Person:David St John (6)

BIOGRAPHY: The St. John Genealogy By Orline St. John Alexander The Grafton Press Genealogical Publishers New York 1907 Page 136

  Lieutenant David St. John, Jr. (Benjamin, Matthias, Matthias). B. in 1730; d. N. C. Apl 14 1796, ae. 66 years; will made Nov. 29, 1794, proved Apl. 19, 1796; m. in N. C., Mar. 9, 1758, Jemima Penoyer, b. in 1738; d. in N. C., Apl 4, 1813, ae. 75 years (Ch. Rec). He was surveyor of highways, 1751; mentioned as Capt., 1753, '69, '84; Selectman, 1754, '55,'58,'60,'82,'83,'84; Lister, 1766, '80; Constable, 1774; on Committee of inspection, 1778, '82; to purchase clothing for ye Army, 1779; Sealer of weights and measures, 1784. His ear mark was a Slope fore side of the off ear and step under the near ear (Rec. Apl. 12, 1773). 
  Jemima Penoyer, wife of David St. John, was received into full communion in N. C., Jan. 21, 1759. Lt. St. John and wife Jemima were received by profession, Sept. 5, 1773. Rev. Mr. Drummond gives, in 1772, David St. John, Sen'r, Jemima his wife, David, Jemima, Selleck, Samuel, children, and Hezekiah St. John (nephew), residenter.
  David was commissioned 1st Lieut., 8th Conn., Jan. 1, 1777; Resigned, Feb. 18, 1778 (Conn. in Rev., 230, 458). Member of Committee on clothing, 1781. His will was made Nov. 29, 1794, proved Apl. 19, 1796. He mentions wife Jemima, son David, son Sellick, daughter Jemima Chard, "my other three children, Samuel, Hannah, & Gold." His estate was distributed July 3, 1800, to widow Jemima, children Samuel, Goold and Hannah wife of Darius Knight.