Re: Lot Contant / Eliz. Walton
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Lot Contant / Eliz. Walton
Paula Zoccoli 9/24/01
Just found a tiny notation I had on Lot/Eliz Walton child named Elizabeth bornabt 1651 who presumably died at birth or didn't live long.People in those days often named another child the same name as a deceased one. My information is not documented.It is all from the internet.When I get what I think is all of the information I can find I will start getting actual documentation.
You might be interested that the Conants who came from England,(John, John, Richard, Roger) came from the Budleigh-Salterton and Gittisham area on the coast in Devonshire County.Their ancestors were French Hougenot refugees who settled in England.There is an estate in Rutland County called Lyndon Estate that is now occupied by Conants who are supposed to be in our same line, although I haven't made the connection yet.There is an interesting website
www.lyndon-estate.co.uk you might like to browse. Roger and his brother Christopher were in London for awhile and Christopher was married there to Sicily Croxon in 1619 and she died the next year and he married Anne Wilton.
There is a John Conant, son of Robert & Elizabeth who was born at Yettington in the parish of Bicton, Devonshire on 18 Oct, 1608 who was a rector of Exeter College, Oxford and was very much admired for his intellect. If you have access to a Dictionary of National Biographies Volume IV, earliest times to 1900 by Oxford University Press there is several pages on him. I don't have capabilities of scanning on my computer but I would be glad to mail you copies of it if you don't have a geneological library where you can find it.
I have undocumented:
John Conant b. 1480 Gittisham Devonshire
m. Marie??
1. Nicholas b abt 1518
2. John b. Jan 1520
3. Matthew b abt 1522
4. Henry
all children born in Gittisham
No information on John b. 1520 that looks accurate.
But apparently he was father of Richard b. 1548 who married Agnes Clark on 4 Feb 1578 and he died 22 Sep 1630 all in E. Budleigh, Devonshire. Richard and Agnes had Joan, Rev. John,Richard Jr.,Robert m. Eliz Morris (parents of rector of Exeter College), Jane, John, Thomas, Christopher and finally Roger, founder of Salem Ma.
Let me know if I can be of further help.I do have dates on Richards children if you need them although I got them on one of the internet sites.Family Search is the Mormon site which seems to be documented.
Regards,
Cheryl
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Re: Lot Contant / Eliz. Walton
Kathleen Conat 2/09/02