Lot Conant (abt. 1624 - bef. 1674)

Born about 1624 in Nantasket, Plymouth Colony [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Walton) Mansfield — married about 1649 in Salem or Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died before 29 Sep 1674 before about age 50 in Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Biography

Lott Conant, son of Roger and Sarah (Horton) Conant was born about 1624 at Nantasket, now Hull, Plymouth Colony. ^[1][2][3][4]

He married Elizabeth Walton of Marblehead about 1649. Elizabeth was the daughter of Rev. William Walton from the parish Seaton Devonshire, where she was baptized on October 27, 1629.^[2][3][4] Her brother Josiah named her as Elizabeth Conant in his will.^[5] Though he lived in Marblehead (certainly by 1657), his children are all recorded as being born at Beverly, and were baptized at the First Church of Salem.

Timeline:

• 1657: Living at Marblehead.^[2]
• 1662: Selectman in Marblehead.^[2]
• 1666: November 20: Given the homestead at Beverly with 32 acres adjoining and 72 acres in other parts of the town by his father [Essex Deeds Vol. 3 p. 28]^[6], which he then leased to his father and mother for an annual rent of "one Indian corn."^[7] About this time he probably moved to Beverly and built a house near his father's for a dwelling house and orchard containing about 4 acres with an old house of his father is mentioned in the inventory of his estate. ^[2]
• 1667: Had one cow's commonage.^[2]
• 1667: July 4: He was one of those dismissed from the First Church of Salem to form a church at Bass River or Beverly. ^[2]
• 1669/70: March 10: He sold to Vinson Stilson of Marblehead, all that his messuage tenement, or dwelling house, with the land on which it stands and land belonging being 4 acre in Marblehead. [see Essex Deeds, Vol. 1; p. 181].^[2]
• 1671: March 20: Sold additional land in Marblehead to John Treby. [see Essex Deeds, Vol. 3; p. 140].^[2]
• 1674: May 25: Lot Conant recorded as one of the 114 householders in Marblehead.^[8]
• 1674: September 24. Lot Conant made his will which was proved just 5 days later.

Lot Conant made his will on 24 September 1674 and it was proved just 5 days later on 29 September 1674. In it, he states only his son Nathaniel by name, but also left bequests to "my wife", "my five sons" and "my five daughters." His estate inventory was valued at £782.16.0, and consisted of numerous livestock and tools of animal husbandry, 8 or 9 pieces of land including his dwelling house and orchard, and a dwelling house in Marblehead, his shop, household goods and provisions, 2 muskets and three swords.

Birth

Born: About 1624.

In his will dated 24 September 1674, he stated himself as being about fifty years of age.^[9]

Marriage and Children

Married: Elizabeth Walton about 1649 as their first child was born in July 1650. She was the daughter of William Walton and his wife Elizabeth Cooke, baptized on 27 Oct 1629 at Seaton, Devonshire, England. They had ten children. Following the death of Lot, she remarried to Andrew Mansfield in 1681. Elizabeth died after 1683.^[2][3][4]

Children of Lot Conant and Elizabeth Walton:^[2]

All ten children recorded at Beverly.^[10]

1. Nathaniel Conant. Born on July 28, 1650; baptized at the First Church of Salem on May 26, 1662; married Hannah Mansfield ; died 1732.
2. John Conant. Born on December 15, 1652; baptized at the First Church of Salem on May 26, 1662 ; died September 30, 1724; married Bethiah Mansfield of Lynn, at Beverly on May 7, 1678 .
3. Lot Conant. Born on February 16, 1657; baptized at the First Church of Salem on May 26, 1662 ; died about 1744; married first Abigail ---; married second, Elizabeth Pride.
4. Elizabeth Conant. Born on May 13, 1660; baptized at the First Church of Salem on May 26, 1662.
5. Mary Conant. Born on July 14, 1662; died Nov. 23, 1743; married first, Andrew Burley; married second, Sergeant Caleb Kimball.
6. Martha Conant. Born on August 15,1664; baptized 12: 8: 1664 [October 12, 1664]; died January 2, 1754; married Luke Perkins on May 31, 1688. ^[11]
7. Sarah Conant (twin). Born on February 19, 1666; baptized 3: 5: 1667 [July 3, 1667] at the First Church Salem; died on November 1, 1750; married George Trow.
8. William Conant (twin). Born on February 19, 1666; baptized 3: 5: 1667 [July 3, 1667] at the First Church Salem; married Mary Woodbury.
9. Roger Conant. Born on March 10, 1669; baptized 23: 3: 1669 [May 23, 1669]; died in 1745; married Mary Raymond.
10. Rebecca Conant. Born on January 31, 1670; baptized 28: 9: 1671 [November 28, 1671]; married Nathaniel Raymond.

Death

Died: Between 24 September 1674 and 29 September 1674.

Dates his will was made and proved.

