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Salem's Founder and 1st Governor of Massachusetts Roger Conant

Salem's Founder and 1st Governor of Massachusetts Roger Conant

Male 1592 - 1679  (87 years)

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  • Name Roger Conant  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8] 
    Title Salem's Founder and 1st Governor of Massachusetts 
    Birth 9 Apr 1592  East Budleigh, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 4, 7, 8] 
    Baptism 9 Apr 1592  East Budleigh, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • All Saints Church
    Churchyard-Church of All Saints (England)    		 Churchyard-Church of All Saints (England)
    Gender Male 
    Immigration 1623  USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 8] 
    Roger Conant and Son Caleb; Daughter Sarah; Wife Sarah Horton; Child Lot; Daughter Sarah Departed England aboard the "Anne"/Colonial New England 
    Ship Anne    		 Ship Anne
    Name Christopher 
    Occupation Salter 
    Crest-Salters    		 Crest-Salters
    Religion Puritan 
    Statue-Puritan    		 Statue-Puritan
    Residence Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Massachusetts Freeman Application 
    Residence 1631  Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 8] 
    Colonial Massachusetts 
    Historical Marker - Conant House    		 Historical Marker - Conant House
    Death 19 Nov 1679  Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 7, 8] 
    Burial Burying Point Cemetery, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    • (his suspected burial place, but it has never been determined with certainty)
    Cemetery-Burying Point (Salem MA)    		 Cemetery-Burying Point (Salem MA)
    Marker-CONANT Roger    		 Marker-CONANT Roger
    Person ID I25521  A Tree Called Smith
    Last Modified 2 Mar 2023 

    Father Richard Conant,   b. 16 May 1548, East Budleigh, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Sep 1630, East Budleigh, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Agnes Clarke,   b. 16 May 1548, Colyton, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Sep 1630, East Budleigh, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 4 Feb 1578  Colyton, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F10617  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Sarah Horton,   b. 19 Sep 1600, Budleigh Salterton, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Oct 1620, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 20 years) 
    Marriage 11 Nov 1618  London, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Children 
     1. Lt Exercise Conant,   b. 24 Dec 1637, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Apr 1722, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years)  [natural]
     2. Sarah Connant,   b. 1601, Norwich, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Apr 1666, Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years)  [natural]
    Family ID F10443  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Mar 2023 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 9 Apr 1592 - East Budleigh, Devon, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBaptism - 9 Apr 1592 - East Budleigh, Devon, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 11 Nov 1618 - London, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Massachusetts Freeman Application - - Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Colonial Massachusetts - 1631 - Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 19 Nov 1679 - Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • Places
    Historical Marker - Conant House    		Historical Marker - Conant House

  • Sources 
    1. [S110] Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;), Source number: ; Source type: ; Number of Pages: ; Submitter Code: .

    2. [S2113] Ancestry.com, Massachusetts, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1790-1890, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 1999;).
      Residence date: 1631 Residence place: Massachusetts Colony, MA

    3. [S1682] Ancestry.com, Web: Massachusetts, Find A Grave Index, 1620-2013, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).

    4. [S535] Godfrey Memorial Library, comp., American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI), (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 1999;).
      Birth date: 1592 Birth place: Eng, Massachusetts, salter, judge, selectman, first gov.Massachusetts., orig.member first church, Salem and Beverly

    5. [S2123] Ancestry.com, Massachusetts Applications of Freemen, 1630-91, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2000;).
      Residence date: Residence place: Massachusetts

    6. [S567] Ancestry.com, U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Place: New England; Year: 1623; Page Number: .
      Arrival date: 1623 Arrival place: New England

    7. [S425] Ancestry.com, U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;).
      U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970      		 U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970


    8. [S4] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Database online.
      Record for Roger Conant

    9. [S2674] Find a Grave: Roger Conant, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSvcid=364390&GRid=5725134&.
      Roger Conant founded Salem, Massachusetts in 1626. On June 17,1913 a statue was built and dedicated to him and is still standing in Salem today. Conant built the first Salem house on what today is Essex Street. Son of Richard Conant and Agnes Clark(e) Conant Christianed 09 Apr 1591 in East Budleigh, Devonshire, England Husband of (1) unknown and (2) Sarah Horton, married 11 Nov 1618 at St. Ann, Blackfriars, London, England Father of Sarah (died young), Caleb, Lott, Sarah, Joanna, Roger, Joshua, Mary, Elizabeth and Exercise (a son) Sailed 1623 on ship "Ann" from England to Plymouth, Massachusetts His suspected burial place is Burying Point Cemetery, Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts, but it has never been determined with certainty. Find A Grave Memorial# 5725134
      http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSvcid=364390&GRid=5725134&


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