[S856] Samuel Deane, History of Scituate, Massachusetts, from its first settlement to 1831, downloaded from Google Books at www.google.com. (Boston, Massachusetts: James Loring, 1831), John Bailey, pages 213-215. Hereinafter cited as History of Scituate, Massachusetts to 1831.
[S853] New England Historic Genealogical Society, compiler, Vital Records of Scituate, Massachusetts, to the year 1850, downloaded from the Boston Public Library EBooks and Texts Archive at www.archive.org. Volume 1. Births and Volume 2. Marriages and Deaths. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society at the charge of the Eddy Town Record Fund, 1909), Volume II, Marriages, page 27, his surname spelled "Bayly". Hereinafter cited as Scituate Vital Records to 1850.
[S474] Nahum Mitchell, History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, including an extensive Family Register (Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, Inc., original publication date was 1840; reprinted for the third and fourth times in 1970 and 1975; first reprinted in 1897 by Henry T. Pratt, Bridgewater, Massachusetts; originally printed in 1840 by Kidder and Wright, Boston, Massachusetts), Ripley, pages 298-299. Hereinafter cited as History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater.
[S908] Compiled by Jayne Pratt Lovelace, The Pratt Directory (Chandler, Arizona: Ancestor House, 1998 Edition), page 695. Hereinafter cited as The Pratt Directory.
[S908] Compiled by Jayne Pratt Lovelace, The Pratt Directory, page 446.
[S909] New England Historical and Genealogical Society, "Marriages in Taunton", The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 13, pages 251-255 (July 1859). Compiler noted that the record of marriages, solemnized by Major Thomas Leonard of Taunton from 1684 to 1713, the year of his death, was from a manuscript volume which still existed in 1859. The record was printed in the Bristol County Telegram for 20 Nov 1858 and was copied from that printing by the Society. Hereinafter cited as "Taunton Marriages."
[S853] New England Historic Genealogical Society, compiler, Vital Records of Scituate, Massachusetts, to the year 1850, downloaded from the Boston Public Library EBooks and Texts Archive at www.archive.org. Volume 1. Births and Volume 2. Marriages and Deaths. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society at the charge of the Eddy Town Record Fund, 1909), Births, page 299. Hereinafter cited as Scituate Vital Records to 1850.
Mary Cohoon1
Marriage*
10 April 1744
According to the History of Bridgewater source, MaryCohoon married "John Hayward of Raynham" on 10 April 1744 in Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. It has been undetermined by this researcher, however, whether the groom was JosephHayward, who would have been age 19, or his father, JosephHaywardJr., who would have been marrying for the second time at age 70.1,2
Citations
[S474] Nahum Mitchell, History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, including an extensive Family Register (Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, Inc., original publication date was 1840; reprinted for the third and fourth times in 1970 and 1975; first reprinted in 1897 by Henry T. Pratt, Bridgewater, Massachusetts; originally printed in 1840 by Kidder and Wright, Boston, Massachusetts), Hayward, pages 181-190. Hereinafter cited as History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater.
[S836] New England Historic Genealogical Society, compiler, downloaded from Google Books, Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts to the Year 1850. In two Volumes: Volume I. Births and Volume II. Marriages and Deaths. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1916), Marriages, Volume II, page 86. Hereinafter cited as Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts to 1850.
[S474] Nahum Mitchell, History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, including an extensive Family Register (Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, Inc., original publication date was 1840; reprinted for the third and fourth times in 1970 and 1975; first reprinted in 1897 by Henry T. Pratt, Bridgewater, Massachusetts; originally printed in 1840 by Kidder and Wright, Boston, Massachusetts), Price, pages 292-293. Hereinafter cited as History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater.
[S836] New England Historic Genealogical Society, compiler, downloaded from Google Books, Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts to the Year 1850. In two Volumes: Volume I. Births and Volume II. Marriages and Deaths. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1916), Marriages, Volume II, page 87. Hereinafter cited as Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts to 1850.
Abigail Conant1,2
b. 2 August 1705
Abigail Conant|b. 2 Aug 1705|p26.htm#i9126|William Conant||p26.htm#i8424|Mary Trow||p99.htm#i9115|Nathaniel Conant|d. 22 Aug 1732|p26.htm#i9117|Hannah Unknown||p100.htm#i9118|||||||
[S474] Nahum Mitchell, History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, including an extensive Family Register (Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, Inc., original publication date was 1840; reprinted for the third and fourth times in 1970 and 1975; first reprinted in 1897 by Henry T. Pratt, Bridgewater, Massachusetts; originally printed in 1840 by Kidder and Wright, Boston, Massachusetts), Hayward, pages 181-190. Hereinafter cited as History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater.
[S451] Early Massachusetts Vital Records to the Year 1850 - NEHGS, online at www.newenglandancestors.org. Hereinafter cited as Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 - NEHGS.
