St. JOHN FAMILY

I. BASING LINE

Hugh De PORT

Born: ABT 1061, Port-en-Bessin, Calvados, Normandy, France

Died: 1096, Basing, Hampshire, England

Married: Orence ?

Children:

1. Henry De PORT

2. Emma De PORT


Emma De PORT

Father: Hugh De PORT

Mother: Orence ?

Married: William De PERCY (1º B. Percy)

Children:

1. Alan De PERCY (2º B. Percy)

2. Walter De PERCY

3. William De PERCY (Abbot of Whitby)

4. Richard De PERCY


Henry De PORT

Born: BEF 1091

Died: ABT 1153, Basing, Hampshire, England

Father: Hugh De PORT

Mother: Orence ?

Married: Hawise of Basing

Children:

1. John De PORT


John De PORT

Born: ABT 1121, Basing, Northamptonshire, England

Died: 1167

Notes: in the 12th Henry II (1165-6), contributed for his knights' fees (seven in number) to the assessment for marrying the king's dau., 47 marks. He was s. by his son, Adam De Port, Lord of Basing. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p. 466, St. John, Barons St. John of Basing]

Father: Henry De PORT

Mother: Hawise of Basing

Married: Maud St JOHN

Children:

1. Adam De PORT


Adam De PORT

Born: ABT 1151, Basing, Northamptonshire, England

Died: 25 Jun 1213

Notes: This feudal baron was governor of the castle of Southampton in the 15th (1213-14) King John, and in the 22nd Henry II [1176] he was fined 300 marks for trespassing in the king's forests. In the 26th of the same reign [1180], he gave 1000 marks to the King for livery of his wife's inheritance in Normandy, and that he might be restored to the king's favour and do his homage. He m. Mabel, dau. of Reginald De Aurevalle, and grandchild and heir through her mother, Muriell, of Roger De St. John, and Cecily his wife, dau. and heir of Robert De Haye, Lord of Halnac, co. Sussex, and his posterity ever afterwards bore the surname of St. John. By this lady he had two sons, William and Robert. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p. 466, St. John, Barons St. John, of Basing]

Father: John De PORT

Mother: Maud St JOHN

Married 1: Mabel De AUREVALLE

Children:

1. Alice De PORT

2. William De St. JOHN

3. Robert De St. JOHN

Married 2: Sibyl De BRAIOSE (w. of William De Ferrers, 3º E. Derby) AFT 1190, Bramber, Sussex, England


Alice De PORT

Born: ABT 1168, Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales

Died: BEF 1213

Father: Adam De PORT

Mother: Mabel De AUREVALLE

Married: John FitzGilbert Le MARSHALL (Sir)

Children:

1. John Le MARSHALL (Sir)


William De St. JOHN

Born: 1173, Portchester Castle,Hampshire,England

Died: 1239, Portchester Castle,Hampshire,England

Notes: assuming that surname, wrote himself 'Willielmus De Sancto Johanne filius et h¹res Ad De Port', and in the 15th John [1214-15], gave 500 marks to the King for livery of all the lands of Adam De Port, his father. The two following years he executed the sheriff's office for the co. Southampton, but was subsequently in arms with the other barons against the crown, and did not return to his allegiance until some time after the accession of Henry III. He made his peace, however, effectually, for we find him in the 11th of that King [1227] appointed governor of the islands of Guernsey and Jersey. He m. Godchild, dau. of N. Paganell, and was s. by his son, Robert De St. John. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p. 466, St. John, Barons St. John, of Basing]

Father: Adam De PORT

Mother: Mabel De AUREVALLE

Married: Godechild De PAGANEL

Children:

1. Robert De St. JOHN of Basing (Sir)


Robert De St. JOHN of Basing (Sir)

Born: ABT 1199, Portchester Castle, Hampshire, England

Died: BEF 25 Mar 1266/7, Basing, Hampshire, England

Notes: Constable of Porcestre CastleRobert De St. John, who had a military summons in the 42nd Henry III [1258] to oppose the incursions of the Welsh and, in three years afterwards, obtained a license to fix a pale upon the bank of his moat at Basing, as also to continue it so fortified during the king's pleasure.* In the 50th of the same reign [1266] he was constituted governor of Porchester Castle and, dying soon after, 1266, left (by his wife Agnes, dau. of William De Cantilupe) John, his heir; William, of Faumont, Glamorgan

Father: William De St. JOHN

Mother: Godechild De PAGANEL

Married: Agnes De CANTILUPE

Children:

1. John De St. JOHN (Sir)

2. Jane De St. JOHN

3. William De St. JOHN


Jane De St. JOHN

Born: ABT 1228, Basing, Hampshire, England

Father: Robert De St. JOHN of Basing (Sir)

Mother: Agnes De CANTILUPE

Married: Andrew De WAKE (Sir)

Children:

1. Eleanor De WAKE


John De St. JOHN (Sir)

Born: 1225, Basing, Hampshire, England

Died: 29 Sep 1302

Notes: Constable of Porcestre Castle, Seneschal of Gascony, Seneschal of Aquitaine

Father: Robert De St. JOHN of Basing (Sir)

Mother: Agnes De CANTILUPE

Married: Alice FITZPIERS BEF 29 Jan 1256

Children:

1. Agnes St. JOHN

2. Edward St. JOHN

3. Amadeus St. JOHN

4. John St. JOHN


Agnes St. JOHN

Born: ABT 1273, Basing, Hampshire, England

Died: 11 Jun 1345, Exeter, Devonshire, England

Buried: 27 Jun 1345, Cowick, near Exeter, Devonshire, England

Father: John De St. JOHN (Sir)

Mother: Alice FITZPIERS

Married: Hugh COURTENAY (1° E. Devon) 1292

Children:

1. Hugh COURTENAY (2° E. Devon)

2. John COURTENAY

3. Eleanor COURTENAY

4. Robert COURTENAY

5. Thomas COURTENAY

6. Elizabeth COURTENAY (b. ABT 1313)


Edward St. JOHN

Born: ABT 1259, Basing, Hampshire, England

Father: John De St. JOHN (Sir)

Mother: Alice FITZPIERS

Married: Eve De HAUTERIVE

Children:

