Lot Conant (1679 - 1767)

Born 1 Jun 1679 in Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Martha (Cleaves) Conant — married 16 May 1698 (to 15 Feb 1725) in Beverly, Middlesex County, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 20 Sep 1767 at age 88 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Biography

Lot Conant was baptized June 1, 1679 in Beverly, Essex Massachusetts Bay Colony. Son of John Conant and Bethiah Mansfield.^[1][2] Lot Conant married first, Martha Cleaves, second, Susanna Clark and third, Mary. He passed away on Sep 20 1767 and is buried at South Burying Place, Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony.^{[3][4] [5]}

Lot was probably the great-grandson of the celebrated Roger Conant of Salem. (History of Concord).

--He m. (1) 15 May, 1698, Martha Cleaves.^[6] She was admit- ted to the First Church of Beverly 31 May, 1701, and d. 15 Feb., 1725, at Concord, aged 44, where her grave stone is still to be seen.

Children of Lot and Martha (Cleaves) Conant

1. Robert, b. 26 Apr., bapt. 7 May, 1699.^[7]
2. Andrew, bapt. 25 Jan., 1702-3.^[8]
3. William, bapt. 6 July, 1707.^[9]
4. Dinah, bapt. 20 Aug., 1710.^[10]
5. Ezra, bapt. 15 June, 1712; d. y.^[11]
6. John, bapt. 4 Oct., 171-3.^[12]
7. Elizabeth, bapt. 3 Apr., 1715^[13] (m. 5 Mar 1746, William Brown, of Framingham). All above born in Beverly. They removed to Concord, Middlesex Co., about 1716, as appears by deeds recorded in the Essex Registry of Deeds.
8. Martha, born 10 July, 1716, in Concord.^[14]
9. Bithiniah, b. 1720.

3 Apr., 1710, Lot Conant, of Beverly, bought 15 acres in Manchester of Benjamin Edwards, of Wenham. Witnessed by John Newnian and Benjamin Edwards, Jr. 4 Feb., 1716-17, Lot Conant, of Concord, yeoman, sold "to my father John Conant and brother Daniel Conant both of Beverly," 15 acres of land in Manchester. Witnessed by John and Deborah Darby. (Vol. 31, p. 191.)

--He m. (2) Susannah Clark, probably dr. of Samuel and Rachael Clark, b. 29 Apr., 1689.

Children of Lot and Susannah (Clark) Conant

1. Ezra, b. 19 Sep., 1730.
2. Sarah, b. 29 Apr., 1732; m. 18 Dec, 1753, in Concord, Jonathan Hodgman, of Concord.

--In 1738 Lot and Susanna Conant sold land to their son, John Conant, of Townsend. In 1751 he sold land to his son, Ezra, and in 1757 to his grandson, Andrew Conant, jr. (Middlesex Deeds.)

--The house he lived in at Concord was afterwards occupied by Col. Brown.

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29L-ZN6J : 10 November 2020), Lot Conant, 1679.
2. ↑ Beverly births: CONANT, Lot, s. John and Bethia, bp. June 1, 1679. C.R.1.
3. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #24303898
4. ↑ Concord deaths: Lot Conant Husband to Mary his wife Died September 20 :1767 [in his 90th yr. G.S.]
5. ↑ Entered by Rick Parrott, Jan 16, 2012
6. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHZQ-RBH : 10 November 2020), Lot Conant in entry for Martha Cleaves, 15 May 1698; citing Marriage, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004934217.
7. ↑ Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29L-ZKRB : 10 November 2020), Lot J Conant in entry for Robert Conant, 1699.
8. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29L-Z22Q : 10 November 2020), Lot J Conant in entry for Andrew Conant, 1702.
9. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29L-G549 : 10 November 2020), Lott Conant in entry for William Conant, 1707.
10. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29L-G5QH : 10 November 2020), Lott Conant in entry for Dinah Conant, 1710.
11. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29L-ZKJV : 10 November 2020), Lot J Conant in entry for Ezra Conant, 1712.
12. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29L-ZLXN : 10 November 2020), Lot J Conant in entry for John Conant, 1713.
13. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29L-ZG5Y : 10 November 2020), Lot Se. Conant in entry for Elisabeth Conant, 1715.
14. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQ6W-XBQ : 5 January 2021), Lott Conant in entry for Martha Conant, 1716.

• Find A Grave: Memorial #24303898 Lot Conant.

• Full Text: A History and Genealogy of the Conant Family in England and America. Page 173-174 https://archive.org/details/historygenealogy00cona/page/172/mode/2up

• 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. United States: Private print. [Press of Harris & Williams], 1887.

• Daughter: "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q28L-9PS8 : 10 March 2021), Lot Conant in entry for William Brown and Elizabeth Conant, 5 Mar 1746; citing Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 927,923.