Genealogical and family history of the state of New Hampshire : a record of the achievements of her people in the making of a commonwealth and the founding of a nation, Vol. III, Part 61

Author: Stearns, Ezra S; Whitcher, William F. (William Frederick), 1845-1918; Parker, Edward E. (Edward Everett), 1842-1923
Publication date: 1908
Publisher: New York : Lewis Publishing Co.
Number of Pages: 876


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Both he and his wife were among the original members of the first church at Salem, and in 1637 both signed the renewed covenant. When a new church was formel at Beverly he was one of the first to be enrolled as a member. He was possessed oi considerable land, and the inventory of his es- tate after his death showed a total valuation of prop- erty amounting to £258. He died November 19, 1679, in the eighty-eighth year of his age; the place of his burial is not known. He married, in the parish of Saint Anas, Blackfriars, London, November II, 1618. Sarah Holton, who probably died before her husband. Their children were: Sarah, died young; Caleb, Lot, Roger, (the first white child born in Sa-


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lem, Massachusetts), Sarah, Joshua, Mary, Eliza- beth, and Exercise. (Mention of the last, with de- scendants, forms a part of this article.)


(IV) Lot. second son and third child of Roger and Sarah ( Holton) Conant, was born about 1624, either at Nantasket or Cape Ann, and died Septem- ber 29, 167.4, at Beverly. He seems to have lived at Marblehead as carly as 1657 ; was selectman in 1662; had one cow's commonage in 1667; and on May 25, 1674, is recorded as one of the one hundred and fourteen house-holders. On November 20, 1666, his father gave him the homestead at Beverly with thir- ty-two acres adjoining and seventy-two acres in other parts of the town. On the same day Lot leased the homestead with three acres adjoining, compos- ing the southern part of the home farm, to his father and mother for an annual rent of "one Indian corn." He is entitled yeoman in conveyances made at this time. About this time he probably moved to Beverly, and built a house near his father's. On July 4. 1607, he was one of those dismissed from the First Church of Salem to form a church at Bass River, or Beverly. He married Elizabeth Walton. baptised October 27, 1629, daughter of Rev. William Walton, who took his degrees at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, England, in 1621 and 1625. He was set- tled at Marblehead as early as 1639, and was pastor there until his death, in 1668. Elizabeth, widow of Lot Conant, married January 10, 1682, as her third wife. Andrew, son of Robert and Elizabeth Mans- field, of Lynn. The ten children of Lot and Eliza- beth ( Walton ) Conant were: Nathaniel, John, Lot, Elizabeth, Mary. Martha, Sarah, William. Roger. and Rebecca. ( Mention of Roger and descendants formis part of this article).


(V) Lot (2), third son and child of Lot (1) and Elizabeth (Walton) Conant, was born February 16. 1658. in Beverly, where he lived till 1717, when he moved to Ipswich. At seventeen years of age he was a soldier in Captain Joseph Gardiner's com- pany in King Philip's war, and took part in the at- tack on Fort Narragansett, December 19. 1675. He was admitted to the First Church in Beverly, March I, 1702, and to full communion July 19. 1702. He was a farmer, and records of several land trans- actions he made are registered. May 28, 1717, Lot Conant. of Beverly, yeoman, in consideration of £186 13s, conveyed to Joseph Herrick, Sr., a parcel of land and marsh or meadow lying in Beverly, con- taining twelve acres and one hundred and thirty- five poles ; and on the same day he conveys to Henry Herrick. Jr., a quarter of an acre of land in Beverly. July 30. 1717, he buys for £460 the homestead of Daniel Foster, of Ipswich, contining ninety acres of upland and seventeen acres of fresh meadow : "also one old commonright in the common land of Ips- wich." A committee on the part of the town of Ips- wich sell Lot Conant and others, May TI, 1721, one hundred and eleven acres of land on Turner's Hill. On April 18, 1735, Lot Conant was one of the grant- ees of the Narragansett townships. His will was probated in January, 1745. He married (first) Abi- gail, whose surname is unknown: (second) Eliza- beth Pride, who was baptized December 12, 1686, daughter of John and Mary Pride. She was admit- ted to the church February 23, 1707. Fifteen chil- dren were born to Lot Conant. Those by the first wife, Abigail, were: Samuel, Abigail, Jonathan, Sa- rah, Roger: those by the second wife, Elizabeth, were: Joseph, Ruth, Joshua (died young). Eliza- beth (died young), Joshua, Joanna, Bartholomew, Elizabeth. Samuel and William.


