GENEALOGY OF CONANT FAMILY IN MONT VERNON NH

Information from a web site "History & Genealogy of Mont Vernon, New Hampshire"
located at http://www.nh.searchroots.com/HillsboroughCo/Montvernon/

Source: HISTORY of the TOWN of MONT VERNON, New Hampshire;
Blanchard Printing Co., Boston, Mass. 1907

Disclaimer: We are not responsible for typographical errors, nor do we claim 
that these genealogies are accurate.

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CONANT

Roger Conant, son of Richard and Agens Clarke Conant, b. East Budleigh,
Devonshire Co., ENgland, Baptized April 9, 1592, m. in London, Nov. 1618 to
Sarah Norton, emigrated with his brother, Christpher, arriving at Plymouth [MA]
in July 1623, he being a Puritan and Separatist did not like and after a year
went to Nantasket Hull in 1624. The next winter, 1624-1625, he was employed by
the Corchester Co., to manage all their affairs in fishing and planting as 
agent, and Governor in the fall of 1625, and there may still be seen the remains of a rude fort on the west side of Gloucester Harbor, called by its constructors,
"Fort Conant."  In 1625 or 1626 he had 200 under his charge, but the business
proved unprofitable and he having heard of a place called Naumkeag, induced the
Company to close up at Cape Ann, and establish him at Naumkeag, which they did
after a loss of 3,000 lbs sterling. After a couple of years, he was superceded
by John Endicott, in 1628, who came over from England, with a company of 
emigrants, representing a new company, who had purchased the interest of the
Dorchester Company. In 1635-1636 he moved over to Beverly, to a 200-acre farm,
which had been granted him, and built a house, which stood on the east side of
Cabot, near Balch Street.  Jonathan Conant (5th generation) was probably the
last of the name who lived in it. He sold the northern part of the homestead
farm to Dr. Ingalls Kittredge, who m. his dau. Sarah. Dr. Kittredge built a brick
house, now standing. Roger Conant d. Nov 19, 1679, in the 89th year of his age,
place of burial unknown. Children were:
1. Sarah, d. in infancy
2. Caleb, b. London, came with his parents to Massachusetts, returned to England,
and d. there in 1663.
3. Lot, m. Elizabeth Walton, and had sons, viz: Nathaniel, John, Lot, William,
and Roger.

Roger Conant's son, Roger, b. Salem [MA] 1626, first white child b. there.

Jonathan Conant, 5th generation from Roger [Jonathan-4, Lot-3, Lot-2, Roger-1]
b. Beverly, [MA] Aug 9, 1737. He lived in Beverly on the Roger Conant homestead
until about 1783, when he removed to a farm on Cheny Hill. In 1791 he sold the
Cheny Hill farm and removed to Amherst [now Mont vernon]. On the breaking out
of the Revolutionary War, he was chosen one of the Committee of "Correspondence
and Safety." At the Lexington alarm, he marked from Beverly to Boston [MA] under
Captain Peter Shaw, he was afterwards paymaster in Col. Francis' Regiment, and
then in Col. Tupper's, serving four years or more. In 1787 he was one of the
selectmen of Beverly, Mass., and soon after removed to Mont Vernon, where he d. 
He was the second justice of the peace in Mont Vernon. He m. Jan 30, 1758,
Mercy Lovett. He d. in 1820. Children were:
1. *Jonathan, b. April 11, 1760 in Beverly [MA]
2. *Lot, b. June 18, 1764 in Beverly
3. Joseph, baptized Sept 28, 1766, died young
4. *Israel, b. Nov 15, 1767
5. Sarah, baptized June 3, 1770, m. *Dr. Ingalls Kittredge
6. Josiah, baptized July 7, 1776, supposed to have d. young.

Jonathan Conant, 6th generation (Jonathan-5, Jonathan-4, Lot-3, Lot-2, Roger-1),
b. Beverly, Mass, April 11, 1760, moved to Mont Vernon with his parents where
he d. Oct 28, 1829.  In 1803 his name appears in list of inhabitants of
Amherst [NH]. In 1811 he settled in Antrim NH, where he remained up to 1816,
when he returned to Mont Vernon. He m. Polly Baker of Wenham, Mass., who d.
April 26, 1834, ag 69 years.
Children:
1. *Israel Elliott, b. Oct 6, 1789 in Mont Vernon
2. Mehitable, m(1) *William Marvel; m(2) 1843 *Ezekiel Upton
3. Ruth, m. William Morgan of Beverly [MA]
4. Nancy
5. Mary, m. -- Marshall
6. *William, b. Mont Vernon Oct 31, 1802
7. Fanny, m. Feb 24, 1828, Hiram Reed of Nashua [NH]

