Elizabeth [--?--] Leach

F, b. 1585, d. 1674
     Elizabeth [--?--] Leach was born in 1585 in Gravesend, Kent, England.1 She married Lawrence Leach in 1605 at Ash, Somersetshire, England.2

Elizabeth died in 1674 in Beverly, Essex Co., Massachusetts.3

Family

Lawrence Leach b. 1579, d. 24 Jun 1662
Children

Citations

  1. [S592] LDS Ancestral File, AFN:4HS9-S1, Elizabeth Mrs. Leach.
  2. [S592] LDS Ancestral File, AFN:4HS9-RT, Lawrence Leach. Great Migrations, v.1, p.1162, says married by 1636 and by 1615 if Elizabeth is mother of all his children.
  3. [S592] LDS Ancestral File, AFN:4HS9-S1, Elizabeth Mrs Leach.

John Leach

M, b. before 1581, d. 1658
FatherJohn Leach b. 1550
     John Leach was born before 1581 in Gravesend, Kent, England.1

John died in 1658.1

Citations

  1. [S592] LDS Ancestral File, AFN:21HH-0TW, John Leach.

Roger Conant1

M, b. before 9 April 1592, d. 19 November 1679
FatherRichard Conant2 d. b 22 Sep 1630
     Roger Conant was born before 9 April 1592 at East Budleigh, Devonshire, England. He was the youngest of 8 children of Richard and Agnes (Clarke) Conant.3

On 20 January 1619, Roger and his brother Christopher acted as sureties when John Conant compounded for the First Fruits of the Rectory of Lymington. He was identified as a salter (deler in salt) from the parish of St. Lawrence, Jewry, London.4

Roger probably arrived in Plymouth circa July 1623 on the ship Anne, together with his brother, Christopher, his wife Sarah and son Caleb. In a petition to the General Court, dated 28 May 1671, he says that he has been "a planter in New England forty-eight years and upwards," placing his arrival early in 1623. In the allotment of land to the passengers of the Anne, ten acres were allotted to "Mr. Ouldom & those joyned with him." This group probably included Roger and his family.5

Roger was mentioned in the will of his father, Richard Conant, in which his daughter, Sarah, was named as an heir 20 November 1629 East Budleigh, Devon, England; Richard Conant, of East Budleigh in the countie of Devon, yeoman, left a will dated 20 November 1629 and proved on 13 October 1631. The will makes specific bequests to his grandson Richard Conant, sonne of Richard Conant; to his sons John and Richard Conant; to his granddaughter Sarah Conant, daughter of his son Roger Conant; to his granddaughters Jane and Susan Knowles, daughters of his daughter Jane/Wooton; and to his daughter Jane and her husband Phillipe Wotton. Jane Wotton was made executrix and John Conant was made overseer of the will.6 He died on 19 November 1679 at Beverly, Essex Co., Massachusetts.7

Family

Children

Citations

  1. [S595] Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins, Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633, Vol. I, p.454.
  2. [S1177] Frederick Odell Conant, History and Genealogy of the Conant Family in England and America, 1520-1887, p.53. Richard's will mentions Sarah Conant, daughter of my son Roger Conant.
  3. [S595] Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins, Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633, Vol. I, p.453. Was baptized on this date. Original source was Frederick Odell Conant, A History... of the Conant Family (Portland, Maine, 1887).
  4. [S1177] Frederick Odell Conant, History and Genealogy of the Conant Family in England and America, 1520-1887, p.41. Original record taken from Exchequer of Accounts, First Fruits, Liber Composition, Jan 18, 1618 to Dec 31, 1623, folio 38.
  5. [S1177] Frederick Odell Conant, History and Genealogy of the Conant Family in England and America, 1520-1887, p.100.
  6. [S1177] Frederick Odell Conant, History and Genealogy of the Conant Family in England and America, 1520-1887, p.52-54. Complete text of will and inventory of estate, which are preserved in the Archdeaconry Court of Exeter, is given.
  7. [S595] Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins, Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633, Vol. I, p.453.
  8. [S1177] Frederick Odell Conant, History and Genealogy of the Conant Family in England and America, 1520-1887, p.22. Original record from Parochial Registers of St. Lawrence, Jewry, London.
  9. [S1177] Frederick Odell Conant, History and Genealogy of the Conant Family in England and America, 1520-1887, p.22.

John Knowlton

M, b. 1610, d. between 8 October 1654 and 1655
FatherCapt. William Knowlton b. 1584, d. c 1639
MotherAnn Elizabeth Smith b. ??? 1586, d. 8 Oct 1675
     John was a shoemaker, residing in Ipswich. He became a citizen there in 1639 and a freeman 9 June 1641. He appears to have accumulated considerable property by the time of his death. John was born in 1610 at in England.1 John married Marjery Wilson ??? 1631 at in England .2 He died between 8 October 1654 and 1655 at Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts.3

Family

Marjery Wilson b. ??? 1612, d. c 1656
Children

Citations

  1. [S597] Rev. Charles Henry Wright Stocking, History & Genealogy of Knowltons of England and America (as corrected by Errata and Addenda by George Henry Knowlton, 1903), Part 1, p.4 & 20.
  2. [S333] Assumption:, Date of marriage guessed from birthdates of children.
  3. [S597] Rev. Charles Henry Wright Stocking, History & Genealogy of Knowltons of England and America (as corrected by Errata and Addenda by George Henry Knowlton, 1903), Part 1, p.21.