(V1) Deacon Jonathan, second child and eldest son


of Let (2) and Abigail Conant, was baptized Oc- tober 16, 1692, and died June 18, 1749. He was a currier, and resided on the old Roger Conant home- stead, in Cabot street, Beverly. In 1713 he was the largest contributor towards building the second par- ish meeting house, paying £25 13s., 3d. March 31. 1716. he bought for f20 one and one-quarter acres of land, with the house and barn standing on it. Feb- ruary 18. 1719, Jonathan Conant. of Beverly, cur- rier, with the consent of Abigail, his wife, for a consideration of £85 sells Jonathan Herrick, of Bev- erly, practitioner, one acre and forty poles of land, with dwelling house and barn thereon. March 16, 1719. Jonathan and Abigail Conant were admitted to the Second Church, of which he was afterwards chosen deacon. His will was dated June 17. 1749; and the inventory of his estate amounted to £962 18s. He married. December 25, 1715, Abigail Wood- bury, who was baptized September 16, 1604, and died February 1. 1750. daughter of Peter and Mary Wood- bury. Their children were: Sarah (died young), Abigail (died young), Lot, Mary, Nercy, Lydia, Sa- rah and Abigail (twins), Joanna, and Jonathan, whose sketch follows.


(VII) Jonathan (2), tenth child and second son of Jonathan (1) and Abigail (Woodbury) Conant, was born in Beverly, August 9, 1737. and was a farm- er and currier. He lived in Beverly, on the Roger Conant homestead, till about 1783, when he removed to a farm on Cherry Hill. In 1791 he sold the "Cher- ry Hill" farm and removed to that part of Amherst, New Hampshire, which is now Mount Vernon. He was the last of the name who lived in the original Roger Conant house. He bought and sold various pieces of real estate. On March 17. 1759, Jonathan Conant and Mercy his wife sell twenty acres of land in Beverly to Joshua Dodge, 2d. On the same day Edward Raymond, of Beverly, gentleman, in con- sideration of £250. sells Jonathan Conant, of Bey- erly, currier, twenty-five acres of land in Beverly. January 25, 1770, Jonathan and Mercy Conant sell Ebenezer Francis eight acres of land. On April 15. 1774. Jonathan Conant, currier, sells to Benjamin Beckford six acres and one hundred and twenty-four poles of land. On May 29, 1783, Jonathan and Mercy Conant sell Richard Quarterman, "a parcel of land in Beverly, containing II acres of land. with dwelling house, barn and all out buildings thereon, and also one-fourth of a pew, in the Second Parish Church." On April II, 1783, Jonathan Conant. Es- quire. of Beverly, buys of George Dodge one hundred and fourteen acres, with the buildings thereon. for the consideration of £1378 17s. Various other sales by Jonothar Conant are of record. At the outbreak of the Revolution he was chosen one of the "Com- nattee of Correspondence and Safety." At the Lex- ington alaim he marched to Boston under command of Captain Peter Shaw. He was afterward pay- master in Colonel Francis's regiment, and then in Colonel Tupper's regiment. serving four years or more. Ile was in the battle of Monmouth. Jona- than Conant and Larkin Thorndike were the first representatives from Feverly after the adoption of . the constitution. In 1787 he was one of the select- men of Beverly, and scon after moved to Mont Vernon, New Hampshire, where he died. He mar- ried, January 30, 1758, Mercy Lovett, and they had : Jonathan, Lot, Joseph, Israel, Sarah, Josiah, and per- haps Joanna.