1. Edward St. JOHN


Edward St. JOHN

Born: 1304, Londesborough, York, England

Died: 7 Mar 1389

Father: Edward St. JOHN

Mother: Eve De HAUTERIVE

Married: Anastasia De ATON

Children:

1. Margaret St. JOHN


Margaret St. JOHN

Born: ABT 1330

Father: Edward St. JOHN

Mother: Anastasia De ATON

Married: Thomas BROMFLETE (Sheriff of Yorkshire)

Children:

1. Joan BROMFLETE (m. Thomas Fauconberge, B. Fauconberge)


John St. JOHN

Born: ABT Oct 1273, Basing, Hampshire, England

Died: 14 May 1329

Father: John De St. JOHN (Sir)

Mother: Alice FITZPIERS

Married: Isabel COURTENAY BEF 1308

Children:

1. Margaret St. JOHN

2. William St. JOHN (b. 14 Jun 1309)

3. Hugh St. JOHN


Margaret St. JOHN

Born: ABT 1308, Hatch, Somersetshire, England

Died: 19 Nov 1361

Father: John St. JOHN

Mother: Isabel COURTENAY

Married: John De BEAUCHAMP (Sir Knight) ABT 1328, Hatch, Somersetshire, England

Children:

1. Eleanor De BEAUCHAMP (m. Sir John Blount)

2. Margaret De BEAUCHAMP

3. John De BEAUCHAMP (Sir Knight)

4. Edward De BEAUCHAMP

5. William De BEAUCHAMP

6. Cecily De BEAUCHAMP (m. Sir Roger St. Maur, Knight)


Hugh St. JOHN

Born: 26 May 1310, Basing, Hampshire, England

Died: May / 25 Oct 1335

Father: John St. JOHN

Mother: Isabel COURTENAY

Married: Merabelle WAKE (d. AFT Jun 1355)

Children:

1. Isabel St. JOHN

2. Margaret St. JOHN


Margaret St. JOHN

Died: 1361

Father: Hugh St. JOHN

Mother: Merabelle WAKE

Married: John St. PHILLIBERT (1º B. St. Phillibert)

Children:

1. Isabella St. PHILLIBERT (m. Sir Thomas De Clarell)


Isabel St. JOHN

Born: 29 Jun 1333

Died: 16 Oct 1393

Father: Hugh St. JOHN

Mother: Merabelle WAKE

Married 1: Henry De BURGHERSH BEF 1347

Married 2: Luke De POYNINGS BEF 29 Jan 1349

Children:

1. Thomas De POYNINGS (1º B. St. John of Basing)

2. Joan POYNINGS

Married 3: Thomas WORTYNG BEF 1387



II. BLETSOE LINE

William De St. JOHN

Born: ABT 1234, Basing, Hampshire, England

Died: 1305

Father: Robert De St. JOHN of Basing (Sir)

Mother: Agnes De CANTILUPE

Married: Isabel COMBMARTIN 1266, Faumont, Glamorgan, Wales

Children:

1. John De St. JOHN


John De St. JOHN

Born: ABT 1267, Faumont, Glamorgan, Wales

Father: William De St. JOHN

Mother: Isabel COMBMARTIN

Married: Beatrix ? 1292, Faumont, Glamorganshire, Wales

Children:

1. John St. JOHN (Sir Knight)

2. Henry St. JOHN


John St. JOHN (Sir Knight)

Born: ABT 1292, Castle Faumont, Glamorganshire, Wales

Died: Faumont, Glamorganshire, England

Father: John De St. JOHN

Mother: Beatrix ?

Married: Elizabeth De UMFREVILLE ABT 1318, Castle, Penmark, Glamorganshire, Wales

Children:

1. John St. JOHN (Sir Knight)


John St. JOHN (Sir Knight)

Born: ABT 1319, England

Father: John St. JOHN (Sir Knight)

Mother: Elizabeth De UMFREVILLE

Married: Isabel PAVELEY

Children:

1. Oliver St. JOHN


Oliver St. JOHN

Born: ABT 1346

Father: John St. JOHN (Sir Knight)

Mother: Isabel PAVELEY

¿Married 1: Dau. ARUNDELL ABT 1370, Lanherne, Cornwall, England?

Married 2: Elizabeth De La BERE

Children:

1. John St. JOHN


John St. JOHN

Born: ABT 1383, Castle Faumont, Glamorganshire, Wales

Father: Oliver St. JOHN

Mother: Elizabeth De La BERE

Married: Elizabeth PAULET

Children:

1. Oliver St. JOHN (Sir Knight)

¿2. Joan St. JOHN?

¿3. Isabel St. JOHN?


Isabel St. JOHN

Died: ABT 1437

Father: John St. JOHN

Mother: Elizabeth PAULET

Married: William SIDNEY

Children:

1. William SIDNEY

2. Elizabeth SIDNEY


Joan St. JOHN

Died: 5 Jul 1463

Father: John St. JOHN

Mother: Elizabeth PAULET

Married: Nicholas ARUNDELL ABT 1428

Children:

1. Alexander ARUNDELL

2. Leonard ARUNDELL

3. John ARUNDELL (Sir Sheriff of Trerise)

4. Joan ARUNDELL


Oliver St. JOHN (Sir Knight)

Born: ABT 1400/14, Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England

Died: 1437, Penmark, Gloucestershire, England

Father: John St. JOHN

Mother: Elizabeth PAULET

Married: Margaret BEAUCHAMP (D. Somerset) (b. 1410 - d. 8 Aug 1482) (dau. of Sir John Beauchamp and Elizabeth Stourton) (m.2 of John Beaufort, 1º D. Somerset - m.3 of Lionel Welles, B. Welles)

Children:

1. John St. JOHN (Sir Knight)

2. Oliver St. JOHN (Sir Knight)

3. Edith St. JOHN

4. Elizabeth St. JOHN (B. Scrope of Bolton)

5. Mary St. JOHN

6. Margaret St. JOHN (Abbes of Shaftesbury) (b. ABT 1436 - d. 1492)

7. Agnes St. JOHN


Edith St. JOHN

Born: ABT 1430, Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England

Father: Oliver St. JOHN (Sir Knight)

