Receivers General for the Treasury James St. John, Esquire and Goldsmith^[1]

1652 - 1726  (74 years)  Submit Photo / Document    Has 1759 ancestors and 423 descendants in this family tree.

• Name	James St. John
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  Title	Receivers General for the Treasury
  Suffix	Esquire and Goldsmith
  Birth	4 Apr 1652	St Nicholas Cole Abbey, London, England
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  Christening	4 Apr 1652	St Nicholas Cole Abbey, London, England   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Fact	James St. John was bound apprentice to John Vaughan, citizen and goldsmith, of London, 5th April, 1667, and made free of the Goldsmiths' Company, 8th April, 1674. In 1677 he set up as a goldsmith and baner in Cheapside, and subsequently removed his business to Lombard Street. And in 1689 he became receiver-general for the counties of Bucks, Oxon, Northampton, Cambridge, Isle of Ely, and Herts. It is not improbable that his master John Vaughan was related to Sir Rowland Vaughan, of St. Mary Spital, whose daughter and sole heir, Elizabeth, married Sir Pawlet St. John, Knight of the Bath, 2nd son of Oliver, First Earl of Bowlingbroke, by whom she had Oliver St. John, 2nd Earl of Bolingbroke, who died s.p. 18th March, 1688, Paulet, 3rd Earl of Bolingbroke, who died s.p. 5th Oct. 1711, and Francis; but whether our young Apprentice was related to any branch of that nobility is very problematical. True it is that Henry St. John, Esq., eldest son and heir of Sir Walter St. John, of Battersea, in the county of Surrey, Bart., did, with other persons, become his surety for Herfordshire only, in the sum of 30,000l.; and some vague idea of relationship is suggested in a Bill of Chancery, filed by this James St. John against Sir Walter and Dame Joanna, his wife and their son, Henry. The plaintiff averred that "Sir Walter and his Lady being leased to call him cousin, and having as such pretended a very great kindness and affection for him, did for some time,, as they had occasion, make use of and employ him in the way of his trade to make plate, and receieve and pay monies for them, and sometimes, as they had an opportunity, recommend other persons of their acquaintance to be his customers, and to trade and deal with him, by which means he became greatly obliged to them for their said kindness, and always owned the same, and did all in his power to oblige the said Sir Walter and his Lady to continue such their favour and kindness to him." And the defendants admitted, that "they had a very great respect and kindness for him, and the complainant being, or pretending to be, of their name, they believed they might call him cousin." On the other hand he is described in the books of the Goldsmiths' Company as son of James St. John, citizen and baker; and though great pains have been taken to elucidate the point, every attempt to establish his consanguinity with the aristocratical St. Johns has failed of success. It appears from Dugard's Register, p. 271, 2nd Series, that a John, 2d son of James St. John, baker, born in the parish of St. Nicholas Cole Abbey, 16th March, 1645, was admitted into Merchant Taylor's School, 25th June, 1656. He was probably an elder brother of James. But neither the records of the Bakers's Company, nor the registers of St. Nicholas throw any light upon the subject. The banker seems to have been unfortunate towards the close of life and to have died intestate. Neither will nor administration is to be found in the Prerogative Office. He was buried at St. Laurence Pountney, 30th July, 1726. His wife, Alice, had been buried there 25th Sept. 1711. But unless there is a misnomer in the Chancery proceedings, he must have had a former wife of the name of Martha. https://books.google.com/books?id=nKJfAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA248&lpg=PA248&dq=%22baker%22+%22james+st.+john%22+london&source=bl&ots=Jv7YttkU-2&sig=ACfU3U1_GosuWVOBTQRPGp_0EITfl0i4BA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjK97X3t67jAhUCr1QKHflMAxsQ6AEwBnoECAYQAQ#v=onepage&q=%22st.%20john%22&f=false
  Fact	4 May 1667	London, England   [3]
  	Event Date: 05/04/1667 Year: 1667 Apprenticeship Bond Length: 8 years Bond Value: Start Date: Note: Persons Details Role(s) Status James St John (Male) Baker - London, London Father of apprentice Co Baker, Citizen and John Vaughan (Male) Occupation not stated - Location unknown, County unknown Master Co Goldsmith James St John (Male) Occupation not stated - London, London New apprentice
  Fact	1674	London, England   [4]
  	Event Date: Year: 1674 Freedom Freedom Method: Servitude Freedom Notes: Persons Details Role(s) Status James St John (Male) Occupation not stated - Location unknown, London New freeman Co Goldsmith John Vaghan (Male) Occupation not stated - Location unknown, County unknown Master
  Occupation	1677	The White Horse, Lombard Street, London, England   [5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
  	Master Goldsmith, Banker, Receiver General
  Fact 4	1689	England, UK   [10]
