Matthias Sention Jr.

Matthias Sention Jr. (also spelled Sension, and later as St. John) (November 20, 1628 – December 1728) was a founding settler of Norwalk, Connecticut.

He was the son of Matthias Sention Sr. and Mary Tinker.

At a town meeting on December 17, 1678, he was chosen to keep an inn at his residence for "entertayning strangers."

He was paid 1 pound, 2 shillings and 6 pence for beating the drum on December 30, 1701.

[1] He is listed on the Founders Stone bearing the names of the founding settlers of Norwalk in the East Norwalk Historical Cemetery.