Mother: Margaret BEAUCHAMP (D. Somerset)

Married: Geoffrey POLE (Sir) ABT 1461

Children:

1. Richard POLE (Sir Knight)

2. Eleanor POLE


Mary St. JOHN

Born: ABT 1434, Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England

Father: Oliver St. JOHN (Sir Knight)

Mother: Margaret BEAUCHAMP (D. Somerset)

Married: Richard TREGONWELL


Agnes St. JOHN

Born: ABT 1438, Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England

Father: Oliver St. JOHN (Sir Knight)

Mother: Margaret BEAUCHAMP (D. Somerset)

Married: David MALPAS


Elizabeth St. JOHN (B. Scrope of Bolton)

Born: ABT 1432, Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England

Died: BEF 3 Jul 1494

Father: Oliver St. JOHN (Sir Knight)

Mother: Margaret BEAUCHAMP (D. Somerset)

Married 1: William La ZOUCHE (5º B. Zouche of Harryngworth) 2 Apr 1450

Married 2: John SCROPE (5° B. Scrope of Bolton) BEF 10 Dec 1471

Children:

1. Mary SCROPE

2. Elizabeth SCROPE


John St. JOHN (Sir Knight)

Born: ABT 1426, Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England

Died: AFT 1488

Notes: Knight of the Bath

Father: Oliver St. JOHN (Sir Knight)

Mother: Margaret BEAUCHAMP (D. Somerset)

Married: Alice BRADSHAW (b. ABT 1426, Haigh, Lancashire, England)(dau. of Thomas Bradshaigh) ABT 1447, Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England 

Children:

1. Elizabeth St. JOHN (b. 1448, Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England)

2. John St. JOHN (Sir Knight)

3. Eleanor St. JOHN

4. Anne St. JOHN (B. Clifford)

5. Margaret St. JOHN (b. ABT 1457, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England)

6. Morris St. JOHN (b. ABT 1459, Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England)


Eleanor St. JOHN

Born: ABT 1455, Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England

Father: John St. JOHN (Sir Knight)

Mother: Alice BRADSHAW

Married: John ZOUCHE of Codnor

Children:

1. Leonard ZOUCHE (b. 1479)

2. David ZOUCHE

3. Margaret ZOUCHE

4. John ZOUCHE of Codnor (Sir)

5. Elizabeth ZOUCHE (Abbess of Shaftesbury)

6. Agnes ZOUCHE (Nun at Sempringham)

7. Cecily ZOUCHE


Anne St. JOHN (B. Clifford)

Born: ABT 1456, Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England

Died: ABT 1506

Buried: Skipton, Yorkshire, England

Father: John St. JOHN (Sir Knight)

Mother: Alice BRADSHAW

Married:
Henry CLIFFORD (10º B. Clifford) ABT 1486, Skipton, York, England

Children:

1. Henry CLIFFORD (1º E. Cumberland)

2. Edward CLIFFORD (b. ABT 1495)

3. Thomas CLIFFORD (Sir Knight)

4. Anne CLIFFORD

5. Eleanor CLIFFORD

6. Elizabeth CLIFFORD

7. Margaret CLIFFORD

8. Mabel CLIFFORD (C. Southampton)

9. Joan CLIFFORD

10. Mary CLIFFORD (b. ABT 1503)


John St. JOHN (Sir Knight)

Born: ABT 1450/65, Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England  

Died: 1525

Notes: Knight of the Bath.

Father: John St. JOHN (Sir Knight)

Mother: Alice BRADSHAW

Married: Sybil Verch MORGAN ABT 1483, Langstone, Glamorganshire, Wales

Children:

1. Alice St. JOHN (B. Morley)

2. Margaret St. JOHN

3. Elizabeth St. JOHN

4. Sybil St. JOHN

5. Oliver St. JOHN

6. Alexander St. JOHN (Esq.)

7. Catherine St. JOHN

8. John St. JOHN (Esq.)


Alice St. JOHN (B. Morley)

Born: 1484, Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England

Died: Dec 1552

Buried: 23 Nov 1553, Greathallingbury, Essex, England

Father: John St. JOHN (Sir Knight)

Mother: Sybil Verch MORGAN

Married: Henry PARKER (1º B. Morley) ABT 1509

Children:

1. Henry PARKER (Sir)

2. Jane PARKER (V. Rochford)

3. Margaret PARKER


Margaret St. JOHN

Born: ABT 1486, Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England

Father: John St. JOHN (Sir Knight)

Mother: Sybil Verch MORGAN

Married: Thomas GAMAGE (Sir) (b. ABT 1484 - d. AFT 1515) 

Children:

1. Margaret GAMAGE (B. Howard of Effingham) (b. ABT 1515 - d. 1 May 1581 - bur. 18 May 1581, Reigate) (m. William Howard, 1º B. Effingham)

2. Robert GAMAGE (m. Joan Champernowne)

3. Catherine GAMAGE

4. Mary GAMAGE (m. Mathew Herbert)


Elizabeth St. JOHN

Born: ABT 1488, Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England

Father: John St. JOHN (Sir Knight)

Mother: Sybil Verch MORGAN

Married 1: Thomas ROTHERON 1505

Married 2: John ZOUCHE of Codnor (Sir)

Children:

1. Elizabeth ZOUCHE (C. Kildare)

2. Catherine ZOUCHE (V. Kilmaule)


Sybil St. JOHN

Born: ABT 1490, Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England

Father: John St. JOHN (Sir Knight)

Mother: Sybil Verch MORGAN

Married: Robert KIRKHAN ABT 1511, Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England


Oliver St. JOHN

Born: ABT 1492, Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire, England

Father: John St. JOHN (Sir Knight)

Mother: Sybil Verch MORGAN

Married: Mary FITZGEOFFREY ABT 1517, Sharnbrook, Bedford, England


Catherine St. JOHN

Born: ABT 1496, Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England

Died: Dec 1553

Notes: Sir Griffith was Knight of the Bath at marriage of Arthur, Prince of Wales 1501; their tomb is located in the eastern choir transept in Worcester Cathedral below the tomb of the Prince of Wales, eldest son of Henry VII.

