Roger Conant

1592 - 1679  (87 years)

• Name	Roger Conant
  Born	1592	England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	9 Apr 1593	Hundred of East Budleigh, England   [1]
  Will	1 Mar 1678  [1]
  Died	19 Nov 1679	Salem, Essex County, MA   [1]
  Person ID	I134975	Day Family Tree
  Last Modified	13 Jun 2014

  
  

  Family	Sarah Horton
  Children	+ 1. Lot Conant,   b. 1624,   d. 29 Sep 1674, Marblehead, Essex County, MA  (Age 50 years) + 2. Exercise Conant,   b. 1637, Salem, Essex County, MA ,   d. 28 Apr 1722, Windham, Essex County, MA  (Age 85 years) + 3. Joshua Conant,   d. 1659, Salem, Essex County, MA + 4. Mary Conant,   b. 1631,   d. 1688  (Age 57 years)
  Family ID	F47368	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1592 - England Died - 19 Nov 1679 - Salem, Essex County, MA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Roger was one of the earliest settlers of Massachusetts, having been in 1623 at Plymouth, next at Nantasket, thence removed to Cape Ann, there resided between one and two years, and then removed to Naumkeag about 1627. He was son of Richard Conant and Agnes. He was appointed in 1625 Governor, agent or Superintendent for the Dorchester project of the plantation as Endicott, who superseded him, was in 1629. [1]

  
  

• Sources

  [S30] Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England.