Descendants of John 1 Conant

 

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:
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      Children of RICHARD CONANT and JANE SLADE are:

 

i.

 

JANE5 CONANT, b. June 16, 1611, E. Budleigh, Devon, England.

 

 

Notes for JANE CONANT:
This is the date of baptism.

 

 

ii.

 

MARTHA CONANT, b. November 30, 1615; d. May 15, 1644.

8.

iii.

 

MARY CONANT, b. January 20, 1616/17, E. Budleigh, Devon, England; d. Aft. 1683.

9.

iv.

 

RICHARD CONANT, b. February 10, 1620/21, E. Budleigh, Devon, England.

 

v.

 

SARAH CONANT, b. March 30, 1624, E. Budleigh, Devon, England.

 

 

Notes for SARAH CONANT:
This is the date of baptism.



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:

10.

i.

 

RICHARD5 CONANT, b. Bieton Parish.

 

ii.

 

THOMAS CONANT.

11.

iii.

 

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:

 

i.

 

RICHARD5 CONANT.

 

ii.

 

MALACHI CONANT, b. Lymington, Somersetshire, England.

 

iii.

 

DAUGHTER CONANT, m. TIMOTHY SACHEVERELL.

 

iv.

 

JOHN CONANT, b. Abt. 1625.

 

 

Notes for JOHN CONANT:
It is presumed that this John was the father of Rev. John Conant, of
Poole, for the following reasons: Rev. John Conant, B.D., of
Salisbury, left his lands called "options" and his dwelling house in
the Close of Salisbury to his son, John Conant. When Elizabeth Conant,
widow of Rev. John Conant, of Poole, died, she is described as "of the
Close of Sarum." 2nd, John Conant, of Poole, is mentioned in a letter
written by Thomas Rowe, nephew of this John Conant, as a relation.
In the parish records of Lytchett Matravers, where Samuel Conant,
brother of this John, was Rector, we find the following entries:
"John Conant, widower, and Mrs. Dorothy Culliford, widow, were married
July 24, 1706;" and also, "John Conant was buried, February 15,
1721/22."

 

 

v.

 

SAMUEL CONANT, b. 1627; d. November 18, 1719.

 

 

Notes for SAMUEL CONANT:
Samuel was admitted into Emanuel College Cambridge, January 15, 1645;
appointed by Board of Visitors, Fellow of Exeter Coll., Oxford, July
20, 1648; B.A. My 26, 1649; allowed to incept April 29, 1652; M.A. and
B. D. April 8, 1657. In 1657 he was one of the Proctos of the
University. Professor Burrows states that we was a deleate of
Visitors, 1649, but therein seems to confound Samuel with his cousin,
John, then Rector of Exeter. He was removed from his Fellowship 1662;
presented by the University to the Rectory of Brown Candover. Hants;
was Chaplain to Dr. Reynolds, Bishop of Norwich. In 1662 he was
instituted Rector of Litchet Matravers, Dorset, on the expultions of
Thomas Rowe for non-conformity. In 1673 he was presented to the
Rectory of Child Ockford, Dorset; and in 1704 to the Rectory of Holy
Trinity, Dorchester, whe he resigned 1706. On January 24, 1695, he was
elected Rector of Exeter College, by the votes of five Fellows who had
been expelled for adhering to Dr. Arthur Bury, but never got
possession. Upon his death, he left £10 towards building a front gate
for Exeter College, and some books to the College Library, among which
is an annotated copy of Prince's Worthies of Devon.

 

12.

vi.

 

SARAH CONANT, b. 1637, Lymington, Somersetshire, England; d. August 31, 1719.