[S474] Nahum Mitchell, History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater, Conant, pages 139-143.
[S451] Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 - NEHGS, online at www.newenglandancestors.org, her name recorded as "Abigel."
Abihail Conant1,2,3,4
b. 10 December 1746
Abihail Conant|b. 10 Dec 1746|p26.htm#i6362|John Conant|b. 20 Apr 1725|p26.htm#i6363|Abihail Pratt|b. 8 Dec 1724|p84.htm#i9116|Nathaniel Conant|b. 3 Jan 1679\nd. 8 Sep 1745|p26.htm#i9072|Elizabeth Hains||p38.htm#i9129|Deacon Solomon Pratt||p86.htm#i8142|Sarah Johnson|b. 1 Jul 1702|p64.htm#i9109|
[S471] Anna Chesebrough Wildey, Genealogy of the Descendants of William Chesebrough of Boston, Rehoboth, Massachusetts (New York, New York: Press of T.A. Wright, 1903), Part I, Descendants of Samuel, pages 18-301, her name noted as "Abigail". Hereinafter cited as Descendants of William Chesebrough of Boston, Rehoboth, Massachusetts.
[S836] New England Historic Genealogical Society, compiler, downloaded from Google Books, Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts to the Year 1850. In two Volumes: Volume I. Births and Volume II. Marriages and Deaths. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1916), Volume I, Births, page 75. Hereinafter cited as Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts to 1850.
[S474] Nahum Mitchell, History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, including an extensive Family Register (Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, Inc., original publication date was 1840; reprinted for the third and fourth times in 1970 and 1975; first reprinted in 1897 by Henry T. Pratt, Bridgewater, Massachusetts; originally printed in 1840 by Kidder and Wright, Boston, Massachusetts), Conant, pages 139-143. Hereinafter cited as History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater.
[S836] New England Historic Genealogical Society, Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts to 1850, Volume II, Marriages, page 411, he was called John 2nd.
[S471] Anna Chesebrough Wildey, Descendants of William Chesebrough of Boston, Rehoboth, Massachusetts, Part I, Descendants of Samuel, pages 18-301.
Benjamin Conant1
b. 29 August 1756
Benjamin Conant|b. 29 Aug 1756|p26.htm#i9159|Lot Conant|b. 5 May 1718|p26.htm#i9163|Betty Holmes||p56.htm#i9164|Lot Conant|b. 20 Aug 1689|p26.htm#i9120|Hannah Goodspeed||p38.htm#i9132|||||||
After the birth of their fourth child in 1790, Benjamin and ElizabethConant moved their family from Bridgewater to Turner, Androscoggin County, Maine.1
Children*
Betty and Benjamin had a total of five children, the last one born at Turner.1
[S610] Charles Henry Pope and Thomas Hooper, compilers, downloaded from Google Books, Hooper Genealogy (Boston, Massachusetts: Charles H. Pope, 1908), Part I, The Reading Family, compiled by Thomas Hooper of Boston, Fourth Generation, pages 19-32. Hereinafter cited as Hooper Genealogy.
[S474] Nahum Mitchell, History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, including an extensive Family Register (Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, Inc., original publication date was 1840; reprinted for the third and fourth times in 1970 and 1975; first reprinted in 1897 by Henry T. Pratt, Bridgewater, Massachusetts; originally printed in 1840 by Kidder and Wright, Boston, Massachusetts), Conant, pages 139-143. Hereinafter cited as History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater.
[S836] New England Historic Genealogical Society, compiler, downloaded from Google Books, Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts to the Year 1850. In two Volumes: Volume I. Births and Volume II. Marriages and Deaths. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1916), Volume I, Births, page 76. Hereinafter cited as Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts to 1850.
[S836] New England Historic Genealogical Society, Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts to 1850, Volume II, Marriages, page 88.
Bethia Conant1
b. 8 November 1677
Bethia Conant|b. 8 Nov 1677|p26.htm#i9121|Nathaniel Conant|d. 22 Aug 1732|p26.htm#i9117|Hannah Unknown||p100.htm#i9118|||||||||||||
[S474] Nahum Mitchell, History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, including an extensive Family Register (Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, Inc., original publication date was 1840; reprinted for the third and fourth times in 1970 and 1975; first reprinted in 1897 by Henry T. Pratt, Bridgewater, Massachusetts; originally printed in 1840 by Kidder and Wright, Boston, Massachusetts), Conant, pages 139-143. Hereinafter cited as History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater.
[S451] Early Massachusetts Vital Records to the Year 1850 - NEHGS, online at www.newenglandancestors.org. Hereinafter cited as Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 - NEHGS.
