Isreal Conary (1792 - 1879)

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Biography

Isreal Conary was born on Mar 20, 1792 in Deer Isle, Hancock, Massachusetts, United States, son of Thomas Conary (<1743–1829) and Olive Staples (~1755–>1820).

Isreal married Martha Gott on Feb 2, 1817 in Deer Isle, Maine. Their known children were:

1. Moses Allen Conery (1819–1900)
2. Nancy A Conary
3. Amaziah Robert Conary
4. Emma N Conary (1828–1895)

Isreal died on Jul 3, 1879, aged 87. He was buried in Brooklin Cemetery, Brooklin, Hancock County, Maine.

Small's HISTORY OF SWAN’S ISLAND ' has the following:

Israel Conary.Israel Conary came here in 1820, and settled on a lot of land known as " City point His wife was Martha Gott. He afterwards moved to Black or Conary's island, where he lived some years; later he came back to this town and bought a part of the lot then owned by Joseph Gott ; he built the house where David Stanley now resides. After having reared their family here they moved to Blue- hill, where Mr. and Mrs. Conary died.
      They were the parents of the following children : Moses, who married Mary A. Smith, a daughter of David Smith, 2d; John, who was lost at sea; William, who died unmarried ; Nancy, who was the wife of Hezekiah Morey ; she is the only one of the family now residing here ; Am aziah, who married Maria Malcolm, of Newcastle; Emma, who was the wife of Harvey Conary, of Deer Isle ; Joseph, who died unmarried at Staten Island, New York.
      The ancestor of this Conary family, Thomas Conary, emigrated to this country from Ireland, and was the first settler on Conary's island in Eggemoggin reach. His first wife was a daughter of the ancestor of the Limeburner family, now living in Brooksville, by adoption. Mr. Limeburner came from Scotland before the Revolutionary war, and with him came, besides his own family, a son and a daughter adopted by him. The son, Cunningham Limeburner, died at an advanced age, not far from 1825, in Brooksville, and the daughter, Mrs. Conary, was his sister by birth. After her death he married a daughter of Mrs. Mercy Staples, and a sister of Moses Staples, sr., of 5 this town, and by both marriages he had ten sons. Their descendants, most of whom reared large families, have settled in many towns in this section of the State.

Sources

See also:

• Baptism: "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900"
  citing FHL microfilm: 10836; Record number: 11513337;
  FamilySearch Record: F4WQ-Y5N (accessed 17 June 2023)
  Israel <connery> baptism (born 26 Oct 1794), son of Thomas Connery, in Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine, United States.
• Baptism: "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900"
  citing FHL microfilm: 10836; Record number: 11513336;
  FamilySearch Record: F4WQ-PSC (accessed 17 June 2023)
  Israel <connery> baptism (born 20 Mar 1792), son of Thomas Connery, in Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine, United States.
• Marriage: "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921"
  citing Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine, United States, multiple sources, Maine; FHL microfilm.
  FamilySearch Record: Q283-LQ2C (accessed 17 June 2023)
  FamilySearch Image: 3QS7-99L1-Q944-L Image number 00107
  Israel Conery marriage to Martha Gott on 2 Feb 1817 in Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine, United States.
• Memorial: Find a Grave (has image)
  Find A Grave: Memorial #113743808 (accessed 17 June 2023)
  Memorial page for Israel Conary (1794-3 Jul 1879), citing Brooklin Cemetery, Brooklin, Hancock County, Maine, USA; Maintained by Darryl (contributor 48175404).
• Small, H. W. 1898. A history of Swan's Island, Maine. Ellsworth, Me: Hancock County Pub. Co.
• FamilySearch Person: LHMM-J15