(VIII) Jonathan (3), eldest child of Jonathan (2) and Mercy ( Lovett) Conant, was born in Bev- erly, April 11, 1760, and moved with his parents to Mont Vernon, New Hampshire, and died there Octo-


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ber 28. 1820, aged sixty-nine. Ilis name appears in a list of inhabitants of Amherst in 1803. In 1811 he settled in Antrim, New Hampshire, where he re- mained till 1816, when he returned to Mont Vernon. He married Polly Baker, of Wenham, Massachusetts who died April 26, 1834. Their seven children were : Israel Elliot, Mchitable, Ruth, Nancy, Mary, Wil- liam and Fanny.


(IX) Deacon William, sixth child and second son of Jonathan (3) and Polly ( Baker ) Conant, was born in Mont Vernon, then a part of Amherst, New Hampshire, October 31, 1802, died in Somerville, Massachusetts, February 20, 1890, aged eighty-seven years. He was a deacon of the Congregational Church. He married Hannah Fornis, of Beverly, and they had nine children : William Henry. Albert. Charles, Edwin, Walter Scott, Harlan Page, Mar- tha Ellen, Fanny Lovett and Marcella Eliza.


(X) Deacon William Henry, eldest child of Dea- con William and Hannah ( Fornis) Conant, was born in Mont Vernon, June, 5, 1829, and died there May 3. 1903. He was a successful business man. a prom- nent citizen of the town, and a deacon of the Con- gregational Church. He married, May 25, 1854, Sa- rah Emeline Cloutman, who was born May 6, 1834, daughter of Thomas and Nancy Cloutman, of Mont Vernon. Their children were: Ellen Frances, Ada Emeline, Willie (died young). Cecil Franklin ( died young ). Mary Grace, Albert Fornis, Freddie ( died young ), and Ruth Stevens. Deacon William Henry Conant was a man of fine literary taste, and indulged a talent for poetry by producing occasional poems of rare merit. For more than twenty years he was an active and leading deacon of the Congregational Church until ill health compelled his retirement. A feature of his religious character was his mildness and tolerance. The harsh dogmas of Calvinism found scant favor with his liberal spirt. He was enthusiastically fond of sacred music, and a mem- ber of the church choir, the greater part of his life. He was one of the early promoters of Appleton Academy, afterwards McCollom Institute, and trus- tee and treasurer for a long term of years.


(V) Roger, fifth son and ninth child of Lot and Elizabeth (Walton) Conant, was born in Beverly, March 10, 1669. He lived in that part of the town known as the "precinct of Salem and Beverly," and was admitted to the Second or North Church, May 4. 1718. In March, 1720, he bought land at Concord, Massachusetts, and soon after moved there with his family. On May 6, 1721, Roger Conant of Concord, sells John Conant. weaver, Daniel Conant, mason, and Benjamin Conant, tailor. all of Beverly. sixteen acres of land for foo. On March 8, 1736. he gives four acres of meadow land to his son, Israel, and during the same year he gave land to his son, Eb- enezer. He lived in that part of the town called "Concord Village." now Acton. He died in 1745. The inventory of his estate was taken May 26, 1746, and amounted to £355 14s. 7d. He married April 25, 1698. Mary, daughter of Captain Thomas and Mary Raymond, or, as then frequently written, Rayment. She was admitted to the First Church of Beverly, November 8, 1702. and dismissed to the Second Church April 22, 1716. The ten children of this un- ion were: Ebenezer, Roger, Mary, Abigail. Israel. Lydia. Josiah, Sarah. Mehitable and Thomas.


(VI) Josiah, fourth son and seventh child of Roger and Mary ( Raymond) Conant, was born in Beverly. December 12, 1711. He settled in West Dunstable, afterwards incorporated as Hollis, New Hampshire, as early as 1744, when it was a wilder-


ness. At the second town meeting, held in June, 1746, it was "voted" that the selectmen provide "stocks." and at a town meeting the January follow- ing "Voted to Accept the Account of Josiah Conant for making the Stocks." In 1736 he drew Ict No. 19 at a meeting of the proprietors of township No. 3. ( Walpole, New Hampshire) but it does not ap- pear that he ever lived there. On January 20. 1746, he bought land in Dunstable, of Daniel Emerson, for which he paid f67 Ios., August 27, 1747, Josiah Conant "housewright" of Hollis, deeded twenty acres of land in Concord, for £20, to his brother Thomas, "it being part of a farm which my honored father, Mr. Roger Conant, deceased, bequeathed to me in his last will, bounded by land given him, the said Thomas." On March 7, 1748, he was chosen "tyth- ingman," and in 1751 selectman ; the latter office he held five years. Ile died at Hollis, December 17, 1756. He married, February 9. 1746, Catherine Em- erson, born December 20. 1718, died August 2, 1809. She was the daughter of Peter Emerson, of Reading, son of Joseph and grandson of Thomas, the immi- grant. She married (second ). December 18, 1777, Moses Thurston. The four children of Josiah and Catherine (Emerson) Conant, were: Josiah. Cath- erine, died young ; Catherine, and Abel.


