Lot Conant^{[1, 2]}

1624 - 1674  (50 years)

• Name	Lot Conant
  Birth	1624	Essex, Massachusetts, United States   [1, 2]
  	There is conflicting information on exactly where Lot was born. Nantasket, Dorchester, and Cape Ann are all contenders.
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1657	Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts, United States   [1]
  Residence	1662	Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts, United States   [1]
  	Selectman in Marblehead
  Residence	1666	Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts, United States   [1]
  Will	24 Sep 1674	Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts, United States   [1, 2]
  _AMTID	162485322784:1030:191555462
  _FSFTID	LXQK-N8C
  _UID	19B26C0A3E74484B976BFFDBB8FE188CBC3B
  Death	29 Sep 1674	Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts, United States   [1]
  Person ID	I8753	Scott Dickson
  Last Modified	19 Aug 2017

  
  

  Father	Governor Roger Conant,   b. 1591, East Budleigh, Devon, England, United Kingdom d. 19 Nov 1679, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts, United States (Age 88 years)
  Mother	Sarah Horton,   b. 1598, London, England, United Kingdom d. BY 1 Mar 1677/8, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts, United States (Age 80 years)
  Marriage	11 Nov 1618	Saint Ann, Blackfriars, London, England   [2, 3]
  Family ID	F3373	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Walton,   b. 9 Oct 1629, Seaton, Devon, England d. Aft 1683, Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, United States (Age > 55 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1649	Essex, Massachusetts, United States   [1, 4]
  Children	+ 1. Martha Conant,   b. 15 Aug 1664, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts, United States d. 2 Jan 1754, Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States (Age 89 years)
  Family ID	F3371	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Dec 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1624 - Essex, Massachusetts, United States Marriage - Abt 1649 - Essex, Massachusetts, United States Residence - 1657 - Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Residence - Selectman in Marblehead - 1662 - Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Residence - 1666 - Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Will - 24 Sep 1674 - Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Death - 29 Sep 1674 - Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts, United States  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  From FindaGrave: Born about 1624 in Nantasket or Cape Ann MA to Gov. Roger & Sarah (Horton) Conant. Married 1649-1650 to Elizabeth Walton. Their child: Mary (Conant) Burley. Find A Grave contributor Ken Smith adds: Lot Conant was born in Dorchester or Cape Ann, Massachusetts, about 1624. He was the son of Roger Conant, who was the original Governor of Cape Ann & Salem, and his wife, Sarah Horton. He married, before 1650, Elizabeth, daughter of Rev. William Walton and Elizabeth Cooke, who was born in Seaton, Devonshire, England in 1629. Lot and Elizabeth were living in Marblehead as early as 1657. Lot was a selectman there in 1662. In 1666, Lot's father gave him the homestead at Beverly including over 100 acres. On the same day, Lot leased back to his father the house and three acres for an annual rent of "one Indian corn". About this time, Lot probably moved his family back to Beverly and built a house near his father's, because "a dwelling house and orchard containing about 4 acres, with an old house of his father" is mentioned in the inventory of Lot's estate. In 1667 he was one of the founding members of the new church at Bass River, or Beverly. In March of 1670 and March of 1671, he sold his Marblehead houses and lands. Lot and Elizabeth had ten children, eight born in Marblehead and the last two in Beverly. Lot was described in land deeds as "Lot Conant, yeoman", but in addition to his role as a farmer, he must have also had a trade, possibly shoemaker, as evidenced by his bequest of "the shop and tools" to son Nathaniel in his will. It is known that Nathaniel was a shoemaker. Lot Conant wrote his will on September 24, 1674, and died on September 29, in Beverly. His estate was valued at 780 Pounds. Two years later, Elizabeth married, as his third wife, Andrew Mansfield of Lynn. The death of Elizabeth is not recorded at Beverly, she may have died in Lynn. She was however, alive in 1683 when her husband died.

  
  

• Sources

  [S641] Find A Grave, 18 August 2017; Lot Conant; Lot Conant; 34161801; Linda Mac. [S1374] The Pilgrim Migration, pages 134-143. [S641] Find A Grave, 18 August 2017; Roger Conant; Roger Conant; 5725134; Mindy Alarcon. [S1376] The Great Migration - Vol VII T-Y, pages 217-223.