Jane (Latham) Conant (1736 - bef. 1825)

Born 3 Jul 1736 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Wife of Jonathan Conant — married 1759 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay [uncertain]

Descendants

Died before 29 Aug 1825 before age 89 in Orange, Orange, Vermont, USA

Biography

Jane Latham was born 3 July 1736 to Arthur and Alice (Allen) Latham in Bridgewater, Massachusetts.^[1]

In 1751, above the age of 14 years, Jane made the choice of Nathan Howard of Bridgewater to be her guardian.^[2]

She married Jonathan Conant, son of David and Sarah (Hayward) Conant,^[3] on 12 June 1759 in either Bridgwater or Lowell, Massachusetts.^[4]

Children, born in Bridgewater:^[5]

• Jane Conant, b. 7 March 1760
• Sal (Sally)^[6] Conant, b. 20 November 1761
• Jemima (or Jerusha)^[6] Conant, b. 26 March 1764
• Josiah Conant, b. 19 February 1768
• Lydia Conant, b. 13 July 1770
• Alice Conant, b. 17 June 1775, m1759 to Frederick Dodge

Jonathan fought in the Revolution, after which they removed to Greenwich, Massachusetts, and then, along with others from Bridgewater, including his father David, then to Lyme, New Hampshire, where Jonathan's brother Rev. William Conant was pastor of the Congregational Church.^[7]

"In 1785, Jonathan Conant purchased [a lot, which is now 5 and 7 Main Street in Lyme], along with much of what is now Lyme Plain, a parcel of 47 acres, from Daniel Howard for £150. It appears that Conant built an earlier house on the site. In 1793, he sold the property to his nephew, Arthur Latham, who probably was responsible for the construction of the present house [now known as Dowd's Country Inn]."^[8]

This is probably when they removed finally Orange, Vermont^[6] where they were are found in 1800, living next to their son Josiah Conant and family.^[9]

This is the last record yet found of them living. Jonathan's estate was inventoried on the 29th of August 1825. By her absence from the probate records, and the sale at auction of Jonathan's property by the estate's administrator, it appears Jane predeceased him.^[10]

Sources

1. ↑ Vital Records of Bridgewater..., 1:201.
2. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-897D-FXDP : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1749-1752 and 1848-1853 vol 12-12C > image 213 of 596; State Archives, Boston.
3. ↑ Vital Records of Bridgewater..., 1:77.
4. ↑ Vital Records of Bridgewater..., 2:227; Vital Records of Lowell..., 2:512. It is not yet understood why their marriage was recorded in both places. Jane's brother Nehemiah had a few vitals doubly recorded in these two locales, as well.
5. ↑ Vital Records of Bridgewater..., 1:75-80.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2} Conant, p. 235
7. ↑ Conant, p.189.
8. ↑ Mausolf, Lisa, preservation planner, Upper Valley-Lake Sunapee Council, "Lyme Common Historic District." National Register Nomination Information. Town of Lyme, New Hampshire, 1988, pp. 9-11.
9. ↑ "United States Census, 1800," database with images, FamilySearch (accessed 2 June 2018), Jona Conant, Orange, Orange, Vermont, United States; citing p. 545, NARA microfilm publication M32, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 51; FHL microfilm 218,688.
10. ↑ Vermont County, District and Probate Courts. Orange Folder 30, Cady, Calvin-Egerton, Asa, 1800-1840; Ancestry.com. Vermont, Wills and Probate Records, 1749-1999. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015, images 224-230.

• Conant, Frederick O. 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. Portland, Me: Harris & Williams, 1887.
• Mayflower Families Vol. 15 p. 104
• Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts to the Year 1850. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1916.
• Vital Records of Lowell, Massachusetts: to the End of the Year 1849. Salem, Mass.: The Essex institute, 1930.