David Conant1
b. 17 August 1699
David Conant|b. 17 Aug 1699|p26.htm#i8000|William Conant||p26.htm#i8424|Mary Trow||p99.htm#i9115|Nathaniel Conant|d. 22 Aug 1732|p26.htm#i9117|Hannah Unknown||p100.htm#i9118|||||||
[S474] Nahum Mitchell, History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, including an extensive Family Register (Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, Inc., original publication date was 1840; reprinted for the third and fourth times in 1970 and 1975; first reprinted in 1897 by Henry T. Pratt, Bridgewater, Massachusetts; originally printed in 1840 by Kidder and Wright, Boston, Massachusetts), Hayward, pages 181-190. Hereinafter cited as History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater.
[S474] Nahum Mitchell, History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater, Conant, pages 139-143.
[S451] Early Massachusetts Vital Records to the Year 1850 - NEHGS, online at www.newenglandancestors.org. Hereinafter cited as Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 - NEHGS.
[S836] New England Historic Genealogical Society, compiler, downloaded from Google Books, Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts to the Year 1850. In two Volumes: Volume I. Births and Volume II. Marriages and Deaths. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1916), Marriages, Volume II, page 175, his name spelled "Connant". Hereinafter cited as Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts to 1850.
Elizabeth Conant1
b. 16 November 1701
Elizabeth Conant|b. 16 Nov 1701|p26.htm#i8423|William Conant||p26.htm#i8424|Mary Trow||p99.htm#i9115|Nathaniel Conant|d. 22 Aug 1732|p26.htm#i9117|Hannah Unknown||p100.htm#i9118|||||||
[S474] Nahum Mitchell, History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, including an extensive Family Register (Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, Inc., original publication date was 1840; reprinted for the third and fourth times in 1970 and 1975; first reprinted in 1897 by Henry T. Pratt, Bridgewater, Massachusetts; originally printed in 1840 by Kidder and Wright, Boston, Massachusetts), Hayward, pages 181-190. Hereinafter cited as History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater.
[S474] Nahum Mitchell, History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater, Conant, pages 139-143.
[S451] Early Massachusetts Vital Records to the Year 1850 - NEHGS, online at www.newenglandancestors.org. Hereinafter cited as Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 - NEHGS.
[S836] New England Historic Genealogical Society, compiler, downloaded from Google Books, Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts to the Year 1850. In two Volumes: Volume I. Births and Volume II. Marriages and Deaths. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1916), Marriages, Volume II, page 168. Hereinafter cited as Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts to 1850.
Elizabeth Conant1
b. 25 December 1727
Elizabeth Conant|b. 25 Dec 1727|p26.htm#i9071|Nathaniel Conant|b. 3 Jan 1679\nd. 8 Sep 1745|p26.htm#i9072|Elizabeth Hains||p38.htm#i9129|Nathaniel Conant|d. 22 Aug 1732|p26.htm#i9117|Hannah Unknown||p100.htm#i9118|||||||
She died sometime between the birth of her daughter Naomi on 6 Apr 1754 and her husband's second marriage on 21 Oct 1756. Elizabeth would have been only in her middle 20s when she died.2,6,7
[S610] Charles Henry Pope and Thomas Hooper, compilers, downloaded from Google Books, Hooper Genealogy (Boston, Massachusetts: Charles H. Pope, 1908), Part I, The Reading Family, compiled by Thomas Hooper of Boston, Third Generation, pages 10-19, the date stated as 20 Oct 1766. Hereinafter cited as Hooper Genealogy.
[S474] Nahum Mitchell, History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, including an extensive Family Register (Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, Inc., original publication date was 1840; reprinted for the third and fourth times in 1970 and 1975; first reprinted in 1897 by Henry T. Pratt, Bridgewater, Massachusetts; originally printed in 1840 by Kidder and Wright, Boston, Massachusetts), Keith, pages 214-224. Hereinafter cited as History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater.
[S474] Nahum Mitchell, History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater, Conant, pages 139-143.
[S836] New England Historic Genealogical Society, compiler, downloaded from Google Books, Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts to the Year 1850. In two Volumes: Volume I. Births and Volume II. Marriages and Deaths. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1916), Volume I, Births, page 76, the record noted she was the daughter of his second wife Elizabeth, who according to Mitchell's Bridgewater History, was actually his third wife. Hereinafter cited as Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts to 1850.
[S836] New England Historic Genealogical Society, Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts to 1850, Volume II, Marriages, page 210.
[S836] New England Historic Genealogical Society, Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts to 1850, Births, Volume I, page 189, noting she was the daughter of Daniel and Elizabeth.
[S836] New England Historic Genealogical Society, Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts to 1850, Marriages, Volume II, page 210.
