14 Jul 1662 in Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts, USA.444 She died on 23 Nov 1743. Parents: Lot CONANT and Elizabeth WALTON.

Spouse: . Andrew BURLEY and Mary CONANT were married on 14 Mar 1681/82.

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Photo Nathaniel CONANT438 was born on 28 Jul 1650 in Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts, USA.444 He was christened on 26 May 1662 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA.444 He died on 22 Aug 1732 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA.464 He had his estate probated on 24 Aug 1735.457

Will of Nathaniel Conant:
In the name of God Amen. July the third 1712 1 Nathaniel Conant Senior of the. Town of Bridgewater in ye County of Plymouth in New England, yeoman. Being of Sound Judgement and Disposing mind and memory Praised be God therefore yet calling to mind my mortality and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die do make and ordain this my Last will and Testament. That is to say Principally and first of all I do Recommend my Soul, unto the hands of God yt gave it. My Body I recomend. unto ye Earth to be buried in decent Christian Burial att ye Descretion of my Executors. Nothing doubting that at ye General Resurrection I shall receive ye same by ye mighty power of God and as for such worldly goods and Estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me in this life, I give and Bequeath unto hannah my dearly beloved wife one third part of my home living both housing and land. Together with 2 cows one bed and bedding necesary household goods for her use and Comfort during her widowhood. Then I have already given to my eldest son Nathaniel Conant that tract of land whereon he now Dwelleth by a conveyance under my hand and seal wh I do hereby confirm to him and his heirs forever and my will Is that he therewithall rest contented.
Then to my son Josiah Conant I give about 20 pounds which be hath already received partly toward the purchasiing of his land where he first settled and partly in help towards Building and fencing and my will is that he therewithal rest contented.
Then to my youngest son Lot Conant I have given, by deed my homestead to be by him fully and freely possessed enjoyed after my decease and my wifes decease and my will is that he shall enjoy two thirds thereof during my wifes life after me wherewith he is to rest contented.
Then as for my 3 eldest daughters, Bethiah, Hannah, and Martha, who have been disposed of in marriage I done for each of them respectively according to my ability about to the value of 12 pounds each and my will Is that both they and their heirs do rest themselves contented therewith.
Then to my two youngest daughters Lydia and Rebecah I give all my moveable estate which shall remain after my wifes decease to be equally divided betwixt them.
Finally I nominate and appoint Hannah my well beloved wife Executrix and my eldest son Nathaniel Executor of this my last will and testament. Hereby renouncing, Revoking and Disallowing all other Wills, testaments, Legacies, bequests or executers by me heretofore made, devised or named. Ratifying and establishing this and none other my last will and testament. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year above written.

Signed, sealed, pronounced, and declared by the said Nathaniel Conant as his last will and testament. In presence of us
JOSEPH HAYWARD
NATHANIEL BRETT
SETH BRETT

This will was proved 24 Aug., 1735. The estate amounted
to £111 10s. 0d. Parents: Lot CONANT and Elizabeth WALTON.

Spouse: Hannah MANSFIELD. Nathaniel CONANT and Hannah MANSFIELD were married in 1675.11 Children were: Bethiah CONANT, Nathaniel CONANT, Josiah CONANT, Hannah CONANT, Martha CONANT, Lot CONANT, Lydia CONANT, Rebecca CONANT.

Nathaniel CONANT was born on 3 Jan 1679 in Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts, USA.450 He was christened on 7 Mar 1679/80 in Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts, USA.438 He died on 8 Sep 1745 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA.465 Nathanel CONANT, Jr born: 3 Jan 1679 in Beverly MA; married: (1) 5 Jun 1701 Margaret LAUGHTON (b. 1680 in Bridgewater MA d. bef Dec 1716 in Bridgewater MA) probably in Bridgewater MA (2) 17 Dec 1716 Elizabeth HAINS or HINDS (3) Mary; died: 8 Sep 1745 in Bridgewater MA; Son of Nathaniel CONANT and Hannah MANSFIELD

Children: (By 1st wife)
1. Thomas b. 29 Feb 1704 in Bridgewater, Plymouth MA m. (1)@1730 Martha AMES in Bridgewater, Plymouth MA (2) 29 Oct 1745 Mary WOOD d. 14 Jun 1786 in Bridgewater, Plymouth MA - 2. Nathan b. 1706 (Bridgewater MA) - 3. Bethiah b. 1709 (Bridgewater MA)

Sources: LDS Ancestral File

Thomas CONANT born: 29 Feb 1704 in Bridgewater, Plymouth MA; married: (1) @1730 Martha AMES (dau of William AMES and Mary D. HAYWARD; b. 1704 in Bridgewater MA; d.@1742 in Bridgewater MA) in Bridgewater MA (2) 29 Oct 1745 Mary WOOD; died: 14 Jun 1786 in Bridgewater, Plymouth MA; Son of Nathaniel CONANT, Jr. and Margaret LAUGHTON

Children: (By 1st marriage)
1. Thomas b. 12 Apr 1731 (Bridgewater MA) m. Hannah LAZELLE - 2. Sarah b. 2 May 1733 (Bridgewater MA) m. John HAYFORD - 3. Martha b. 8 Feb 1735 (Bridgewater MA) m. Seth LATHROP - 4. Rebecca b. 20 Jul 1737 (Bridgewater MA) m. Robert RANDALL - 5. Bethiah b. 19 Sep 1738 (Bridgewater MA) - 6. Mary b. 19 Feb 1740 (Bridgewater MA) m. 18 Sep 1767 Zebulon BRYANT (Bridgewater MA) d. 13 Dec 1808 (Ashfield MA) - 7. Zelpha b. 15 May 1742 (Bridgewater MA) m. Samuel KERTH By 2nd marriage: 8. Abner b. 4 Oct 1746 (Bridgewater MA) - 9. Zenas b. 6 Nov 1748 (Bridgewater MA) - 10. Ezra b. 22 Jul 1750 (Bridgewater MA) - 11.
Jedediah b. 22 Feb 1752 (Bridgewater MA) - 12. Abigail b. 3 Jan 1754 (Bridgewater MA) - 13. Keturah b. 13 Dec 1756 (Bridgewater MA) m. Barnabus WASHBURN

Sources: LDS Ancestral File; Vital Records of Ashfield MA; Elmer Genealogy

Nathaniel's death date is from the Bridgewater, Mass., Vital Records Parents: Nathaniel CONANT and Hannah MANSFIELD.

