Eighth Generation

138. Josiah CONANT was born before 26 November 1681 in Beverly, Essex Co. MA. He died on 1 October 1721 at the age of 39 in Middleborough, Plymouth Co, MA. He settled in Middleborough in 1712. Before the Plymouth County Court of Common Pleas, Josiah Conant and his wife Elizabeth, both of Bridgewater, were fined 4 pounds for carnal copulation before marriage, as "convict by confession." Elizabeth WASHBURN and Josiah CONANT were married on 1 September 1701 in Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA.²⁰⁵ They^²⁰⁵ were married on 1 September 1701 in Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA.²⁰⁶

139. Elizabeth WASHBURN was born in 1682 in Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA. She was born in 1682 in Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA. She died in March 1748 at the age of 66 in Middleborough, Plymouth Co, MA. Elizabeth died after March 1748 at the age of 66 in Middleborough, Plymouth Co, MA. Mayflower Families through Five Generations, Vol. 12, traces the descendancy of Elizabeth Washburn from Francis Cooke to her marriage to Josiah Conant. She is #226 in the Francis Cooke silver book and goes back Thomas Washburn, Elizabeth Mitchell, Jane Cooke, Francis Cooke.

Children were:

	i.	Jerusha CONANT was born on 8 January 1702.
	ii.	Mary CONANT was born on 20 December 1703.
	iii.	Prudence CONANT was born on 3 March 1707.
	iv.	Joseph CONANT was born on 30 August 1709.
69	v.	Susanna CONANT.
	vi.	Josiah CONANT was born on 20 January 1718.