Sarah CONANT^[1]

1737 - 1825  (87 years)

• Name	Sarah CONANT
  Birth	12 Sep 1737	Townsend, Middlesex Co, Province of Massachusetts   [2]
  Gender	Female
  Death	4 May 1825  [3]
  	Sarah died on 4 May 1825. She was 87 years old.
  Burial	Temple, Hillsborough Co, NH   [3]
  	Her body was interred at the Old Burying Ground in Temple, New Hampshire.
  Person ID	I2717	mason
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Father	John CONANT,   b. c.1713   d. 26 Aug 1756 (Age ~ 42 years)
  Mother	Sarah FARRAR,   b. 19 Jan 1714/15, Concord, Middlesex Co, Province of Massachusetts Bay d. 27 Mar 1799, Townsend, Middlesex Co, MA (Age 84 years)
  Marriage	28 Jan 1734/5	Concord, Middlesex Co, Province of Massachusetts Bay   [4]
  	The couple was married in a civil ceremony conducted by Justice Flint on 28 January 1734/5 in Concord, Massachusetts. The Concord Register entry for their marriage notes that John was "of Townshend" and Sarah was of "of Concord".
  Photos		Conant House & Tavern.
  		Conant Tavern sign.
  Family ID	F200	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Major Ephraim HEALD,   b. 29 Sep 1734, Townsend, Middlesex Co, Province of Massachusetts d. 12 Sep 1815 (Age 80 years)
  Marriage	17 Nov 1757	Concord, Middlesex Co, Province of Massachusetts   [5]
  	The couple was married in Concord by Justice Whiting on 17 November 1757. Their marriage record notes that both Sarah and Ephraim were residents of Townsend at the time of their marriage in Concord.
  Children	1. Josiah HEALD,   b. 13 Aug 1758, Townsend, Middlesex Co, Province of Massachusetts d. 18 Oct 1758, Townsend, Middlesex Co, Province of Massachusetts (Age 0 years)   2. Sarah HEALD,   b. 1759   d. 1823 (Age 64 years)   3. Hannah HEALD,   b. 1760/1761, Sliptown, Hillsborough Co, Province of New Hampshire d. 27 Apr 1838 (Age 77 years)   4. Merrill HEALD,   b. 20 Nov 1764, Sliptown, Hillsborough Co, Province of New Hampshire   5. Betsey HEALD,   b. 11 Jan 1767, Sliptown, Hillsborough Co, Province of New Hampshire   6. Eleanor HEALD,   b. 7 Dec 1768   d. 19 Dec 1772, Temple, Hillsborough Co, Province of New Hampshire (Age 4 years)   7. Ephraim HEALD,   b. 11 Sep 1770, Temple, Hillsborough Co, Province of New Hampshire   8. Ruth HEALD,   b. 23 Jul 1772, Temple, Hillsborough Co, Province of New Hampshire d. 17 Jan 1833 (Age 60 years)   9. Eleanor HEALD,   b. 6 Feb 1775, Temple, Hillsborough Co, Province of New Hampshire d. Portland, ME   10. Josiah HEALD,   b. 8 Apr 1777, Temple, Hillsborough Co, Province of New Hampshire   11. Nathan HEALD,   b. 25 Apr 1779, Temple, Hillsborough Co, Province of New Hampshire d. 25 Jan 1841 (Age 61 years)
  Photos		Ephraim & Sarah Conant Heald house.
  Histories		Ephraim & Sarah Conant Heald house.
  Family ID	F201	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

• Sources

  [S148] Henry C. Hallowell, transcribed & edited by; assisted by Lee K. Kugler and Caroline Lewis Kardell. , Hallowell, Vital Records of Townsend, Massachusetts: Town Records to 1850 with Marriage Intentions to 1873 and Cemetery Inscriptions., ((Boston: NEHGS, 1992)), ISBN 0-8808-2030-6. p. 206 (Births - Book I). [S148] Henry C. Hallowell, transcribed & edited by; assisted by Lee K. Kugler and Caroline Lewis Kardell. , Hallowell, Vital Records of Townsend, Massachusetts: Town Records to 1850 with Marriage Intentions to 1873 and Cemetery Inscriptions., ((Boston: NEHGS, 1992)), ISBN 0-8808-2030-6. p. 206 (Births - Book I) [S1594] Sarah Heald stone inscription, Old Village Burial Ground, Temple, NH. [S142] Concord, Massachusetts Births, Marriages and Deaths, 1635 - 1850., ((Boston: T. Todd, printer, 1895)). p. 131. (Concord Registers - Book II) [S142] Concord, Massachusetts Births, Marriages and Deaths, 1635 - 1850., ((Boston: T. Todd, printer, 1895)). p. 192 (Concord Registers - Book ll).