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H.S.E. [Hic Sepultus Est] Joannes CONANT, A.M. hujusce Ecclesiae annos XLIV. Pastor pius, fidelis, dilectus. Vir fi quis alius Candore et Caritate vere Christiana praestans. Natus xviii Aprilis MDCCXXXV. Denatus xxx Marrii MDCCCXI.In eodem fimul sepulchro Anna CONANT, Coujux amantissima, obiit 1 Septembris MDCCCXI. Aet. LXXVIII.translates (roughly):Here lies John Conant, for 44 years . . . Rector of this Parish. Born April 18 1735. Died 30 March 1811. In the same tomb lies Ann Conant, his beloved wife, died 1 September 1811, aged 78.A note to the Kent Archaeological Society transcription reads: "This worthy Divine was the elder Brother of Sr. Nathanial CONANT, the chief Magistrate at Bowstreet. He had an impediment in his speech. Of his Family much will be found in Nichols's Literary Anecdotes. IBN."
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