Person:Matthias Sension (2)

m. 1 Nov 1627
  1. Matthias Sension1628 - 1728
  2. Thomas Sension1631 - 1639
  3. Mark Sension1633 - 1693
  4. Sarah SensionEst 1636 - 1647
  5. Samuel SensionEst 1638 - 1684
  6. Mercy SensionEst 1645 - Bef 1694/95
  7. James SensionEst 1648 - 1684
m. Bef 1657
  1. Mary SensionEst 1657 - Aft 1698
  2. Ebenezer SensionAbt 1660 - Bet 1723 & 1724
  3. Matthias SensionEst 1667 - 1748
  4. James SensionEst 1674 - Bef 1754
Facts and Events
Name[1] Matthias Sension
Alt Name[2][3][4] Matthias St. John
Gender Male
Christening[1] 30 Nov 1628 New Windsor, Berkshire, England
Marriage Bef 1657 Based on estimated date of birth of eldest known child (Mary).
to Elizabeth _____
Occupation? Bet 1678 and 1704 Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, United StatesThird Tavern-Keeper in Norwalk
Death[2] Dec 1728 Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
Burial[5] East Norwalk Historical Cemetery, Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
Probate[2] 5 Sep 1732 Administration to the widow.

Ancient Historical Records of Norwalk, p. 17:

"There is no complete list of the original settlers but a Table of 'Estates of lands and accommodations' in 1655 contains the names of the following inhabitants …

Sention, Matthias, Sen.
Sention, Matthias, Jr.
Sention, Matthew
…"

Same source, p. 70

"At the same meeting [Dec 17, 1678], Mathias Sension was chosen to keep an ordinary [tavern] for the entertaining strangers, etc."

References
  1. 1.0 1.1 Matthew Sension, in Anderson, Robert Charles; George F. Sanborn; and Melinde Lutz Sanborn. The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635. (Boston, Massachusetts: NEHGS, 1999-2011)
    6:231.

    "Matthias Sension, bp. New Windsor, 30 November 1628 [NEHGR 149:411]."

  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Matthias St. John, in Jacobus, Donald Lines. History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield. (New Haven, Conn.: The Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Company, 1930-1932)
    1:513.

    "St. John, Matthias, s. of Matthias. Born abt. 1630, d. at Norwalk in Dec. 1728; m. Elizabeth _____. Adm'n granted to widow Elizabeth, 5 Sept. 1732."

  3. 2 Matthias St. John, in Alexander, Orline St. John. 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. (New York, NY: Grafton Press, 1907)
    17-18.
  4. Data (Mostly Negative) on the English Origins of Matthias St. John.
  5. Mathias Saint John, Jr., in Find A Grave.