Spouse: . Nathaniel CONANT and Margaret LAUGHTON were married on 5 Jun 1701.

Spouse: . Nathaniel CONANT and Elizabeth HAINS were married on 17 Dec 1716 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA.466,467

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Rebecca CONANT468 was born on 31 Jan 1670/71 in Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts, USA.444 She was christened on 28 Nov 1671.444 She died on 5 Dec 1760. Mentioned in grandfather's will Parents: Lot CONANT and Elizabeth WALTON.

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Photo Rebecca CONANT438 was born on 4 Oct 1694 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA.457 Mentioned in father's will Parents: Nathaniel CONANT and Hannah MANSFIELD.

Spouse: Shubael EWER. Shubael EWER and Rebecca CONANT were married on 15 Jun 1714 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA.447,467,469 Children were: Rebecca EWER.

Photo Richard CONANT400 was born in 1560 in East Burleigh, Devonshire, England.

Richard Conant was the third generation after the French refugees. Richard married Agnes Clark in 1578. They had eight children; the last two of their children were Christopher and Roger. It is believed that most of all of the Conants' living in the United States are descendants of Roger and Christopher Conan-b. These two brothers helped to settle the colony of Salem, Massachusetts in the early 1600's. Parents: John CONANT.

Spouse: Agnes CLARKE. Richard CONANT and Agnes CLARKE were married on 4 Feb 1578 in East Burleigh, Devonshire, England.400 Children were: Roger CONANT, Christopher CONANT.

Photo Roger CONANT440,470 was born on 9 Mar 1592 in , East Budleigh, Devonshire, England. He was christened on 9 Apr 1592 in All Saints, East Budleigh, Devonshire, England.440 He died on 19 Nov 1679 in Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts, USA.440 He had his estate probated on 25 Nov 1979 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA.471,472

A handsome statue of Roger Conant, the founder of Salem, stands outside the Salem Witch Museum. Because of the statue's proximity to the museum and because of his cloak and hat and generally impressive appearance, Roger Conant is often mistaken for a participant in the Salem witch trials. Nothing could be farther from the truth.

ROGER CONANT

ORIGIN: London
MIGRATION: 1624
FIRST RESIDENCE: Plymouth
REMOVES: Nantasket 1624, Cape Ann 1625, Salem 1626, Beverly

OCCUPATION: Salter. He signed the composition bond of his brother, John, 20 January 1619/20 as "Roger Conant, salter," implying that he was free of the Salters' Company and a Citizen of London [Conant Gen 99].
CHURCH MEMBERSHIP: "Roger Connant" is in the list of Salem church members compiled in late 1636 [SChR 5].
FREEMAN: Requested 19 October 1631 (as "Mr. Roger Conant") and admitted 18 May 1631 [MBCR 1:79, 366].
EDUCATION: His hand is seen on many documents at Essex court and in the early Salem Town records. "Mr. Roger Conant" was one of those chosen to consider how to lay the division of Marblehead neck so that it would not "hinder the building of a college," 18 April 1636 [STR 1:16; Morison 162].
OFFICES: Deputy to General Court for Salem, 9 May 1632 [MBCR 1:95]. Committee to lay out land for John Humphrey, 7 November 1632 [MBCR 1:102]. Committee to determine bounds between Salem and Saugus, 20 November 1637 [MBCR 1:211].

Appointed Essex magistrate, 17 May 1637 [MBCR 1:197]. Essex magistrate, 27 June 1637, 3 October 1637, 27 March 1638, 26 June 1638, 25 December 1638, 25 March 1639 [EQC 1:5-10]. Grand jury, 9 July 1644, 6 July 1647, 25 December 1649, 25 June 1650, 25 November 1651; 29 June 1652, 27 November 1655 [EQC 1:62, 114, 180, 191, 238, 253, 408]. Essex jury, 27 December 1636, 20 October 1653 (foreman) [EQC 1:4, 309]. Petit jury, 27 December 1642 (foreman), 26 December 1643 (foreman), 31 December 1644, 8 July 1645, 30 June 1646, 29 November 1653, 28 November 1654, 24 November 1657 [EQC 1:44, 57, 74, 78, 95, 313, 372, 2:58]. Essex surveyor of canoes, 27 June 1636 [EQC 1:3].

Salem selectman, 1637-41, 1650-54/5, 1657[/8]-58[/9] [STR 1:50-52, 55-59, 61-65, 67-68, 71, 73-74, 77, 79-80, 83-87, 89, 91-94, 97, 105, 112, 164-67, 169-71, 175-77, 179-80, 210, 218, 221, 223]. Salem town clerk (at least he kept the minutes of the selectmen's meeting), 11 September 1637 [STR 1:57]. Committee to draw the line between Ipswich and Salem, 27 March 1643 [STR 1:119]. Surveyor of lots, 2 January 1636[/7], 27 January 1636[/7], 20 February 1636[/7], 10 April 1637, 15 May 1654, 16 January 1656[/7], 8 March 1657/8 [STR 1:28, 35, 38, 44, 179, 195, 213]. Auditor, 12 November 1638, 20 March 1647[/8] (ordered to give an account) [STR 1:73, 154]. Director of highway repairs, 26 February 1643[/4] [STR 1:125]. Surveyor of highways, 13 June 1644 [STR 1:130]. Rater, 22 September 1645 [STR 1:137]. Arbitrator, 16 February 1655[/6], 24 February 1656[/7], 20 June 1658 [STR 1:189, 196, 216].
ESTATE: "Mr. Connant" was one of the five prominent men to receive a two hundred acre farm in the freeman's lands at the head of Bass River 25 January 1635[/6] [STR 1:12, 19]. He received one acre in the Salem grant of 1637 with a household of nine persons [STR 1:103]. This grant is in Roger Conant's hand.

