Anne (Ames) Conant (1730)

Born 1 Apr 1730 in West Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Wife of Josiah Conant Jr. — married 14 Apr 1752 in Mansfield, Windham, Connecticut Colony

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Biography

Marriage

• Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850:

Name: Josiah Jnr. Conant

Event Type: Marriage^[1]

Event Date: 14 Apr 1752

Event Place: Mansfield, Windham, Connecticut, British Colonial America

Sex: Male

Spouse's Name: Ann Ames

Spouse's Sex: Female

Spouse's Father's Name: William Ames

Plymouth Colony and Massachusetts

• From John Maltby:

Josiah Conant (Jr.), son of Elisabeth Washburn and Josiah Conant, married Anna Ames, daughter of William and Elizabeth (Jennings) Ames, of Bridgewater,^[2] before 1753, probably in CT. She was born on 1 Apr. 1730 in Bridgewater,^[3] a granddaughter of Richard and Mary (Bassett) Jennings, of Bridgewater.^[4] Josiah Conant Jr. was admitted to membership in the First Congregational Church in Mansfield on 25 Feb. 1753.^[5] On 27 Oct. 1785 William Ames, Amos Ames, Zachariah Parker, Peace Parker, Josiah Conant, Anna Conant, and Sarah Ames, all of Mansfield in Windham County, and Hannah Pool of Willington in Hartford County sold to Hezekiah Hooper, of Bridgewater, a piece of land in Bridgewater that Samuel Gannings [sic—Jennings] died seized of.^[6] Samuel Jennings died intestate in 1785 in Bridgewater, and Hezekiah Hooper was appointed as administrator of his estate on 2 May 1785.^[7] His inventory consisted of only 30 acres of land in Bridgewater, a portion of which evidently was passed on to the children of his sister Elizabeth (Jennings) Ames, living in Connecticut. Ann, the wife of Josiah Conant, was admitted to membership of the First Congregational Church of Mansfield on 2 Aug. 1767.^[8] No death record has been found for either Josiah or Anne Conant.

Josiah Conant (Jr.) and Anna Ames had children, including:

• Ann Conant, baptized on 15 Apr. 1753 in Mansfield, CT, apparently died young.

• Josiah Conant (3rd), baptized on 29 Sept. 1754 in Mansfield, CT.

• Lot Conant, baptized on 30 July 1758 in Mansfield, CT.

• Augustus Conant, baptized on 20 July 1760 in Mansfield, CT.

• Ann Conant, baptized on 30 Jan. 1763 in Mansfield, CT.

Sources

1. ↑ "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP71-9DYC : 21 September 2019), Ann Ames, ; citing Marriage, , Compiled by Lucius A. and Lucius B. Barbour, housed at State Library, Hartford, Connecticut; FHL microfilm 008272218.
2. ↑ Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 34, the marriage of William Ames and Elisabeth Jennings on 29 June 1721 in Bridgewater.
3. ↑ Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 31.
4. ↑ Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 203.
5. ↑ Connecticut Church Records, Mansfield First Congregation Church, 1710-1892, Connecticut State Library, 1967, p. 33.
6. ↑ Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 65, p. 175, FHL microfilm #0559125, witnessed by Jesse Williams and Augustus Conant, acknowledged in Mansfield, CT, on 27 Oct. 1785, and recorded on 25 Apr. 1786. William Ames, Amos Ames, Peace Ames, Anna Ames, and Sarah Ames were all children of William and Elisabeth (Jennings) Ames of Bridgewater, among others.
7. ↑ Plymouth County Probate Docket #11461, Vol. 27, p. 129, his inventory was appraised by Edward Mitchell Jr., Nathan Hudson and Ichabod Pope, and consisted of only 30 acres of land valued at £90, no personal estate, from Vol. 29, p. 359-360.
8. ↑ Connecticut Church Records, Mansfield First Congregation Church, 1710-1892, Connecticut State Library, 1967, p. 32.

• John A. Maltby Genealogies - Josiah Conant (Jr.)

Acknowledgements

• Lamb Family.ged on Jan 30, 2012 by David Lamb.