Tuesday, July 12, 2011

ELIZABETH WALTON (CONANT) 1629-1674

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ELIZABETH WALTON
Lot Conant married Elizabeth, daughter of Rev. William Walton, who took his degrees at Emanuel College, Cambridge, in 1621 and 1625, and was settled over the parish of Seaton, Devonshire, where his daughter was baptized 27 Oct 1629. William Walton was from Essex county, England, and is thought to have been at Hingham, Mass., as early as 1635. He was made a freeman 3 March 1636; settled at Marblehead as early as 1639, and was pastor there until his death in 1668. Josiah Walton, son of Rev. William, died leaving a will dated 23 June 1673, by which his estate was divided among his brothers, Nathaniel and Samuel, and his sisters, Martha Munjoy, Elizabeth Conant and Mary Bartlett. (Essex County Probate Records.)Elizabeth, widow of Lot Conant, married 10 Jan 1681-2, as his third wife, Andrew, son of Robert and Elizabeth Mansfield, of Lynn. He was b. 1623; made his will 1 June, 1679, which was proved 25 Nov 1683.
JanelleL62added this on 18 Mar 2007
A History and Genealogy of the Conant Family in England and America; Conant, Frederick Odell, M. A.; Privately Printed, Portland, Maine, 1887; p.181.
found on ancestry.com

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