Generation No. 4
4. RICHARD4 CONANT (RICHARD3, JOHN2, JOHN 11) was born February 21, 1580/81
in E. Burleigh, Devonshire, Devon, England. He married JANE SLADE September 18,
1609 in England.
Notes for RICHARD
CONANT:
This is the date of Baptism.
Richards will was proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury,
Somerset House, London (9 Hele).
This is an abstract:
Richard Conant, the younger, of East Budleigh, co. Devon. Will dated 1
Sept., 1625; administration granted 3 Jan., 1625-5, to Jane Conant,
the relict, and Robert Conant, the brother. "My lands in Culliton,
called Chaple lands, to be sold to satisfy claim of Thomas periam for
£76, or else the said lands to be granted to him. My lands at Poole
Hayes, now in possession of George Mico for term of his life and that
of his wife. My brothers, John Conant and Robert Conant, and my
brothers-in-law, Wimmial Slade and Roger Slade, to sell the fee simple
of my said lands at Culliton and Poole Hayes to pay my debts, and the
overplus to be employed for the benefit of such of my children ad they
shall think fit. Witnesses, Richard Swetland, Robert Conant, Jane
Knowles, Elizabeth Duke, Johan Richards".
Notes for JANE
SLADE:
IGI, Ances. File
Children of RICHARD
CONANT and JANE
SLADE are:
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JANE5 CONANT, b. June 16, 1611, E. Budleigh, Devon, England. |
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Notes
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MARTHA CONANT, b. November 30, 1615; d. May 15, 1644. |
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MARY CONANT, b. January 20, 1616/17, E. Budleigh, Devon, England; d. Aft. 1683. |
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RICHARD CONANT, b. February 10, 1620/21, E. Budleigh, Devon, England. |
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SARAH CONANT, b. March 30, 1624, E. Budleigh, Devon, England. |
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Notes
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5. ROBERT4
CONANT (RICHARD3,
JOHN2, JOHN 11) was born Abt. 1583 in E.
Budleigh, Devon, England. He married ELIZABETH
MORRIS October 14, 1607 in E. Budleigh,
Devon, England.
Notes for ROBERT
CONANT:
Robert was of Bieton, a parish adjoining E. Budleigh.
Roberts will is dated May 1638, was probated May 23, 1638, in the
Archidianconal Court of Exeter. He leaves most of his estate to his
oldest son, John Conant, clerk, with legacies to his son, Richard
Conant, and servant, Jane Upham.
Notes for ELIZABETH
MORRIS:
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Children of ROBERT
CONANT and ELIZABETH
MORRIS are:
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RICHARD5 CONANT, b. Bieton Parish. |
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THOMAS CONANT. |
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JOHN CONANT, b. October 18, 1608, Yeatenton, Bieton, Devonshire, England. |
6. JOHN4 CONANT (RICHARD3, JOHN2, JOHN 11) was born March 18, 1584/85 in
E. Burleigh, Devonshire, Devon, England, and died April 13, 1653 in England. He
married DAUGHTER DEWDNEY Abt. 1605 in England.
Notes for JOHN
CONANT:
This is the date of baptism.
John was matriculated at Exeter College, Oxford, November 15, 1605:
B.A., May 5, 1609; elected Probationer June 30, 1611, in place of
Vilvaine, and admitted July 5 following; full Fellow July 10, 112;
B.D., (December 2, 1619).
On December 30, 1619, he was instituted Rector of Lymington, a country
parish near hehester, Somersetshire, on the presentation of Sir Henry
Roswell . On the January 20 following compounded for the First Fruits
of the living, the sureties of his bond being his brothers,
Christopher and Roger. The rectorship of the parish was the first
preferment of Cardinal Wolsey. The appointment to aliving in the gift
of Sir Henry Roswell is not without significance, as Rosewell, or
Rowswell, is well known to students of Massachusetts history, his name
standing first among the grantees in the Patent from the Council of
Plymouth. It indicates that Conant had already espoused the cause of
the Puritans. He remained at Lymington until the troubles of the civil
war forced him to leave the parish, when he repaired to London; this
was probably toward the close of the year 1642. During his enforced
absence his nephew, Rev. John Conant, D.D., then Fellow of Exeter,
attempted to perform his duties for him, but was also driven away. It
is not likely that he returned to Lymington, and on November 24, 1645,
Robert Bryan was instituted in the rectory as his successor.
On July 26, 1643, he preached a sermon before the House of Commons for
which he received the thanks of the House with a request that he print
the sermon. The sermon was printed in 1643 and copies of it are now
excessively rare.
It is evident that he was a man of high character and much ability;
for at this time (1649), on the death of Dr. George hakewill, Rector
of Exeter College, the coice of a new Rector lay between him and his
nephew, John Conant. But he absolutely declined the position, and the
latter was elected.
In the chancel of St. Thomas Church, until the restoration of that
church in 1868, was to be seen a flat stone bearing the inscription,
"John Conant, died 1653." His funeral sermon (on Mathew 25:23) was
preached by Mr Gower. A copy of the sermon is to be found in the
Rawlinson MSS., Bodleian Library.
WILL OF JOHN CONANT
John Conant, of the Close of Sarum, Wilts, clerk, weak in body, etc.
Dated April 8, 1653; proved September 26, 1653, by the executors. My
dwelling house in the Close of Sarum to my eldest son, John Conant, to
whom also land called Options, if he will buy them. Lands, etc., in
Huntspill co., Somerset, to my son, Samuel Conant, my executors to
take the rents for 7 years for his better maintenance at the
University. To my sons, Richard Conant and Malachi Conant, the lease
demised to my brother, Malachi Dewdney, merchand, and Edward Pele,
clert. My daughter, Sarah Conant, £200 at age 21, or marriage. My two
sisters, Mrs. Richards and Mrs. Wooton 20 shillings each. My
son-in-law, Timothy Sacheverell. Poor of Budley, Devon, where I was
born, 20s., poor of New Sarum, 40s. The residue to my friends and
executors, Mr. John Strickland, of the Close of Sarum, clerk, the
aforsaid malaachi Dewdney and Timothy Sacheverell, and William Stone,
of New Sarum, Gent. Witnesses, Richard Combe, John powell, John Vining
and Ambrose Ringwood.
(P.C.C. 285 Brent.)
Notes for DAUGHTER
DEWDNEY:
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Children of JOHN
CONANT and DAUGHTER
DEWDNEY are:
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RICHARD5 CONANT. |
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MALACHI CONANT, b. Lymington, Somersetshire, England. |
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DAUGHTER CONANT, m. TIMOTHY SACHEVERELL. |
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JOHN CONANT, b. Abt. 1625. |
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Notes
for JOHN CONANT: |
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SAMUEL CONANT, b. 1627; d. November 18, 1719. |
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Notes
for SAMUEL CONANT: |
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SARAH CONANT, b. 1637, Lymington, Somersetshire, England; d. August 31, 1719. |