Hannah Conant1
b. 25 January 1683
Hannah Conant|b. 25 Jan 1683|p26.htm#i9122|Nathaniel Conant|d. 22 Aug 1732|p26.htm#i9117|Hannah Unknown||p100.htm#i9118|||||||||||||
[S474] Nahum Mitchell, History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, including an extensive Family Register (Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, Inc., original publication date was 1840; reprinted for the third and fourth times in 1970 and 1975; first reprinted in 1897 by Henry T. Pratt, Bridgewater, Massachusetts; originally printed in 1840 by Kidder and Wright, Boston, Massachusetts), Conant, pages 139-143. Hereinafter cited as History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater.
[S451] Early Massachusetts Vital Records to the Year 1850 - NEHGS, online at www.newenglandancestors.org. Hereinafter cited as Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 - NEHGS.
John Conant1
b. 20 April 1725
John Conant|b. 20 Apr 1725|p26.htm#i6363|Nathaniel Conant|b. 3 Jan 1679\nd. 8 Sep 1745|p26.htm#i9072|Elizabeth Hains||p38.htm#i9129|Nathaniel Conant|d. 22 Aug 1732|p26.htm#i9117|Hannah Unknown||p100.htm#i9118|||||||
[S471] Anna Chesebrough Wildey, Genealogy of the Descendants of William Chesebrough of Boston, Rehoboth, Massachusetts (New York, New York: Press of T.A. Wright, 1903), Part I, Descendants of Samuel, pages 18-301. Hereinafter cited as Descendants of William Chesebrough of Boston, Rehoboth, Massachusetts.
[S474] Nahum Mitchell, History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, including an extensive Family Register (Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, Inc., original publication date was 1840; reprinted for the third and fourth times in 1970 and 1975; first reprinted in 1897 by Henry T. Pratt, Bridgewater, Massachusetts; originally printed in 1840 by Kidder and Wright, Boston, Massachusetts), Conant, pages 139-143. Hereinafter cited as History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater.
[S836] New England Historic Genealogical Society, compiler, downloaded from Google Books, Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts to the Year 1850. In two Volumes: Volume I. Births and Volume II. Marriages and Deaths. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1916), Volume I, Births, page 77, the record noted he was the son of his second wife Elizabeth, who according to Mitchell's Bridgewater History, was actually his third wife. Hereinafter cited as Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts to 1850.
[S836] New England Historic Genealogical Society, Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts to 1850, Volume II, Marriages, page 303, her name spelled "Abiel" in the Bridgewater record and "Abigail" in the marriage record for Plymouth County.
Josiah Conant1
b. 26 November 1681
Josiah Conant|b. 26 Nov 1681|p26.htm#i9119|Nathaniel Conant|d. 22 Aug 1732|p26.htm#i9117|Hannah Unknown||p100.htm#i9118|||||||||||||
[S474] Nahum Mitchell, History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, including an extensive Family Register (Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, Inc., original publication date was 1840; reprinted for the third and fourth times in 1970 and 1975; first reprinted in 1897 by Henry T. Pratt, Bridgewater, Massachusetts; originally printed in 1840 by Kidder and Wright, Boston, Massachusetts), Conant, pages 139-143. Hereinafter cited as History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater.
[S451] Early Massachusetts Vital Records to the Year 1850 - NEHGS, online at www.newenglandancestors.org. Hereinafter cited as Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 - NEHGS.
Lot Conant1
b. 20 August 1689
Lot Conant|b. 20 Aug 1689|p26.htm#i9120|Nathaniel Conant|d. 22 Aug 1732|p26.htm#i9117|Hannah Unknown||p100.htm#i9118|||||||||||||
[S474] Nahum Mitchell, History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, including an extensive Family Register (Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, Inc., original publication date was 1840; reprinted for the third and fourth times in 1970 and 1975; first reprinted in 1897 by Henry T. Pratt, Bridgewater, Massachusetts; originally printed in 1840 by Kidder and Wright, Boston, Massachusetts), Conant, pages 139-143. Hereinafter cited as History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater.
[S451] Early Massachusetts Vital Records to the Year 1850 - NEHGS, online at www.newenglandancestors.org. Hereinafter cited as Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 - NEHGS.
[S836] New England Historic Genealogical Society, compiler, downloaded from Google Books, Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts to the Year 1850. In two Volumes: Volume I. Births and Volume II. Marriages and Deaths. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1916), Volume I, Births, page 80, his surname spelled "Conent". Hereinafter cited as Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts to 1850.
Lot Conant1
b. 5 May 1718
Lot Conant|b. 5 May 1718|p26.htm#i9163|Lot Conant|b. 20 Aug 1689|p26.htm#i9120|Hannah Goodspeed||p38.htm#i9132|Nathaniel Conant|d. 22 Aug 1732|p26.htm#i9117|Hannah Unknown||p100.htm#i9118|||||||
[S474] Nahum Mitchell, History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, including an extensive Family Register (Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, Inc., original publication date was 1840; reprinted for the third and fourth times in 1970 and 1975; first reprinted in 1897 by Henry T. Pratt, Bridgewater, Massachusetts; originally printed in 1840 by Kidder and Wright, Boston, Massachusetts), Conant, pages 139-143. Hereinafter cited as History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater.