On 4 February 1638[/9] Henry Bayley requested a piece of land "next Mr. Conants house at Catt Cove" [STR 1:80]. On 7 May 1639 "Mr. Conant" received a grant of five acres of meadow "in some convenient place" [STR 1:96].

At the General Court on 28 May 1679, "Mr. Roger Conant of Beverly, alias Bass River," received one parcel of land in the wilderness on the eastern side of Merrimack River consisting of two hundred acres as laid out by Jonathan Danforth [MBCR 5:227].

In his will, dated 1 March 1677[/8] and proved 25 November 1679, "Roger Conant aged about eighty-five years ... though weak & feeble in body" bequeathed to "my son Exercise" one hundred and forty acres near Dunstable (a part of two hundred acres granted by the General Court), also ten acres adjoining his present homelot, also two acres of marsh at the south end of Wenham's great pond "or if my daughter Elizabeth Conant will exchange to have so much at the great marsh near Wenham," also my swamp at the head of the rails which is yet undivided, also my portion of land lying by Henry Haggat's on Wenham side, from which land he is to pay £7 toward the discharge of my legacies; to "my grandchild John Conant, son of Roger Conant," ten acres adjoining his twenty acres by the great pond, he to pay £20 toward the discharge of my legacies; to "my grandchild Joshua Conant" seventeen acres by the south side of the great marsh "and the rest to return to my executor"; to "my daughter Sarah" to her and her children, two acres between the head of the rails and Isaac Hull; to "a daughter of one Mrs. Pitts deceased ... now living in Culleton a town in Devon in old England" into the hands of Capt. Roger Clap of the Castle near Dorchester as attorney for Mrs. Pitts "for certain goods sold for the said Mrs. Pitts in London and was there to be paid many years since but it is alleged was never paid"; to "my son Lott his ten children" £20 to be equally divided; to "my daughter Sarah's children, to John £5, to the four daughters" £5 between them"; to "my daughter Mary Dodge to herself £5 and £5 to her five children equally divided"; to "Exercise his children" £4 between them; to "Adoniron Veren" £3, "to his sister Hannah" 20s. and "her two children each 10s."; to "my cousin Mary Veren wife to Hillier Veren" £3; to "the daughters of my cousin Jane Mason deceased" £3 "including Love Steevens her child a share"; to "my son Exercise" residue of moveable goods and "my gray horse and cattle"; to "Rebacka Connant my grandchild" my sheep; to "Mary Leach" one sheep; "and whereas there remains in my hands a certain portion of cattle belonging unto one Mr. Dudeny in England and by him assigned unto his nephew Richard Conant valued at £25 and now left in the hands of my son Exercise Conant that there be a rendering up of such cattle or their valuation ... unto the said Richard Conant upon seasonable demand"; "son Exercise" executor; "my son William Dodge and my grandchild John Conant Senior" overseers [EPR 3:335-37].

The inventory of the estate of "Roger Conant deceased" was taken 24 November 1679 and totalled £258 10s. of which £198 was real estate: "two hundred acres of land lying at Dunstable, not improved," £60; "more land sold to Elizabeth Conant not paid for," £40; "more land ten acres and more ten acres [totalling] 20," £20; "more land 23 acres," £59; "more two acres of meadow," £10; "swampy land [at] 20s. two acres of land [at] £5," £6; and "more land," £1 [EPR 3:337].

BIRTH: Baptized East Budleigh, Devonshire, 9 April 1592, youngest of the eight children of Richard and Agnes (Clarke) Conant [Conant Gen 99].
DEATH: Beverly 19 November 1679.
MARRIAGE: St Ann Blackfriars, London 11 November 1618 Sarah Horton, daughter of Thomas and Catherine (Satchfield) Horton [NEHGR 147:234-39]. "Sarah Connant" is included in the list of Salem church members compiled in late 1636 [SChR 6]. She was alive in November 1660 to depose about the marriage of James Bede and the widow "Ellot" [EQC 2:265]. She is not named in her husband's will and therefore probably died before 1 March 1677/8.

ASSOCIATIONS: Christopher Conant who received one acre in Plymouth Colony in 1623 as a passenger on the Anne, was Roger's brother [PCR 12:5].

Jane (Knowles) Bennett, wife of WILLIAM BENNETT of Salem was niece of Roger Conant [NEHGR 153:221].

COMMENTS: Despite Roger Conant's prominence and his reputation as the leader among the Old Planters, there are a number of disquieting questions which still hover about him. Although we do not claim to have resolved these questions here, we would like to propose an interpretation that would provide a relatively simple answer.

The questions come in two groups. First, did Roger Conant reside at Plymouth when he first arrived, and was he the salter who arrived in 1624 with Rev. JOHN LYFORD and who was described uncharitably by Bradford? Second, given the great advantages available to Conant, including his many prominent connections in English Puritan circles, and his appointment in 1625 to direct the activities of the Dorchester Adventurers at Cape Ann, why did he not take a larger part in the affairs of Massachusetts Bay after the early 1630s?

