John Conant, Sr.^{[1, 2]}

1652 - 1724  (71 years)

• Name	John Conant
  Suffix	Sr.
  Birth	15 Dec 1652	Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Will	1 Mar 1677/8  [3, 4, 5, 6]
  	The Last will & testament of Roger Conant, dated the 1st of the 1 mo. 1677 I roger Conant aged about eightie fiue yeares, being of perfect vnderstandin though weak & feeble in body, doe heerby declare my will and minde wherein in the first place I doe bequeath my soule vnto God that gaue it & my body to the graue, in hope of a blessed Resurection: & for my outward estate & goods I giue vnto my Sonne Exercise one hundred and fortie acres of Land lyeing neere adjoyning vnto the new towne of Dunstable as part of two hundred acres granted me by the Generall court: also I giue & bequeath vnto him ten acres of Land next adjoining vnto his pr'sont home lott and land Lying by the side of william Dodgeses his land & butts on the land of thomas Herrick: also I give him two acres of marsh at the south End of the grat pond by whenham, or if my daughter Elizabeth Conant will Exchang to haue soe much at the great marsh neere wenham: also I giue him my swamp at the head of the railes which is yet undevided betwixt me and Benjamin Balch adjoyning vnto william Dodgeses swamp: also I giue him my portion of land Lying by Henry Haggats on wenham side: now out of this forementioned Land he is to paye seaven pound toward the discharge of such Legassis as I haue giuen & bequeathed: according as is heere after sett down More I giue vnto my grandchild John Conant sonne of Roger Conant ten acres of Land adjoying to his twenty acres by the great ponds side he paying twenty pounds for the same towards the payment of legassis as after mentioned. more I giue vnto my grand child Joshua Conant seaventeen acres of Land Lying by the south side of the great marsh neer wenham and bounding unto the land of peeter woodbery: and the rest to returne to my Executor. also I giue vnto my Daughter Sarah two acres of Land lying between the gead of the railes & Isaac Hull his ground as part of six acres twixt me and Benjamine Balch: this to her and her children. also sixtie acres of Land out of my farm granted me by the Generall Court neere the new town of Dunstable I giue and bequeath unto the hands of Captain Roger Clap of the castle neer Dorchester for the use of a daughter of one mris pits deceased whose daughter now Liueth in culleton a towne in Devon in old England & is in lue for certaine goods sold for the said mris pits in London and was there to be paid many years since but it is alleaged was neuer paid and the aforesaid captaine clap to giue a discharge as theire atturney according as he is impowered and intrusted in theire behalfe: further more as lagacies I doe giue vnto my sonne lott his ten children twenty pounds to be equally devided: to my daughter Sarahs Children to John five pounds to the foure daughters fiue pounds betwixt ym: to my daughter Mary Dodge to herself fiue pounds and fiue pounds to her fiue children equally devided: to Exercise his children foure pound betwixt them: to Adoniron Veren three pound to his sister Hannah twenty shillings and her two children each ten shillings: to my cozen Mary Veren wife to Hillier veren three pound as also three pounds unto the daughters of My Cozen Jane Mason deceased to be divided amongst them including Loue steevens her children a share: my wearing apparell I giue and household implements not otherwise disposed of and my Gray horse and cattle to my sonn Exercise and sheepe I giue to Rebacka Connant my grand child and one sheep to Mary Leach: and whereas there remains in my hands a certain portion of cattle belonging vnto one Mr Dudeney in England and by him assigned vnto his nephew Richard Conant valued at twenty five pounds and now left in the hands of my sonne exercise Conant that there be a rendering vp of such cattle or theire valuation mentioned unto the said Richard Conant upon seasonable demaund he giuing a full discharge for the same. and further my will is that my sonn Exercise be my executor to this my will and Testament and for further help in seeing these things performed I desire my sonne william Dodge and my grandchild John Conant Senior to be overseears of the same. In witness whereof I haue haere vnto sett my hand the day and yeare aboure written. The blotting our of part of a line and a whole line under the part was before signing hereof. The mark X of Roger CONANT his seale John Bennet Benjamin Balch Sealed in the presence of the aforesaid witnesses and delivered John Bennet Benjamin Balch 25-9-mo 1679 Benjamin Balch and John Bennett gave oath in Court at Salem that they signed as witnesses to the within written that then the said Roger Conant declared the same to be his last will and testament and there is no later will of his that they know of Attest Hilliard Veren Cler: Role: Overseer
  Death	30 Sep 1724  [7]
  Person ID	I45085	Duane's Ancestors
  Last Modified	3 Feb 2020

  
  

  Father	Lot Conant,   b. Abt 1624, New England, British America d. 29 Sep 1674, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America (Age ~ 50 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Walton,   b. 27 Oct 1629, Seaton, Devonshire, England d. Aft 1683 (Age > 55 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1649/50  [3, 8, 9]
  Family ID	F7389	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 15 Dec 1652 - Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  1.  [S882] Conant Family, 131, 00878.  2.  [S882] Conant Family, 145, 00878.  3.  [S576] TGMSP, Roger Conant, 00516.  4.  [S259] NEHGS Register, 46:387, 00390.  5.  [S882] Conant Family, 123-5, 00878.  6.  [S965] Roger Conant, 161-4, 00918.  7.  [S882] Conant Family, 147, 00878.  8.  [S259] NEHGS Register, 50:37, 00390.  9.  [S1122] Find A Grave, Memorial# 34161801, 00974.