griphynne
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Census information Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
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I'm wondering ...
1) It appears that Henry and Samuel were brothers,
2) Henry was married twice -- the first to Susannah Woodley and the second to Elizabeth Coombe
3) Henry and Susannah had at least four children but the last one that I can find (Betsey) was born in 1828. Supposedly, Anne was born in 1830. Susannah must have died sometime between 1830 and 1840 because by 1840 Henry was married to Elizabeth and their daughter, Jane, was born in that year.
Could it be possible that Susannah died in childbirth and brother Samuel (a gardener and tied to the land) took the youngest child to rear whilst Henry was away at sea? It would make sense that if Samuel and his wife "adopted" Henry's daughter, that she would would carry the adoptivie mother's name (i.e. Conant), would it not?
It's beginning to sound logical to me, so someone please tell me if I'm barking up the wrong tree here. 
Or ... it's possible, given that Anne was reputedly born in St. Ives (perhaps only one of many "ports in the storm" for seaman Henry), that Susannah in Devon was not Anne's mother. However, the "fact" that Henry's youngest child, Betsey, was evidently born in Cornwall might suggest otherwise.
Whaddaya think?
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