[S836] New England Historic Genealogical Society, compiler, downloaded from Google Books, Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts to the Year 1850. In two Volumes: Volume I. Births and Volume II. Marriages and Deaths. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1916), Volume I, Births, page 77. Hereinafter cited as Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts to 1850.
[S474] Nahum Mitchell, History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater, Conant, pages 139-143, noted she was from Halifax.
[S836] New England Historic Genealogical Society, Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts to 1850, Volume II, Marriages, page 90, noted her residence as Middleborough.
[S610] Charles Henry Pope and Thomas Hooper, compilers, downloaded from Google Books, Hooper Genealogy (Boston, Massachusetts: Charles H. Pope, 1908), Part I, The Reading Family, compiled by Thomas Hooper of Boston, Fourth Generation, pages 19-32. Hereinafter cited as Hooper Genealogy.
Lydia Conant1
b. 8 November 1692
Lydia Conant|b. 8 Nov 1692|p26.htm#i9124|Nathaniel Conant|d. 22 Aug 1732|p26.htm#i9117|Hannah Unknown||p100.htm#i9118|||||||||||||
[S474] Nahum Mitchell, History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, including an extensive Family Register (Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, Inc., original publication date was 1840; reprinted for the third and fourth times in 1970 and 1975; first reprinted in 1897 by Henry T. Pratt, Bridgewater, Massachusetts; originally printed in 1840 by Kidder and Wright, Boston, Massachusetts), Conant, pages 139-143. Hereinafter cited as History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater.
[S836] New England Historic Genealogical Society, compiler, downloaded from Google Books, Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts to the Year 1850. In two Volumes: Volume I. Births and Volume II. Marriages and Deaths. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1916), Volume I, Births, page 80, her surname spelled "Conent". Hereinafter cited as Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts to 1850.
Martha Conant1
b. 24 February 1686/87
Martha Conant|b. 24 Feb 1686/87|p26.htm#i9123|Nathaniel Conant|d. 22 Aug 1732|p26.htm#i9117|Hannah Unknown||p100.htm#i9118|||||||||||||
[S474] Nahum Mitchell, History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, including an extensive Family Register (Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, Inc., original publication date was 1840; reprinted for the third and fourth times in 1970 and 1975; first reprinted in 1897 by Henry T. Pratt, Bridgewater, Massachusetts; originally printed in 1840 by Kidder and Wright, Boston, Massachusetts), Conant, pages 139-143. Hereinafter cited as History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater.
[S451] Early Massachusetts Vital Records to the Year 1850 - NEHGS, online at www.newenglandancestors.org. Hereinafter cited as Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 - NEHGS.
Mary Conant1,2
b. 4 April 1694
Mary Conant|b. 4 Apr 1694|p26.htm#i9127|William Conant||p26.htm#i8424|Mary Trow||p99.htm#i9115|Nathaniel Conant|d. 22 Aug 1732|p26.htm#i9117|Hannah Unknown||p100.htm#i9118|||||||
[S474] Nahum Mitchell, History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, including an extensive Family Register (Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, Inc., original publication date was 1840; reprinted for the third and fourth times in 1970 and 1975; first reprinted in 1897 by Henry T. Pratt, Bridgewater, Massachusetts; originally printed in 1840 by Kidder and Wright, Boston, Massachusetts), Hayward, pages 181-190. Hereinafter cited as History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater.
[S451] Early Massachusetts Vital Records to the Year 1850 - NEHGS, online at www.newenglandancestors.org. Hereinafter cited as Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 - NEHGS.
[S474] Nahum Mitchell, History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater, Conant, pages 139-143.
Nathaniel Conant1
b. 3 January 1679, d. 8 September 1745
Nathaniel Conant|b. 3 Jan 1679\nd. 8 Sep 1745|p26.htm#i9072|Nathaniel Conant|d. 22 Aug 1732|p26.htm#i9117|Hannah Unknown||p100.htm#i9118|||||||||||||
[S474] Nahum Mitchell, History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, including an extensive Family Register (Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, Inc., original publication date was 1840; reprinted for the third and fourth times in 1970 and 1975; first reprinted in 1897 by Henry T. Pratt, Bridgewater, Massachusetts; originally printed in 1840 by Kidder and Wright, Boston, Massachusetts), Keith, pages 214-224. Hereinafter cited as History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater.
[S474] Nahum Mitchell, History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater, Conant, pages 139-143.
[S451] Early Massachusetts Vital Records to the Year 1850 - NEHGS, online at www.newenglandancestors.org. Hereinafter cited as Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 - NEHGS.