Father: John St. JOHN (Sir Knight)

Mother: Sybil Verch MORGAN

Married 1: Griffith Ap RHYS (Sir Knight) (d. 1521) (son of Sir Rhys Ap Thomas and Eve Gwillian) ABT 1507, Boliner, Buckingham, England

Children:

1. Rhys AP GRIFFITH FITZURYON RHYS (b. 1500 - d. 1531, beheaded) (m. Catherine Howard, C. Bridgewater)

Married 2: Piers EDGECOMBE of Cothele (Sir Knight) (b. 1468/9 - d. 14 Aug 1539) 1532


Alexander St. JOHN (Esq.)

Born: ABT 1494 / 1519, Thurley, Bedfordshire, England

Father: John St. JOHN (Sir Knight)

Mother: Sybil Verch MORGAN

Married 1: Jane DALLISON

Children:

1. Henry St. JOHN

Married 2: ¿?


Henry St. JOHN

Born: ABT 1545, Keysoe, Bedfordshire, England

Died: 28 Jun 1598, Keysoe, Bedfordshire, England

Father: Alexander St. JOHN (Esq.)

Mother: Jane DALLISON

Married: Jane NEALE (7 Sep d. 1618) (dau. of Thomas Neale and Goditha Throckmorton)

Children:

1. Oliver St. JOHN (Sir)

2. Thomas St. JOHN

3. Margaret St. JOHN

4. Agnes St. JOHN

5. Frances St. JOHN

6. Judith St. JOHN


Margaret St. JOHN

Born: ABT 1574, Keysoe, Bedfordshire, England

Father: Henry St. JOHN

Mother: Jane NEALE

Married: Son WAKE


Agnes St. JOHN

Born: ABT 1576, Keysoe, Bedfordshire, England

Father: Henry St. JOHN

Mother: Jane NEALE

Married: Son WELLES


Frances St. JOHN

Born: ABT 1578, Keysoe, Bedfordshire, England

Father: Henry St. JOHN

Mother: Jane NEALE

Married: Son WELLES


Judith St. JOHN

Born: ABT 1580, Keysoe, Bedfordshire, England

Father: Henry St. JOHN

Mother: Jane NEALE

Married: Son GREY


Oliver St. JOHN (Sir)

Born: BEF 1565, London, London, England

Christened: 14 Jan 1565, Milton Ernest, Bedford, England

Died: 23 Mar 1626, Keysoe, Bedfordshire, England

Buried: 23 Mar 1625/26, Keysoe, Bedfordshire, England

Father: Henry St. JOHN

Mother: Jane NEALE

Married 1: Sarah BULKELEY (b. 1580 - d. 1611) 1597, Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England

Children:

1. Judith St. JOHN

2. Mathias St. JOHN

3. Catherine St. JOHN

4. Dorothy St. JOHN

5. Edward St. JOHN

6. Judith St. JOHN

7. Oliver St. JOHN (Chief Justice of England)

8. Elizabeth St. JOHN

Married 2: Alice HASELDEN 16 Aug 1611, Goldington, Bedfordshire, England


Oliver St. JOHN (Chief Justice of England)

Born: 25 Jun 1598, Longthorpe, Nhant., England

Christened: 25 Jun 1598 Wootton, Bassett, Wilts, England

Died: 31 Dec 1673

Notes:  statesman and judge. Educated at Queens' College, Cambridge, and was called to the bar in 1626. He appears to have got into trouble with the court in connection with a seditious publication, and to have associated himself with the future popular leaders John Pym and Lord Saye. In 1638 he defended John Hampden on his refusal to pay Ship Money, on which occasion he made a notable speech. In the same year he married, as his second wife, Elizabeth Cromwell, a cousin of Oliver Cromwell, to whom his first wife also had been distantly related. The marriage led to an intimate friendship with Cromwell.

St John was member for Totnes in both the Short and the Long Parliament, where he acted in close alliance with Hampden and Pym, especially in opposition to the impost of Ship Money. In 1641, with a view of securing his support, the king appointed St John solicitor-general. This did not prevent him taking an active role in the impeachment of Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford, and in preparing the bills brought forward by the popular party in the House of Commons; as a result, he was dismissed from office in 1643. On the outbreak of the Civil War, he became recognized as one of the parliamentary leaders. In the quarrel between the parliament and the army in 1647 he sided with the latter, and throughout this period he enjoyed Cromwell's confidence.

Oliver St.John

by Pieter Nason

In 1648 St John was appointed chief justice of the common pleas; and from then on he devoted himself to his judicial duties. He refused to act as one of the commissioners for the trial of King Charles I, and had no hand in Pride's Purge, nor in the constitution of the Commonwealth. In 1651 he went to The Hague as one of the envoys to negotiate a union between England and the Dutch Republic, a mission in which he entirely failed, leading to the First Anglo-Dutch War; but in the same year he successfully conducted a similar negotiation with Scotland. After the Restoration he published an account of his past conduct (The Case of Oliver St John, 1660), and this apologia enabled him to escape any worse retribution than exclusion from public office. He retired to his country house in Northamptonshire till 1662, when he went to live abroad.

Father: Oliver St. JOHN (Sir)

Mother: Sarah BULKELEY

Married 1: Joan ALTHAM ABT 1629

Children:

1. Joan St. JOHN (m. Sir Walter St. John of Lydiard Tregoze)

2. Catherine St. JOHN (m. Sir Henry St. John of Tandragee)

Married 2: Elizabeth CROMWELL 21 Jan 1639, High Lover, Essex, England

Children:

3. Son St. JOHN

4. Son St. JOHN

Married 3: Elizabeth OXENBRIDGE (dau. of Daniel Oxenbridge) 1 Oct 1645


Dorothy St. JOHN

Born: 1602, London, London, England

Father: Oliver St. JOHN (Sir)

Mother: Sarah BULKELEY

Married: Richard WESTLAND 13 Jun 1625


Judith St. JOHN

Born: 1609, Keysoe, Bedfordshire, England

Father: Oliver St. JOHN (Sir)

