Nicholas Santken

Abt 1617 - 1689  (~ 72 years)

• Name	Nicholas Santken  [1]
  Birth	Abt 1617	London, England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	1 Jan 1617/8	London, England   [1]
  	St. Olaves Silver Street
  Death	1689  [2]
  Notes	in 1635 when Nicolas sailed for New England, his age was given as 13, whereas the baptismal record shows that he was actually over 17 at the time. Perhaps "18" was intended and a clerical error was made. Nicholas became a wealthy man, but was of questionable moral character in the eyes of the community, as he was brought up on sodomy charges for advances against boys. His case is one of the first known sodomy cases in the colonies. Nicholas, Windsor, thought to be younger brother of the first Matthew, came at age 13 in the Elizabeth and Ann from London 1635, was of Windsor in 1640, so that we may suppose he had been at Dorchester and removed with him. He was admitted freeman 1657 and died 1689 leaving no children. [1, 2]
  Person ID	I18832	Mindrum
  Last Modified	29 Oct 2020

  
  

  Father	Christian Santken,   b. Abt 1575, Probably Antwerp, Belgium d. Jun 1629, London, England (Age ~ 54 years)
  Mother	Joan   d. Aft 1652-53
  Family ID	F13029	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Isabel   d. Dec
  Marriage	12 Jun 1645	Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut   [1]
  Family ID	F13046	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Jul 2015

  
  

• Sources

  [S5992] Jerome Lafayette Santken,New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 167 (2013) pp. 85-93, Origins of Mathias and Nicholas Sension Determined, p. 94. [S5428] James Savage, A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, (1860), Vol. 4, p. 52.