(stillborn daughter) CONANT^[1]

• Name	(stillborn daughter) CONANT
  Gender	Female
  stillborn	20 Feb 1745/6 or 20 Feb 1746/7	Townshend, Middlesex Co, Province of Massachusetts Bay   [1]
  	The only extant record concerning this girl child is the inscription on a shared cemetery stone at the Old Cemetery that reads "ye Birth & Death of A Daughter Febr ye 20th AD1746". As double dating was still in use in the Colonies during this period, it is impossible to ascertain whether the date on the headstone should be interpreted as 20 February 1746 or 20 February 1747.
  Burial	Townshend, Middlesex Co, Province of Massachusetts Bay   [1]
  	The infant's body was interred at the Old Cemetery in Townshend, Massachusetts.
  Person ID	I60591	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   [2]
  	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

  
  

• Sources

  [S1701] (stillborn) Conant headstone inscription, Old Cemetery, Townsend, MA. [S142] Concord, Massachusetts Births, Marriages and Deaths, 1635 - 1850., ((Boston: T. Todd, printer, 1895)). p. 131. (Concord Registers - Book II)