Lydia (Oaks) Conant (1743 - 1802)

Born 6 Jun 1743 in Ashburnham, Worcester, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Wife of Ebenezer Conant — married 29 Nov 1766 in Harvard, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died 2 Jan 1802 at age 58 in Brandon, Rutland, Vermont, United States

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Biography

This profile is part of the Oaks Name Study.

Lydia Oakes was born 6 June 1743 in Stow, Massachusetts to parents Jonathan Oaks and Rebecca Barnard.

She married Ebenezer Conant^[1], son of Ebenezer and Ruth (Pierce) Conant on 29 Nov 1766 at Harvard,Worcester,Massachusett and the marriage is also registered at Ashburnham,Worcester,Massachusetts. Their children are:

• Lydia, b. 21 Nov 1768; d. 1776
• Sarah, b. Oct 1770; m. Deacon Jonathan Merriam, son of Isaac and Eleanor (Monroe) Merriam
• John, b. Jan 1773; m. 1) Charity Wait Broughton and 2) the widow Bowman of Chicago
• Elizabeth, b. 15 Mar 1775; m. David Merriam, brother of Jonathan, son of Isaac and Eleanor
• Ebenezer, b. 6 Jun 1777; m. 1) Rebecca Stuart, 2) Fanny Clifford, and 3) Polly Olin Wright
• Calvin, b. 30 May 1779; m. Esther Rich
• Luther, b. 1782;

Lydia died 2 Jan 1802 according to her headstone ^[2]

Sources

• Oak-Oaks-Oakes; family register, Nathaniel Oak of Marlborough, Massachusetts and three generations of his descendant of both male and female lines Pg 20 & 51-2

1. ↑ FamilySearch https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCHJ-6H8 Accessed 18 May 2022.
2. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/70660478/lydia-conant : accessed 18 May 2022), memorial page for Lydia Oakes Conant (6 Jun 1743–2 Jan 1802), Find A Grave: Memorial #70660478, citing Congregational Church Cemetery, Brandon, Rutland County, Vermont, USA ; Maintained by Cheri (contributor 47094916).

• WikiTree profile Oaks-80 created through the import of Timerson Family Tree May162011.ged on Jun 6, 2011 by Brad Timerson. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Brad and others.