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Joshua Conant (abt. 1630 - 1659)

Joshua Conant
Born about in Salem, Essex, Massachusettsmap
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Husband of — married before 1657 in Massachusetts Bay Colonymap
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Died at about age 29 in Englandmap
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Biography

Joshua Conant was born about 1630 in Salem to Roger Conant and Sarah Horton.[1][2]

Joshua married Seeth Gardner, daughter of Thomas Gardner. They had a son, Joshua, b. Apr. 15, 1657 at Salem, bap. Jun 4, 1657[3], who married Christian More, daughter of Richard More (or Mower) on Aug. 31, 1676. He married 2nd, Sarah Newcomb on Jan. 9, 1690-1. [4]

Joshua was a sea captain. They were living in Marblehead in 1657. Joshua died in England in 1659 and the inventory of his estate was taken on May 28, 1659. [5]

Inventory

The value was 189 pounds, 17s.; charges due John Gardner, 35 pounds, 7s, 11d. In Nov. 1659: "This court doe appoint Thomas Gardner administrator to the Estate of Joshua Conant who dyed intestate in England and is to be accountable for said Estate." (County Court Records.)

Inventory of Joshuah Connant for widow Seethe, taken by John Browne and Richard Price:

One bed, one Bolster, a suit of Curtayns and v aliants, one Rug and a Blankett and matt, 8 li;
five p of shetts and a h alf shett, 5 li;
eleven napkins, 3 table Cloths, 1 li. 7s;
eleven napkins, 3 table Cloths, 1 li. 7s;
fowr pilow b ears, 1 li. 4s;
twelve towels, 9s;
for pewter pans and spons, 1 li. 6s; o ne Cloake, 18s;
one Trunk and on owld Chest, 10s;
one spitt, one payr o f Andyrns, 3s;
to Sivs, two Trays, 3s;
one payr of scals and to wayts, 2 s. 6d;
one trundl Bedsted and one blankett, 6s;
for wooll, 4s;
5 stools , 9s; 9 Chayrs, 13s; 3 tabls, 1 li;
for divers howshowld implements, 8s . 6d;
for bras and Iron, 1 li. 10s;
one chest, one box, 1 li;
one Carpe tt, two Coshens, 5s;
one looking glas and two small boxes, 10s;
mony and platt, 1 li. 4s; for 6 shep, 5 li;
one kradle, 4s; one bedstead, 10s; t otal, 32 li. 6s.

Mr. Thomas Gardner's account: a note of what was dewe to mee from Josuah Connant: Wintering of 8 sheepe at 6s. per sheepe, 2 l i. 8s;

32 lode of wood at 4s. per lode, 6 li. 8s; for a bushell of wheate, 5s; 3 bushels of Indian Corne, 9s;
payde for him to Jone Cotta, 11s ;
dew to Joseph Gardner for 3 yeares rent for his house at 3li;
per yer e, 10li;
payd for him to Richard Prince, 13s;
payd to Mr. Browne, 10li;
payd to Mr. Crommell, 5li. 13s. 11d;
total 35li. 7s. 11d.

Hugh Jones testified that while he lived with his master Gardner, the latter wintered eight sheep for Joshua Connant, and deponent carried wood to his wife, " I gesse" upward of thirty loads, also corn and wheat, etc.

Jone (her F mark) Cotta, wife of Robert, testified, 20: 4: 1660, that she received of Thomas Gardner of Salem, eleven shillings for the keeping of Josuah Connant's sheep one summer. Phillip Cromwell's receipt dated June 10, 16 59, from "ould Mr Gardner" for a debt of 5li. 13s. 11d.

Sources

  1. Find A Grave: Memorial #52419105
  2. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Robert Charles Anderson, CD Version: Ancestry.com, Tim Farr, P.O. Box 449, Ferron, UT 84523, USA, (435)-384-2514, Page number: Biography of Roger Conant
  3. "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHLR-6HK : 15 January 2020), Joshua Connant in entry for Joshua Connant, 1657.
  4. Gardner, Frank Augustine, http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015002304239;view=1up;seq=1 Thomas Gardner, Planter (Cape Ann, 1623-1626; Salem, 1626-1674) and Some of Descendants: Salem, Massachusetts, Essex Institute, 1907; http://www.wikitree.com/photo/jpg/Gardner-159-21 page 21
  5. Conant, Frederick Odell. A History and Genealogy of the Conant Family in England and America. Portland, Maine, Privately Printed, 1887; page 136.
  • Mayflower Families Vol. 15 p. 158
  • Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society, 3rd Series, Vol. X, p. 8.




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