Attempts to place Conant and his family on one ship or another face an inconsistency in the records that defies certain resolution. The 28 May 1671 petition of Roger Conant places his arrival in New England before May of 1623:

The humble petition of Roger Conant of Bass River alias Beverly, who have been a planter in New England forty-eight years and upward, being one of the first, if not the first, that resolved and made good my settlement under God, in matter of plantation with my family, in this colony of the Massachusetts Bay, and have been instrumental, both for the founding and carrying on of the same, and when in the infancy thereof, it was in great hazard of being deserted, I was a means, through grace assisting me, to stop the flight of those few that then were here with me, and that by my utter denial to go away with them, who would have gone either for England or mostly for Virginia, but hereupon stayed to the hazard of our lives. Now my humble suit and request is unto this honorable court only that the name of our town or plantation may be altered or changed from Beverly and be called Budleigh. I have two reasons that have moved me to this request. The first is the great dislike and discontent of many of our people for this name of Beverly, because (we being but a small place) it hath caused on us a constant nickname of "beggarly", being in the mouths of many, and no order was given or consent by the people here to their agent for any name until they were sure of being a town granted in the first place. Secondly, I being the first that had house in Salem (and never had any hand in naming either that or any other town) and myself with those that were then with me, being all from the western part of England, desire this western name of Budleigh, a market town of Devonshire and near unto the sea as we are here, in this place and where myself was born. Now in regard of our firstness and antiquity in this so famous a colony, we should humbly request this little privilege with your favors and consent, to give this name abovesaid unto our town. I never yet made suit or request unto the General Court for the least matter, tho' I think I might as well have done, as many others have, who have obtained much without hazard of life or prefering the public good before their own interest, which I praise God I have done ... [Conant Gen 116-17, citing MA Arch 112:217].

Hubbard would have Conant at Plymouth initially, either contradicting Conant who said he came before May 1623 or the Plymouth Colony records which make no allotment of land to Conant in 1623 when even single women who came on the Anne and refugees from the failed settlement at Wessgusset received their shares by name [PCR 12:5-6].

Robert Cushman wrote to Bradford 24 January 1623[/4] saying "the salt-man [we have sent] is a skillful & industrious man, put some to him that may quickly apprehend the mystery of it ..." [Bradford 373], but Bradford refers to this person in less glowing terms:...he whom they sent to make salt was an ignorant, foolish, selfwilled fellow ... he caused them to send carpenters to rear a great frame for a large house, to receive the salt & such other uses. But in the end all proved vain. Then he laid fault of the ground, in which he was deceived; but if he might have the lighter to carry clay, he was sure then he could do it ... he could not do anything but boil salt in pans, and yet would make them that were joined with him believe there was so great a mystery in it as was not easy to be attained, and made them do many unnecessary things to blind their eyes, till they discerned his subtlety. The next year he was sent to Cape Anne and the pans were set up there where the fishing was; but before summer was out, he burnt the house, and the fire was so vehement as it spoiled the pans ... [Bradford 146-47].

Hubbard says: There (Nantasket) Mr. Roger Conant, with some few others, after Mr. Lyford and Mr. Oldham were, for some offence, real or supposed, discharged from having anything more to do at Plymouth, found a place of retirement and reception for themselves and families for a space of a year and some few months, till a door was opened for them at Cape Anne, a place on the other side of the Bay, whither they removed about the year 1625 [Hubbard 102].

He further says: ... Mr. White with the rest of the Adventurers, hearing of some religious and well-affected persons ...of which number Mr. Roger Conant was one, a religious, sober and prudent gentleman, yet surviving about Salem till the year 1680, wherein he finished his pilgrimage, having a great hand in all these forementioned transactions about Cape Anne ... [Hubbard 106].

From these remarks it is assumed that Hubbard was acquainted with Roger Conant and had at some time perhaps discussed the history with him. To go on,... they pitched upon him, the said Conant, for the managing and government of their affairs at Cape Anne. The information he had of him was from one Mr. Conant, a brother of his, and well known to Mr. White; and he was so well satisfied therein, that he engaged Mr. Humphrey, the treasurer of the joint Adventurers, to write to him in their names, and to signify that they had chosen him to be their governor in that place, and would commit unto him the charge of all their affairs..
It must here be noted, that Mr. Roger Conant, on the foresaid occasion made the superintendent of their affairs [at Cape Ann], disliked the place as much as the Adventurers disliked the business; and therefore, in the meanwhile, had made some inquiry into a more commodious place near adjoining, on the other side of a creek, called Naumkeag, a little to the westward, where was much better encouragement as to the design of a plantation, than that which they had attempted upon before at Cape Anne, secretly conceiving in his mind, that in following times (as since is fallen out) it might prove a receptacle for such as upon the account of religion would be willing to begin a foreign plantation in this part of the world; to which he gave some intimation to his friends in England [Hubbard 106-07].

Hubbard would have "Mr. Roger Conant" settle briefly at Nantasket with Mr. Oldham (whom Conant certainly knew and respected, yet no direct evidence supports his presence), then choose Cape Ann "a place on the other side of the Bay (more convenient for those that belong to the tribe of Zebulon than for those that chose to dwell in the tents of Issachar), wither they removed about the year 1625" [Young 20, 25]. Hubbard further says that Mr. Roger Conant was present at Cape Ann in 1625 and helped to resolve the dispute between Capt. Standish and Mr. Hewes over the fishing stages at Cape Ann [Young's Pilgrim Fathers 33-4; MD 5:80].

The dispute grew to be very hot, and high words passed between them; which might have ended in blows, if not in blood and slaughter, had not the prudence and moderation of Mr. Roger Conant, at that time there present, and Mr. Peirce's interposition, that lay just by with his ship, timely prevented [Young's Pilgrim Fathers 33].

