Sullivan Conant

1801 - 1886  (84 years)

• Name	Sullivan Conant  [1]
  Birth	26 Feb 1801	Oakham, Worcester, Massachusetts   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Alternate birth	26 Feb 1804	Oakham, Worcester, Massachusetts   [3]
  Death	10 Jan 1886	Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois   [2]
  Burial	Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois   [2]
  Person ID	I38296	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
  Last Modified	20 Sep 2022

  
  

  Father	Luther Conant,   b. 7 Jan 1758, Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts d. 13 May 1830 (Age 72 years)
  Mother	Susanna Allen,   b. 2 May 1767, Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts d. 15 Aug 1840, Oakham, Worcester, Massachusetts (Age 73 years)
  Marriage	Aft 14 May 1787	Oakham, Worcester, Massachusetts   [4, 5, 6]
  Notes	Date of intention.
  Family ID	F22497	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Lydia Rice Hemenway,   b. 14 Nov 1803, Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts d. 31 May 1867, Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois (Age 63 years)
  Marriage	10 Sep 1822	Shutesbury, Franklin, Massachusetts   [3]
  Children	+ 1. Adeline Abigail Conant,   b. 5 Jul 1823, Shutesbury, Franklin, Massachusetts d. 9 Apr 1916, Benton Harbor, Berrien, Michigan (Age 92 years)
  Family ID	F22496	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 Sep 2022

  
  

• Notes

  "After his marriage he settled in Shutesbury, where he remained about three years, then lived in Amherst one year, and returned to Shutesbury. In the fall of 1830 he moved West with his family. They went to Troy, N. Y., by wagon, thence to Rochester by canal, thence by wagon to Olean Point where they took a raft and floated down the river to Pittsburg. They went from Pittsburg to Chester, Ill., by steamboat, and thence to Springfield, Ill., where he arrived Feb. 18, 1831, and there settled. This was the winter of the 'deep snow,' and when Mr. Conant arrived at Springfield the snow was four feet deep." [A History of the Conant Family in England and America,citation details below.]

  
  

• Sources

  [S6645] Illinois State Register, 10 Apr 1916, p. 5. [S6637] Find a Grave page for Sullivan Conant. [S6594] A History of the Conant Family in England and America by Frederick Odell Conant. Portland, Maine, 1887. [S6594] A History of the Conant Family in England and America by Frederick Odell Conant. Portland, Maine, 1887., says 4 May 1787. [S140] Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850, online database at americanancestors.org. [S6609] Find a Grave page for Susanna Allen Conant., year only.