Elizabeth (Washburn) Conant (abt. 1681 - aft. 1748)

Born about 1681 in Bridgewater, Plymouth Colony, New England

Ancestors

Wife of Josiah Conant Sr. — married 1 Sep 1701 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died after Mar 1748 after about age 67 in Middleboro, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Plymouth Colony and Massachusetts

• From John A. Maltby:

Thomas Washburn died testate in 1732 in Bridgewater. His will was dated Mar. 1729/30, and probated on 4 Dec. 1732, and mentioned his wife, Abigail; eldest son Nathaniel Washburn; second son Thomas Washburn; youngest son Timothy Washburn; eldest daughter Elizabeth Conant, widow; daughter Hephsibah Hutchinson, wife of John Hutchinson, deceased; daughter Patience's children; and daughter Deliverance Jennings. He named his wife Abigail and “cousin” [nephew] John Washburn as his executors.

Thomas Washburn had children, all by Deliverance Packard,^[1] including:

Elisabeth Washburn, eldest daughter, born in Bridgewater, Plymouth Colony, in ca. 1681,^[2] married Josiah Conant, son of Nathaniel and Hannah (Mansfield) Conant,^[3] on 1 Sept. 1701 in Bridgewater.^[4] He was born on 26 Nov. 1681 in Beverly, MA,^[5] a grandson of Lot Conant, of Beverly, and they lived in Middleborough, MA. Josiah Conant and wife Elizabeth, of Bridgewater, were fined £4 for “carnal copulation” before marriage, as “convict by confession.”^[6]

Josiah Conant died intestate in 1721 in Middleborough, MA, and his widow Elisabeth Conant was granted administration of his estate on 20 Sept. 1721. His estate was inventoried on 11 Oct. 1721 by Ichabod Southworth, Samuel Barrow, and Samuel Pratt, which included his homestead with his dwelling house and other buildings valued at £250, and several small lots of land, swine & geese, a horse and mare, 7 cows, 2 steers, 4 yearlings, and 4 calves, and a negro boy, and it and was divided between his heirs, the widow Elizabeth, eldest son Joseph Conant, son Josiah Conant, daughter Jerusha Pratt, the wife of Samuel Pratt, Mary Cobb, the wife of John Cobb, Prudence Conant, and Susanna Conant, on 1 June 1729.^[7] Elisabeth (Washburn) Conant was still living in March 1748, when her daughter, Jerusha Pratt, petitioned the court that her sisters Mary Cobb, wife of John Cobb, Susannah Briant, wife of Jesse Briant, both of Middleborough, and Prudence Weston, of Plimouth, widow, help her support their mother, Elizabeth Conant.^[8]

Elisabeth Washburn and Josiah Conant had chil­dren,^[9] including:

• Jerusha Conant, born on 8 Jan. 1701/2 in Middleborough, married Samuel Pratt (3rd), son of Samuel (Jr.) and Hannah (Miller) Pratt, of Middleborough, in ca. 1722.

• Mary Conant, born on 20 Dec. 1703 in Middleborough, married John Cobb (3rd), son of John (Jr.) and Rachel (Soule) Cobb, as his second wife, on 26 Aug. 1725 in Middleborough.

• Prudence Conant, born on 3 Mar. 1707 in Middleborough, married Thomas Weston, of Plymouth, possibly son of Elnathan and Jane Weston, of Duxbury, as his second wife, on 4 May 1730 in Plymouth. Prudence (Conant) Weston died on 4 Jan. 1766 in Plymouth.

• Joseph Conant, born on 30 Aug. 1709 in Middleborough, possibly married 1.) Marcy Hail on 26 Dec. 1735 in Stafford, CT, and 2.) Thankful Gale on 17 Mar. 1737 in Norwich or Lisbon, CT.

• Susanna Conant, born on 7 Aug. 1711 in Middleborough, married 1.) James Wins­low, of Plymouth, on 7 Dec. 1732 in Middleborough, and 2.) Jesse Bryant, son of Benjamin and Hannah (Eaton) Bryant, of Plympton, on 10 Apr. 1744 in Middleborough. Susanna (Conant) (Winslow) Bryant died on 17 Apr. 1801 in Middleborough.

• Josiah Conant (Jr.), born on 20 Jan. 1717/18 in Middleborough, married Anna Ames, daughter of William and Elizabeth (Jennings) Ames, of Bridgewater, before 1753, probably in CT.

Name

Name: Elizabeth Washburn

Marriage

• Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910:

Name Josiah Conant

Spouse's Name Elizabeth Washbourn

Event Date 01 Sep 1701

Event Place Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts

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Sources

1. ↑ Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 323, says he had Nathaniel, Thomas, Timothy, Hepzibah, Patience, Deliverance, and Elizabeth, all taken from his will.
2. ↑ Estimated from the date of her marriage.
3. ↑ Wood, Ralph V., Jr., Francis Cooke of the Mayflower, The First Five Generations, published as Volume 12 of “Mayflower Families Through Five Generations,” Picton Press, Rockport, ME, 1996, [hereinafter MF5G: Cooke], p. 246.
4. ↑ Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1916, [hereinafter Bridgewater VRs], Vol. 2, p. 383.
5. ↑ Vital Records of Beverly, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849, [hereinafter Beverly VRs], Vol. 1, p. 85.
6. ↑ MF5G: Cooke, p. 246; Konig, David Thomas, ed., Plymouth Court Records 1686-1859, 16 Volumes, Pilgrim Society, May 1978, republished on a CD-ROM, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 2002, [hereinafter Plymouth Co. Court Records], Vol. 1, General Sessions of the Peace, Session 6, p. 192.
7. ↑ Plymouth Co. Probate Docket #4819, Vol. 4, pp. 287-288, 363-364, Vol. 15, p. 696; MF5G: Cooke, p. 246.
8. ↑ Plymouth Co. Court Records, Vol. 2, General Sessions of the Peace, Session 9, p. 257; MF5G: Cooke, pp. 246-247.
9. ↑ Mitchell, Nahum, History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater, in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Boston, 1840, reprint, Heritage Books, Bowie, MD, 1983, [hereinafter Mitchell, History of Bridgewater], p. 138, says they had Joseph, Josiah, Susanna and Prudence.

• Roser Susan E Early Descendants of Henry Cobb of Barnstable MA Stewart Publishing and Printing, Canada, 2008

• John Maltby - Elisabeth Washburn

• Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V58S-WR1 : 4 December 2014), Josiah Conant and Elizabeth Washbourn, 01 Sep 1701; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 164,691, 164,692.

Acknowledgments

• Natalie (Smith) Pilcher.