Exercise Conant was baptized in Salem on December 24, 1637 and died on April 28, 1722. He married Sarah Andrews by 1668 and had six children. He was buried in Olde Mansfield Center Cemetery, Mansfield, CT.[6] ==notes== From [http://books.google.com/books?id=r4FQAAAAYAAJ&lpg=PA141&ots=QkN9DmowAP&dq=exercise%20conant%20boston&pg=PA141#v=onepage&q&f=false "The Conant Family in America"] >"At about this time he moved to Boston, Mass., for the following records are found in the Records of the Selectmen … : “June 30, 1701, Exercise Conant his Petition for a '''License to Sell all Sorts of Strong drinck''' out of door by Retaile is approved by the Select men” (p. 6). >"… In some way not known, he gained the title of Lieutenant, and was commonly known as Lieut. Exercise Conant."(p 141). _________ I have a small piece of paper noting that Exercise Conant was appointed by the Board of Selectmen of Beverly to be the "Clerk of Writs" in 1690 (Bart Wright). -------------------- (f/g) Exercise Conant * Birth: 1636 Salem Essex County Massachusetts, USA * Death: Apr. 28, 1722 Mansfield Tolland County Connecticut, USA Exercise was the youngest of ten children of Roger Conant, the founder of Salem, where the infamous witch trials took place, and his wife Sarah Horton Conant. He was baptized on Dec. 24, 1637 at the First Church, Salem. His first name was referred to as Experience in a few of the old secondary sources. He married Sarah Andrews on Apr. 28, 1663 in Mansfield, Tolland Co., Connecticut. They had six children: # Sarah about 1668, # Abiah (a daughter) in 1672, # Jane in 1675, # Elizabeth in 1677, # Josiah in 1680 and # Caleb in 1683. All the children were born in Beverly, Essex Co., Massachusetts. Exercise and at least two of his sons moved to Windham, Windham Co., Connecticut. The northern area of this town were set off from Windham in 1703 and united with Tolland Co., forming the town of Mansfield. No doubt the Conant family lived in the northern area of Windham and were affected by this geopolitical re-drawing of boundaries. '''Family links:''' Parents: * Roger Conant (1592 - 1679) * Sarah Horton Conant (1598 - ____) Spouse: # Sarah Andrews Conant (____ - 1718) Children: # Sarah Conant Moulton (____ - 1745)* # Jane Conant Moulton (1675 - ____)* # Josiah Conant (1680 - 1765) Siblings: # Sarah Conant (1619 - 1620)* # Caleb Conant (1622 - 1633)* # Sarah Conant Leach (1623 - ____)* # Lot Conant (1624 - 1674)* # Joanna Conant (1626 - ____)* # Roger Conant (1628 - ____)* # Joshua Conant (1630 - ____)* # Mary Conant Dodge (1631 - 1688)* # Elizabeth Conant (1635 - ____)* Burial: Olde Mansfield Center Cemetery Mansfield Tolland County Connecticut, USA Maintained by: Mary Jo C. Martin Originally Created by: Sara Record added: Sep 26, 2009 [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=42398481&ref=wvr Find A Grave Memorial# 42398481] -tcd -------------------- * Reference: [http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Conant-289 WikiTree Genealogy] - [http://www.geni.com/projects/SmartCopy/18783 SmartCopy]: ''Jan 16 2017, 23:19:44 UTC''