Edward Slater

Edward Slater

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• Birth: 1665 - New Jersey, United States
• Death: Jan 28 1702 - Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey
• Wife: Elizabeth Slater (born Bonham)
• Children: Aleeshia Skibbow (born Slater), Abraham Slater, Phoebe Doty (born Slater), Elisabeth Slater, Edward Slater, Philoreta Martin (born Slater), Caleb or Edward Slater

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According to "Bonham and related family lines," Edward had two wives. "After the death of his (1) wife, Mary ( ?) Slater, 24 Jul 1683, Edward married within the year, as his second wife, Elizabeth Bonham, 9 Jan 1684/5, Piscataway, Middlesex Co., New Jersey

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Elizabeth Bonham Slater was born about 1665, Barnstable, Massachusetts. Her parents were Nicholas Bonham and Hannah Fuller.

She married Edward Slater in Piscataway. Edward was born about 1644.

Edward had been put in prison in 1681 for speaking out against the governor. The History of Middlesex County, New Jersey states that Edward Slater was a freeholder in the township in 1683, and owned a large number of acres. He was the first clerk of the courts of the county.

Elizabeth and Edward's children included:

1. Filoretta Slater (1691, married Benjamin Martin),
2. Phebe Slater (1693, married James Doty),
3. Caleb Slater (1695),
4. Elizabeth Slater (1697),
5. Abraham Slater (1700), and
6. Aleeshia Slater (1702, married Henry Skibbo).

In 1699/1700, Elizabeth's sister Priscilla's husband, John Langstaff, and Edward Slater were involved in anti-English, pre-revolutionary activities. The court wanted to hold proceedings in the Piscataway Public house. The townspeople were opposed to this and nailed the door shut. The sheriff attempted to break the door open and John and Edward stopped him forcibly. One account of this incident is below and another is on the Priscilla and John Langstaff page.

The inventory of the estate of Edward Slater was made on February 11, 1702/03 was made by George Drake and Thomas Grub. It amounted to £94.6.10. On may 29, 1704 administration was granted to his widow, Elizabeth Slater.

Date of birth has also been (erroneously?) reported to be November 10, 1644

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===References===

• "New Jersey, County Marriages, 1682-1956," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VW5N-TWV : 23 February 2021), Edwd Slater and Elizabeth Bonham, 09 Jan 1684; citing Burlington, New Jersey, New Jersey State Archives, Trenton; FHL microfilm 441,466.
• Rowland, Olive Barrick,. An ancestral chart and handbook : genealogical notes of the Sutton and Rittenhouse families of Hunterdon County, New Jersey : with Mattison, Bonham, Fuller, and Fox connections, and some record of the Barrick and Shepherd families. Richmond: Garrett & Massie, 1935. p. 106–7. Accessed at ancestry.com 13 March 2021. AncestryImage Children of Nicholas Bonham and Hannah Fuller: ... 4. Elizabeth*, m. Edward Slater 9 Jan 1694/5.