[S836] New England Historic Genealogical Society, compiler, downloaded from Google Books, Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts to the Year 1850. In two Volumes: Volume I. Births and Volume II. Marriages and Deaths. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1916), Volume II, Marriages, page 90. Hereinafter cited as Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts to 1850.
[S836] New England Historic Genealogical Society, Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts to 1850, Volume II, Deaths, page 451, and noted husband of Margaret, husband of Elizabeth.
Nathaniel with his wife Hannah came from Beverly, Essex County, and settled in South Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, before 1690. Nathaniel was a descendant of Roger Conant, who came to New England in 1623 and lived at Plymouth, Nantasket, Cape Ann and afterwards at Salem where he built the first house about 1626. Roger Conant died in Beverly in 1679 in his 89th year.1
Will*
1712
Nathaniel wrote a will dated in 1712 and proved in 1732 naming his children.1
Death*
22 August 1732
He was probably the Nathaniel Conant who died "old" on 22 August 1732 in Bridgewater.2
[S474] Nahum Mitchell, History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, including an extensive Family Register (Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, Inc., original publication date was 1840; reprinted for the third and fourth times in 1970 and 1975; first reprinted in 1897 by Henry T. Pratt, Bridgewater, Massachusetts; originally printed in 1840 by Kidder and Wright, Boston, Massachusetts), Conant, pages 139-143. Hereinafter cited as History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater.
[S836] New England Historic Genealogical Society, compiler, downloaded from Google Books, Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts to the Year 1850. In two Volumes: Volume I. Births and Volume II. Marriages and Deaths. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1916), Volume II, Deaths, page 451. Hereinafter cited as Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts to 1850.
Rebecca Conant1
b. 4 October 1694
Rebecca Conant|b. 4 Oct 1694|p26.htm#i9125|Nathaniel Conant|d. 22 Aug 1732|p26.htm#i9117|Hannah Unknown||p100.htm#i9118|||||||||||||
[S474] Nahum Mitchell, History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, including an extensive Family Register (Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, Inc., original publication date was 1840; reprinted for the third and fourth times in 1970 and 1975; first reprinted in 1897 by Henry T. Pratt, Bridgewater, Massachusetts; originally printed in 1840 by Kidder and Wright, Boston, Massachusetts), Conant, pages 139-143. Hereinafter cited as History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater.
[S836] New England Historic Genealogical Society, compiler, downloaded from Google Books, Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts to the Year 1850. In two Volumes: Volume I. Births and Volume II. Marriages and Deaths. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1916), Volume I, Births, page 80, her surname spelled "Conent". Hereinafter cited as Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts to 1850.
Timothy Conant1
Timothy Conant||p26.htm#i9111|Timothy Conant|b. 21 Nov 1732\nd. b 22 May 1803|p26.htm#i9113|Hannah Blackman|b. 31 Jul 1737\nd. 25 Feb 1825|p11.htm#i9114|Lot Conant|b. 20 Aug 1689|p26.htm#i9120|Hannah Goodspeed||p38.htm#i9132|Thomas Blackman||p11.htm#i9156|Mary Horton||p61.htm#i9157|
[S610] Charles Henry Pope and Thomas Hooper, compilers, downloaded from Google Books, Hooper Genealogy (Boston, Massachusetts: Charles H. Pope, 1908), Part I, The Reading Family, compiled by Thomas Hooper of Boston, Third Generation, pages 10-19. Hereinafter cited as Hooper Genealogy.
[S474] Nahum Mitchell, History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, including an extensive Family Register (Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, Inc., original publication date was 1840; reprinted for the third and fourth times in 1970 and 1975; first reprinted in 1897 by Henry T. Pratt, Bridgewater, Massachusetts; originally printed in 1840 by Kidder and Wright, Boston, Massachusetts), Conant, pages 139-143. Hereinafter cited as History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater.
[S836] New England Historic Genealogical Society, compiler, downloaded from Google Books, Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts to the Year 1850. In two Volumes: Volume I. Births and Volume II. Marriages and Deaths. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1916), Volume II, Marriages, page 309. Hereinafter cited as Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts to 1850.
Timothy Conant1
b. 21 November 1732, d. before 22 May 1803
Timothy Conant|b. 21 Nov 1732\nd. b 22 May 1803|p26.htm#i9113|Lot Conant|b. 20 Aug 1689|p26.htm#i9120|Hannah Goodspeed||p38.htm#i9132|Nathaniel Conant|d. 22 Aug 1732|p26.htm#i9117|Hannah Unknown||p100.htm#i9118|||||||
[S610] Charles Henry Pope and Thomas Hooper, compilers, downloaded from Google Books, Hooper Genealogy (Boston, Massachusetts: Charles H. Pope, 1908), Part I, The Reading Family, compiled by Thomas Hooper of Boston, Third Generation, pages 10-19. Hereinafter cited as Hooper Genealogy.
