Elizabeth (Dibble) St. John (abt. 1760 - 1836)

Born about 1760 in Granby, Hartford, Connecticut [uncertain]

Wife of Elijah St.John — married 26 Oct 1786 in Simsbury, Connecticut

Descendants

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Biography

Note: these sources do not provide her parents, but further research in the Connecticut records may reveal her origins

• The surname Delibah has been interpreted as Dibble in the St. John genealogy below
• Delibah could also refer to Dolliber or Delap.
• Dibble was a common surname in Granby, Connecticut in the early 1700s as evidenced by burials there^[1]

On October 26, 1786, Elisabeth "Delibah" of Granby married Elijah St. John in Simsbury, Connecticut^{[2][3][4] [5]}

She passed away aged 76 on 24 Feb 1836.^[6][7]

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/search?firstname=&middlename=&lastname=dibble&birthyear=&birthyearfilter=&deathyear=&deathyearfilter=&location=Granby%2C+Hartford+County%2C+Connecticut%2C+United+States+of+America&locationId=city_23208&memorialid=&datefilter=&orderby=d&page=1#sr-63692983
2. ↑ "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPSB-DDNS : 21 September 2019), Elisabeth Delibah in entry for Elijah St John, ; citing Marriage, , Compiled by Lucius A. and Lucius B. Barbour, housed at State Library, Hartford, Connecticut; FHL microfilm 008272244.
3. ↑ "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP77-NCPH : 21 September 2019), Elisabeth Delibah, ; citing Marriage, , Compiled by Lucius A. and Lucius B. Barbour, housed at State Library, Hartford, Connecticut; FHL microfilm 008143429.
4. ↑ Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870 Volume: Simsbury page 46, (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.) From original typescripts, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, 1928. Original Volume is noted as TM4, page 300, which states DELIBAH, Elisabeth, m. Elijah St. John, Oct. 26, 1786
5. ↑ Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870 Volume: Simsbury, page 135, (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.) From original typescripts, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, 1928. Original Volume is noted as TM4, page 300, which states St. John:
   • Elijah, m. Elisabeth Delibah, Oct. 26, 1786
   • Elijah, Jr., s. Elijah & Elisabeth, b. July 20, 1787; d. Nov. 1st Friday, 1788
   • Elisabeth, [d. Elijah & Elisabeth], b. May 15, 1789
6. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #83702338
7. ↑ "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7KC-BLH : 9 February 2018), Betsey St.John, 24 Feb 1836; citing , reference p 60 cem 122-1; FHL microfilm 3,362.

• No. 162, pg 94 and 166 - 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