OK, here's what we have so far, based in documented fact:
Christopher St. John / Sension / Sention [buttonmaker,buried 19 June 1629] and Jaon _______ [a midwife, living in 1653]were the parents of
Mathias St. John /Sension / Sention, bp. 9 August 1601 St. Olave, Silver Street, London, England
Mathias, a chandler, was married in New Windsor, Berkshire, England on 1 Nov 1627 to Mary Tinker [bp. 6 Oct 1606 at New Windsor], daughter of Robert Tinker and Mary Merwin.
They had, among others,
Mathias Jr. [II], bp. 30 Nov 1628 in New Windsor, Berkshire, England.
The Sensions were in London by 1631 and sailed for America sometime after the birth of son Mark in June 1633.
[Christopher's will was written on or about 17 June 1629 named sons Mathias, James, Thomas and Nicholas and wife 'Jone.']
Figuring in to the confusion over the Sension family are the following factors:
[1] The use of Mathias as a given name in multiple generations.
[2] Th similarity between the names Mathias and Matthew.
[3] The two names occasionally being used interchangeably. [R.C. Anderson's Great Migration article was entitled "Matthew Sension," but nearly all citations used 'Mathias.'
[4] Another line of the family that included both Matthew and Mathias contemporary to Christopher, Mathias Sr. and Jr.
[to be continued...]
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