Mother: Sarah BULKELEY

Married: John PERCIVAL 25 Sep 1633, Odell, Bedfordshire, England


Elizabeth St. JOHN

Born: 12 Jan 1604, Keysoe, Bedfordshire, England

Christened: 12 Jan 1604, Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England

Died: 3 Mar 1676/7, Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts

Father: Oliver St. JOHN (Sir)

Mother: Sarah BULKELEY

Married: Samuel WHITING (Rev.) 6 Aug 1629, Boston, Lincolnshire, England


Matthias St. JOHN

Born: 1604, St Botolph, Bishop Gate, London, England

Christened: Windsor, Fairfield, Connecticut

Died: 19 Oct 1669, Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut

Buried: Jan 1669/70, Windsor, Fairfield, Connecticut

Notes: does not seem likely that Matthias St. John was connected with the families of the nobility or gentry. Perhaps he was of Huguenot origin. A great many of these French protestants fled to England and engaged in various trades to support themselves. "St. John" is a very common parish name in France, and would probably sound like Sension. Perhaps he was descended from servants of one of the above gentry families, and his ancestors took the name of their masters. This is what happened with many freed slaves in the South, and the same process in England led to servitors having noble surnames.

Father: Oliver St. JOHN (Sir)

Mother: Sarah BULKELEY

Married: Sarah (or Mary) ?

Children:

1. Mathias St. JOHN


John St. JOHN (Esq.)

Born: 1498, Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England

Died: 1595

Notes: M.P. for Bedfordshire, 1547-52

Father: John St. JOHN (Sir Knight)

Mother: Sybil Verch MORGAN

Married 1: Margaret WALDEGRAVE ABT 1515, Smallbudge, Bures., Suffolk

Children:

1. Oliver St. JOHN (1º B. St. John of Bletsoe)

2. Anne St. JOHN

3. Margery St. JOHN (B. Grey of Ruthin)

4. Alice St. JOHN

5. Margaret St. JOHN (C. Bedford)

6. Son St. JOHN

7. Son St. JOHN

8. Son St. JOHN

9. Son St. JOHN

Married 2: Anne NEVILLE

Children:

10. Cressit St. JOHN

11. Charles St. JOHN

12. Jane St. JOHN

13. Dau. St. JOHN


Anne St. JOHN

Born: ABT 1518, Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England

Father: John St. JOHN (Esq.)

Mother: Margaret WALDEGRAVE

Married: Richard DENNIS


Margery St. JOHN (B. Grey of Ruthin)

Born: ABT 1520, Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England

Father: John St. JOHN (Esq.)

Mother: Margaret WALDEGRAVE

Married: Henry GREY (8º B. Grey of Ruthin) 20 Jun 1538, Settlement

Children:

1. Reynold GREY (5º E. Kent)

2. Henry GREY (6º E. Kent)

3. Charles GREY (7º E. Kent)

Maried 2: Francis PIGOT


Alice St. JOHN

Born: ABT 1522, Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England

Father: John St. JOHN (Esq.)

Mother: Margaret WALDEGRAVE

Married: Edmund ELMES


Margaret St. JOHN (C. Bedford)

Born: ABT 1524, Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England

Died: 27 Aug 1562, Woburn, Bedfordshire, England

Buried: 10 Sep 1562, Chenies, Buckinghamshire, England

Father: John St. JOHN (Esq.)

Mother: Margaret WALDEGRAVE

Married 1: John GOSTWICK of Willington (Sir)

Married 2: Francis RUSSELL (2º E. Bedford)

Children:

1. Edward RUSSELL (3° B. Russell)

2. John RUSSELL (4° B. Russell)

3. Francis RUSSELL (5° B. Russell)

4. William RUSSELL (1° B. Russell of Thornhaugh)

5. Anne RUSSELL (C. Warwick)

6. Elizabeth RUSSELL (C. Bath)

7. Margaret RUSSELL (C. Cumberland)


Cressitt St. JOHN

Born: 1534, Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England

Died: 1612, Burch Hall, Roxwell, Essex, England

Father: John St. JOHN (Esq.)

Mother: Anne NEVILLE

Married: John BUTLER of Starnbrooke 1566

Children:

1. John BUTLER of Starnbrooke

2. Nathaniel BUTLER (Gov. of Bahamas)

3. James BUTLER (b. 1570)

4. Elizabeth BUTLER (b. 1572)

5. Sarah BUTLER (b. 1574)

6. Martha BUTLER

7. Mary BUTLER

8. Anne BUTLER

9. Jane BUTLER


Oliver St. JOHN (1º B. St. John of Bletsoe)

Born: 1516, Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England

Died: 1582

Buried: 24 Apr 1582, Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England

Father: John St. JOHN (Esq.)

Mother: Margaret WALDEGRAVE

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Married 1: Agnes FISHER (B. St. John of Bletsoe) (b. 1522 - d. 28 Aug 1572) (dau. of John Fisher and Anne Mordaunt) BEF 8 Feb 1542/1543

Children:

1. John St. JOHN (2° B. St. John of Bletsoe)

2. Oliver St. JOHN (3° B. St. John of Bletsoe)

3. Martha St. JOHN

4. Judith St. JOHN

5. Margaret St. JOHN

6. Anne St. JOHN

7. Thomas St. JOHN (b. ABT 1553)

8. Margery St. JOHN (b. ABT 1554)

9. Francis St. JOHN (b. ABT 1555)

10. Agnes St. JOHN (b. ABT 1556)

11. Joan St. JOHN

Married 2: Elizabeth CHAMBER BEF 28 Aug 1572


Martha St. JOHN

Born: ABT 1544, Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England

Father: Oliver St. JOHN (1º B. St. John of Bletsoe)

Mother: Agnes FISHER (B. St. John of Bletsoe)

Married 1: John CHENEY

Married 2: James COLEBROND

Married 3: George WINGATE


Judith St. JOHN

Born: ABT 1545, Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England

Father: Oliver St. JOHN (1º B. St. John of Bletsoe)

Mother: Agnes FISHER (B. St. John of Bletsoe)

Married: John PELHAM of Laughton

Children:

1. Oliver PELHAM (d. 1585)


Margaret St. JOHN

Born: ABT 1547, Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England

Father: Oliver St. JOHN (1º B. St. John of Bletsoe)