[S474] Nahum Mitchell, History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, including an extensive Family Register (Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, Inc., original publication date was 1840; reprinted for the third and fourth times in 1970 and 1975; first reprinted in 1897 by Henry T. Pratt, Bridgewater, Massachusetts; originally printed in 1840 by Kidder and Wright, Boston, Massachusetts), Conant, pages 139-143. Hereinafter cited as History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater.
[S836] New England Historic Genealogical Society, compiler, downloaded from Google Books, Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts to the Year 1850. In two Volumes: Volume I. Births and Volume II. Marriages and Deaths. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1916), Volume I, Births, page 79. Hereinafter cited as Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts to 1850.
[S836] New England Historic Genealogical Society, Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts to 1850, Volume II, Marriages, page 92.
[S474] Nahum Mitchell, History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater, Hooper, pages 195-197.
William Conant1
William Conant||p26.htm#i8424|Nathaniel Conant|d. 22 Aug 1732|p26.htm#i9117|Hannah Unknown||p100.htm#i9118|||||||||||||
[S474] Nahum Mitchell, History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, including an extensive Family Register (Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, Inc., original publication date was 1840; reprinted for the third and fourth times in 1970 and 1975; first reprinted in 1897 by Henry T. Pratt, Bridgewater, Massachusetts; originally printed in 1840 by Kidder and Wright, Boston, Massachusetts), Hayward, pages 181-190. Hereinafter cited as History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater.
[S474] Nahum Mitchell, History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater, Conant, pages 139-143.
William Conant1,2
b. 30 January 1695/96
William Conant|b. 30 Jan 1695/96|p26.htm#i9128|William Conant||p26.htm#i8424|Mary Trow||p99.htm#i9115|Nathaniel Conant|d. 22 Aug 1732|p26.htm#i9117|Hannah Unknown||p100.htm#i9118|||||||
[S474] Nahum Mitchell, History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, including an extensive Family Register (Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, Inc., original publication date was 1840; reprinted for the third and fourth times in 1970 and 1975; first reprinted in 1897 by Henry T. Pratt, Bridgewater, Massachusetts; originally printed in 1840 by Kidder and Wright, Boston, Massachusetts), Hayward, pages 181-190. Hereinafter cited as History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater.
[S451] Early Massachusetts Vital Records to the Year 1850 - NEHGS, online at www.newenglandancestors.org. Hereinafter cited as Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 - NEHGS.
[S474] Nahum Mitchell, History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater, Conant, pages 139-143.
Alice Shove Conger
b. 8 July 1870, d. between 1958 and 1959
Alice Shove Conger|b. 8 Jul 1870\nd. bt 1958 - 1959|p26.htm#i63|Crayton Hall Conger|b. 24 Apr 1825\nd. 22 May 1880|p27.htm#i62|Louisa Agnes Shove|b. 24 Jun 1841\nd. c 1943|p91.htm#i61|Uzziah Conger|b. 22 Aug 1789\nd. 13 Mar 1864|p27.htm#i128|Hannah West|b. 31 Dec 1794\nd. 20 May 1880|p106.htm#i129|Samuel Shove|b. 2 Feb 1789\nd. 11 Dec 1874|p91.htm#i55|Elizabeth E. Bolton|b. 30 May 1806\nd. 21 Jan 1864|p13.htm#i47|
Around the time of the Great Chicago Fire, which occurred 8 Oct 1871, baby Alice moved with her parents, Crayton Hall and Louisa (Shove)Conger to a farm near Oneida, Knox County, Illinois. Alice's two letters contradict each other regarding the timing of the family's move. Her "c1935" source said the move was just prior to the fire and her "c1950" notes stated it was shortly after.2,3,4,5
(Daughter) Relocation
12 April 1878
Not long after moving his family to the farm in Oneida, Crayton's health began to fail. Thinking that a change in climate might help, he and Louisa moved his family to New Mexico in 1877. Their daughter, Alice, was 7 years old and wrote that she had only a dim recollection of the long journey. Son Roy was 4, Elizabeth 1, and Hazel was just an infant. Crayton's older son, Arthur, and his family made the trip also. Arthur was 26, his wife Ella was 21, and their young daughter Lucy was 3.