(VII) Josiah (2), oldest child of Josiah (1) and Catherine ( Emerson) Conant, was born in Hollis, New Hampshire, October 7, 1746; and died Angust 21, 1807. He settled in Hollis, was a farmer, a mem- ber of the church, and dcacon from 1787 till his death. He was town treasurer in 1780. In 1774 he paid a tax of 75. 6d. Only one person in the town paid more. This was the last tax collected under the king. He enlisted. December, 1775, in Captain Worcester's company, and was at Cambridge three months. On August 6, 1778, he enlisted in Captain Emerson's company, of which he was sergeant, for service in Rhode Island. He married (first ), Jan- uary 9, 1769, Elizabeth Elliot, of Mason, New Hamp- shire, who died July 23, 1788; and (second ) De- cember 16. 1788. Zerviah Fox, of Hollis, born Decem ber 3, 1755. died February 12, 1816. By the first mar- riage he had eight children: Josiah. Elizabeth, Cathi- erine, William. Mary, Abigail, Ruth and Elias, who died young ; and by the second marriage, six : Sa- rah. Joseph. Elias, Hannah, Sophia and Elizabeth.


(VIII) William, second son and fourth child of Josiah (2) and Elizabeth (Elliott) Conant, was born January 16, 1776, in Hollis, New Hampshire. When a young man he went to Peacham, Vermont, where he worked a few years, then came thence to Greens- boro. bought a farm, and being a carpenter. built principally with his own hands a house and such farm buildings as necessity demanded. He was a strong man physically. intellectually and morally. Being born in 1776, his educational advantages were limited. but what he lacked in intellectual culture was made up to him in common sense, sound judg- ment and noble sentiments, in advance of his time. Ilis son, who never lived away from the home farm except while a student at the academies of Peacham and Craftsbury, fully sympathized with him in his advanced opinions, and like many other pioneers in a noble cause they were for a time very unpopular on account of their outspoken views on the subject of slavery, then existing in the southern states. For several years before his death he was so deaf as to be unable to hear common conversation and too near- ly blind to read the papers, and the writer well rec- ollects when with considerable trouble she had made him understand about the disastrous battle of Bull


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Run, with a flash of his former vigor he replied, "I am glad of it! They do not deserve success un- til they have abolished slavery." Probably months after, Abraham Lincoln entertained the same idea. E. Tolman Conant. to whom he had in 1850 given up the care of his farm, died in 1862, aged forty-eight, leaving his father childless and lonely, there being no one in the family whom he had known fifteen years before; but he took up bravely the burden of life. His attention, which had for many years in the winter season been given to making furniture, then turned to caring for the sheep, of which there were from two to three hundred on the farm. When objection was made to this on account of his ex- posutre to the cold, he said, "If I am careful I can do it. These sheep need the care of some one who has an interest in them. If I need any help that the children cannot give me, I will call on the hired man," and for five winters he took the best care of them, often climbing to the high beams to pitch down hay for their food. Early in the winter which completed his ninety-second year. he began losing strength, gave up labor, and waited the last suth- mons. He was able to sit up in his chair the most of the day until within a week of his death. During this winter he gave himself up with the docility of a child to the care and guidance of his daughter-in- law, Mrs. E. T. Conant, and never seemed happy when she was not present. He died in April, 1868, aged ninety-two years. and three months. He was chosen deacon of the Congregational Church in mid- dle life, and served nearly fifty years. Deacon Ba- ker, who had shared that service with him for thirty years, died within twenty-four hours after, and their funerals were held together at the Congregational Church.


