Matthew ST. JOHN

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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]

1. Matthew ST. JOHN was born on 23 Jun 1711 in Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.
2. Sarah ST. JOHN was born on 08 Sep 1713 in Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.
3. Mark ST. JOHN was born on 15 Aug 1715 in Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died in 1770.
4. Anne ST. JOHN was born on 01 May 1717 in Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.
5. Thaddeus ST. JOHN was born in 1720 in Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died on 04 Oct 1736 in Wilton, Connecticut.
6. Luke ST. JOHN was born on 28 Aug 1721 in Wilton, Connecticut.
7. John ST. JOHN was born on 01 Nov 1723 in Wilton, Connecticut; died on 30 Dec 1784 in Sharon, Connecticut.
8. Hannah ST. JOHN was born on 07 Jan 1729/30 in Wilton, Connecticut.

Mattias married Rachel BOUTON about 1685. Rachel (daughter of John BOUTON, Sr and Abigail MARVIN) was born on 15 Dec 1667 in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Birth: 30 Nov 1628

Matthias married Elizabeth SEELY in Sep 1663 in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA. Elizabeth was born about 1632; died after 05 Sep 1732 in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: John II Bouton

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"History and Gen. of the Families of Old Fairfield":
Deputy (Norwalk) to Conn. Leg., Oct. 1669, Oct 1671, Oct. 1673, May 1674, May 1675, Oct. 1676, May and Oct. 1677, May 1678, Oct. 1679, May 1680, May 1681, May and Oct. 1682, May 1683, May and Oct. 1685. Sergt., Norwalk Trainband.
Will of John, Sr., 25 Dec. 1706, poved 27 Jan. 1706-07; wife Mary; grandchild John Bowton of Danbur; sons Mathew and Joseph Bowton; dau. Rachel Sension; son Thomas Bwton; dau. Elizabeth Warrin; son Richard Bowton; da. Mary Bowton; three sons Joseph, Thomas and Richard. Matthew Sension, "Edman Waren", and James Betts, sons-in-law to the dec'd, appealed.
On 16 July 1720, Mary Bouton of Norwalk distributed property to son Thomas Bouton, dau. Mary Morehouse, to "Thomas and Richard:, eese to Thomas Bouton, he to give one gander and two geese to John Betts' wife; my three gr. children Thomas Bouton, Richard Bouton and mary Morehouse land at "Compow in Fairfield": my gr. children Mary Hyes, Ruth Bouton, and Gabriel Morehouse.

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JOHN BOUTON, son as is supposed, of the Count Nichols Bouton, was a Huguenot and during the existence of the great persecution fled to England, where the Government were offering to send emigrants to America, on condition they would swear allegiance to the Crown of England. A registry of such emigrants was kept at London, a copy of which has been examined by the compiler of this work, and as only one person by the Bouton name is found on that registry, embracing a period of 100 years, from 1600 to 1700, it is supposed that said person was the John bouton of whom this account is traced, and that all the families of Boutons or Boughtons in this country prior to 1700, were descended from said John Bouton, who embarked from Gravesend, England, in the barque ASSURANCE, July, 1635, and landed at Boston, Massachusetts, in December, 1635, aged 20 years; whether married or not at the time is not known.

He married 1st, Joan Turney, and lived in Boston and Watertown, Mass., and early in the settlement of Hartford, Conn., moved to that place, and again in 1651, soon after the commencement of the settlement of Norwalk, he removed to that place, where his wife Joan soon died, and where he became an influential citizen, and in 1671, and for several years subsequent, he was a representative in the general court of the colony of Connecticut, and served his townsmen in many official capacities in Norwalk. He m. 2nd at Norwalk Ct., Jan. 1, 1656, Abigail Marvin, (dau. of Matthew Marvin, who came from London, Eng.) She was born at Hartford about 1640 and died at Norwalk, about 1672. He married 3d, at Norwalk about 1673, Mrs. Mary Stevenson, widow of Jonathan Stevenson, who was killed in a swamp fight with the Indians near Norwalk.

He gave land to his sons John and Matthew, as appears on the Norwalk town records, and at his death, which occurred at Danbury, Ct., 174-5, he left in estate at Norwalk, a part of which has remained in possession of his descendants until the present time, July,1888, now over 200 years.

John married Abigail MARVIN on 01 Jan 1656 in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA. Abigail (daughter of Matthew MARVIN and Elizabeth ?) was born between 1636 and 1638 in Hartford, Hartford Co., Connecticut; died about 1681. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]