John Conant (1749 - 1844)

Born 25 Jan 1749 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Deborah (Perkins) Conant — married 14 May 1772 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 4 May 1844 at age 95 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Biography

John Conant was born on Jan. 25 1748-49 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts. He was the son of John Conant and Abigail (Pratt) Conant. ^[1]

John was employed as a carpenter, deacon of church in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts. ^{[citation needed]}

Marriage: John Connant (sic) and Deborah Perkins, May 14, 1772 in Bridgewater, Massachusetts. ^[2]

Between 1844 and 1845 John (age about 93) was living in Bridgewater, Plymouth. ^[3]

• Birth date: abt 1749
• Birth place:
• Death date: 4 May 1844
• Death place: Bridgewater, Massachusetts
• Residence date: Residence place: Bridgewater, Plymouth

John died at the age of 94 on 4 May 1844 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts.

• 1844 CONANT John, Deacon, widower, carpenter, old age, May 4, 1844, a. 95 y. 3 m. [May 4, 1845, G.R.4. May 4, 1844, P.R.3. May 6, 1844, P.R.25. Dr. John, h. Deborah, May 6, 1844, P.R.76.] ^[4]

Death/Bridgewater.^[5]

John was buried in 1845 in Conant St. Cemetery, GR#4, Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA. In memory of/JOHN CONANT/he died/May 4, 1845/aged 95 years.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ Bridgewater - Births - Massachusetts Vital Records
2. ↑ Bridgewater - Marriages - Massachusetts Vital Records
3. ↑ Massachusetts Deaths, 1844: Vol. 8, Barnstable to Hampshire; Volume 9, Middlesex to Worcester. Author: Philips, Beth, comp. Ancestry Record masdea1844 #5987 (accessed before 21 October 2010).
4. ↑ [https://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Plymouth/Bridgewater/Images/Bridgewater_D450.shtml Bridgewater - Deaths - Massachusetts Vital Records
5. ↑ Massachusetts Deaths, 1844: Vol. 8, Barnstable to Hampshire; Volume 9, Middlesex to Worcester. Author: Philips, Beth, comp. Ancestry Record masdea1844 #5987 (accessed before 21 October 2010).
6. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21312532/john-conant: accessed 06 September 2022), memorial page for Deacon John Conant (Feb 1748–4 May 1845), Find A Grave: Memorial #21312532, citing Conant Street Cemetery, Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by Ed Perkins (contributor 46898075) .

See also:

• Title: Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850. Publication: NEHGS. Note: Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 (Online Database: NewEnglandAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2008). Repository R-1528371515. Name: New England Historic Genealogical Society. Phone Number: 617-536-5740. Address: 101 Newbury St. Boston, MA 02116-3007
• Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915
• Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915
• Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910
• A History and Genealogy of the Contant Family in England and America, Thirteen Generations, 1520-1887; By Conant, Frederick Odell, M.A., Privately Printed, Portland:1887 p. 202
• "United States Census, 1800," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHRM-JBH : accessed 22 January 2022), John Conant Jr, Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States; citing p. 60, NARA microfilm publication M32, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 16; FHL microfilm 205,617
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