Both consultants were on hand today, plus the back-up consultant. A lot of knowledge in the room! The consensus today was that I'm working on two different families. The $64,000 question? Which one does immigrant Mathias St. John belong to? Also the thought was that Mathias Saintian must have been a tailor of some means. A son was born in Antwerp after the family settled in England. That would suggest that Mathias made at least one trip back to his homeland.
Not a lot of progress on the research. I copied all of the Santken/Sansom/etc. records from the Huguenot Society of London books. I also waded through some of the Merchant Taylor Co. records to see if any of the pertinent St. Johns or Santkens were listed. They weren't. The rest of the day was spent online trying to find connections between various St. Johns.
My presentation went pretty well. A dozen or so folks attended and were very attentive and asked good questions. On the downside, I sounded like Froggy from the "Little Rascals." [That reference is for all of you senior readers out there!]
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