Roger Conant 1592-1679 - History Page - Lyndon Estate

Roger Conant

Born 1592, baptised 9th April 1592, married 11 November 1618, Sarah Horton at St. Annes, Blackfriars, London. Emigrated to Plymouth, Massachusetts, 1623. Ancestor of the Conant family in America. Will recorded in probate records of Essex County. Statue outside the Witches Museum, Salem, Massachusetts. Died 19th November 1679, aged 87.

In the mid 1950s The Daily Times Gazette from Oshawa and Whitby, Canada, re-printed “The History of Oshawa” by M McIntyre Hood, who was the author of several books about Oshhaw. The following text was scanned from this re-print. View more...
In 1905 the Conants of America proposed that a statue be made of Roger Conant. This was dedicated on June 17, 1913 and is still standing in Salem, Massachusetts. A subscription was raised to cover the costs and in the library at Lyndon Hall there is information about the scheme. There is an engraving of Roger Conant meeting Sir Walter Raleigh included in the information. (Conant family tradition says that as a boy young Roger met Sir Walter Raleigh.) View more...
Pedigree of the Conant Family, Compiled by Frederick Odell Conant, of Portland, Maine, 1884. This heading is taken from a printed family tree produced in 1884. This 100" by 40" sheet is on the sort of paper used by draughtsmen or architects. The copy at Lyndon Hall is kept in the cardboard cylinder in which it was posted to Edward N Conant in the 1880's) View more...
On the patio in front of the Church Hall in East Budleigh, is a huge granite millstone. It is called the Conant Stone in memory of Roger Conant, the miller's son who sailed to North America in 1623 and founded the city of Salem, Massachusetts. View more...