*Mark Sension or St. John 
*Mark Sension or was born in June 1633 in St. Nicholas Cole Abbey,London,ENG.1 *Mark Sension or's father was *Matthias (Sr) Sension or St. John and his mother was Sarah Hoyt. His paternal grandfather was *Richard Sension or St. John. He had three brothers and a sister, named Matthias (Jr), Samuel, James and Mercy. He was the second oldest of the five children. He died at the age of 60 on August 12th, 1693 in Norwalk,Connecticut.1 General Notes
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ELIZABETH STANLEY.
(2 TIMOTHY.)
Second child of Timothy and Elizabeth Stanley, the emigrants, born about 1635; married Mark Sension (or St. John), of Norwalk. After her death, about January, 1693, he married, second, Mrs. Dorothy, widow of Francis Hall, and daughter of Rev. Henry Smith, of Wethersfield. He died August 12, 1693, aged about fifty-nine. His widow, Mrs. Dorothy Sension, married Dea. Isaac Moore, of Farmington, whose first wife was Ruth, sister of Capt. John Stanley, who had been brought up by her uncle Timothy (page 19). He bought the house lot of Isaac Moore in 1660, when the latter removed back to Farmington.
Their children were:
8 ELIZABETH SENSION, b. Dec. 16, 1656; m. Samuel Galpin.
9 SARAH SENSION, b. Jan. 18, 1660; m., March 10, 1681,
Samuel Keeler, of Norwalk. Her son, Joseph Keeler,
married Elizabeth Whitney, of whom more than five
thousand descendants are enumerated in the Whitney
Family of Connecticut.
10 JOSEPH SENSION, b. April, 1664; m., March 5, 1696,
Sarah Betts.
11 RHODA SENSION, b. Aug. 12, 1666; m. Matthew Marvin.
12 LOIS SENSION, b. May, 1669; m. Samuel Carter.
13 RACHEL SENSION, b. June, 1671.
14 ANNA SENSION, b. Aug. 12, 1674. These two unmarried
at the death of their father. The children were all
born in Norwalk.
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sufficient wolfe-pitt. In 1673 "The Estates of Lands and Accommodations of ye town of Norwalk" shows the estate of Mark Sension to be 252 lbs. On Jan.3, 1687 it was 302 lbs. Which made his estate the third largest in a list of 78. He was a Norwalk deputy in 1672, 1676, 1678 and 1684. He died at Norwalk on Aug.12, 1693.
Sarah St.John, daughter of Mark and Elizabeth Stanley
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St.John, was born at Norwalk, Conn. on Jan.18, 1659. On Mar.10, 1681 she was married to Samuel Keeler, son of Ralph Keeler. She died at Ridgefield, Conn. on April.15, 1714. See the Keeler Lineage.
Bibliography
History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield
by M.A.Jacobus.
Ancient Historical Records of Norwalk, Conn. by Edwin
Hall.
*Mark Sension or and *Elizabeth were married in a religious ceremony before 1655 in Norwalk,Fairfield,CT. They had a son and six daughters, named Joseph, Elizabeth, *Sarah, Rhoda, Lois, Rachel and Anna.
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Children
Elizabeth St.John
Elizabeth was born on December 6th, 1656 in Norwalk,CT. She died before November 28th, 1732.
*Sarah St.John
*Sarah was born on January 18th, 1659 in Norwalk,CT. She died at the age of 55 on April 15th, 1714 in Ridgefield,CT.
Joseph St.John
Joseph was born in April 1664 in Norwalk,CT. He died at the age of 67 on September 26th, 1731.
Lois St.John
Lois was born on May 3rd, 1669 in Norwalk,CT. She died at the age of 83 on June 12th, 1752.
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