Martha (Lamson) Conant (1711)

Born 25 Dec 1711 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Wife of Israel Conant — married 11 Jul 1732 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

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Biography

Martha Lamson was born in Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, on 25 Dec 1711, the daughter of Ebenezer Lamson and Sarah Hartwell.^[1] On 11 Jul 1732, at age twenty, she married Israel Conant in Concord.^[2] On 11 Jul 1732, at age twenty, she married Israel Conant in Concord.^[3] On 3 Feb 1733, a week shy of nine months after their wedding, she gave birth to a son, Jonathan, in Concord.^[4] In about 1735, likely in Acton (which had been formed from part of Concord in 1735), Martha gave birth to a daughter, Mary ("Molly").^[5] She also had a son, named Israel, but the date and place of that son's birth are unknown.^[6]

As for her husband, Israel's employment, he was, at least for part of his life, a "scythe maker."^[6] He was also, at times, a person of means, as evidenced by his property holdings:

On Mch. 13, 1732, he buys a house and lot of his brother, Ebenezer, for which he paid £112, and on Mch. 8, 1736, Roger Conant [his father] deeds 4 acres of meadow to 'my son Israel' (Middlesex Deeds). In 1732 he is mentioned as one of the proprietors of Walpole, N.H., and on 29 Dec., 1736, drew lot No. 20 "on ye plain" (New Hampshire Town Papers). On 6 May 1743, he sells land in Canterbury, N.H., to Robert Pope, of Boston, for £20 (Rockingham Co. Deeds, Vol. 26, p. 479). [On] July 4, 1747, he and his wife, Martha, relinquish all rights in the estate of her father, Ebenezer Lamson, of Concord, for a payment of £150. [On] Jan. 5, 1749, he sells a house and lot "in the southerly part of the town," to Dr. Joseph Lee, for £512 (Middlesex Co. Deeds).^[6]

But it did not go well for Israel, financially, anyway, because he died in 1753, at age 46 and only four years after selling the last house, "intestate and insolvent."^[6] "The papers relating to the settlement of his estate mention several small children, but not by name."^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ Martha's birth is established by three sources: (1) Town of Concord (Tolman, George), "Concord, Massachusetts Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1635-1850" (Boston, T. Todd, Printer, 1895), p.79 ("Martha Lamson ye Daughter of Ebenezer Lamson and Sarah his wife was born December ye 14 1711") (page image[1]; original link [2]); (2) Densmore, Lyman Willard (and Hartwell, John F), "The Hartwells of America: A Genealogy of the Hartwell Families of the United States and Canada Based Largely on the Handbook of Hartwell Geneaology (1887)" (Saginaw, Michigan: Hartwell-Lorenzen, 1956), p.3 ("Issue, [Sarah and Ebenezer) LAMPSON, b. Concord ... MARTHA, b Dec 25 1711"), available without restriction courtesy of the Internet Archive (archive.org) (page image[3]; page link[4]); and (3) Conant, Frederick Odell, "A History and Genealogy of the Conant Family in England and America, Thirteen Generations, 1520-1887" (Portland, Me.: Private Print [Press of Harris & Williams], 1887), p.192 ("[Israel Conant] m. 14 July, 1732, Martha, dr. of Ebenezer Lamson"), available without restriction courtesy of the Internet Archive (archive.org) (image of page[5]; original linkDensmore, Lyman Willard (and Hartwell, John F), "The Hartwells of America: A Genealogy of the Hartwell Families of the United States and Canada Based Largely on the Handbook of Hartwell Geneaology (1887)" (Saginaw, Michigan: Hartwell-Lorenzen, 1956), p.3 ("Issue, [Sarah and Ebenezer) LAMPSON, b. Concord ... MARTHA, b Dec 25 1711"), available without restriction courtesy of the Internet Archive (archive.org) (page image[https://www.wikitree.com/photo.php/8/86/Lamson-473-1.jpg; page link[6]); and (3) Conant, Frederick Odell, "A History and Genealogy of the Conant Family in England and America, Thirteen Generations, 1520-1887" (Portland, Me.: Private Print [Press of Harris & Williams], 1887), p.192 ("[Israel Conant] m. 14 July, 1732, Martha, dr. of Ebenezer Lamson"), available without restriction courtesy of the Internet Archive (archive.org) (image of page[7]; original link[8]).
2. ↑ Their marriage is confirmed by three sources: (1) Town of Concord (Tolman, George), "Concord, Massachusettsenealogy00cona/page/192]).
3. ↑ Their marriage is confirmed by three sources: (1) Town of Concord (Tolman, George), "Concord, Massachusetts Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1635-1850" (Boston, T. Todd, Printer, 1895), p.130 ("Israel Conant and Martha Lamson both of Concord were married [in Concord] by ye Reund mr John Whiting July : 11 : 1732") (page image[9]; original link [10]); (2) Conant, Frederick Odell, "A History and Genealogy of the Conant Family in England and America, Thirteen Generations, 1520-1887" (Portland, Me.: Private Print [Press of Harris & Williams], 1887), p.192 ("[Israel Conant] m. 14 July, 1732, Martha, dr. of Ebenezer Lamson"), available without restriction courtesy of the Internet Archive (archive.org) (image of page[11]; original link[12]); and (3) Densmore, Lyman Willard (and Hartwell, John F), "The Hartwells of America: A Genealogy of the Hartwell Families of the United States and Canada Based Largely on the Handbook of Hartwell Geneaology (1887)" (Saginaw, Michigan: Hartwell-Lorenzen, 1956), p.5 ("MARTHA LAMPSON ... m. July 11, 1732, ISRAEL CONANT"), available without restriction courtesy of the Internet Archive (archive.org) (page image[13]; page link[14]);
4. ↑ The birth of Jonathan is confirmed by two sources: (1) Town of Concord (Tolman, George), "Concord, Massachusetts Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1635-1850" (Boston, T. Todd, Printer, 1895), p.134 (page image[15]; original link [16]), and (2) Conant, Frederick Odell, "A History and Genealogy of the Conant Family in England and America, Thirteen Generations, 1520-1887" (Portland, Me.: Private Print [Press of Harris & Williams], 1887), p.192, available without restriction courtesy of the Internet Archive (archive.org) (image of page[17]; original link[18] (“Jonathan, b. 3 Feb 1732-3, at Acton” to Israel Conant and Martha Lamson). Profile Manager: Because Israel and Martha were not married until July 1732, it’s assuredly the case, given conventions of the time, that Jonathan was born in 1733, not 1732, and in Concord, not Acton, because Acton was not formed from Concord until 1735.
5. ↑ Conant, Frederick Odell, “A History and Genealogy of the Conant Family in England and America, Thirteen Generations, 1520-1887” (Portland, Me.: Private Print [Press of Harris & Williams], 1887), p.192, available without restriction courtesy of the Internet Archive (archive.org) (image of page[19]; original link[20] (confirming Mary was born to Israel and his wife Martha on an unspecified date).
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4} Conant, Frederick Odell, "A History and Genealogy of the Conant Family in England and America, Thirteen Generations, 1520-1887" (Portland, Me.: Private Print [Press of Harris & Williams], 1887), p.192 ("[Israel Conant] m. 14 July, 1732, Martha, dr. of Ebenezer Lamson"), available without restriction courtesy of the Internet Archive (archive.org) (image of page[21]; original link[22])