  	Cambridge, Northampton, and Oxford, England: Ma y 21, 1689 James St. John, goldsmith at the White Horse in Lombard Street, for co. Bucks (May 31). Proposal for his sureties, May 30. Warrant for taking his sureties, May 31. Surety : Francis St. John, esq., of Thorpe, co. Northants. For co. Northampton (May 31). Proposal for his sureties, May 30. Warrant for taking his sureties, May 31. Sureties : John Barkesdale, merchant in Miles Lane, London, Isaac Hawkins, citizen and grocer in Thames Street, near London Bridge. For co. Cambridge (June 3). Proposal for his sureties, June 1. Warrant for taking his sureties, June 3. Sureties : Benjamin Williams, merchant in Friday Street, London, John Cutlove, linen draper at the Three Nuns in Cheapside. For co. Herts (June 3). Proposal for his sureties, June 1. Warrant for taking his sureties, June 3. Sureties : Samuel Towler, merchant, of Cold Harbour in Thames Street, Joseph Gray, linen draper at the Hen and Chickens in Cornhill. For co. Oxford (June 22). Proposal for sure June 20. Warrant for taking his sureties, June?. Surety : Charles Barksdale of London, merchant. source: 'Entry Book: May 1689, 21-31', Calendar of Treasury Books, Volume 9: 1689-1692 (1931), pp. 126-144. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=104775 Date accessed: 26 October 2014. ____________________________________ 10 Aug 1689 Same to James St. John, Receiver of the Poll in cos. Cambridge, Northampton and Oxford, to pay 7,000 l . of his receipts to William Harbord at Northampton for the service of the Forces designed for Ireland. On your sending to the Agents for Taxes Harbord's bill for this the value shall be immediately paid into the Exchequer on your account as Receiver. source: Out Letters( General) XII, p. 78 'Entry Book: August 1689, 1-15', Calendar of Treasury Books, Volume 9: 1689-1692 (1931), pp. 207-223. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=104780 Date accessed: 26 October 2014. ____________________________________ 24 Sep 1689 The like, dated Sept. 24, for James St. John as Receiver for the 12 d . Aid for co. Oxford : sureties , himself, Charles Barksdale of London, merchant, John Mills of London, distiller. source: R eference Book VI, p. 93. 'Entry Book: September 1689, 1-15', Calendar of Treasury Books, Volume 9: 1689-1692 (1931), pp. 237-254. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=104782 Date accessed: 26 October 2014.
  Fact	1691	Ireland
  	Same to the late Commissioners for Transports of the petition of James St. John shewing that in 1691 he obtained from Henry Getting, master of the transport ship Samuel employed in the reduction of Ireland, an assignment of a certificate granted by the [said] Commissioners for 54l. 4s. 0d. in part of a greater sum due to the said ship: but the said Getting not having made up his accounts with the said Commissioners they have hitherto refused petitioner a debenture for said sum: therefore praying that a debenture may be granted “as hath been usual in like cases.” Ibid., p. 278. 1 August 1707 https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-treasury-books/vol21/pp398-411
  Fact	14 Mar 1693
  	Treasury warrant to the King's Remembrancer to forbear process against James St. John on his debt as late Receiver of Taxes in co. Herts. Warrants not Relating to Money XIV, p. 140. https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-treasury-books/vol10/pp90-101
  Fact	15 Aug 1693
  	Treasury warrant to the King's Remembrancer to forbear or supersede (until next Michaelmas term) process against James St. John, goldsmith, for money by him received as Receiver General for co. Herts of the 2l. Aid and Additional 12d. Aid. Warrants not Relating to Money XIV, p. 222. https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-treasury-books/vol10/pp301-310
  Fact	24 Dec 1693	London, England UK
  	A particular accompt of the moneys paid into the Receipt of Exchequer, upon the late million act, for the benefit of survivorship containing the names of the several nominees, their ages, places of abode, the sums paid upon each nominee's life : as also, the deaths of such nominees as were certified into the office of the Receipt of Exchequer before the 24th of December, 1693 England and Wales. Exchequer., Howard, Robert, Sir, 1626-1698. Name of Nominee / Age / The Sum Paid / Their Place of abode Elizabeth St. John, Daughter of James St. John of St. Mary Woolnoth, London, Gent.— age 10 100l Lombard Street https://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/eebo/A70274.0001.001/1:2?rgn=div1;view=fulltext
  Fact 3	1695	St. Mary Woolnoth, London, England   [11]
  	In 'The Inhabitants Within the Walls 1695', London Record Society, 1966, there is listed James St.John, a goldsmith, assessed at 600 pounds, with wife Alice living in the parish of St.Mary Woolnoth. There was also a Lucey (sic) St.John living in the same
  Occupation	1699	St. Mary Woolnoth, London, England   [12]
  	Church Warden 1699-1700 term
  Fact	21 May 1712
  	James St John, citizen and goldsmith of London v. Robert Mitchell of London, merchant C78/1614, no. 8 [63] http://aalt.law.uh.edu/AALT7/C78/C78no1614/IMG_0386.htm
  Death	Jul 1726	St. Lawrence Pountney, London, England
  Burial	30 Jul 1726	St. Lawrence Pountney, London, England   [13]
  Fact	15 May 1731
  	(for the Goldsmith's son in SC) Treasury warrant approving James St. John as deputy in North and South Carolina of Horace Walpole, Auditor and Surveyor General of His Majesty's revenues in America. Warrants not relating to money XXIV. p. 377. https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-treasury-books-papers/vol2/pp198-207
  Generation	21
  Record Status	21 Nov 2014
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  Age at Death	74 years
  Person ID	I803	St. John Origin and Ancestry DNA Database | St. John Generation One - Raoul de Sancto Johanne
  Last Modified	1 Nov 2023

