1592 - 1679 (87 years)| 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  [1, 3, 4, 7, 8] |
| Baptism | 9 Apr 1592 | East Budleigh, Devon, England |
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| Gender | Male | |
| Immigration | 1623 | USA [6, 8] |
| Roger Conant and Son Caleb; Daughter Sarah; Wife Sarah Horton; Child Lot; Daughter Sarah Departed England aboard the "Anne"/Colonial New England | ||
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Ship-Anne The Anne and the Little James left London, England with her Master, William Peirce, and arrived in Plymouth June or July of 1623, carrying many family members left behind from the Mayflower and The Fortune. Alphabetical roll: Annable, Anthony From Cambridge, bound for Plymouth. Ref: All Mss. Par. Reg. 36 pg 12 Settled in Scituate Annable,… |
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| Occupation | Salter | |
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Arms-Crest of Salters Guild This is the symbol for the English Guild of Salters. Salters were an organization of skilled professionals that produced and traded chemicals used in the preservation of food. One had to apprentice for 7 years before being accepted into a guild. |
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| Religion | Puritan | |
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Statue of a Puritan Roger Conant Statue |
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| Residence | Massachusetts, USA [5] |
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| Residence | 1631 | Massachusetts, USA [2, 8] |
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Historical Marker-Conant House CONANT HOUSE - Roger Conant was a prudent and religious man who led the old planters from Gloucester to Salem in 1626, and held them together until the Bay Colony was founded. This house was built on land given by him to his son Exercise Conant in 1666. + https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=47357 |
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| Death | 19 Nov 1679 | Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts, USA [3, 7, 8] |
| Burial | Burying Point Cemetery, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA [3] |
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Memorial-CONANT Roger Roger Conant - FIRST SETTLER OF SALEM 1626 ~ I was a means, through Grace assisting me, to stop the flight of those few that then were here with me, and by my utter denial to go away with them, who would have gone either for England, or mostly for Virginia |
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(Also known as Charter Street Cemetery, Salem Burying Point) Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Find a Grave: #1835987 |
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| Person ID | I25191 | A Tree Called Smith |
| Last Modified | 21 Jul 2025 | |
| Father | Richard Conant, b. 16 May 1548, East Budleigh, Devon, England d. 21 Sep 1630, East Budleigh, Devon, England (Age 82 years) | |
| Relationship | natural | |
| Mother | Agnes Clarke, b. 16 May 1548, Colyton, Devon, England d. 22 Sep 1630, East Budleigh, Devon, England (Age 82 years) | |
| Relationship | natural | |
| Marriage | 4 Feb 1578 | Colyton, Devon, England |
| Family ID | F10665 | Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family | Sarah Horton, b. 19 Sep 1600, Budleigh Salterton, Devon, England d. 30 Oct 1620, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts, USA (Age 20 years) | |||||
| Marriage | 11 Nov 1618 | London, England [1] |
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| Family ID | F10535 | Group Sheet | Family Chart | ||||
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| Ancestors | | ~d CONANT Roger Roger Conant Statue |
| Arms Icons & Insignia |  | Arms-CONANT Conant Coat of Arms |
| Arms-Crest of Salters Guild This is the symbol for the English Guild of Salters. Salters were an organization of skilled professionals that produced and traded chemicals used in the preservation of food. One had to apprentice for 7 years before being accepted into a guild. |
| Burials | | Memorial-CONANT Roger Roger Conant - FIRST SETTLER OF SALEM 1626 ~ I was a means, through Grace assisting me, to stop the flight of those few that then were here with me, and by my utter denial to go away with them, who would have gone either for England, or mostly for Virginia |
| Places | | Historical Marker-Conant House CONANT HOUSE - Roger Conant was a prudent and religious man who led the old planters from Gloucester to Salem in 1626, and held them together until the Bay Colony was founded. This house was built on land given by him to his son Exercise Conant in 1666. + https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=47357 |
| Ship-Anne The Anne and the Little James left London, England with her Master, William Peirce, and arrived in Plymouth June or July of 1623, carrying many family members left behind from the Mayflower and The Fortune. Alphabetical roll: Annable, Anthony From Cambridge, bound for Plymouth. Ref: All Mss. Par. Reg. 36 pg 12 Settled in Scituate Annable,… | |
| Statue of a Puritan Roger Conant Statue | |
 | Statue of Roger Conant In 1913, the Conant Family Association approved an heroic bronze statue of Roger Conant in a dramatic, cloaked pose which stands today facing the Salem Common | |
 | Town-East Budleigh The parish of East Budleigh gives its name to the Hundred. It is situated on the west side of the river Otter, about two miles from its mouth, and about fourteen miles south-east of Exeter. The manor belonged to Otterton priory, and in the year 1260 was valued at £13 13sh. 6d.; its mill alone then rented for £1 14sh. 4d. In 1337 the lordship was… |
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