William Conant married, about 1809. Betsey Tol- man, daughter of Dr. Ebenezer Tolman. Dr. Tol- man was brother to Thomas Tolman, who was one of the early settlers of Greensboro, Vermont, and who was grandfather of Henry S. Tolman, at pres- ent living in Greensboro. William and Betsey (Tolman) Conant, had two children, Mary E., born ISII, who married C. M. Bailey; and Ebenezer Tol- mail.


(IX) Ebenezer Tolman, only son of William and Betsy ( Tolman) Conant, was born in Greens- boro, Vermont, in 1814. He was educated in the common schools of the town and in Craftsbury and Peacham academies. He was a farmer by occupa- tion and lived upon the farm which had been cleared by his father. He gave much time and attention to the growing of wool, particularly to the raising of merino sheep, and was very successful in this indus- try. Like his father, he was a strong Abolitionist. He was a man of strong and deep-rooted convictions, and when once thoroughly convinced of the justice of his belief there was no turning him aside in order to win public favor. It is related that in open meet- ing he prayed for the slaves, and was threatened with discipline in consequence of his action. He. how- ever, still continued a leading member of the Con- gregational Church until his death, which occurred in 1862. He did not live to see his desires gratified -the abolition of slavery. He married Mary Jane Fisher. February 5, 1850, (see Fisher, III). and they had eight children, all born in Greensboro, Vermont : I. Jane Elizabeth, born January 3. 1851, died at the age of sixteen years. 2. Harriet Beecher, born June 10. 1852, was educated at Barre, Vermont, and St. Johnsbury Academy. She taught school for a num- ber of years, and was for a long time principal of


the St. Johnsbury Union schools. Subsequently she studied medicine in the State Medical College of Minnesota, and became assistant physician in the State Hospital for the Insane, South Dakota. She married, June 12, 1900, J. Henry McCloud, and they reside in Hardwick, Vermont. 3. Henrietta Ham- lin, twin of Harriet Beecher, died at the age of nine- teen years. 4. Helen Maria. born March 30, 1854, married. August 2, 1884, Frederick B. Wright, and resides in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Ann Orr, was an invalid and died at the age of twenty-four years. 6. William Fisher, born February 14, 1858. died at the age of twenty-five years. 7. Charles Sum- ner, sce forward. 8. Alice Tolman, born July 29, 1862, married. December 26, 1885, George W. Simp- son, and, resides at East Craftsbury, Vermont.


(IV) Charles Sumner, second son and seventh child of Ebenezer Tolman and Mary Jane ( Fisher) Conant (3), was born July 2, 1860. He was edit- cated in the public schools of his native town and in St. Johnsbury Academy. He early showed a marked talent for music, and commenced its study in St. Johnsbury, where for five years he was employed in the Fairbanks Scale Works. Later he went to Bos- ton and New York, studying with the best teachers, and finally spent some time in London, England. under the tuition of William Shakespeare. Mr. Conant was but sixteen years of age when he di- rected a church choir, and since that time with the exception of a very few months he has been con- nected with church choirs. He was director of the choir of the South Congregational Church in Con- cord for eighteen years, and instruetor in music in the public schools of the same city for twenty years. It is due to his efforts that the instruction of music was introduced into the public schools of Laconia, where he was supervisor of music for four years. He has been president of the New Hampshire State Musie Teachers' Association for three years, and di- rector of the Concord Oratorio Society for six years. His religions affiliations are with the Congregational Church, and in politics he is a Republican. He is a member of the order of Free and Accepted Masons. He married, January 22, 1884, Martha Burnham, daughter of Buckminster D. and Mary Jane (Carl- ton) Burnham, both natives of Franconia, New Hampshire. They removed to St. Johnsbury, Ver- mont. where their daughter Martha was born Sep- tember 28, 1858, and received her education at the St. Johnsbury Academy. Mr. Conant and his wife have one child : Roy William, born May 4, 1885, edu- cated in the Concord high school. He is following the profession of music and resides in Concord, New Hampshire. He married, July 9, 1907, Eugenia Baptist Crockett, of Mexico, Missouri.