These events closely parallel Bradford's history of the salter, but no one agrees on the personal traits of this individual. Hubbard again casts Conant in the role of peacemaker when Mr. Endicott and his company come to take the reins from the old planters in 1628 and a controversy arose over the changing of the name of the settlement from "Nahumkeik" to Salem: ...the late controversy that had been agitated with too much animosity betwixt the forementioned Dorchester planters and their new agent, Mr. Endicot, and his company then sent over, being by the prudent moderation of Mr. Conant, agent before for the Dorchester merchants, quietly composed ... [Young's Pilgrim Fathers 31].

A possible resolution of the seeming conflict among all these accounts is that they do indeed refer to one man, Roger Conant, but as seen through different sets of eyes. If Conant were one of Hubbard's regular informants, as seems quite likely, then he could well have fed the historian with slanted versions of his part in the early history of Massachusetts Bay. Bradford, on the other hand, with no stake in Conant's reputation, was speaking his mind, even though he did not name the subject of his wrath, perhaps out of respect for the living.

This combination of great promises but little results (as reported by Bradford) and the willingness to distort his actions in hindsight (if we are interpreting correctly Conant's influence on Hubbard) may be the collection of character faults which prevented Conant from rising beyond local importance in the later history of Massachusetts Bay, despite his great early advantages.

Another point should be made here. Bradford is speaking of a salter, and we do know there was at least one other salter in Plymouth in these early years, William Hilton. But Hilton had already arrived in Plymouth in 1621 and could not have been the man sent over by Cushman in 1624. On the other hand, to suppose that Conant is not the man castigated by Bradford we would have to assume that there were three salters in Plymouth and vicinity during this brief time, which seems an excess.

We take the position, then, that Conant arrived in 1624 (and therefore made an error of one year in his petition nearly half a century later), resided briefly at Plymouth, Nantasket and Cape Ann, and then settled Salem.

Roger Conant deposed on 29 November 1664 about being one of the first inhabitants of the town of Salem, and one of the lot layers there [EQC 3:207].

In depositions some twenty years after the fact, we learn that Roger Conant was in partnership in the 1630s with Peter Palfrey, Anthony Dike and Mr. Francis Johnson, in an enterprise to collect and ship beaver skins and other goods [EQC 1:409, 2:22-4].

At court 25 June 1678 "Mr. Roger Conant, aged about eighty-six years" deposed that about six or eight years since, William Hoar's two daughters, Mary and Elizabeth came to his house to buy apples. While he was in the cellar, he had enough canvas stolen to make a lady's apron, no one being in the house but them. Later he met one of them and asked why they had stolen his canvas, and she replied that it was not she, if anybody, it was her sister [EQC 7:50].

On 4 June 1679 "Mr. Roger Conant, 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 [EQC 7:390].

BIBLIOGRAPHIC NOTE: The basic treatment of the Conant family was published in 1887 by Frederick Odell Conant [A History and Genealogy of the Conant Family in England and America (Portland, Maine, 1887), cited above as Conant Gen]. Mary Walton Ferris wrote at length about Conant [Dawes-Gates 2:221-28]. The identity of the wife of Roger Conant and the consequent extensive Puritan connections of Roger Conant are explored by Robert Charles Anderson [NEHGR 147:234-39, 148:107-29]. Roger Conant cuts a romantic figure in Hawthorne's "Main Street."

1st Govenor of Massachusetts Bay Colony.
Source from The Improvement ERA of 1950 page 269 by Archibald F. Bennett

Roger was the youngest of eight children born to Richard and Agnes (CLARK) CONANT. He and his family came to New England on the "Ann", arriving in Plymouth Massachusetts in Jul 1623. Though Puritan, he was non-Separatist in ideology and as such did not get along too well with the Pilgrims at Plymouth. The Chronological History of Massachusetts relates the role that Roger played in early New England:

"1623 - Myles Standish successfully conducted the first organized war against the Indians who had been stirred to form a conspiracy against the English by the behavior of Andrew Weston's men in June of 1621 and other troublemakers among the colonists. It was another lean year but boats came over from England every season. Some 200 or more Separatists would join the group on four different ships. .. Meanwhile, in England, a group of wealthy English merchants formed the Dorchester Company of Adventurers, of whom the less-radical Puritan conformist clergyman John White was prominent. Another member was Mistress Elizabeth Poole of Taunton, Somerset, who later founded Taunton, Massachusetts. With a patent from the council of New England, a group of fishermen and planters took the Fellowship to Cape Ann where they constructed a house and fishing stage at Stage Fort Point...Sometime during the year, non-Separatist Roger Conant and his wife arrived in Plymouth.

"1624 - Plymouth colonists, tired of their 'common course and condition,' convinced Bradford to end the annual practice of drawing for plots of land and, instead, to grant permanent allotments. Later expanded, the new practice spurred colonists to work harder and produce more as they were assured of enjoying the fruits of their own labors. In July, when a fierce drought threatened to destroy the crops, the colonists were driven to "seek the Lord in humble and fervent prayer," according to Bradford, "and He was pleased to give them a gracious and speedy answer, both to their own and the Indians' admiration that lived among them." The gentle rains came and stayed so that, as Bradford wrote, "instead of famine now God gave them plenty .. . so as any general want or famine has not been among them since to this day (1644)." Excluded by the Separatist Pilgrims, a disgruntled Roger Conant drew a number of non-Separatists to himself and removed up the coast to found Nantasket. "1625 - In England, Charles I succeeded the wildly extravagant and scandalous James I whose reign had encouraged a rampage of the rich and opportunistic, unsettling the balance of the economy. Now Charles gave ear to the highly ritualistic, anti-Puritan, Anglican Bishop William Laud. Those Puritans who had wished to reform England and its Church from within began to lose hope. Bradford wrote friends in his homeland that the colonists had 'never felt the sweetness of the country till this year. ' Roger Conant was summoned from Nantasket to Cape Ann to manage the floundering outpost, followed by his loyal group of non-separatist Puritans. Having unknowingly acquired a scurrilous title to a part of Cape Ann, the Plymouth residents commenced building in the area a fishing stage of their own which was seized by the Cape Ann interests. Captain Myles Standish almost fought the group but Conant cooled the soldier's temper by offering to build a new fishing stage for the Pilgrims.
Hostilities continued to build between the Separatists and non-Separatists. The same year, Captain Wollaston founded a colony at Passonagessit. Among the colonists was Anglican Thomas Morton who would change Mount Wollaston to Merrymount and cause grave concern among settlements from Maine to Nantasket. "1626 - ...In the autumn, Roger Conant led the remnant of the Cape Ann expedition, some 20 to 30 persons, down the coast to a place the Indians called Naumkeag, where a number of rivers formed a safe harbor and good farmland was close by. Soon to be known as the Old Planters, these were the hardy souls who declined the dissolved Dorchester Company's offer of return passage to England. Meanwhile in England, the undaunted clergymen John White and John Conant looked for new settlers and capital."

