Josiah St. John, m. Rebecca Starkweather b. 19 Feb 1792 Brutus, Cayuga, New York, USA d. 7 Apr 1857 Arcadia, Wayne, New York, USA: The St. John Genealogy Project

Josiah St. John, m. Rebecca Starkweather

1792 - 1857 (65 years)

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Name	Josiah St. John
Suffix	m. Rebecca Starkweather
Birth	19 Feb 1792	Brutus, Cayuga, New York, USA
Gender	Male
Census	1820	Brutus, Cayuga, New York, USA
	Name Josiah St John Home in 1820 (City, County, State)Brutus, Cayuga, New York Enumeration Date August 7, 1820 Free White Persons - Males - Under 10 1 (Elon G. St. John) Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44 1 (Josiah St. John) Free White Persons - Females - Under 10 1 (Julia Ann St. John) Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44 1 (Rebecca Starkweather) Number of Persons - Engaged in Agriculture 1 Free White Persons - Under 16 2 Free White Persons - Over 25 2 Total Free White Persons 4 Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other 4 Household Members
Census	1830	Arcadia, Wayne, New York, USA
	Name Josiah St. John Home in 1830 (City, County, State)Wayne, New York, Arcadia Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9 1 (John St. John) Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14 1 (Elon G. St. John) Free White Persons - Males - 30 thru 39 1 (Josiah St. John) Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9 2 (Minerva & Hester St. John) Note: Hester should have been dead by 1828 so this is weird. Free White Persons - Females - 30 thru 39 1 (Abby _____) Free White Persons - Under 20 4 Free White Persons - 20 thru 49 2 Total Free White Persons 6 Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored)6 Household Members
Census	1840	Arcadia, Wayne, New York, USA
	Name Josiah St John Home in 1840 (City, County, State) Arcadia, Wayne, New York Free White Persons - Males - 40 thru 49 1 (Josiah St. John) Free White Persons - Females - 15 thru 19 1 (Minerva St. John) Free White Persons - Females - 40 thru 49 1 (Abby ____) Persons Employed in Commerce 2 Free White Persons - Under 20 1 Free White Persons - 20 thru 49 2 Total Free White Persons 3 Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves 3 Household Members
Census	1850	Arcadia, Wayne, New York, USA
	Name Josiah St John Gender Male Age 58 Birth Year 1792 Birthplace New York Home in 1850 Arcadia, Wayne, New York, USA Occupation Farmer Industry Agriculture Line Number 40 Dwelling Number 1937 Family Number 2047 Household Members Name Josiah St John Age 58 Name Abby St John Age 52 Name Charlotte A Perkins Age 9
Death	7 Apr 1857	Arcadia, Wayne, New York, USA
Age at Death	65 years
Person ID	OSA0563	St. John Origin and Ancestry DNA Database \| St. John Generation One - Raoul de Sancto Johanne
Last Modified	26 Mar 2025

Father	John Austin St. John, b. 15 Jul 1764, Wilton, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA d. 26 Apr 1854, Weedsport, Cayuga, New York, USA (Age 89 years)
Relationship	Birth
Mother	Hannah Dunning, b. 15 Feb 1770 d. 7 Apr 1805 (Age 35 years)
Relationship	Birth
Marriage	10 Feb 1787	Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
Age at Marriage	He : 22 years and 7 months - She : 17 years.
Family ID	F264	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family 1 Rebecca Starkweather, b. 1 Oct 1791 d. 7-9 Dec 1828 (Age 37 years)

Marriage 2 Mar 1815

Age at Marriage He : 23 years and 1 month - She : 23 years and 5 months.

Children

+	1. Elon G St. John, b. 9 May 1816 d. 29 Sep 1893 (Age 77 years)
	2. Julia Ann St. John, b. 3 Jan 1818 d. 29 Oct 1844 (Age 26 years)
+	3. John St. John, b. 10 Sep 1820 d. 15 Mar 1875 (Age 54 years)
+	4. Minerva St. John, McLaughlin, b. 9 Aug 1823, Fairville, Wayne, New York, USA d. 2 Jul 1902, Arcadia, Wayne, New York, USA (Age 78 years) [Father: Birth] [Mother: Birth]
	5. Hester Cecilia St. John, b. 26 Jan 1826, Arcadia, Wayne, New York, USA d. 19 Jul 1828, Arcadia, Wayne, New York, USA (Age 2 years)
	6. Elijah St. John, b. 2 Jan 1828, Arcadia, Wayne, New York, USA d. 6 Aug 1828, Arcadia, Wayne, New York, USA (Age 0 years)

Family ID F391 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 11 Nov 2011

Family 2	Abigail Budd, St. John, Fields, b. 15 Dec 1797 d. 14 Apr 1870, Arcadia, Wayne, New York, USA (Age 72 years)
Marriage	1828-1830	Wayne, New York, USA
Age at Marriage	He : ~ 37 years and 10 months - She : ~ 32 years.
Family ID	F400187	Group Sheet \| Family Chart
Last Modified	23 Feb 2021

Pedigree

1Josiah St. John, m. Rebecca Starkweather(1792 – 1857)	2John Austin St. John(1764 – 1854)	4Captain John St. John(1737 – 1816)	8John St. John(Abt 1702 – 1773)
			9Eunice Hayes(1702 – 1747)
		5Martha Northrup(1745 – 1788)	10
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	3Hannah Dunning(1770 – 1805)	6David Dunning(1722 – 1777)	12
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		7Hannah Mead(1730 – )	14Jeremiah Mead(1702 – )
			15Hannah St. John(1703 – 1746)

Reference Suzanne St. John. "Josiah St. John, m. Rebecca Starkweather". The St. John Genealogy Project. https://stjohngenealogy.com/getperson.php?personID=OSA0563&tree=OSA0001 (accessed May 4, 2025).

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