Family of Roger2 and Sarah (Horton) Conant

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Roger2 Conant (Richard1) (b______) baptized 9 Apr 1592, E Budleigh, Devon, ENG, married 11 Nov 1618 @ St Ann Blackfriars, Sarah Horton,(b Abt 1598). Roger2 died 19 November 1679, Beverly, MA. Although no parents were listed with baptism, Roger2 is the son of Richard Conant and Agnes Clarke.

Roger2 Conant settled about 1609 in London, ENG. He may have married twice. There was a Mrs. Cannant buried on 19 August 1618 in St Lawrence Jewry (in the south aisle near the lower end), i.e., just two months before Roger2 married Sarah Horton.

Roger2 Conant settled during 1623 in Plymouth, Plymouth Colony, MA. He was forced to leave Plymouth for his belief in episcopacy. There was a party that favored establishing the English church in the colonies. Roger2 was apparently one of them. Roger2 must have moved many times as he settled about 1624 in Nantasket, about 1625 in Cape Ann (Salem, MA), about 1627 in Naumkeag (Salem, MA) and resided 1673 in Beverly, MA.

He is said to have built the first house in Salem. He was appointed agent for the projected settlement by the "Western Adventurers" (the Dorchester company) at Cape Ann in 1625 and was succeeded by Endicott in 1629. He was elected freeman 18 May 1631, MA.

Roger2 Conant served as a representative in the first General Court of the Massachusetts colony in 1634. He also served as a town officer at various times. He served regularly on the juries of the Essex County quarterly courts and was always known as Mr. Conant. He received a grant of 20 acres in 1640 (21 November 1639). His family was recorded in the Salem book of grants about 1640 in his own hand, consisting of nine persons. He transferred membership to the new church in what became Beverly, 9 September 1667 but his wife did not. He sent a petition to the General Court, 28 May 1671 asking that the name of the new town of Beverly (formerly the Bass River section of Salem) be changed to Budleigh. In the petition, he mentioned having been a colonist for 48 years and upwards.

Roger2 made a will on 1 March 1678. Inventory 24 Nov 1679, Beverly, MA. The will mentions son Exercise, grandchildren, namely, children of son Exercise, 10 children of son Lot, John son of Roger, and Joshua; daughters Elizabeth, Mary, wife of William Dodge, Sarah ___, and grandchild Rebecca, grandchildren John and 4 girls of Sarah, cousin, Mary, wife of Hilliard Verin, and others Adoniram Veren, Roger Clapp, Mary Leech. The cousin Mary was evidently his niece, daughter of Richard.

Children of: Roger2 Conant and Sarah Horton:

  • Sarah3 Conant (b 1619 bp 9 Sep 1619 @ St. Lawrence Jewry, London, ENG, bur 30 Oct 1620 @ St Lawrence Jewry, London, ENG)
  • Caleb3 Conant (b 1622 bp 17 May 1622 @ St. Lawrence Jewry, London, ENG d 1633)
  • Sarah3 Conant (b 1624 d Aft 1678)
  • Lot3 Conant (b 1626 @ Nantasket, MA d Abt 27 Sep 1674)
  • Roger3 Conant (b 1628 @ Salem, MA d 15 Jun 1672 @ Marblehead, MA d 15 Jun 1672 @ Marblehead, MA)
  • Joshua3 Conant (b Abt 1630 @ Salem, MA d 1659 @ ENG)
  • Elizabeth3 Conant (b______ d Aft 1679)
  • Mary3 Conant (b Abt 1632 @ Salem, MA d Bet 1678 And 1685)
  • Exercise3 Conant (b Abt 1636 @ Salem, MA bp 24 Dec 1637 1st Church, Salem, MA d 28 Apr 1722 @ Windham, CT)
  • John3 Conant (b______ d Bef 1679)

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