Sarah (St. John) Stebbins (1733 - 1765)

Born 9 Oct 1733 in Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony

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Died 25 May 1765 at age 31 in South Salem, Westchester, New York Colony

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Biography

Born 9 Oct 1733 in Ridgefield Connecticut to Nathan and Hannah St. John^[1][2]

Although the St John Genealogy suggests that Sarah, daughter of Nathan and Hannah, married James Green,^[3], subsequent research supports that this was another Sarah (St. John) Green (abt.1750-).

That Sarah, daughter of Nathan, married Nehemiah Stebbins, is supported by the following:

• while still single, Sarah received a bequest from her fathers will of a piece of land.^[4]
• this same piece of land was later sold by Nehemiah Stebbins and his wife Sarah.^[5]
• the age at death of Sarah, wife of Nehemiah Stebbins corresponds with the birth of Sarah, daughter of Nathan St John.^[6]

Although The Stebbins Genealogy suggests that Sarah Jessup married Nehemiah Stebbins, it is suggested this was because their son Samuel named a son Benjamin Jessup Stebbins. Instead, Samuel Stebbins had a first cousin named Benjamin Jessup, which was the inspiration for his son's name.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7WL-6ZR : 7 January 2020), Sarah St John, 1733.
2. ↑ "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP3H-G8WB : 21 September 2019), Sarah St John, ; citing Birth, , Compiled by Lucius A. and Lucius B. Barbour, housed at State Library, Hartford, Connecticut; FHL microfilm 008272244.
3. ↑ No. 86, v, pg. 60 - 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 Orline St. John Alexander, 1907 - https://ia802703.us.archive.org/22/items/stjohngenealogyd00alex/stjohngenealogyd00alex.pdf
4. ↑ Danbury Probate Records, 2:46 ff
5. ↑ Ridgefield CT Deeds, vol. 4:80, 4:232
6. ↑ "Nehemiah and Sarah (St John) Stebbins," in The American Genealogist, 33 (1957):101. New Haven, CT: D. L. Jacobus, 1937-. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009 - .) link for NEHGS members
7. ↑ "Nehemiah and Sarah (St John) Stebbins," in The American Genealogist, 33 (1957):101. New Haven, CT: D. L. Jacobus, 1937-. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009 - .) link for NEHGS members

• "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:3SZJ-Q4Y : accessed 20 April 2018), entry for ABRAHAM L. /STEBBINS/; "Sevell Van Orden Tree" file (2:2:2:MMDZ-YC5), submitted 20 June 2013 by sevellevanorden1 [identity withheld for privacy].
• "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:361L-N3H : accessed 20 April 2018), entry for Abraham L /Stebbins/; "Cantwell Keller" file (2:2:2:MM6Q-WHZ), submitted 20 August 2017 by Deborah Keller_1 [identity withheld for privacy].