Will: In his will, prepared: 24 of the 7 month 1674 [September 24, 1674], and proved on September 29 in the Salem Court, he states as being about fifty years of age. ^[2][9][12]

In it he left bequests to:

• his wife, as executrix, should have the dwelling house and orchard for her lifetime
• £50 to each of my five sons
• son Nathaniel to have the shop and tools over the rest
• £20 to each of my five daughters
• my kinswoman Leech to have a cow or heifer at her marriage or her going from my wife

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.

Research notes

Extracts from the Vital Records

Beverly Births:^[10]

Connant, ___iell, s. Lott, July 28, 1650 (p. 87)

Conant, John, s. Lott, Dec. 15, 1652. (p. 86)

Connant, Lott, s. Lott, Feb. 16, 1657. (p. 87)

Conant, Elizabeth, d. Lott, May 13, 1660. (p. 86)

Connant, Mary, d. Lott, July 14, 1662. (p. 87)

Connant, Martha, d. Lott, Aug. 15, 1664. (p. 87)

Connant, Sarah, d. twin, Lott, Feb. 19, 1666. (p. 87)

Connant, William, s. twin, Lott, Feb. 19, 1666. (p, 87)

Connant, Rodger, s. Lott [and Elizabeth. CR1], Mar. 10, 1669. (p. 87)

Connant, Rebecca, d. Lott [& Elizabeth CR1], last of January, 1670. (p. 87)

Beverly Marriages:^[13]

Conant, John, s. Lott, and Bethia Mansfield of Lynn, May 7, 1678. (p. 70)

Conant, Lot, sr., and Elizabeth Pride, June 14, 1698. (p. 69)

Conant, Roger, and Mary Raiment of Salem, at Salem, Apr. 25, 1698. (p. 70)

Torrey Sources

• New England marriages to 1700:^[14][15]

CONANT, Lot (1624-1674?) & Elizabeth [WALTON] (1629-), m/2 Andrew MANSFIELD 1681; ca 1649; Salem/Beverly/Marblehead. Key to Torrey's sources.

- Warner-Harrington, 140, 431; Checked - no help

- Reg. 83:342; Checked - no help

- Salem 1:79, 298; Checked - no help

- Conant 131; Checked - used

- Lord 186; Checked - no help

- Gen. Mag. 1:107; Checked - can be incorporated

- Sv. 1:440; Checked - no help

- Dawes-Gates 2:227; Checked - detailed for Roger Conant

- Warren (#5) 167; Checked - used

- Blood Anc. 64;

- Putnam's Mag 6:150, 305;

Son Lot³ Conant

• See Conundrum - Abigail Rayment and Lot Conant

Common Errors to Avoid

• Name of first son: The original record for Nathaniel is damaged and the record is read as "___iell." The town clerk of Beverly when recopying the records thought the name was Samuel. However, in all subsequent records he is called Nathaniel, and there is no other reason to think he was born Samuel and then baptized as Nathaniel.

Sources

Footnotes and citations:

1. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9RSJ-TT?cc=2061550&wc=Q4DM-FM3%3A353349401%2C353387901%2C353387902 : 22 October 2020), Essex > Beverly > Births, marriages, deaths 1653-1890 > image 78 of 589; citing Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston. Family of Lott and Elizabeth Conant. "Lot Conant born at Nantasket now Hull, in 1624 died in Beverly 1674."
2. ↑ ^{2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11} Conant. Genealogy of the Conant Family, (1887): pages 128-131.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Anderson. The Great Migration Begins, vol. 1. (1995): pages 451-459, bio of Roger Conant.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} Anderson. The Great Migration, vol. VII: T–Y. (2011): pages 216-223, bio of William Walton.
5. ↑ EQC. Quarterly Courts of Essex, vol. 5: 1672-1674. (1916): pages 253-254, will of Josiah Walton.
6. ↑ "Massachusetts Land Records, 1620-1986," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9ZZ-BDGM?cc=2106411&wc=MCBG-MNG%3A361613201%2C361847101 : 22 May 2014), Essex > Deeds 1639-1658 vol 1-3 > image 501 of 763; county courthouses and offices, Massachusetts.
7. ↑ "Massachusetts Land Records, 1620-1986," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89ZZ-BDV3?cc=2106411&wc=MCBG-MNG%3A361613201%2C361847101 : 22 May 2014), Essex > Deeds 1639-1658 vol 1-3 > image 502-503 of 763; county courthouses and offices, Massachusetts.
8. ↑ Roads. History of Marblehead. (1880): page 26.
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1} Probate Records of Essex County, Massachusetts, vol. 2 1665-1674. (1917): page 420
10. ↑ ^{10.0 10.1} Beverly. Vital Records of Beverly, vol. 1 Births. (1906): pages 83-87.
11. ↑ Porter. "Family of Abraham Perkins," in NEHGR, vol. 50. (1896): pages 37-38.
12. ↑ EQC. Quarterly Courts of Essex, vol. 5: 1672-1674. (1916): pages 431-432, will of Lot Conant.
13. ↑ Beverly. Vital Records of Beverly, vol. 2 Marriages and Deaths. (1907): pages 68-70.
14. ↑ Torrey. New England Marriages Prior to 1700, (1985): page 175.
15. ↑ Torrey. New England Marriages to 1700. (AmericanAncestors.org database): page 361. Note: provides Torrey's sources.

