Elijah ST. JOHN

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Excerpt from "The Whitney Family of Connecticut": They dwelt, in 1792, at Weybridge, Vt., and in March 1797, settled in Fabius, NY, a half-mile east of the present village of Apulia. There he was elected an assessor, at the first town-meeting, 3 Apr 1798; was a trustee and deacon of the First Baptist Church; and bore the reputation of "a pious, good man," and the title of Colonel. She died on the homestead, 3 June 1853, aged 86 years, 6 months and 13 days, having foretold, in the preceding February, that she should die about the last of May or first of June, that her husband should survive her eight days or eight months, and that none but a St. John should ever possess that house, with other particulars, which, the family say, were fulfilled in a remarkable way. The house was burned on Sunday night, 26 Feb. 1854. He was then quite ill, and arrangements had been made to take him to his daughter's home on the following day; but he died on Tuesday, 28 Feb. 1854, at the house of a neighbor, to which he had been carried when the fire was discovered. They were buried in Apulia Cemetery, which was laid out on his farm; and his gravestone states the date of his death as "1 March 1854, aged 87 years 3 months and 19 days."

Family/Spouse: Nancy HOWELL. Nancy was born on 20 Nov 1766 in Long Island City, Queens, New York, USA; died on 03 Jun 1853 in Fabius, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: 24 Apr 1737, Joined the church in Wilton, Connecticut

Mark married Ann GAY in 1747 in Sharon, Litchfield Co., Connecticut. Ann (daughter of John GAY and Lydia COLVER) was born on 03 Nov 1729 in Litchfield, Litchfield County, Connecticut; died in 1823. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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He, Matthew St. John, was of the company who bought of Ridgefield of the Indians Sep 30, 1708. He was chosen lister Dec. 19, 1716, and surveyor, Dec. 20, 1722. April 6, 1723, he sold his whole right at Ridgefield and settled at Pympawaug now in the town of Wilton, Conn.

They were members of the first Cong. church in Norwalk, 1725. March 10th, 1729, ensign Matthew St. John was appointed a committee of the society to visit Hartford and lay before the Legislature a complaint against the town of Norwalk. Feb. 13, 732, the names of Matthew St. John and wife were included in a list of members of the church of Wilton. He was chosen as clerk of the society at Wilton and served as such from 1731 to 1745, when having bought, Mar. 5, 1745, a farm of Samuel Comstock about two miles north of Sharon Village for L655, old tenor. The church record of their removal dates June, 1745, in which he is called captain and soon after coming to Sharon he was chosen by the church to be their third deacon.

Matthew married Anne WHITNEY on 13 Oct 1709 in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA. Anne (daughter of John WHITNEY and Elizabeth SMITH) was born about 1691 in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died on 09 May 1773 in Sharon, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Lydia COLVER on 07 Dec 1720 in Litchfield, Litchfield Co., Connecticut. Lydia (daughter of Edward J. COLVER, Jr. and Sarah Gardner BACKUS) was born on 10 Nov 1700 in Lebanon, New London County Connecticut; died on 19 May 1787 in Sharon, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]