Capt. John Slocum

He is #4 in A Short History of the Slocums, Slocumbs, and Slocombs of America by Charles Elihu Slocum

no children

GEDCOM Note

Category: Portsmouth, Rhode Island Category: Shrewsbury, New Jersey

Biography

John Slocum (b.1645) married 1674 Meribah Slocum<ref> Torry, Clarence A. New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004.</ref>

: FAM
: Husband: : Wife: : User ID: 88DB3348BD2282458ED6BF4D1605D69D828F : Child: : Child: : Child: : Child: : Child: : Child: : Child: : Child: : Child: : Marriage: :: Date: BET 1637 AND 1641 :: Source: #S364 ::: Page: 392

Birth ===Capt. John Slocum was born in Portsmouth Township, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, the 26th day of the Third month (May), 1645.

Marriage & Children ===Sometime prior to 1674, John married Meribah Parker; and, they had no children.

Occupation ===He removed to East New Jersey, where, in May, 1668, he subscribed to the oath as a freeholder.

From 1676, or earlier, he received deeds of lands in New Jersey from his father. He also purchased land from others until he became possessed of extensive tracts of land in East New Jersey. In 1692, he assisted the Surveyor General in laying out the lands in Shrewsbury Township.

Death

Between 1698 and 1702 https://hdl.handle.net/2027/wu.89066291931?urlappend=%3Bseq=53

Will ==His will was dated the 6th day of the Second month (April), 1698, and was proved the 2nd day of the Twelfth month (February), 1702. His wife, Meribah, was named executrix. "Cousin John Slocum, son of my brother Nathaniel, Cousin Peter Parker, son of Joseph, deceased, and CousinPatience Tucker" were named as heirs. : "Cousin" John, "Cousin" Peter, and "Cousin" Patience would have actually been nephews and a niece. Peter Parker was the son of Meribah's brother, Joseph. Patience Tucker was the daughter of John's sister,Mary.

:: See Nathaniel Slocum and Mary Slocum Wilbur-403 13:44, 27 November 2018 (UTC)

Sources

<references/> : Source S364* Slocum, Charles Elihu. The Slocums, Slocumbs and Slocombs of America (The author in Syracuse, N. Y., 1908) Page 55. *Slocum, Charles Elihu. History of the Slocums, Slocumbs and Slocombs of America (the author, Defience, Ohio, 1908)

• Jackson, Ronald V., Accelerated Indexing Systems, comp.. New Jersey Census, 1643-1890. Compiled and digitized by Mr. Jackson and AIS from microfilmed schedules of the U.S. Federal Decennial Census, territorial/state censuses, and/or census substitutes.
• https://hdl.handle.net/2027/wu.89066291931

Acknowledgements==*This person was created through the import of dyermaeettaaug2010.ged on 10 September 2010. The following data was included in the gedcom. You may wish to edit it for readability.*This person was created through the import of MASTER2011WIKITREE.GED on 27 January 2011. The following data was included in the gedcom. You may wish to edit it for readability.