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MARY2 TINKER (ROBERT1) was born Abt. 1606. She married MATTHIAS SENSION/STJOHN 01 Nov 1627 in New Windsor, Berkshire. He was born 1603 in London, England, and died 1669 in Norwalk, Connecticut.
Notes for MATTHIAS SENSION/STJOHN:
--of Dorchester, Massachusetts, and Windsor, Wethersfield and Norwalk, Connecticut;----the name was usually spelled Sension or Sention before 1700.
--came from St Potolph, Bishopsgate, London to Dorchester, Mass., in 1631/2; in Windsor in 1640; in Hartford in 1650; at Dorchester 1634; in Norwalk about 1654;
--the family name is a very old one. A Robert StJohn came to England in 1066 with William, the Conqueror;
--this Matthias has been traced back through Sir Oliver StJohn and wife, Sarah Bulkley, for many generations, but this has been proven fictitious;
--I suspect there are two Matthias St Johns who were either contemporaries or the family has been confused. Another Matthias, who married Elizabeth, was also of Dorchester, then Windsor then Norwalk; this Matthias had eight children: Ebenezer, James, Samuel, Nathan, Matthias, John, Rachel and the Mary who married Thomas Hyatt;--an article in "The American Genealogist" 53[1977]:241-243 deals with this;--
--Matthias and Mary resided in the parish of St Nicholas Cole Abbey, London, where he was a chandler;-
Children of MARY TINKER and MATTHIAS SENSION/STJOHN are:
12. i. MATTHIAS3 STJOHN, b. Abt. 1628, England; d. Dec 1728, Norwalk, Connecticut.
ii. THOMAS STJOHN, b. Abt. 1631; d. Died young.
13. iii. MARK STJOHN, b. 1634; d. 12 Aug 1693, Norwalk, Connecticut.
14. iv. SAMUEL STJOHN, b. Abt. 1640; d. 14 Jan 1685, Norwalk, Connecticut.
15. v. MERCY STJOHN, b. 08 Jun 1645; d. 1694.
16. vi. JAMES STJOHN, b. Abt. 1649; d. 09 May 1684, Norwalk, Connecticut.