At that time, Trinidad, Colorado was the end of the railroad line and the family made the remainder of the trip to New Mexico on the Santa Fe Trail by stagecoach. It was a tiring and dusty trip, and would have been especially so for the young children. Crayton and his son, Arthur, invested together in the purchase of what was commonly known then as a "Post Traders" store at Fort Union, Mora County, New Mexico. Crayton was appointed as the post trader and they bought the Sutler's store on 12 April 1878.6,3,4
Alice was educated in the field of Dentistry between 1895 and 1898 at Northwestern University, Evanston, Cook County, Illinois, graduating with a degree of D.D.S. "with honors" in 1898 and earning a Demonstratorship which was offered to a few in each class who held the highest grades. She was one of only three women who were the first ever permitted to study dentistry at the Northwestern University Dental School. At the end of her freshman year the Northwestern purchased the American Dental School, acquiring a large building with its equipment and many more students including four more women. With the additional students, upon Alice's graduation, there were 7 women and 180 men. Although the Dean admitted that she was among those entitled to a Demonstratorship, a paid position and considered almost the same as a post graduate course, she was not permitted to return for the years-work in the clinic which a Demonstratorship required because the faculty decided it would not be wise to permit a woman to teach or advise the men. She was, of course, very disappointed at the injustice. At the end of the next year, however, she was pleasantly surprised to receive an "Honorary Diploma" just as she would have earned had she been permitted to serve.3,4
Occupation*
She was a dentist, beginning her practice in Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa. After her graduation from dental school, Alice and GuyHunter moved their family into a large house which was able to accommodate an office and its equipment and also provided living quarters for their family.3,4,1
(Participant) Family Photo
19 January 1903
On 19 Jan 1903 several photos of the extended Heaton family were taken at a family gathering, probably at William and Lucy Heaton's home in Des Moines, Iowa. Multiple shots of primarily the same individuals in different groupings are spread across the country among the Heaton descendants.
Family Photo*
1910
She had a lovely photo taken early in 1910 with her new son Robert HeatonHunter.
Employment*
She was employed by the School District. She was "in charge of dental exams for school children" in Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa.1
[S9] Compiled by Mary Lou Heaton Skinner Ross, transcribed from the original Conger Volumes published by Helen Maxine Cromwell in 1973, "Notes Taken From: The Conger Family of America", compiled on 10 Aug 1982 (Issaquah, Washington 98029). Hereinafter cited as "Conger Family Outline."
[S21] Alice Shove (Conger) Hunter, "(Autobiographical Notes of) Alice Shove Conger-Hunter, c1935", first of two writings obtained, (untitled with the exception of her name, undated and probably written around 1935). Hereinafter cited as "Autobiographical Notes of Alice Shove Conger-Hunter, c1935."
[S22] Alice Shove (Conger) Hunter, "(Autobiographical Notes of) Alice Shove Conger-Hunter, c1950", second of two writings obtained, (undated and probably written around 1950). Hereinafter cited as "Autobiographical Notes of Alice Shove Conger-Hunter, c1950."
[S7] Obituary of Samuel Shove, submitted by his son Josiah Shove, pages 223-225, although some of the lineage information, especially of the early Shoves in America, has proved to be incorrect. (Names mixed up and at least one generation skipped.) Samuel's son Josiah likely wrote parts of the obituary from his memory of stories his father had told him. And, of course, neither of them had any first hand information of anything before Samuel's birth in 1789. From this researcher's point of view, other sources should be considered more reliable -- especially on events and people of the 1600s and 1700s, Necrology of the Rhode Island Society for the Encouragement of Domestic Industry, for the year 1874, Providence, Rhode Island, LHB Notebook - Books, News, & Online, Santa Barbara, California. Hereinafter cited as Shove Necrology - RI Society 1874.
[S258] James Ivey, "'The Best Sutler's Store in America': James E. Barrow and the Formation of Trader's Row at Fort Union, New Mexico, 1867-1891", New Mexico Historical Review volume 70, number 3, pages 299-327 (July 1995): pages 229-327. Hereinafter cited as "Trader's Row (and the Congers) at Fort Union."
[S6] Interview with Grandma Conger, Louisa Shove Conger (1840-1942), by Mary Lou Heaton Skinner Ross, sometime before Grandma Conger's death in 1942. LHB Notebook - E-Mails and Letters (Santa Barbara, California).
Alta Helen Conger1,2
b. 31 August 1874
Alta Helen Conger|b. 31 Aug 1874|p26.htm#i181|Frank DeLyle Conger|b. 16 Nov 1848|p27.htm#i177|Eliza Riford|b. 18 Jun 1850|p88.htm#i178|Lorentus E. Conger|b. 27 Jul 1814\nd. 13 May 1873|p27.htm#i130|Mary W. Hurd|b. 12 Jan 1816\nd. 17 May 1888|p63.htm#i149|||||||
[S9] Compiled by Mary Lou Heaton Skinner Ross, transcribed from the original Conger Volumes published by Helen Maxine Cromwell in 1973, "Notes Taken From: The Conger Family of America", compiled on 10 Aug 1982 (Issaquah, Washington 98029). Hereinafter cited as "Conger Family Outline."
[S133] Maxine Crowell Leonard, The Conger Family of America, Volumes I and II (Janesville, Iowa 50647: Larry and Maxine Leonard, 1972), volume I, page 50. Hereinafter cited as Conger Family of America.