Lot Conant, 2nd son of Jonathan Conant, Esq. and Mercy (Lovett) Conant, b.
June 18, 1764 in Beverly [MA]; moved to Mont Vernon with his parents, where he
d. 1833. He m. Mehitable Woodbury, who d. Dec 6, 1844, age 77. She united with
Mont Vernon Church, May 15, 1797. Children:
1. Jonathan, d. young
2. Charlotte, baptized Aug 16, 1801; m. Hezekiah Wallace of Beverly [MA] and had
children.
3. Eliza, b. 1803; m. 1820 *Jesse Averill Jr.

Israel Conant, 6th generation, 3rd son of Jonathan and Mercy (Lovett) Conant, 
b. Beverly [MA], Nov 15, 1767, went to Mont Vernon with his parents, but
returned and settled in Beverly, was a cooper, had wheelwright house and shop,
which he built. It still stands on Federal Street. Joined Dane Street Church,
1820, d. 1845; m. about 1809, Elizabeth Chapman, dau Capt. Isaac CHapman. In
Aug 1816 they lived in Mont Vernon. He m(2) Mary Cross. He had one dau, Joanna,
who probably was never married.

Israel Elliott Conant, son of Jonathan Conant Esq., b. Oct 6, 1789 in Mont
Vernon. He moved to Antrim [NH] with his parents in 1811, and about the close
of 1816 to New Haven, VT. He d. Vergennes VT 1857. He m. Eliza Holt of
Antrim [NH] Nov 3, 1815, had five sons and two daughters. One of his daughters,
Mary, m. 1820, Augustus Marshall of Dunstable.

Dea. William Conant, 7th generation, son of Jonathan and Polly (Baker) Conant,
b. Mont Vernon, Oct 31, 1802, removed to Somerville, Mass. HE was deacon of the
Mont Vernon church forty-three years. He was a prominent citizen, and worked
earnestly for the town's development along the best lines, and was among those
who sought to give the community an exceptional position in regard of those who
sought the best things. He m. Hannah Fornis of Beverly, Sept. 1828, b. Nov 25,
1805. She d. Dec. 11, 1883. He d. at Somerville, Mass, Feb 20, 1890. Children
all b. in Mont Vernon.
1. William Henry, b. June 5 1829.
2. *Albert, b. Oct 19, 1830
3. *Charles Edwin, b. June 30, 1832
4. *Walter Scott, b. June 8, 1834
5. John, b. March 3, 1837
6. *Harlan Page, b. March 3, 1837
7. Martha Ellen, b. Nov 30, 1842, d. SOmerville Mass May 18, 1884
8. Fanny Lovett, b. April 1, 1844, m. June 21, 1870, *Henry A. Kendall of
Somerville, Mass., d. April 8, 1901.
9. Marcella Eliza, b Dec 3, 1845; m. *Dr. Charles M. Kittredge, d. Fishkill-on-
the-Hudson, Aug 4, 1892

Deacon William Henry Conant, 8th generation from Roger Conant, son of Dea.
William and Hannah (Fornis) Conant, b. Mont Vernon, June 5, 1829. He was deacon
of the Congregational Church here since 1875, and was active in church matters.
He was for many years a member of Conant Bros. Co. He d. May 3, 1903. He m.
May 25, 1854, Sarah Emeline, dau of Thomas and Nancy (Stevens) Cloutman. She was
b. Mont Vernon May 6, 1834. Children, b. Mont Vernon:
1. Ellen Frances, b. Dec 18, 1857; m. Sep 30, 1885, *Col. William H. Stinson of
Mont Vernon, resided Goffstown [NH].
2. Ada Emline, b. Sept 6, 1859, m. Jan 6, 1884, *Francis C. Greenwood.
3. Willie, baptized April 1861, d. May 3, age 4 months.
4. Cecil Franklin, b. Feb 20, 1863, d. April 15, 1873.
5. Mary Grace, b. March 24, 1865.
6. Albert Fornis, b. May 6, 1869, m. Oct 15, 1896, Beatrice E. Symonds, of
Salem, Mass., one daughter, resides in Boston [MA].
7. Freddie, b. Dec 17, 1872, d. Aug 16, 1873
8. Ruth Stevens, b. Nov 26, 1876.