Source list:

• Anderson, Robert Charles, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, volume 1: A - F. (Boston: NEHGS, 1995): pages 451-459, bio of Roger Conant. [AmericanAncestors.org link.

• Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, volume VII: T–Y. (Boston; NEHGS, 2011): pages 216-223, bio of William Walton. AmericanAncestors.org link.

• Beverly. Vital Records of Beverly Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, volume 1 Births. (Topsfield, MA: Topsfield Historical Society, 1906).
  Internet Archive link    Google Books link    HathiTrust.org LINK

• Beverly. Vital Records of Beverly Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, volume 2 Marriages and Deaths. (Topsfield, MA: Topsfield Historical Society, 1907).
  Internet Archive link    Google Books link    HathiTrust.org LINK    Wikitree Source Space

• Conant, Frederick Odell. A History and Genealogy of the Conant Family in England and America, Thirteen Generations, 1520-1887: containing also some genealogical notes on the Connet, Connett and Connit families, (Press of Harris & Williams, 1887): pages 127-131; 143-144; 148-150; 155-159; 161-162. Google Books link.

• Essex County Quarterly Courts. Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex ..., vol. 5: 1672-1674. (Salem: The Essex Institute, 1916): pages 431-432, will of Lot Conant; pages 253-254, will of Josiah Walton.

• Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook). Children and descendants of Lott and Elizabeth Conant along with some land transactions. Pg 66, image 78 of 552. See attached image or Record for Ancestry Subscribers.

• Massachusetts Probate Court. The Probate Records of Essex County Massachusetts, vol. 2 1665-1674. (Salem: The Essex institute, 1917): page 420. AmericanAncestors.org link.

• Porter, Joseph. "An Account of the Family of Abraham Perkins of Hampton, N. H. Who Lived in Plymouth County Mass." in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, volume 50 number 1. (Boston: NEHGS, 1896): pages 37-38.

• Roads, Samuel. The History and Traditions of Marblehead. (1880): page 26.

• Torrey, Clarence Almon. New England Marriages Prior to 1700, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1985): page 175.

• Torrey, Clarence Almon. New England Marriages to 1700. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. NEHGS, 2008): page 361. Note that this version provides all of https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Sources-Torrey Torrey's sources].

See also (including all Torrey sources):

• Find A Grave Memorial #34161801. Burial Unknown.

• Toler, Grace Cabot. Genealogical Record of the Descendants of Richard Blood - Baptist Hicks and Allied Families, 1470 to 1933, (Mounds, Illinois: The Independent Press, 1933): page 64.

• Warner-Harrington: Warner, Frederick Chester. The Ancestry of Samuel, Freda and John Warner, typescript, 5 vols. (Boston, 1949, 1955): page 140; page 431.

• Warren (#5): Davis, Betsey (Warren), The Warren, Jackson and Allied Families: Being the Ancestry of Jesse Warren and Betsey Jackson. (Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1903): page 167.

• Dawes-Gates: Ferris, Mary Walton. Dawes-Gates Ancestral Lines: A Memorial Volume, 2 vols. (Milwaukee: priv. print., 1931–43): page 227.

• Reg. 83:342: New England Historical and Genealogical Register, vol. 83 no. 3 (July 1929): page 342. "Memoirs: Obituary of Frederick Odell Conant," by The Editors.

• Perley, Sidney, The History of Salem, Massachusetts, 3 vols. (Salem, Mass.: Sidney Perley, 1924): pages 79, 298.

• Lord 186: Lord, Harold M., The Windham, Maine, Branch of the Nathan Lord Family of Kittery, Maine. (n.p., n.d.): page 186. Online copy not found.

• The Genealogical Magazine, series 4 vol. 1 no. 4 (Salem Mass.: Salem Press, July 1905): page 107. "Early Records of the Town of Beverley, Essex County, Massachusetts (Vital Records)" copied by A.A. Galloupe.

• Sv.: Savage, James A., A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England. (Boston: Little, Brown, 1860–62): vol. 1 page 440.

• Blood Anc.: Toler, Grace Cabot. Genealogical Record of the Descendants of Richard Blood - Baptist Hicks and Allied Families, 1470-1933. (Mounds, Ill.: Independent Press, Toler & Toler, 1933): page 64.

• Putnam's Magazine. pages 150, 305. Reference not found.