Mother: Agnes FISHER (B. St. John of Bletsoe)

Married: Nicholas LUKE


Anne St. JOHN

Born: ABT 1546 / 1552, Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England

Died: 28 Feb 1601/2, Barrington Hall, Essex, England

Father: Oliver St. JOHN (1º B. St. John of Bletsoe)

Mother: Agnes FISHER (B. St. John of Bletsoe)

Married 1: Robert CORBET

Children:

1. Anna CORBET (m. Adolphus Carey)

Married 2: Rowland LYTTON (Sir) (b. 1561 - d. 1615)


Joan St. JOHN

Born: ABT 1563

Father: Oliver St. JOHN (1º B. St. John of Bletsoe)

Mother: Agnes FISHER (B. St. John of Bletsoe)

¿Married: Phillip STOURTON

Children:

1. Henry STOURTON of Over Moigne?


John St. JOHN (2° B. St. John of Bletsoe)

Born: Jan 1549, Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England

Died: 23 Oct 1596

Father: Oliver St. JOHN (1º B. St. John of Bletsoe)

Mother: Agnes FISHER (B. St. John of Bletsoe)

Married: Catherine DORMER (B. St. John of Bletsoe) AFT 28 Feb 1574/5, Bedfordshire, England

Children:

1. Anne St. JOHN (B. Howard of Effingham)


Anne St. JOHN (B. Howard of Effingham)

Died: 7 Jun 1638, St.Bartholomew's Close, London

Buried: 8 Jun 1638, Westminster Abbey, London, England

Father: John St. JOHN (2° B. St. John of Bletsoe)

Mother: Catherine DORMER (B. St. John of Bletsoe)

Married: William HOWARD (3º B. Howard of Effingham) 7 Feb 1596/7, Chelsea

Children:

1. Elizabeth HOWARD (C. Peterborough)


Oliver St. JOHN (3º B. St. John of Bletsoe)

Born: ABT 1550, Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England

Buried: 28 Jun 1618

Father: Oliver St. JOHN (1º B. St. John of Bletsoe)

Mother: Agnes FISHER (B. St. John of Bletsoe)

Married: Dorothy READ (d. 1570) (dau. of John Read and Margaret Pauncefoot)

Children:

1. Oliver  St. JOHN (1° E. Bolingbroke)

2. Thomas St. JOHN (b. 1579 - d. 1597)

3. Beauchamp St. JOHN (Sir Knight)

4. Rowland St. JOHN (Sir Knight)

5. Anne St. JOHN

6. John St. JOHN

7. Dorothy St. JOHN (C. Bath)

8. Henry St. JOHN (Sir Knight)

9. Dudley St. JOHN

10. Anthony St. JOHN (Sir Knight)

11. Martha St. JOHN

12. Alexander St. JOHN (Sir Knight)

13. Mary St. JOHN

14. Elizabeth St. JOHN

15. Margaret St. JOHN

16. Judith St. JOHN

17. Catherine St. JOHN


Oliver St. JOHN (1° E. Bolingbroke)

Born: 1565, London, England

Christened: 14 Jan 1565, Milton Ernest, Bedfordshire, England

Died: 23 Mar 1625/6, Keysoe, Bedfordshire, England

Buried: 23 Mar 1625/6, Keysoe, Bedfordshire, England

Father: Oliver St. JOHN (3° B. St. John of Bletsoe)

Mother: Dorothy READ

Married: Elizabeth PAULET (C. Bolingbroke) Apr 1602

Children:

1. Oliver St. JOHN

2. Francis St. JOHN

3. Dorothy St. JOHN

4. Elizabeth St. JOHN

5. Barbara St. JOHN

6. Anthony St. JOHN

7. Anne St. JOHN

8. Paulet St. JOHN


Dorothy St. JOHN

Born: ABT 1612, Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England

Died: 28 Jun 1628

Father: Oliver  St. JOHN (1° E. Bolingbroke)

Mother: Elizabeth PAULET (C. Bolingbroke)

Married: John CAREY (2º E. Dover)

Dorothy St. John Lady Carey

attr. to William Larkin


Beauchamp St. JOHN (Sir Knight)

Born: ABT 1590

Died: 1631

Father: Oliver St. JOHN (3° B. St. John of Bletsoe)

Mother: Dorothy READ

Married: Rebecca St. JOHN


Rowland St. JOHN (Sir Knight)

Born: ABT 1592

Died: Aug 1645

Father: Oliver St. JOHN (3° B. St. John of Bletsoe)

Mother: Dorothy READ

Married: Sybil VAUGHAN


Anne St. JOHN

Born: ABT 1592, Bletsoe, England

Died: ABT 1657, Barrington Hall, Essex, England

Father: Oliver St. JOHN (3° B. St. John of Bletsoe)

Mother: Dorothy READ

Married: Robert CHARNOCKE


Dorothy St. JOHN (C. Bath)

Born: ABT 1594, Essex,England

Christened: 17 May 1601

Died: 20 Aug 1632

Father: Oliver St. JOHN (3° B. St. John of Bletsoe)

Mother: Dorothy READ

Married: Edward BOURCHIER (4º E. Bath) 14 Jul 1623, Halstead, Essex, England

Children:

1. Elizabeth BOURCHIER

2. Dorothy BOURCHIER

3. Anne BOURCHIER of Tawstock

4. John BOURCHIER

5. William BOURCHIER


Anthony St. JOHN (Sir Knight)

Born: ABT 1601

Died: ABT 1646

Father: Oliver St. JOHN (3° B. St. John of Bletsoe)

Mother: Dorothy READ

Married 1: Aubrey HERBERT

Married 2: Dau. KEYNSHAM

Children:

1. Dorothy St. JOHN (d. 1655) (m. Sir John Booth)


Alexander St. JOHN (Sir Knight)

Born: ABT 1605

Died: AFT 1614

Father: Oliver St. JOHN (3° B. St. John of Bletsoe)

Mother: Dorothy READ

Married: Margaret TRYE


Mary St. JOHN

Born: ABT 1605

Father: Oliver St. JOHN (3° B. St. John of Bletsoe)