Deacon Albert Conant, 8th generation, son of Deacon William and Hannah (Foris)
Conant, b. Mont Vernon Oct 19, 1830; m(1) Eliza Ann Beard, who d. Aug 1, 1863,
aged 31 years, 7 months; m(2) Susan Frances Bancroft, sister of Dr. C.F.P.
Bancroft. She was b. New Ipswich, Oct 25, 1836, d. Charlestown, Mass.,
Jan. 30, 1885. Deacon Conant is a deacon in the Union Congregational Church,
Boston, is a member of the firm of Conant Bros. Co., 73 Union Street, Boston.
He has a summer residence in Mont Vernon. Children by first wife, b. Mont
Vernon:
1. Isabel Eliza, b. May 23, 1859, m. *George Greenwood, son of Dexter Greenwood
of Hollis [NH]. She d. East Orange NJ Sept 2, 1890, age 31 years, 4 months.
2. Carrie Frances, b. Dec 22, 1860, d. Dec 27, 1860.
Children by second wife, b. Charlestown, Mass.
3. Alice Bancroft, b. Oct 19, 1868, m. April 20, 1899, Fred T. Wadleigh, of
Milford [NH], resides in Milford and has two sons.
4. Annie Sanborne, b. Feb 10, 1871, m. Nov 20, 1901, WIlliam E. Horton of
Boston [MA], resides Boston.
5. Harry Winthrop, b. Feb 5, 1875, is a law student.
6. John Bancroft, b. April 17, 1878, is an electrician.

Deacon Charles Edwin Conant, 8th generation, son of Deacon William Conant, b.
Mont Vernon, June 30, 1832; m. March 28, 1860, Marion Crawford Wallace of
Manchester [NH]. She was b. in Antrim [NH] May 28, 1835. He resides in Boston 
[MA]. Children, b. Winchester [MA]:
1. Charles Arthur, b. July 2, 1861, is a financial journalist.
2. Grace Wallace, b. Sept 8, 1864; m. Rev. Frederick H. Page, pastor of the
Trinity Congregational Church, Lawrence, Mass.

Deacon Walter Scott Conant, 8th generation, son of Deacon WIlliam Conant, b.
Mont Vernon, June 8, 1834, d. June 1900, New York City, buried in Mont Vernon.
He was a Lieutenant in the War for the Union [Civil War]. For many years he was
a manufacturer of wood, plush and leather boxes, and writing desks, in New York
City; m. Mark Larkin Lewis of Boston [MA]. Children:
1. Mabel Frances, b. Charlestown, Mass. June 1, 1867.
2. Roger Lewis, b. April 1, 1873 at Jersey City, NJ, graduate of Columbia
University, teacher in Porto [sic] Rico.

Deacon Harlan Page Conant, 8th generation, son of Deacon William Conant, b.
Mont Vernon, March 3, 1837. He is a member of Conant Bros Co., Union Street,
Boston and resides in Somerville [MA]. He m. Feb 16, 1864, Sarah P. Chase of
Boston. Children:
1. Bertha Adams, b. Charlestown, Mass Feb 3, 1867.
2. William Chase, b. Oct 4, 1868, Charlestown, Mass., m. Miss Harwood of
Decatur, IL.
3. Helen Pearson, b. Nov 11, 1870 at Charlestown, Mass.
4. Sarah Florence, b. Somerville [MA] Aug 1, 1876.

Joseph Conant, 8th generation (Ezra-7, John-6, John-5, John-4, John-3, Lot-2,
Roger-1) born May 16, 1816 at Beverly, Mass. by trade a cabinet maker; he
removed from Beverly to Mont Vernon and bought a farm in the East District, where
he now resides.  He m. Sept 19, 1844, Abigail, dau of John and Mary (Stewart)
Elliott, b. Mont Vernon, Feb 9, 1826. Children:
1. Abigail J., b Jan 31, 1847; m. Stephen F. Hathaway of Beverly [MA]
2. Mary, b. Dec 23, 1848; resides with her parents, unmarried.
3. Althea, b. May 20, 1850, m. John W. Bell of Beverly [MA]. She d. Sep 27, 1900
at Beverly.
4. Joseph Frank, b. May 11, 1856, in business in Boston [MA]
5. Charles E., b. Dec 23, 1858, d. Woburn, Mass Oct 23, 1888, left a widow and
children.
6. Josiephine, b. May 6, 1861, d. Sept 4, 1861
7. Willard E., b. March 21, 1866, d. New York City, March 22, 1893, was a teacher


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