The settlement called Naumkeag by the Indians and founded by Roger Conant and his group of "Old Planters" was renamed Salem in 1628 by a consortium of the old group and a new one headed by John Endicott. The "Old Planters" were allotted land in what is now Beverly Massachusetts. Salem erected a statue of him, a picture of which can be seen on Welcome to Salem

Biographical information, undoubtedly penned by a descendant and submitted to the 1903 Biographical tome for Tolland and Windham Counties, Conn reads as follows:

"His reputation was that of a pious, sober and prudent gentleman and as he was more strongly Puritan than the people around him he was chosen to head the settlement at Cape Ann, near Stage Head, on the north side of what is now Gloucester Harbor. Though not recognized as the first governor of Massachusetts, it seems he should be, as the colony over whose destinies he so ably provided made the first real advance toward a permanent settlement within the limits of what is now the State. Roger Conant was a man of intelligence, and historians pay glowing tributes to his ability, integrity and honor. He was a member of the second representative assembly ever held in America, very shortly following a similar gathering in Virginia.(Apparently refers to the October, 1630 meeting of the General Court of Boston. Though in violation of their charter, leaders of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts decided that the governor and deputy governor would be elected by the freemen of the Colony, including the "Old Planters", by demand of those in attendance, granted May 1631) The record of his active labor in forming that system of government which has made the U.S. great and mighty in every field of labor, or department of thought, was the noblest heritage he could leave his children. Many important offices were held by him in Salem, and for many years his services were continually in demand by the people. He and his wife were among the members who assisted in forming the 1st Church at Salem in 1637, and both signed the Covenant.

Fellow Conant researcher, Betty I. Ralph tells me that Roger Conant was mentioned in Nathaniel Hawthorne's "Main Street, Salem" and that Governor's Island in Boston Harbor was once known as Conant's Island.

Sources: "Chronological History of Massachusetts", Flying the Colors: Massachusetts Facts: John Clements, 1987; Tolland and Windham Counties, Connecticut Biographies - 1903; Mayflower Gedcom; LDS Ancestral File; Research of John F. Chandler and Betty I. Ralph Parents: Richard CONANT and Agnes CLARKE.

Spouse: Sarah HORTON. Roger CONANT and Sarah HORTON were married on 11 Nov 1618 in St Ann Blackfriars, London, Middlesex, England.11,440 Children were: Sarah CONANT, Caleb CONANT, Sarah CONANT, Lot CONANT, Joanna CONANT, Roger CONANT, Joshua CONANT, Mary CONANT, Elizabeth CONANT, Exercise CONANT.

Roger CONANT440 was born about 1628 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA.440 He died on 29 Sep 1674 in , , , Ireland. ROGER, b. Salem say 1628 "being the first born child in Salem" [STR 1:98]; m. before 22 January 1661[/2] Elizabeth _____ (her child baptized at Salem on that date "upon the letter from the Church at Corke testifying of her membership there" [SChR 93]). Parents: Roger CONANT and Sarah HORTON.

Spouse: . Roger CONANT and Elizabeth WESTON were married before 22 Jan 1661/62.473,474

Roger CONANT was born on 10 Mar 1668/69 in Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts, USA.444 He was christened on 23 May 1669.444 He died in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. Parents: Lot CONANT and Elizabeth WALTON.

Spouse: . Roger CONANT and Mary RAYMOND were married on 25 Apr 1698 in Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts, USA.

Sarah CONANT was christened on 9 Sep 1619 in St Lawrence Jewry, London, Middlesex, England.440,441 She was buried on 30 Oct 1620 in St Lawrence Jewry, London, Middlesex, England.441 She died in , , , England. Parents: Roger CONANT and Sarah HORTON.

Sarah CONANT440 was born about 1623 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA.440 She died in 1659 in Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts, USA. SARAH, b. New England say 1623 (named in grandmother's will in 1627 [NEHGR 147:239]); m. John Leach (apparently mother of Mary Leach called kinswoman in will of Lot Conant [EQC 5:432], and probaby the family of which Roger Conant says "my daughter Sarah, her son John, and four daughters" in his will). Parents: Roger CONANT and Sarah HORTON.

Spouse: . John LEACH and Sarah CONANT were married.475

Sarah CONANT Twin was born on 19 Feb 1666/67 in Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts, USA.444 She was christened on 3 Jul 1667 in First Church of Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA.444 She died on 1 Nov 1750. Parents: Lot CONANT and Elizabeth WALTON.

Spouse: .

William CONANT Twin was born on 19 Feb 1666/67 in Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts, USA.444 He was christened on 3 Jul 1667 in First Church of Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA.444 He died in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA. Christening at First Church Parents: Lot CONANT and Elizabeth WALTON.

