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| Name | Mathew St. John | |
| Title | Captain | |
| Suffix | (merged with bro of 26 Samuel St. John b. in 1686) | |
| Birth | 1690-1691 | Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA  |
| Gender | Male | |
| Fact | Matthew St. John was one of those who bought Ridgefield of the Indians, Sept. 30, 1708, was a petitioner for town privileges. May 12, 1709, and an original settler. In a deed between Catoonah and Matthew St. John, Rec. Feb. 3, 1709-10, Matthias, Samuel, Ebenezer Sension, and Matthew St. John, all of Norwalk, are named (R. Rec, 1). A deed of June 23, 1712, grants to Matthew St. John, his heirs, land from the Proprietors (Book 1). Another is dated Dec. 10, 1716. Matthew St. John deeded land to James Walhs, of Ridgefield, for love, Jan. 18, 1716-17. He exchanged land with Joseph Crompton, Dec. 11, 1716, and with Moses Northrup, Apr. 4, 1723. He executed, Oct. 22, 1717, a " deed to my Brother John Saint John, of Norwalk, land his father gave him." May 12, 1730-1, a right of Commonage in Norwalk was conveyed by Nathan St. John, of Ridgefield, " to my honored Father Matthias^ St. John of ye town of Norwalk." Again " Matthew St. John of Ridgefield Ct. by bill of exchange with Joseph Lee of Pympawogg, in Norwalk, my Home lot and buildings. House and barn, Apl. 1, 1725 " (vol. i. 7, Ridgefield Records). He was appointed Ensign of the Co. of Wilton Parish, Norwalk, Oct., 1727; Lieut., Oct., 1730; Capt., Oct., 1738 (Col. Rec, 126, 297). He went to Stockbridge, Mass. He appears in deeds as " of Wilton " in 1728-9 (N. L. Rec, vol. vii. pp. 36-334). In June, 1745, Capt. Matthew and wife and children. Luke, John, Hannah, Matthew, Jr., and wife and child Mary, moved from Wilton. In a deed dated Sharon, Litchfield County, Conn., Jan. 7, 1751, Matthew St. John conveys to his son Mark for the consideration of £40 in " bills of Credit old tenour " land in said township of Sharon, " being the first part of what was last voted to be laid out belonging to my half reights wliich I bought of Samuel Comstock according to the draught of the Proprietors, is No. 26." Signed, Matthew St. John ; witnessed by John Williams, Abigail Dunham. Sharon November 15 A D 1751 Then Laid out to Capt. Matthew St. John ten acreas of Land which is laid out to sd. St. John to the 7th. Devision or the first 20ty acrea Draft to his Rigt and is laid out upon the side of the mountain on the Easterly Side of the pond Call'd Sprague's pond Beginning at a Black ash Stump by the side of sd. pond then Runs about South East 82 Rods to a great rock with stons Laid to it then Runs North East 88 Rods to a white birch tree mark'd and stons at it then Runs Northwest to Kanicabacers Line and so By by sd. Line to the pond then Southerly by sd. pond to the first bound and all that theire is witin the Compas of sd. bounds more then 10th acreas is for Siseing as it is Laid out by us. Ebcnezcr Ploisbe Stephen Elkin Comtt. [1] | |
| Death | 3 Aug 1755 | Sharon, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA |
| Person ID | OSA0025 | St. John Origin and Ancestry DNA Database | St. John Generation One - Raoul de Sancto Johanne |
| Last Modified | 14 Feb 2024 | |
DNA Tests |
7 DNA tests are associated with Captain Mathew St. John, (merged with bro of 26 Samuel St. John b. in 1686)  | |||
| Father | Mathias St. John, III, b. 1668, Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA d. 17 Aug 1748, Wilton, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA (Age 80 years) | |
| Relationship | Birth | |
| Mother | Rachel Bouton, II; daughter of John Bouton and Abigail Marvin, b. Dec 16. 1667, Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA d. Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA | |
| Marriage | 1690 | Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA [2, 3] |
| Family ID | F15 | Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family | Anne Whitney, St. John, b. 1690, Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA d. 9 May 1772, Sharon, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA (Age 82 years) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Marriage | 13 Oct 1709 | Ridgefield, Ct. |
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| Family ID | F16 | Group Sheet | Family Chart | ||||||||||||||||||
| Last Modified | 13 Feb 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Headstones |  | Headstones (Log in) |
| DNA Evidence | | Media (Log in) |
| Reference | Suzanne St. John. "Captain Mathew St. John, (merged with bro of 26 Samuel St. John b. in 1686)". The St. John Genealogy Project. https://stjohngenealogy.com/getperson.php?personID=OSA0025&tree=OSA0001 (accessed April 24, 2025). |
| Sources |  Sources (Log in) |
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