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was; but before summer was out, he burnt the house, and the fire was so vehement as it spoiled..."
Unless there were three salters at Plymouth (the other known salter was not sent to Cape Ann), this
account refers to Roger. The more positive accounts of Roger as peacemaker may come from
Hubbard's (also contemporary) General History of New England may be traced to the fact that Conant
and Hubbard were known friends and Roger may have fed him a positively spun version of events. If
true, this helps one understand why someone so prominent in the settlement of Salem would take no
part in the larger affairs of the colony after the 1630s.
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Savage: ROGER, Salem, was one of the earliest sett. of Mass. hav. been in 1623 at Plymouth, next
at Nantasket, thence rem. to Cape Ann, there resid. betw. one and two yrs. and rem. to Naumkeag, a.
1627. He was s. of Richard and Agnes, br. it is said of Dr. John of the gr. Assemb. of Divines at
Westminster, tho. ano. acco. makes his f. William, b. in the hundred of E. Budleigh, bapt. at the parish
ch. of the same, in Devon, 9 Apr. 1593; appoint. 1625, gov., agent, or superintend. for the Dorchester
project. of the planta. as Endicott, wh. supersed. him, was, 1629, for the Gov. and Comp. of Mass. bef.
the com. of Winthrop the first chart. Gov. in the country. [Felt, I. 106. Hubbard, 109, 10.] Gibbs says his
gr.f. John was of French, i. e. Norman, extract. his ancest. for many generat. hav. been at Gittisham,
betw. Honiton and Ottery St. Mary's. He req. to be freem. 19 Oct. 1630, was adm. 18 May foll. was rep.
at the first gen. Ct. of Mass. 1634, d. 19 Nov. 1679, in 87th yr. at Beverly (wh. he earnestly desir. to be
name Budleigh). Young, Chron. 24, gives him four s. I think he had five; but even the assiduous
fondness of Felt, in a Mem. of gr. dilig. filling fourteen pages of Geneal. Reg. II. has not furnish.
complete fam. acco. His abstr. of the will, made 1 Mar. 1678, refers to s. Exercise and childr.; s. Lot's
ten ch.; gr.ch. John, s. of Roger; gr.ch. Joshua C. whose f. may have been John, or Roger; [[vol. 1, p.
441]] ds. Elizabeth C. prob. never m.; Mary, wh. had been wid. in 1662, of the sec. John Batch, now w.
of the sec. William Dodge, and her five ch.; Sarah, and her ch. John and four ds.; a gr.ch. Rebecca C.
whose f. may have been either of the s. John, or Roger; beside cous. Mary, w. of Hilliard Verin, but
whose d. is unkn.; Adoniram Veren, and his sis. Hannah, with her two ch. and three ds. of his cous.
James Mason, dec. and it is equally unkn. wh. she was. Of Exercise, perhaps the third s. b. at Cape
Ann, a. 1636, bapt. 24 Dec. 1637; Joshua; and Lot, above, is all that is kn. to me; John was of Beverly
ch. 1671, prob. d. bef. his f.; Roger, the first b. ch. at Salem is spok. of next. His w. was Sarah, but
neither h. nor w. unit. early with the ch.
More About ROGER CONANT:
Died 2: November 19, 1679, Beverly, Essex, Mass, USA [alternate place of death] 5
Baptism: April 09, 1592, East Budleigh, Devonshire, England 6
Comment 1: Died in his 88th year
Comment 2: Built the first house in Salem, Mass
Comment 3: Parents were Richard and Agnes (Clarke) Conant; Richard was church warden in E.
Burleigh
Immigration: July 1623, Arrived on the Ann at Plymouth
Occupation 1: Bet. 1625 - 1626, Governor of the Colony at Cape Ann
Occupation 2: Bet. 1619 - 1620, Salter
Probate: September 25, 1679
Residence 1: Bet. 1619 - 1620, St. Lawrence Parish, Jewry, London, England
Residence 2: 1623, Plymouth, Plymouth, Mass, USA
Residence 3: Abt. 1624, Hull, Norfolk, Mass, USA
Residence 4: Abt. 1624, Nantasket, Essex, Mass, USA
Residence 5: 1625, Gloucester [Cape Ann], Essex, Mass, USA
Residence 6: 1626, Salem [Naumkeog], Essex, Mass, USA
Will: March 01, 1676/77
Notes for SARAH HORTON:
NOTES from Amelia Morrow
Sarah was from a family heavily connected to Puritan circles in England. Her father's first wife was a
Culverwell, a family which participated actively in Puritan affairs, the family remained in the parish, and
Register Report of ROGER Conant: 70