When Jeptha Condit was born on 2 June 1827, in Newark Mountains, Essex, New Jersey, British Colonial America, his father, Amos William Condit, was 22 and his mother, Ann Tompkins, was 20. He married Grace about 1851. He lived in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States in 1839 and Tuolumne, Tuolumne, California, United States in 1850. He died in 1852, in United States, at the age of 25.
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English: variant of Condict . Compare Conditt .
History: Bearers of the surname Condit trace their origin to Peter Condict (Cunditt) from England, who lived in Newark, NJ, in the end of the 17th century and the beginning of the 18th century. Spellings Condit(t) and Cunditt did not survive in England.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related NamesJeptha Condit was born 2 June 1827 in New Jersey. The oldest of eight children, some of his family were members of the Church. His name appeared in the Macedonia Branch in Crooked Creek Ramus Illino …
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