Lot Conant

 

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Lot Conant   see FAMILY TREE
Born: Abt. 1625 of Nantasket, MA

 

   
Married: 1649 Beverly, Essex, MA

 

   
Died: 29 Sep 1674 Beverly, Essex, MA    

FATHER

Roger Conant

MOTHER

Sarah Horton

WIFE

Elizabeth Walton

CHILDREN

1. Nathaniel Conant b. 28 Jul 1650

2. John Conant b. 15 Dec 1652

3. Lot Conant b. 16 Feb 1657-58

4. Elizabeth Conant b. 13 May 1660

5. Mary Conant b. 14 Jul 1662

6. Martha Conant b. Abt. 16 Aug 1664

7. Sarah Conant b. 19 Feb 1666-67

8. William Conant b. 19 Feb 1666-67

9. Roger Conant b. 10 Mar 1668-69

10. Rebecca Conant. 31 Jan 1670-71

 

Lot owned property in Marblehead MA by 1657 where he served as selectman in 1662 and was granted "commanage" for one cow in 1667. He is on the May 1674 list of Marblehead householders. His permanent home was apparently in Beverly and he sold his Marblehead holdings (10 Mar 1669/70 - "land bounding that of John Trebye and Richard Thisle
- to Vinson Stilson; 20 Mar 1671 - land and house to John Treby). He is described in the land deeds as "Lott Conant of Beverly, yeoman". This Marblehead connection was undoubtedly a result of his marriage to Elizabeth Walton who's father William had settled in Marblehead as early as 1639 and was the pastor there until his death in 1668.

In 1666, his father gave him the Beverly homestead with 32 acres and 72 acres in town, though Lot leased the homestead back to his parents for "on indian corn per annum". In Jul 1667 his church membership was transferred from First Church at Salem to the new church at Bass River (Beverly).

Lot was fined 4 shillings in Mar 1672 for "attacting Matthew ffairfield"

In addition to his occupation as a farmer (yeoman), he also apparently worked at a trade (possibly a shoemaker as that was son Nathaniel's occupation) as evidenced by his special bequest of "the shop and tools" as noted in his will.

Lot Conant's Last Will and Testament I, Lot Conant aged about fiftie yeers being sicke and weak, yet of p'fit understanding doe hereby declare my last will and testament wherein in the first place I doe bequeath my soule unto god that gave it, and my body to the grave in hope of a blessed reserrection: and for my outward estate and goods I doe bequeath and give unto my five sonns to each of them fiftie pounds and unto my son nathaniel the shop and tools over & above the rest, and unto my five daughters twenty pounds to each of them and this estate I leave to be whole and unbroken till they come to full age or to marriage estate and in the meane time the whole to rest in the hands of my wife, and for the bringing up of the children and further more my will is that my wife be executrix and that the land be not at all disposed off
from the children and that my wife have the dwelling house and orchard for her life time. and also that my kins woman mari Leach have a cow or heifer at her beig married or going from my wife. And for help unto my wife in this matter I doe instruct and designe mr. John Hale, Captaine Lathrop and my brother Exercise Conant to be assisting. Hereunto I have subscribed my hand this 24 of the 7 month 1674. Witness Roger Conant Signed Lot Conant Exercise Conant Sworn 26:9 mo:1674 Inventory totalled 782.04.00 including "a shop where Nathan Conant works 5.00.0"

Elizabeth WALTON CONANT's second husband, Andrew MANSFIELD was the father-in-law of her two oldest sons.