Joseph Conant

  • Born March 31, 1781 in Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. (The Conant Genealogy and the History of New Ipswich report this information. The town records of Concord state that the Joseph Conant born on this date was the son of "Abel Conant and Catharine his wife.")
  • Parents were ZEBULON CONANT and MARY WRIGHT.
  • Married PATIENCE SAWYER. Patience was born May 10, 1782; and died May 20, 1845.
  • Married NANCY PUFFER.
  • Died June 26, 1859.





CHILDREN WITH PATIENCE SAWYER

  1. JOSEPH LYSANDER CONANT, born June 11, 1807 in Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts.
  2. PETER HORACE CONANT, born May 24, 1809 in Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Married MARY ANN BOWERS on February 9, 1832 in Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts.
  3. NESTOR WRIGHT CONANT, born January 4, 1811 in Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Married MARIA HOUGHTON WHITNEY in 1844 in Madison, Jefferson County, Indiana.
  4. JOSHUA SAWYER CONANT, born January 23, 1813 in Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died February 29, 1813.
  5. ANDREW PEARSON CONANT, born April 21, 1816 in Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Married SUSAN RICHARDSON on April 15, 1845 in Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts.
  6. ELIZABETH WHITCOMB CONANT, born March 26, 1818 in Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Married WILLIAM NICHOLS on December 15, 1842 in Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts.
  7. CHARLES CONANT, born December 17, 1820 in Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Married MARY P. MORSE November 9, 1843 in Lunenburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts.
  8. MARY CONANT, born December 30, 1825 in Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts.

SOURCES:

• The history of New Ipswich, New Hampshire, by Charles H. Chandler, Sentinel Print. Co., Fitchburg MA, 1914. Page 332

• A history and genealogy of the Conant family in England and America, by Frederick Odell Conant, Harris & Williams, Portland ME, 1887. Page 446