(IV) Exercise Conant, who was baptized De- cember 24. 1637. (Salem First Church Records), bought a house and lot at Windham Center, from which he later removed to Lebanon, Connecticut, being one of the earliest settlers of that place. In or about 1700 he sold his property in Lebanon and went to Boston, returning about 1718 to Windham, where he died in 1722. His wife Sarah bore him children as follows: Sarah, born February 14, 1668, married fohn Moulton : Abiah, born June 21, 1672, married Joshua Wallis; Jane, born June 20. 1675, married William Moulton; Elizabeth, born July 29, 1677, married Richard Hendee; Josiah, born July 4. 1680, married Joanna Dimmick; Caleb was born in April, 1683.


(V) Caleb Conant settled in Windham, where he purchased a right of land of his brother Josiah in


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1703. He was a member of the First Church of Windham, and died in April. 1727. Hannah Crane, who became his wife August 23, 1714. was a daugh- ter of Ensign Jonathan Crane, and she died October II, 1726. To them were born the following children : Malachi ; Benajah, married Jemima Bosworth : Sarah died unmarried: Ruth married Shubael Conant ; Mary died in childhood; Josiah married Ann Ames ; and Hannalı.


(VI) Malachi Conant, who was born June 12. 1715, settled in Windham, about a mile and a half south-east of the present site of Gurleyville, and followed farming all his life. His death occurred January 23, 1783. Sarah Freeman, who was born in Sandwich. Massachusetts, January 18. 1720, a daughter of Edmund and Keziah ( Presbury ) Free- man, became the wife of Malachi Conant, February 15, 1738-9, and she died May 7. 1791. She was the mother of a large family, of whom the seventh child and third son was Sylvanus.


(VII) Sylvanus Conant, who was born Febru- ary 10, 1750, in Mansfield, lived on the homestead of his father, and died September 2. 1843. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, and was engaged in the battle of Bunker Hill. His first marriage was on October 22, 1778, when he became the husband of Anna Royce, the daughter of James Royce. She died May 5, 1802, at the age of forty-two years. On April 12, 1807, he married Elizabeth Utley. of Ash- ford, who died January 5, 1836. at the age of seventy- two years. To his first wife were born: Abigail; Sarah; Sylvanus; James; Abiah: Kezia: Chester : Joseph; Edmund; Lucius ; and Lois. To the second wife was born Roxa. Sylvanus Conant was a men- ber of the Congregational Church.


(VIII) Lucius Conant was born September 20. 1799. in Mansfield, Connecticut, where during the earlier part of his life he followed the business of manufacturing steelyards and augers. In his later years he operated a grist mill in Gurleyville, and in 1845 he went into a silk mill as an overseer. His connection with the silk industry continued during the remainder of his active life, and his death oc- curred in Mansfield, Connecticut, November 10. 1869. Mr. Conant was a modest man of reserved disposi- tion, and was much respected for his substantial qualities and sterling worth. His religious associa- tions were with the Methodist Church, of which he was a member. Mr. Conant was married December 6. IS21, to Marietta Eaton, who was born in 1801, at Mansfield. Connecticut, a daughter of Jeduthan and Lydia (Campbell) Eaton. She died in November. 1859, and was buried in the Gurleyville cemetery. Mr. Conant married for his second wife Mrs. Julia (Hanks) Conant, the widow of John W. Conant and daughter of Rodney Hanks. Lucius Conant was the father of the following children, all born to the first wife: Harriet Marilla, born June 30. 1823, mar- ried William H. Atwood, who died in Mansfield in 187S, and she now lives in Stonington, Connecticut : Lydia Amanda, born February 27. 1825, is the wife of John E. Atwood, a member of the Atwood-Morri- son Company, of Stonington, Connecticut: Mary Jane, born April 25, 1827, married Asa P. Squires, and died March 24, 1860; John Aslibel, born August 16, IS29: David Philo, born August 20, 1833, resides in Canton, Massachusetts, where he was several years in charge of a silk mill (he has one son, Lucius) ; Willliam L., died in infancy ; Hiram Ells- worth, born September 13. 1830. was a silk throw- ster, and died in Contoocook. New Hampshire, Au- gust 4. 1893, leaving two sons, Frank E. and Dwight




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