Lydia was one of two children born to Jonathan Oakes, Sr. & his 1st wife, Rebecca (Barnard).
Lydia married Ebenezer Conant on November 29, 1766, in Harvard, MA.
Their 7 children:
Lydia, Sarah, John, Nelsey, Eben, Calvin, Luther Conant
Information taken from a written work by Ebenezer & Lydia's son, John Conant:
"The first thing I can remember was, when two years and a half old, hearing the guns fire at the Concord fight. Then when I was 7 years old, came the dark days of May 20, 1780, when the people ran about in great terror, believing that the end of the world had come. I remember holding onto my mother, because I felt sure I would be more safe with her than I could be with any other person. Then I remember how this dark day brought a great concern to my soul. I reflected very seriously on the awful condition I should be in if the world should come to an end. In the midst of these broodings, a Baptist preacher came to our town. The people mocked him and hooted at him, but some, out of curiosity, went to hear him. Among others, my father & mother went & they came home pricked to the heart. Long before this, on the birth of their first child, they had joined the Congregational Church by what is called the half-way covenant, so that they might have their children sprinkled (baptized). This mock baptizm was perfomed on myself when I was only eight days old. Now they were dissatified with the half-way covenant religion and followed the Baptist minister, no longer from curiosity, but to obtain salvation."
Lydia married Ebenezer Conant on November 29, 1766, in Harvard, MA.
Their 7 children:
Lydia, Sarah, John, Nelsey, Eben, Calvin, Luther Conant
Information taken from a written work by Ebenezer & Lydia's son, John Conant:
"The first thing I can remember was, when two years and a half old, hearing the guns fire at the Concord fight. Then when I was 7 years old, came the dark days of May 20, 1780, when the people ran about in great terror, believing that the end of the world had come. I remember holding onto my mother, because I felt sure I would be more safe with her than I could be with any other person. Then I remember how this dark day brought a great concern to my soul. I reflected very seriously on the awful condition I should be in if the world should come to an end. In the midst of these broodings, a Baptist preacher came to our town. The people mocked him and hooted at him, but some, out of curiosity, went to hear him. Among others, my father & mother went & they came home pricked to the heart. Long before this, on the birth of their first child, they had joined the Congregational Church by what is called the half-way covenant, so that they might have their children sprinkled (baptized). This mock baptizm was perfomed on myself when I was only eight days old. Now they were dissatified with the half-way covenant religion and followed the Baptist minister, no longer from curiosity, but to obtain salvation."
Lydia was one of two children born to Jonathan Oakes, Sr. & his 1st wife, Rebecca (Barnard).
Lydia married Ebenezer Conant on November 29, 1766, in Harvard, MA.
Their 7 children:
Lydia, Sarah, John, Nelsey, Eben, Calvin, Luther Conant
Information taken from a written work by Ebenezer & Lydia's son, John Conant:
"The first thing I can remember was, when two years and a half old, hearing the guns fire at the Concord fight. Then when I was 7 years old, came the dark days of May 20, 1780, when the people ran about in great terror, believing that the end of the world had come. I remember holding onto my mother, because I felt sure I would be more safe with her than I could be with any other person. Then I remember how this dark day brought a great concern to my soul. I reflected very seriously on the awful condition I should be in if the world should come to an end. In the midst of these broodings, a Baptist preacher came to our town. The people mocked him and hooted at him, but some, out of curiosity, went to hear him. Among others, my father & mother went & they came home pricked to the heart. Long before this, on the birth of their first child, they had joined the Congregational Church by what is called the half-way covenant, so that they might have their children sprinkled (baptized). This mock baptizm was perfomed on myself when I was only eight days old. Now they were dissatified with the half-way covenant religion and followed the Baptist minister, no longer from curiosity, but to obtain salvation."
Lydia married Ebenezer Conant on November 29, 1766, in Harvard, MA.
Their 7 children:
Lydia, Sarah, John, Nelsey, Eben, Calvin, Luther Conant
Information taken from a written work by Ebenezer & Lydia's son, John Conant:
"The first thing I can remember was, when two years and a half old, hearing the guns fire at the Concord fight. Then when I was 7 years old, came the dark days of May 20, 1780, when the people ran about in great terror, believing that the end of the world had come. I remember holding onto my mother, because I felt sure I would be more safe with her than I could be with any other person. Then I remember how this dark day brought a great concern to my soul. I reflected very seriously on the awful condition I should be in if the world should come to an end. In the midst of these broodings, a Baptist preacher came to our town. The people mocked him and hooted at him, but some, out of curiosity, went to hear him. Among others, my father & mother went & they came home pricked to the heart. Long before this, on the birth of their first child, they had joined the Congregational Church by what is called the half-way covenant, so that they might have their children sprinkled (baptized). This mock baptizm was perfomed on myself when I was only eight days old. Now they were dissatified with the half-way covenant religion and followed the Baptist minister, no longer from curiosity, but to obtain salvation."
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