Abigail (Spencer) St. John (1752 - 1839)

Born 8 May 1752 in Salisbury, Litchfield, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Ezra St. John — married about 27 Nov 1768 in New York

Descendants

Died 18 May 1839 at age 87 in Butternuts, Otsego, New York, United States

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Biography

Abigail was born in 1752. Abigail Spencer ... She passed away in 1839.

Birth date May 8 1752 ^[1] or May 5

Marriage date may be 24 Nov 1766^[2]

"The records which follow suggest that the time is that of Ezra St. John of whom nothing appears in Sharon, but his birth. An Ezra was in the New York Line, 1775, in the Saratoga Dist. The family below was of that district. Ezra St. John, 2nd Lieut., Amenia. Dutchess Co., N. Y., 1775 (492), Ezra, 1st Lieut. 4th Co., Capt. Elisha Barlow, Col. Morris Regt., N. Y., Sept. 10, 1776 (N. Y. in Rev., p. 134). Ezra St. John. Lieut., a petitioner to Geo. Clinton, Brig. Gen'l., Sept. 7, 1776, objects to William Formal] being appointed Physician and recommends Abraham Teller instead, in Graham's Regiment (Clinton Papers, vol. i. p. 335).

Ezra St. John moved to Salisbury, Conn. ; about 1800 to Stillwater, N. Y. ; later to Butternuts, N. Y. Abigail, widow of Ezra St. John of Salina, Onondaga Co., N. Y., applied for a pension on account of his services in the Revolution. The application was suspended for further proof. Ezra was Ensign, in Captain Dunham's Co., Saratoga Dist., Mar. 26, 1781, Albany Co.; 2nd Lieut. Oct. 17, 1775; Captain, 1786, Albany Co.; Major, 1793, Washington Co.; Resigned as Major in 1802, Washington Co."^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ No. 206, pg 182 - 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 by Alexander, Orline St. John Alexander Published 1907
2. ↑ No. 206, pg 182 - 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 by Alexander, Orline St. John Alexander Published 1907
3. ↑ No. 206, pg 182-183 -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 by Alexander, Orline St. John Alexander Published 1907

• No. 206, pg 107 and 182-183 - 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 by Alexander, Orline St. John Alexander Published 1907
• Goodwin, Nathaniel. Genealogical Notes, or Contributions to the Family History of Some of the First Settlers of Connecticut and Massachusetts (F.A. Brown, Hartford, Conn., 1856) Page 318.