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| Matthias Sention , Immigrant 1 | |
| Birth: | 1603 in London, ENG 2 |
| Death: | Jan 1669/70 in Norwalk, Fairfield, CT 1 |
| Sex: | M |
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| Also Known As: Matthias St. John |
| Immigrant: from St. Botolph, Bishopsgate, in London. 3 |
| Reference: STJO1* |
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| Mary Tinker , Immigrant (Wife) b. 6 Aug 1606 in New Windsor, BKS, ENG (bp)
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| Marriage: | 1 Nov 1627 in New Windsor, BKS, ENG |
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(Brøderbund WFT Vol. 11, Ed. 1, Tree #0580, Date of Import: 1 Aug 2000)
The "Sensions",("Sentions") originally were French "Huguenots"..(French
Protestants, driven from France in the 1550's , '1560's, and 1570's to England,
in fear for their lives. Those who remained in England must have changed
the spelling of their name to "St. John", as "Sension" would be pronounced in
French.
Some Huguenots migrated to the "New World" in the early 1600's, under English
rule. "Genealogy of Matthias (St. John) Sention", published by Eron St. John and
Marshall B. St. John in 1890... Rockford, Illinois...states that "Matthias (St. John)
Sention", accompanied by one brother and one sister, came to this country, and
were of the first settlers of Norwalk, Conn."
The "St. John Genealogy" indicates that the brother was "Nicolas Sension", and
that he had no childlren. It also indicates the sister might be "Elizabeth St.
John", daughter of Sir Oliver and Sarah (Bulkey) St. John. She was born 1605,
Cayshoe, Bedfordshire, England...m. Samuel Whiting in England Aug 6, 1629.
FROM 'ST. JOHN GENEALOGY', BY ORLINE ST. JOHN ALEXANDER, 1907
"Matthias St. John, Sension or Sention, the first of this name whom we can trace
in America, was born in England, came to Dorchester, Mass., in 1631-2, and was
made a freeman there on September 3rd, 1634. He received a grant of 20 acres
in Dorchester January 14, 1635.."at the bounds betwixt Roxbury and Dorches-
ter". We find the record, on Jan 16, 1636: "It is ordered that Mathias Sension and
Thomas Sampford shall keepe the cowe this yeere to begin the 17th day of Aprill
and to continue the keeping of them till the 15th of November to have for their
pay in keeping 5 shills the head for as many as are brought in; the sayd five shill
p' head to be payd 1/3 in hand, 1/3 at halfe the tyme the other at the end of the
tyme. "
On March 18, 1637, Matthias owned three acres, two goads, and three rods in the
neck at Dorchester, and two acres, one goad and four rods in the Cow pasture.
In 1638 he had sold his house as, on April 23, 1638, it was ordered "that Mr.
Withington shall have adjoining to his house that was Mr. Sensions the swamp
aboue". etc. And on October 31, 1639, it was ordered that there should be laid
out "3 akers for Mr. Withington which was Mathias Sensions". As last as 1674
this property was referred to as that which was Mr. Sensions (Dorchester Town
Records, iv. 14, 22, 31, 33, 41)
Matthias St. John moved to Windsor, Conn. in a640, as in that year he had gran-
ted to him, at Windsor, a lot in the Palisades containing ten rods. This was occu-
pied in 1890 by Mrs. Anson Loomis. It was bounded, South by the Burying
Ground and the road leading to it, at the South West corner of the Palisades
Green: East by the Palisades. A record of the lot was made in the "Book of Fig-
ures" (the records were so kept before the Court established a Town Clerk to
keep the records). This lot with house, was sold to Walter Gaylord, the son of
Deacon Gaylord. Sension also owned one of the home lots in Backer Row, 27
rods South of North Sandy Hill Road. 1-1/2 rods wide; afterwards found in the
posession of Nicholas Sension. He also had 24 rods on land in East Windsor,
east three miles, bounded North by Joshua Carter and South by John Stiles.
(See St. John Genealogy by Orline St. John Alexander,1907 for further...)
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