African + European · French, German, Ewe / Togo, AfricanDocumented

Jean-Baptiste Florentin Conant Jr.

b. 21 Apr 1820 · d. 28 Sep 1876 · generation G5

Jean-Baptiste Florentin Conant Jr. — Married Marie Theresine Carles (M17), 9 Feb 1843; 'legitimate son of Florentin Conan and Marie Louise Metoyer'. Son of Florentin Conant Sr. (M32) × Marie Louise Metoyer (M33). In 'Florine'/Florentin Conant household (1860, Natchitoches dw. 366). He and Theresine Carles were cousins — grandson of both M66 and M65 (Coincoin's twins). Documented in Natchitoches Church Marriages 1818-1850, the US census, the Natchitoches sacramental registers.

Heritage estimate

European — 62%

African — 38%

An estimate of documented ancestry, NOT a DNA result.

Relationships

FatherJean-Baptiste Florentin Conant Sr.

MotherMarie Louise Metoyer

PartnerMarie Theresine Carles

ChildrenJustin Adolph Conant

Life, chronologically — every claim sourced

n.d.Parentage

Son of Florentin Conant Sr. (M32) × Marie Louise Metoyer (M33)

Mills, Church Marriages #551; 1860 US Census

9 Feb 1843Marriage

m. Marie Theresine Carles (M17), 9 Feb 1843; 'legitimate son of Florentin Conan and Marie Louise Metoyer'

Mills, Natchitoches Church Marriages 1818-1850, #551

1860Census

In 'Florine'/Florentin Conant household (1860, Natchitoches dw. 366)

1860 US Census

1870Census

Enumerated alive in the 1870 U.S. Census, Ward 11, Natchitoches (age ~49, b.~1821), with wife 'Therisine' (Theresine Carles, M17); also the 1860 Census (dw. 366) as 'Florine' with wife 'Terucia' and son Adolphe

Ancestry.com documented records (live session, 8 Jul 2026) — 1870 & 1860 U.S. Federal Census

1880Death

ABSENT from the 1880 and 1900 U.S. Censuses (his sons Adolph/M8 and J.A. Conant head their own Natchitoches households in 1880). With the 1870 census and 1866 Freedmen's Bureau record, this brackets his death to 1870-1880 — consistent with the charted 28 Sep 1876 and REFUTING the member-tree date of 26 Oct 1898.

Ancestry.com documented records (live session, 8 Jul 2026) — 1880 & 1900 U.S. Federal Census (negative)

n.d.Other

He and Theresine Carles were cousins — grandson of both M66 and M65 (Coincoin's twins)

Mills, Natchitoches Baptisms & Marriages 1825-1831 (Reg.7), note to 1826:64

30 Jun 1866Other

Alive 30 Jun 1866 (listed in the Freedmen's Bureau Records, Louisiana)

Ancestry.com documented records (live session, 8 Jul 2026) — U.S. Freedmen's Bureau Records, 1865-1878

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Open questions

01Death 28 Sep 1876 vs 26 Oct 1898 (shared tree) — no primary death record; predates 1911 certs; not in the 1880 census — basis: open conflict
02b. 1820 vs 1829 (a Southern Claims deposition age) — birth record not located — basis: tree/deposition

Conflict

RESOLVED by records (Ancestry, 8 Jul 2026): alive in the 1870 census (Ward 11, with wife Theresine) and the 1866 Freedmen's Bureau; ABSENT from 1880 & 1900 while his sons head their own households => death bracketed 1870-1880, consistent with 28 Sep 1876. The '26 Oct 1898' rests only on a member tree and is refuted (he would have been enumerated in 1880/1900). died kept 28 Sep 1876 (year record-bracketed; exact day still chart-level).

Status: Resolved

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