Samuel St. John^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]}

1681 - 1755  (74 years)

• Name	Samuel St. John  [4, 5]
  Birth	Abt. 1681	Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, British Colonial America
  Gender	Male
  Burial	1755	Lent Cemetery, Van Cortlandt Manor, Westchester, New York, British Colonial America
  Death	03 Aug 1755	Westchester, New York, British Colonial America
  Person ID	I312684221433	Oswald Genealogy
  Last Modified	15 Jun 2025

  
  

  Family	Rebecca Olmsted,   b. 1681, Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America d. 21 Jul 1752, Van Cortlandt Manor, Westchester, New York Colony, British Colonial America (Age 71 years)
  Children	1. Samuel St. John,   b. 1703, Westchester, New York Colony, British Colonial America d. 09 Nov 1777, Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States (Age 74 years)   2. Joanna St. John,   b. Abt. 1705, Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States d. Warwick, Orange, New York, United States   3. Peregrina St. John,   b. 05 Aug 1705, Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA d. 1773, Salem, Westchester County, New York (Age 67 years)   4. Jane Saint John,   b. 1707, Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America d. Aft. 09 Apr 1773, New York, United States (Age 66 years)   5. Sarah St. John,   b. Abt. 1707, Norwalk, Fairfield, Colony of Connecticut, British Colonial America d. 09 Apr 1773, Bedford, Westchester, Colony of New York, British Colonial America (Age 66 years)   6. Rebecca St John,   b. Abt. 1711, Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States d. 1773, Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States (Age 62 years)   7. Noah St John,   b. Abt. 1713, Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States d. 05 Oct 1778, Wilton, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States (Age 65 years)   8. Daniel St. John,   b. Abt. 1715, Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America d. 1806, South Salem, Westchester, New York Colony, British Colonial America (Age 91 years)   9. Private Ebenezer St. John,   b. 1719, Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America d. Bef. 1810, Ulster, Ulster, New York, United States (Age 90 years)   10. Matthew St. John,   b. 1723, Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, British Colonial America d. 1773 (Age 50 years)  [Father: unknown]  [Mother: unknown]   11. Job St. John,   b. 28 Jul 1723, Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America d. 26 Nov 1785, South Salem, Westchester, New York, United States (Age 62 years)  [Father: unknown]  [Mother: unknown]   12. Abigail St. John,   b. Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States d. 25 Sep 1755, Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America
  Family ID	F3326	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	15 Jun 2025

  
  

• Notes

  Capt. Samuel St. John came from Norwalk Capt. Samuel St. John came from Norwalk, with his brother Matthew and his father, and was an original proprietor of Ridgfield, Sept., 1708, when 24 persons bought the land from the Indians. 2 SOUR S28928 3 DATA 4 TEXT Date of I 2 SOUR S28928 3 DATA 4 TEXT Date of Import: May 9, 2002 [Olmsted05-07-02.GED] See also 8H04-DW, Samuel St John. Info from James Churchyar d. Birthalso given as abt 1690. BIRTH: J.R. McGraw has abt 1690 and may have been son of un known firstwife, not Rachel Boughton. Lived in Ridgefield, CT. DEATH: Everett Riggle has 1775. *** according to the St. John Genealogy https://www.stjohngenealogy.com/getperson.php?personID=OSA0002&tree=OSA0001 the Samuel in this family was born about 1662 - not 1658. *** Please do not use the faulty information from the book, The St. John genealogy; descendants of Matthias St. John, of Dorchester, Massachusetts, 1634, of Windsor, Connecticut, 1640, of Wethersfield, Connecticut, 1643-1645, and Norwalk, Connecticut, 1650 Please don't use the book, "The St. John genealogy; descendants of Matthias St. John, of Dorchester, Massachusetts, 1634, of Windsor, Connecticut, 1640, of Wethersfield, Connecticut, 1643-1645, and Norwalk, Connecticut, 1650," published in 1907, to make "corrections" to this file Samuel was clearly not the son of Matthias St. John II and his wife Rachel Bouton. Please see this website for better information: http://www.jnchurchyard.com/early4ch.html [Olmsted05-07-02.GED] See also 8H04-DW, [Olmsted05-07-02.GED] See also 8H04-DW, Samuel St John. Info from James Churchyar d. Birthalso given as abt 1690. BIRTH: J.R. McGraw has abt 1690 and may have been son of un known firstwife, not Rachel Boughton. Lived in Ridgefield, CT. DEATH: Everett Riggle has 1775. Captain Samuel St. John descends from Sir William St. John, Knight --&gt Mathew --&gt Mathews b. 1635; and not Thomas --&gt Christopher --&gt Mathias b. 1601 --&gt Matthias II --&gt Mathias III Captain Samuel St. John descends from Sir William St. John, Knight --&gt Mathew --&gt Mathews b. 1635; and not Thomas --&gt Christopher --&gt Mathias b. 1601 --&gt Matthias II --&gt Mathias III. Y-DNA shows Captain Samuel is a descendant of Sir William St. John born 1580-1586. Mathias III did not get married until 1690 to Rachel Bouton II. Mathewes b. 1635 married Rachel Button/Bouton before 1680 and had Captain Samuel b. 1580-1585 and Mathew 1586 and if the later couple had a Samuel and Mathew they were born AFTER 1690.

  
  

• Sources

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