Mother: Dorothy READ

Married: Son DOCKWRAY


Elizabeth St. JOHN

Born: ABT 1609

Father: Oliver St. JOHN (3° B. St. John of Bletsoe)

Mother: Dorothy READ

Married: William BEECHER


Margaret St. JOHN

Born: ABT 1595

Father: Oliver St. JOHN (3° B. St. John of Bletsoe)

Mother: Dorothy READ

Married: Thomas CHENEY 5 Feb 1606


Judith St. JOHN

Born: ABT 1613

Father: Oliver St. JOHN (3° B. St. John of Bletsoe)

Mother: Dorothy READ

Married: John THOMPSON 9 Jan 1607



III. LYDIRAD TREGOZE LINE

Oliver St. JOHN (Sir Knight)

Born: ABT 1428, Lydiard Tregoze, Wiltshire, England

Died: 10 Apr 1497, Fuenterrabia, Guipúzcoa, Spain

Buried: ABT 10 Apr 1497, Stoke, Nottingham, England

Father: Oliver St. JOHN (Sir Knight)

Mother: Margaret BEAUCHAMP (D. Somerset)

Married: Elizabeth SCROPE AFT 1458

Children:

1. John St. JOHN (Sir)

2. Elizabeth St. JOHN (C. Kildare)

3. Eleanor St. JOHN (M. Dorset)


Elizabeth St. JOHN (C. Kildare)

Born: 1478

Died: 28 Jun 1516

Father: Oliver St. JOHN (Sir Knight)

Mother: Elizabeth SCROPE

Married 1: Gerald Garret Mor FITZGERALD (8° E. Kildare)

Children:

1. James FITZGERALD of Leixlip (Sir)

2. Oliver FITZGERALD (d. 1537)

3. Richard FITZGERALD of Fassaroe (d. 1537)

4. John FITZGERALD (Sir) (d. 1537)

5. Walter FITZGERALD

Married 2: John WALLOP (Sir Knight) (See his Biography)


Eleanor St. JOHN (M. Dorset)

Born: ABT 1477

Father: Oliver St. JOHN (Sir Knight)

Mother: Elizabeth SCROPE

Married: Thomas GREY (2° M. Dorset)


John St. JOHN (Sir)

Born: 1478

Died: 1 Sep 1512

Father: Oliver St. JOHN (Sir Knight)

Mother: Elizabeth SCROPE

Married: Jane IWARDBY (dau. of Sir John Iwardby of Farley Chamberlayne and Sancha Carew)

Children:

1. John St. JOHN of Lydiard Tregoze


John St. JOHN of Lydiard Tregoze

Born: 1504/5

Died: 5 Apr 1576

Notes: See his Biography.

Father: John St. JOHN (Sir)

Mother: Joan INWARDBY

Married 1: Margaret CAREW

Children:

1. Nicholas St. JOHN of Lydiard Tregoze

Married 2: Elizabeth WHETHILL Nov 1535

Children:

2. William St. JOHN of Farley Chamberlayne

3. John St. JOHN of Bincknoll


Nicholas St. JOHN of Lydiard Tregoze

Born: ABT 1535

Died: 8 Nov 1589

Notes: Sheriff of Wiltshire.

Father: John St. JOHN of Lydiard Tregoze

Mother: Margaret CAREW

Married: Elizabeth BLOUNT

Children:

1. John St. JOHN (Sir Knight)

2. Elizabeth ST. JOHN

3. Oliver St. JOHN

4. Oliver St. JOHN (1° V. Grandison)

5. Richard St. JOHN

6. Catherine St. JOHN

7. Eleanor St. JOHN


Elizabeth St. JOHN

Born: 1566, Lydiard Tregoze, Wiltshire, England

Father: Nicholas St. JOHN of Lydiard Tregoze

Mother: Elizabeth BLOUNT

Married: Richard St. GEORGE (Sir) (d. 17 May 1635) 1575

Children:

1. George St.GEORGE


Oliver St. JOHN

Born: ABT 1560, Lydiard Tregoze, Wiltshire, England

Father: Nicholas St. JOHN of Lydiard Tregoze

Mother: Elizabeth BLOUNT


Oliver St. JOHN (1° V. Grandison)

Born: ABT 1562, Lydiard Tregoze, Wiltshire, England

Died: BEF 29 Dec 1630

Notes: See his Biography.

Father: Nicholas St. JOHN of Lydiard Tregoze

Mother: Elizabeth BLOUNT

Married: Joan ROYDON


Catherine St. JOHN

Born: ABT 1568, Lydiard Tregoze, Wiltshire, England

Father: Nicholas St. JOHN of Lydiard Tregoze

Mother: Elizabeth BLOUNT

Married: Edmund RICHMOND


Eleanor St. JOHN

Born: ABT 1570, Lydiard Tregoze, Wiltshire, England

Father: Nicholas St. JOHN of Lydiard Tregoze

Mother: Elizabeth BLOUNT

Married: Thomas CAVE


John St. JOHN (Sir Knight)

Born: 1560, Lydiard Tregoze, Wiltshire, England

Died: 20 Sep 1594, Lydiard Tregoze, Wiltshire, England

Buried: 1594 Lydiard Tregoze, Wiltshire, England

Father: Nicholas St. JOHN of Lydiard Tregoze

Mother: Elizabeth BLOUNT

Married 1: Lucy HUNGERFORD 14 Oct 1582, England

Children:

1. Catherine St. JOHN

2. Anna St. JOHN

3. John St. JOHN (Sir Bt.)

4. Jane St. JOHN

5. Eleanor St. JOHN

6. William St. JOHN

7. Barbara St. JOHN

8. Lucy St. JOHN

9. Walter St. JOHN (b. ABT 1594 - d. ABT 1597)

10. Martha St. JOHN


Catherine St. JOHN

Born: ABT 1583, Lydiard Tregoze, Wiltshire, England

Died: 28 Mar 1633

Father: John St. JOHN (Sir Knight)

Mother: Lucy HUNGERFORD

Married: Giles MOMPESSON


Jane St. JOHN

Born: ABT 1586, Lydiard Tregoze, Wiltshire, England

Father: John St. JOHN (Sir Knight)

