Conant (Y-DNA)
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Status summary
Completed as of April 9, 2026
- Recruiting patrilineal (all male-line) descendants of Thomas Clark(e) for NGS/WGS testing. Any male who believes they are such a descendant should Read me First
IMPORTANT: Read me First
Still to do as of April 10, 2026
- NGS/WGS test multiple Roger Conant direct paternal (Y-DNA) descendants to firmly place family clade as well as discover any subclades unique to descendants lines
Biography
First Generation
(Mr.) Roger Conant was baptized at East Budleigh, Devonshire 9 Apr 1592, son of Richard Conant and Agnes Clarke.[1] Roger died Beverly 19 Nov 1679. He married St. Ann Blackfriars, London 11 Nov 1618 Sarah Horton and they had ten children. He emigrated in 1624 (likely with John Oldham) and briefly lived in Plymouth, before moving North and being one of the founding settlers of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Children: Sarah (1619-1620), Caleb (1622-1633 unm.), Sarah (c1623), Lot (c1624), poss. Joanna (c1626), Roger (1628), Joshua (c1630), Mary (c1632), Elizabeth (c1635) and Exercise (son 1637).
Second Generation
Lot Conant was born abt 1624 in New England (exact location uncertain, but poss. at New Plimoth). He died Beverly bef 24 Sep 1674 (will) - 29 Sep 1674 (probate). He married abt 1649 Elizabeth Walton and they had ten children: Nathaniel (1650), John (1652), Lot (1657), Elizabeth (1660), Mary (1662), Martha (1664), Sarah (1666/7), William (1666/7), Roger (1668/9) and Rebecca (1670/1).
Roger Conant (II) was the first child born in what is now Salem abt 1628 and died there 15 Jun 1672. He married Elizabeth Weston and they had at least two children: Samuel (d. unm. 1672) and John (1650).
(Capt.) Joshua Conant was born Salem abt 1630 and died England in 1659. He married bef 1657 Seeth Gardner and they had (Salem): Joshua (1657).
Exercise Conant was bp Salem 24 Dec 1637 and died Boston 28 Apr 1722. He married Sarah _____ and they had six children: Sarah (1668/9), Abiah (1672), Jane (1675), Elizabeth (1677), Josiah (1680) and Caleb (1683).
Third Generation
John Conant was born Salem 1650 and died 19 Apr 1738. He married Elizabeth but they never had any children.
- ↑ Roger had an older brother, Christopher bp 13 Jun 1588, who came over on the Anne in 1623, who never had any children.
DNA results R1b-BY39781
Previous Y-DNA testing
The Conant Family Tree DNA Project Group: "Roger Conant" currently contains three individuals. They have only done Y-STR testing, with one individual testing Y67 STRs. Plugging in his STR values into the NevGen Haplogroup Predictor tool (set for subclades of R1b) gives a result of: R1b-L21>DF13>ZZ10>Z253>>BY39781 with a 94.2% probability.
NGS/WGS testing
NGS/WGS testing of patrilineal (direct male line Y-DNA descendants) would identify the haplogroup for the family and possibly define subclades for descendants. Anyone who believe they are Y-DNA descendants of Thomas Clark is encouraged to contact Raymond Wing email: MayflowerDNA1620@gmail.com
External Links and References
- Anderson, Robert Charles, The Pilgrim Migration: Immigrants to Plymouth Colony 1620-1633. New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 2004. Pages 134-143.