  
  

  Father	James St. John, Citizen Brown-Baker of London,   b. 30 Oct 1608, St. Olave, Silver Street Parish, London, England d. 26 Apr 1672, St Magnus Martyr and St Margaret New Fish St, London, England (Age 63 years)
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  Mother	Anne Wiggens
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  Marriage	4 Nov 1635	St Margaret Moses, Little Friday Street, London   [14]
  Age at Marriage	He : 27 years and 1 month - She : ??.
  Family ID	F474	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Sarah Griffith,   b. abt. 1654   d. abt. 1684, Saint Matthew Friday Street, London, England (Age 30 years)
  Marriage	13 Aug 1678	All Hallows in the Wall, London, England   [15]
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  Age at Marriage	He : 26 years and 4 months - She : ~ 24 years and 8 months.
  Children	+ 1. John St. John,   c. 14 Aug 1679, Saint Matthew Friday Street, London, England  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]   2. Elizabeth St. John,   b. 9 Nov 1682, Saint Matthew Friday Street, London, England d. 25 Aug 1783, St. Lawrence Pountney, London, England (Age 100 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]
  Family ID	F3498	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2015

  
  

  Family 2	Alice Bayly,   b. abt. 1655   d. 25 Sep 1711, London, England, UK (Age 56 years)
  Marriage	19 Aug 1685	Bridewell Chapel, London, England   [16, 17]
  Age at Marriage	He : 33 years and 4 months - She : ~ 30 years and 8 months.
  Children	+ 1. James St. John, Esquire; Justice of the Peace; Surveyor General,   b. 7 Jul 1686, Saint Matthew Friday Street, London, England, UK d. 1 Jul 1743, Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, USA (Age 56 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]   2. Samuel St. John,   c. 17 Sep 1687, Saint Mary Woolnoth, London, England d. 13 Jan 1688, St. Lawrence Pountney, London, England (Age ~ 0 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] + 3. Thomas St. John,   b. abt. 1690   d. bef. 1743 (Age 52 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]   4. Catherine Dyer St. John,   b. abt. 1692, Charleston, South Carolina  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]
  Family ID	F3499	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Nov 2015

  
  

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  ← Click to display 1Receivers General for the Treasury James St. John, Esquire and Goldsmith(1652 – 1726) 2James St. John, Citizen Brown-Baker of London(1608 – 1672) 4Christopher St. John(1581 – 1629) 8Master Thomas St. John, Gentleman of Odyn's Fee; of London, Tipperary Ireland, Popham Colony(1564 – 1625) 9Jane Mathew(1566 – 1610) 5Joane Younge, St. John, Waterman; probably Christopher's second wife(1580 – 1654) 10 11 3Anne Wiggens 6 12 13 7 14 15

  
  

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  	LETTER TO THE EDITOR REGARDING ‘ORIGINS OF MATHIAS AND NICHOLAS SENSION DETERMINED’ Suzanne St. John Attempt 3 to get NEHGS Register Editor, Henry Hoff, to amend the Dutch claim or offer his viewers an alternative theory. 2021-07-07 How Genealogy Myths are perpetuated

  
  

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  Suzanne St. John. "Receivers General for the Treasury James St. John, Esquire and Goldsmith". The St. John Genealogy Project. https://www.stjohngenealogy.com/getperson.php?personID=I803&tree=OSA0001 (accessed April 30, 2025).

  
  

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