Mother: Lucy HUNGERFORD

Married: Robert KILBORNE


Eleanor St. JOHN

Born: ABT 1587, Lydiard Tregoze, Wiltshire, England

Father: John St. JOHN (Sir Knight)

Mother: Lucy HUNGERFORD

Married: William St. JOHN


Barbara St. JOHN

Born: 1592, Lydiard Tregoze, Wiltshire, England

Father: John St. JOHN (Sir Knight)

Mother: Lucy HUNGERFORD

Married: Edward VILLIERS (Sir Knight)

Children:

1. Edward VILLIERS (Sir Knight) (b. 1620 - d. Jun 1689) (m. Frances Howard)

2. Barbara VILLIERS (C. Suffolk) (d. 13 Dec 1681) (m. James Howard, 3º E. Suffolk)

3. William VILLIERS (V. Grandison)

4. Elizabeth VILLIERS

5. Anne VILLIERS

6. Ellen VILLIERS

7. John VILLIERS

8. George VILLIERS

9. Edward VILLIERS

10. Catherine VILLIERS


Lucy St. JOHN

Born: ABT 1593, Lydiard Tregoze, Wiltshire, England

Died: 11 Oct 1658

Father: John St. JOHN (Sir Knight)

Mother: Lucy HUNGERFORD

Married 1: Alan APSLEY

Married 2: Leventhorpe FRANCKE


John St. JOHN (Sir Bt.)

Born: ABT 1585, Lydiard Tregoze, Wiltshire, England

Died: 1648, Battersea

Notes: Upon his father's death in 1594, most of the family estates, in Wiltshire, went to his elder brother Walter; John received the manor of Garsington, Oxfordshire, and was promised £200 when he came of age. He was first placed in the guardianship of a distant relative, John St John, 2nd Baron St John of Bletsoe, but Lord St John died in 1596, and guardianship then passed to John's uncle, Sir Oliver St JohnSir Oliver arranged for John's education: he matriculated at Trinity College, Oxford, on 3 Apr 1601 and was admitted to Lincoln's Inn in 1604. Meanwhile, John's brother Walter drowned near Castle Cornet in Aug 1597 while staying with Sir Thomas Leighton, Governor of Guernsey. From him, John inherited Lydiard Tregoze and the rest of the family estates in Wiltshire. His mother died in 1598, leaving him her jointure estates of Purley Park, Berkshire, and Hatfield Peverel, Essex. Sir Thomas Leighton purchased his wardship in 1602, and received permission to settle various estates on his daughter Anne, who married St John on 9 Jul 1604 at the age of 12. The couple had nine sons, of whom only two survived him, and four daughters, three of whom survived him. Anne died on 19 Sep 1628.

He was knighted at Whitehall, on 2 Feb 1608, and was created a baronet at the first institution of that order, on 22 May 1611, being the seventeenth in precedency by creation. In the early 1630s he inherited from Lord Grandison, his uncle, his estates at Battersea and Wandsworth.

St John was Member of Parliament for Wiltshire from 1624 to 1625 and High Sheriff of Wiltshire from 1632 to 1633.

During the English Civil War, St John and his family supported the Royalist cause. Three of his sons were slain in the service of King Charles I: William, his second son, was killed at the taking of Cirencester, in Gloucestershire, under Prince Rupert; Edward, the third son, at the Battle of Newbury, in Berkshire; and John, the fifth son, in the north.

Only two of his eight sons survived him, and it was his sixth son, Walter, who became his heir. Sir Walter went on to found the Sir Walter St John School at Battersea.

Father: John St. JOHN (Sir Knight)

Mother: Lucy HUNGERFORD

John St John, aged 17

John St John in 1631

Anne Leighton

Married 1: Anne LEIGHTON (d. 1628) (dau. of Thomas Leighton and Elizabeth Knollys)

Children:

1. Oliver St. JOHN

2. Anne St. JOHN

3. John St. JOHN (b. 24 Mar 1615) (m. Dorothy Ayloffe)

4. William St. JOHN (b. 1616)

5. Edward St. JOHN (b. 26 Feb 1617 – d. 1645, Second Battle of Newbury)

6. Barbara St. JOHN (b. 1618)

7. Nicholas St. JOHN (b. 29 Mar 1620 – d. 18 Apr 1639)

8. Lucy St. JOHN (b. 1621)

9. Walter St. JOHN (2° Bt.)(b. 1622 – d. 3 Jul 1708)(m. Joan St. John, dau. of Oliver St John of Longthorpe)

10. Francis St. JOHN (b. 1623 – d. 1624)

11. Elizabeth St. JOHN (b. 1624 – d. 1629)

12. Thomas St. JOHN (b. 1625 – d. 1630)

13. Henry St. JOHN of Tandragee (b. Jul 1628 – d. Sep 1679) (m. Catherine St. John, dau. of Oliver St John of Longthorpe)

Married 2: Margaret WHITMORE


Oliver St. JOHN

Born: 9 Feb 1612

Died: Nov 1641

Father: John St. JOHN (Sir Bt.)

Mother: Anne LEIGHTON

Married: Catherine VERE 30 Jan 1633, St. John, Hackney, London, England

Children:

1. John St. JOHN (2° Bt.)


Anne St. JOHN

Born: 5 Nov 1614, Lydiard Tregoze, Wiltshire

Died: 18 Mar 1695

Father: John St. JOHN (Sir Bt.)

Mother: Anne LEIGHTON

Married 1: Francis Henry LEE

Children:

1. Francis Henry LEE (m. Elizabeth Pope)

2. Henry LEE (m. Anne Danvers)

Married 2: Henry WILMOT of Ditchley

Children:

3. John WILMOT of Rangers Lodge (b. 10 Apr 1647 - d. 26 Jul 1680) (m. Elizabeth Mallet)



Dau. St. JOHN

Born: ABT 1400

Married: James "The Just" BERKELEY (1° B. Berkeley) 1410



Margaret St. JOHN

Born: ABT 1488

Father: John St. JOHN

Mother: ¿?

Married: Edward HUNGERFORD

Children:

¿1. Mary HUNGERFORD?

¿2. George HUNGERFORD?


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