Spouse: . William CONANT Twin and Mary Snow WOODBURY were married by 1694 in Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts, USA.11

Gilberga Hermesinda de CONSERANS141 died in 1054.138

Spouse: Ramiro I de ARAGON King of Aragon. Ramiro I de ARAGON King of Aragon and Gilberga Hermesinda de CONSERANS were married on 22 Aug 1036 in Jaca, Huesca, Spain.138 Children were: Sancho Ramírez I de ARAGON King of Aragon.

Anne CONSTABLE.6

Spouse: William TYRWHITT Knight. William TYRWHITT Knight and Anne CONSTABLE were married. Children were: Robert TYRWHITT Knight.

Elizabeth COOKE was born in 1602 in , of Seaton, Devonshire, England.476 She died in 1682 in Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts, USA. Parents: William COOKE and Martha WHITE.

Spouse: Rev. William WALTON. Rev. William WALTON and Elizabeth COOKE were married on 10 Apr 1627 in Dorchester, Holy Trinity Church, Dorset, England.11,476 Children were: John WALTON, Elizabeth WALTON, Martha WALTON, Jane WALTON, Nathaniel WALTON, William WALTON, Samuel WALTON, Josiah WALTON, Mary WALTON.

William COOKE was born in 1573 in Stratton, Dorset, England. He died before 26 Jun 1615 in Crediton, Devonshire, England.477
Death from Will Probate 26 Jun 1615-Crediton, England

Spouse: Martha WHITE. William COOKE and Martha WHITE were married on 27 Apr 1597 in Stockton, Wiltshire, England.478 Children were: Elizabeth COOKE.

Agnes COPLESTONE.123,127,179,181

Spouse: Thomas BAMPFIELD. Thomas BAMPFIELD and Agnes COPLESTONE were married about 1376.179 Children were: Agnes BAMPFIELD.

Photo Hugo le CORBET was born in 1040.16 He died in 1076.16

The Corbets are an ancient family that can be traced back to Normandy. It is believed that the Corbets are of Danish origin and that the raven was their symbol. The Corbet name is probably an outcome of the old Norman "Le Corbeau" that, over time, changed to "Le Corbet". It could be derived from two possible sources. The Danish were known to display the "Reafan" or the raven as a sacred standard in battle. It is written by the historians, Pliny and Tacitus, that there was a warrior family who took their family name and emblem from "The Raven". They related that their direct ancestor was "Valerius". It is said that during a battle, Valerius had a Raven land on his helmet at a critical moment during a battle in Gaul and lead him to victory. The latin for crow or raven is Corvus. The first documentation of this family is in A.D. 1040, Le Carpentier mentions one Hugo le Corbet or le Corbeau as "Chivalier." Until the Norman Invasion in 1066 they were thought to be an important family in the "Pays de Caux" region of Normandy.

This family history begins with Hugo le Corbet or le Corbeau. With two of his sons, Roger and Robert, Sir Hugo joined in the battle of Hastings with William the Conqueror in 1066. Hugo helped counsel the Conqueror in regards to the Welsh border lands which were rebellious. For their service as knights to the Conqueror, Robert and Roger were given Baronies. Roger received twenty-five manors. Robert received a grant of fifteen manors in Shropshire which became the barony of Longden. These Manors were townships under the Saxon rule. Roger called both his castle and barony "Caus" after his home in Normandy. The Corbets served under the Earl Roger de Montgomery. They were in service to help control the borders of Wales.

In this family history we are following the eldest branch - Roger. After the invasion, Roger made his home at one of his newly acquired manors, the Saxon Morton-Toret. It became the central home for his family, as well as an important Norman castle. During the Civil Wars it was burnt down by Cromwell's soldiers. After that, Acton-Reynold Hall became the new center of the family's activities.

Chevalier

Children were: Roger CORBET Baron of Caus.

Margery CORBET.6 Parents: John de CLINTON 1st Lord Clinton and Ida de ODDINGSELES.

Spouse: John de CLINTON Knight. John de CLINTON Knight and Margery CORBET were married. Children were: Ida de CLINTON.

Photo Mary CORBET6,78,79,106,107,479 was born about 1430.79

TAG Vol. 35, p. 104
VI. Mary Corbet married Robert Charlton of Apley, Shropshire, son of the aforesaid Thomas Charlton (IV, 2, above). He was born before 1430, probably a few years earlier, and dIed after 1472, when he was Sheriff of the County. There is a case in the period 1473-5 of John Salter and Isabel his wife versus Robert Charleton of Appley, esq., and Richard hIs son, re cottages and closes in Newport, Salop [Record Office, LIsts & Indexes, vol. 16, p. 155, bundle 48, no. 371, Early Chancery Proceedings].

TAG Vol. 40, p. 98
XI. Mary Corbet, born not far from 1430, who married Robert Charlton of Apley, Shropshire; they were ancestors of Rev. Peter Bulkeley and others who came to New England, as shown in the Bulkeley GeneaLogy and in this writer's previous articles above cited. Parents: Robert CORBET Sheriff and Margaret.

Spouse: Robert CHARLTON Sheriff of Salop. Children were: Richard CHARLTON.

Richard CORBET Knight.16 Parents: Thomas CORBET the Pilgrim.

Children were: Richard CORBET Knight.

Photo Richard CORBET Knight was born before 1195 of Morton Corbet, Shropshire, England.16 He died in 1235 of Morton Corbet, Shropshire, England.16 Parents: Richard CORBET Knight.

Spouse: Joanna TORET. Children were: Richard CORBET.

Photo Richard CORBET was born before 1225 of Morton Corbet, Shropshire, England.16 He died in 1248 of Morton Corbet, Shropshire, England.16 Parents: Richard CORBET Knight and Joanna TORET.

