Mary ELMER

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: Daughter of Dea. Jonathan and Mary Elmer of Wilton, Conn.

Notes:

Excerpt from "The Whitney Family of Connecticut": Mary Elmer, dau. of Dea. Jonathan and Mary Elmer, of Wilton, where she joined the Congregational Church 25 March 1734-1735. Deacon Jonathan Elmer, b. 1686; dwelt in Wilton till may 1746; then moved to Sharon, Conn., where he died 5 Jan. 1758, aged 73 years. He was son of Samel Elmer (bap. at hartford, Conn., 21 March 1647; died Ap. 1691), and g. son of Edward Elmer, who arrived in the Lion 16 Sep 1632, was an original proprietor of hartford in 1636, and was killed by the Indians, in 1676.

Mary married Matthew ST. JOHN on 14 Dec 1737 in Wilton, Connecticut. Matthew (son of Matthew ST. JOHN and Anne WHITNEY) was born on 23 Jun 1711 in Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Mary ST. JOHN was born on 25 Sep 1739 in Wilton, Connecticut; died on 28 Aug 1824 in Ellsworth, Connecticut; was buried in Ellsworth Buying Ground, Sharon, Litchfield Co., Connecticut.