Family:Lot Conant and Martha Cleaves (1)

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Marriage[1] 16 May 1698 Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
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  1. Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Beverly, Massachusetts, to the End of Year 1849. (Topsfield, Massachusetts, 1906-07)
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    Conant, Lot, jr., and Martha Cleaves, May 16, 1698.

  2.   Note: Source:Conant, Frederick Odell. History and Genealogy of the Conant Family in England and America, p. 174, gives this couple a daughter Elizabeth, bp. 3 Apr 1715, "(m. 5 Mar 1746 William Brown of Framingham?)". But the baptism of Elizabeth in Beverly clearly identifies her as a daughter of "Lott [sr. CR1] and Elizabeth", so seemingly not theirs? However, this couple had an earlier daughter Elizabeth and there is no apparent death record for her (unless she is the unnamed child of Lot who d. 1712), so perhaps the Conant Genealogy assumed there was an error without telling us? The marriage record in 1746 does identify Elizabeth as "of Concord", which suggests some connection to this family. But Concord records show the birth of Elizabeth Conant to Andrew and Elizabeth Conant 10 Feb 1723/24, which is a much more appropriate age to be marrying in 1746, especially to a man whose age at death suggests he also was born 1723. So, since neither the birth nor the marriage suggest she belongs in this family, this non-existent daughter Elizabeth bp. in 1715 appears to have been manufactured by the Conant Genealogy, using pieces from two other Elizabeths.