Spouse: Petronilla. Children were: Robert CORBET Knight.

Photo Robert CORBET Knight16 was buried in Chapel of Alberbury.

Of Wattlesborough Parents: Richard CORBET and Petronilla.

Spouse: Matilda de ARUNDEL. Children were: Thomas CORBET Knight.

Photo Lord Robert CORBET Knight479,480 was born in 1304.425 He died in 1375 of Morton Corbet, Shropshire, England.77

Of Wattlesborough and Moreton Corbet. Parents: Thomas CORBET Knight and Amice.

Spouse: Elizabeth le STRANGE. Lord Robert CORBET Knight and Elizabeth le STRANGE were married in Mar 1323.480,481 Children were: Roger CORBET Knight.

Photo Robert CORBET Sheriff77,78,79,479 was born about 1395 in Morton, Shropshire, England. He died in 1440 of Morton Corbet, Shropshire, England.77

A Knight of Moreton Corbet; Sheriff 1419. Parents: Roger CORBET Knight and Margaret ERDINGTON.

Spouse: Margaret. Robert CORBET Sheriff and Margaret were married in , , Shropshire, England.80 Children were: Mary CORBET.

Photo Roger CORBET Knight77,479 died Prob 1394 of Morton Corbet, Shropshire, England.77

Knight of Moreton Corbet and Shawsbury. Parents: Lord Robert CORBET Knight and Elizabeth le STRANGE.

Spouse: Margaret ERDINGTON. Roger CORBET Knight and Margaret ERDINGTON were married. Children were: Robert CORBET Sheriff.

Photo Roger CORBET Baron of Caus died in 1134.16 He was born in , , Normandie, France.

Domesday Baron of Claus. Parents: Hugo le CORBET.

Children were: William CORBET Baron of Caus.

Simon CORBET.16

Of Pontesbury Parents: William CORBET Baron of Caus.

Children were: Thomas CORBET the Pilgrim.

Thomas CORBET the Pilgrim.16 Parents: Simon CORBET.

Children were: Richard CORBET Knight.

Photo Thomas CORBET Knight was born in 1281/82 of Morton Corbet, Shropshire, England.16 He died in 1310 of Morton Corbet, Shropshire, England.16 Parents: Robert CORBET Knight and Matilda de ARUNDEL.

Spouse: Amice. Children were: Lord Robert CORBET Knight.

William CORBET Baron of Caus.16

Of Wattlesborough. Parents: Roger CORBET Baron of Caus.

Children were: Simon CORBET.

Alice de COURTENAY46,482 was born about 1160 in Courtenay, Galinois, France.483 She died in 1218 in Limoges, France.484 Parents: Peter de FRANCE Lord of Courtenay and Elizabeth de COURTENAY.

Spouse: Count Aymer de Angoulême TAILLEFER. Count Aymer de Angoulême TAILLEFER and Alice de COURTENAY were married in 1181 in , Angouleme, Aquitaine, France.484 Children were: Queen Isabella de Angoulême TAILLEFER.

Elizabeth de COURTENAY121,128,482 was born about 1127 in Courtenay, Loiret, France. She died about 14 Sep 1205.483

Spouse: Peter de FRANCE Lord of Courtenay. Peter de FRANCE Lord of Courtenay and Elizabeth de COURTENAY were married in 1150.128,482,483 Children were: Alice de COURTENAY.

Photo Emily Jane COVINGTON was born on 1 Jan 1842 in Summerville, Noxubee, Mississippi, USA. She died on 4 Mar 1921 in Taylor, Weber, Utah, USA. Emily was among the 4th ten, of the 2nd fifty, in the 2nd hundred of the Pioneers of 1847.

Spouse: Winslow FARR Jr. Winslow FARR Jr and Emily Jane COVINGTON were married on 17 Oct 1858 in Washington, Washington, Utah, USA.

Margery CRANE was born in 1595 in London, Middlesex, England. She died in 1656 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.485

Spouse: Richard PARK. Richard PARK and Margery CRANE were married in 1628 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.486 Children were: Thomas PARK, Isabel PARK, Elizabeth PARK, Sarah PARK.

Avelina (Aveline) de CREPON46 was born about 974 in of, Longueville, Normandy, France. She died in , , , France. Parents: Herbastus de CREPON and Mrs-Herbastus de CREPON.

Gonnor de CREPON46,136 was born about 936 in , , Normandie, France. She died in 1031 in , , , France.136 Parents: Herbastus de CREPON and Mrs-Herbastus de CREPON.

Spouse: Richard I "Sans Peur" Duke of NORMANDY. Richard I "Sans Peur" Duke of NORMANDY and Gonnor de CREPON were married after 962 in , , , France. Children were: Emma Princess of NORMANDY, Richard II "The Good" Duke of NORMANDY, Robert de NORMANDIE, Mahaud de NORMANDIE, Havoise de NORMANDIE, Bbeatrice de NORMANDIE, Mauger de NORMANDIE.

Herbastus de CREPON46 was born about 911 of Normandie, France.

Spouse: Mrs-Herbastus de CREPON. Children were: Avelina (Aveline) de CREPON, Wevia (Duceline) de CREPON, Gonnor de CREPON, Herfast de CREPON, Senfrie (Sainfrie) de CREPON.

Herfast de CREPON46 was born about 975 in of, , , France. Parents: Herbastus de CREPON and Mrs-Herbastus de CREPON.

Mrs-Herbastus de CREPON46 was born about 916 in of, , Normandie, France.

Spouse: Herbastus de CREPON. Children were: Avelina (Aveline) de CREPON, Wevia (Duceline) de CREPON, Gonnor de CREPON, Herfast de CREPON, Senfrie (Sainfrie) de CREPON.

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