Rebecca (Foster) St John was born in Massachusetts at the beginning of the American Revolution in 1776. Very little is known about her youth, but it is known that she married Seth St John in 1793. Seth had moved with his family from Connecticut to Vermont around 1786 and after marrying Rebecca, they established a homestead and farmed land near East Hubbardton, Vermont. In December of 1795, their first child, Samuel Wheeler was born. Four more children would be added to their family: Ruth, Levi, Seth and Nehemiah. Seth and Rebecca's sons Samuel Wheeler, Levi and Nehemiah all moved to Wisconsin in the 1830's and their daughter Ruth, after she was married, moved to Parishville, New York. Only their son Seth stayed in Hubbardton after he married. Rebecca passed away at the age of seventy-five on January 7, 1851 and is interred at the East Hubbardton Cemetery next to her husband.
Rebecca (Foster) St John was born in Massachusetts at the beginning of the American Revolution in 1776. Very little is known about her youth, but it is known that she married Seth St John in 1793. Seth had moved with his family from Connecticut to Vermont around 1786 and after marrying Rebecca, they established a homestead and farmed land near East Hubbardton, Vermont. In December of 1795, their first child, Samuel Wheeler was born. Four more children would be added to their family: Ruth, Levi, Seth and Nehemiah. Seth and Rebecca's sons Samuel Wheeler, Levi and Nehemiah all moved to Wisconsin in the 1830's and their daughter Ruth, after she was married, moved to Parishville, New York. Only their son Seth stayed in Hubbardton after he married. Rebecca passed away at the age of seventy-five on January 7, 1851 and is interred at the East Hubbardton Cemetery next to her husband.
