Rev John Conant (1706-1779) - Find a Grave Memorial

Rev John Conant

Birth

28 May 1706

Death

2 Apr 1779 (aged 72)

Bloomsbury, London Borough of Camden, Greater London, England

Cenotaph

St. Mary the Virgin Churchyard

Hastingleigh, Ashford Borough, Kent, England Add to Map

Plot

memorial behind organ, north side of chancel

Memorial ID

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Actual burial here

Inscription

In memory of / The Rev. John Conant, Rector of this Parish, Vicar of Elmsted / Died in London, April 2nd 1779 Æt.73 /Buried in the Cemetery of St. George the Martyr, Bloomsbury
Also of his wife, Mary, daughter of the Rev. William Wake / Rector of Walgrave, Northampronshire, first cousin of Archbishop Wake. / She was distinguished by superior qualities of mind and person. / Died April 9th 1773 Æt.61 Buried in this chancel.
Also of their eight sons:
John, Rector of St Peter's Sandwich and Vicar of Teynham, / Died March 30th 1811 Æt.75 buried at Sandwich
William, died July 22nd 1753 Æt 16 buried in this chancel.
Herbert, died February 25th 1759 Æt nearly 18 buried here.
Nathaniel, knighted in 1813 died at his house in Portland / Place, London, April 12th 1822 Æt.77 buried at Finchley
Culpepper, M.A Trin Coll, Cambridge died May 8th 1815 Æt 67 / buried at Mortlake Surrey
Elias, died in Bengal, September 20th 1765 Æt 16
and two others who died in infancy