Hon. Shubael CONANT, Esq.

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• Fact: Son of Josiah Conant and Joanna Dimmick; Grandson of Exercise Conant, and great-grandson of Roger Conant, the predecessor of John Endicott in the government of the plantation which was the forerunner of the Massachusetts Bay Company

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He studied theology, and was licensed to preach by the Windham County Association, May 21, 1734. The next year he was married to Eunice, the eldest daughter of the Rev. Eleazer Williams (Harv. 1708), and began his career as a lawyer in Mansfield. His clerical education was, however, still remembers, and in 1743 he was invited to become successor of his father-in-law in the Mansfield pulpit but declined. Meantime, in 1739, he had been appointed a Lieutenant-Colonel of Militia, and in 1741 had represented the town in the General Assembly, --an office which he filled in thirty sessions between this date and 1760, being also Speaker of the House at twenty-one sessions, from 1753. In 1760 he was advanced to the Upper House, and held that position till his death; being also from 1766 Judge of the County Court and of the Probate Court for Windham District. He was for several years a deacon in the church in Mansfield, and probably no one of his generation exercised a wider or more healthful influence in the town and county than he.

Shubael married Eunice WILLIAMS in 1735. Eunice was born about 1711; died on 10 Sep 1736. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Shubael married Ruth CONANT on 20 Apr 1738. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Sarah AVERY. Sarah was born in 1718 in Tolland, Tolland County, Connecticut; died on 17 Nov 1778; was buried in Bolton Center Cemetery, Bolton, Tolland Co., Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]