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Early Origins of the Conable family

The surname Conable was first found in Devon where they held a family seat at Collibear, a hamlet in the parish of Tawstock. "The change from 'i' to 'y' is common; compare bannister and baluster. This is a familiar Devonshire name." 1

Early History of the Conable family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Conable research. Another 39 words (3 lines of text) covering the years 1641, 1642, 1690, 1691, 1692, 1703, 1706, 1755 and 1757 are included under the topic Early Conable History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Conable Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Coneybear, Conibeer, Conyber, Connybeare, Conibeere, Connabear and many more.

Early Notables of the Conable family

Notables of the family at this time include John Coneybeare (1692-1755), Bishop of Bristol, born 31 Jan. 1691 at Pinhoe, near Exeter, of which place his father...
Another 27 words (2 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Conable Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.


United States Conable migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Conable Settlers in United States in the 17th Century
  • John Conable, who settled in Boston in 1674
  • John Conable, who arrived in Boston, Massachusetts in 1674 2

Contemporary Notables of the name Conable (post 1700) +

  • John S. Conable, American Republican politician, Candidate for Justice of New York Supreme Court 8th District, 1959 3
  • Barber Benjamin Conable Jr. (1922-2003), American Republican politician, Member of New York State Senate 53rd District, 1963-64; U.S. Representative from New York, 1965-85 3


  1. Bardsley, C.W, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances. Wiltshire: Heraldry Today, 1901. Print. (ISBN 0-900455-44-6)
  2. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
  3. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2016, February 3) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html


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