Giles Slocum was born on 28 September 1623 at Old Cleeve, Somersetshire, England.3 He was baptized on 28 September 1623.2 He was the son of Philip Slocum and Charity Bickham.2 Giles Slocum married Joan Cook circa 1640 at Portsmouth, Newport, RI.1 Giles Slocum died in 1682 at Portsmouth, Newport, RI.

Giles Slocum and his wife were members of the First Baptist Church of Newport until October 1673, when they were excommunicated, having joined the Quakers. on 23 August 1673.

Called "a famous preacher in Pennsylvania and the Barbadoes."

Giles was the start of the long ancestral Slocum line in America. Our line is descended from two of his children, and another of his children was the first wife (not our line) of our ancestor Abraham Tucker (Abraham's 2nd wife, our line, was the granddaughter of this Giles through his daughter Joanna).

The more recent conclusion is that he is not a son of Anthony of Taunton, Mass., as had been widely believed by responsible researchers.

He is believed to be the common ancestor of all the Slocums of American lineage found to date. He settled in Portsmouth, Rhode Island about 1638. He was an energetic and prosperous man and soon became possessed of large land ownings.

He and his wife "Joan", whose maiden name I am accepting as Cook, were early members of the Society of Friends.

His will is given in full in the Slocum genealogy.

A DNA study conducted by Melville Brown and Judy Slocum has proven that Giles and Anthony Slocombe are related.

GILES SLOCUM, born Somersetshire, England, died probably before Mar. 12, 1682, his will dated Oct. 8, 1681, Portsmouth, RI. 1638 ? he moved to Pocasset, which on Jul. 1, 1639 became the town of Portsmouth, Newport Co., RI. He is listed many times in the land records of the area of Portsmouth and also in Shrewsbury Twp., NJ, the area where his son John resided. Giles also joined the Society of Friends but escaped the penalty others met (civil disenfranchisement ?) because Rhode Island had more religious freedom.

    An interesting note:  The ear mark of his livestock as recorded by Plymouth Town Clerk, Richard Bulger, was: "The eare marke of Gyles Slocum for his shepp, swine & cattlle is a Crope in the Right Eare and a hapeny under the same one the lime eare with a slitt in the left eare and a hapeny under", recorded Apr. 25, 1668.

Excellent early Slocum writeup is here:

http://www.rootsweb.com/~scwhite/slocum/index.html

From the New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 70, July 1916, by G. Andrews Moriarty, Jr., Newport, R. I., pages 283-4.

"Parentage of Giles Slocum of Portsmouth, R. I. -- In the Slocums of America, compiled by Dr. Charles Elihu Slocum, there is an extended notice of the English Slocums; and Giles Slocum of Portsmouth, R. I., is given as a son of Anthony Slocum of Taunton, Mass., in spite of the fact that in the will of Anthony Slocum of Albemarle County in the Province of Carolina, dated 26 Nov. 1688 and proved 7 Jan. 1689/90, neither Giles nor his children are mentioned. There is no doubt of the identity of the Anthony Slocum of Albemarle County in Carolina with the Anthony Slocum who was formerly of Taunton, Mass., and the omission in the will of any reference to Giles Slocum or his children shows conclusively that Giles was not Anthony's son."

"….there can be little doubt that Giles Slocombe, son of Charity of Old Cleeve, and Giles of Portsmouth, R. I., are identical. Giles was probably a near relative of Anthony of Taunton, Mass., and the latter probably came to New England in the company of Mistress Elizabeth Poole, who founded Taunton and who, being a native of the West Country, brought the earliest settlers of Taunton from the counties of Devon, Somerset, and Dorset."

From The American Genealogist, Volume XX, No. 2, October. 1943, page 115.

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From the New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 70, July 1916, by G. Andrews Moriarty, Jr., Newport, R. I., pages 283-4.

Parentage of Giles Slocum of Portsmouth, R. I.

-- In the Slocums of America, compiled by Dr. Charles Elihu Slocum, there is an extended notice of the English Slocums; and Giles Slocum of Portsmouth, R. I., is given as a son of Anthony Slocum of Taunton, Mass., in spite of the fact that in the will of Anthony Slocum of Albemarle County in the Province of Carolina, dated 26 Nov. 1688 and proved 7 Jan. 1689/90, neither Giles nor his children are mentioned. There is no doubt of the identity of the Anthony Slocum of Albemarle County in Carolina with the Anthony Slocum who was formerly of Taunton, Mass., and the omission in the will of any reference to Giles Slocum or his children shows conclusively that Giles was not Anthony's son.

"….there can be little doubt that Giles Slocombe, son of Charity of Old Cleeve, and Giles of Portsmouth, R. I., are identical. Giles was probably a near relative of Anthony of Taunton, Mass., and the latter probably came to New England in the company of Mistress Elizabeth Poole, who founded Taunton and who, being a native of the West Country, brought the earliest settlers of Taunton from the counties of Devon, Somerset, and Dorset."

From The American Genealogist, Volume XX, No. 2, October. 1943, page 115.

"SLOCUM. Giles was undoubtedly the Giles Slocum bapt. at Old Cleeve, co. Somerset, 28 Sept. 1623, son of Philip and Charity (Bickham) Slocombe, who were married there on 20 Nov. 1621. Giles was first mentioned at Portmouth 4 Sepy. 1648. He had lands in Taunton which he sold to Nicholas White, and he undoubtedly was a near relative of Anthony Slocum of Taunton, who removed about 1670 to Albemarle County, N.C., where he was a member of the Palantine Court in 1679 and died in 1689 testate. Anthony was the ancestor of the Southern Slocum's. Joan, wife of Giles, was excommunicated by the Baptist Church at Newport 16: 8: 1673, and Giles on 23: 8: 1673. They joined the Quakers. In 1667 he was granted land at Navesink, N.J., by Robert Carr, and on 3 April 1670 he bought two shares of land at Shrewsbury, N.J."

History: 1586"Giles Slocum, son of ____ and Charity (Bickman) Slocum, settled in Portsmouth, R.I., where he is first mentioned in Town Records as being granted 30 acres of land there, September 4, 1648 and purchased considerable acreage thereafter. He married Joan, maiden name not definitely known. There were both Quakers and the Friends' Records of Portsmouth show that "Joan Slocum, the wife of old Giles, she dyed at Portsmouth the 31st 6 mo. 1679."

On October 15, 1669, he recived a deed of 1-24th part of the purchasers Township of Dartmouth, in New Plymouth, from Nathaniel, William and Wrestling Brewster, it being the same land that was a gift of their mother Mrs. Sarah Brewster. The purchase price was paid by Ralph Earle in behalf of Giles Slocum.

In 1670 he purchased land in New Jersey near New York where his son John was residing, but there is no evidence that he ever resided there. The property was in Shrewsbury and in 1676 he gave his daughter Joanna Mott a deed of three-fourths of one share of land at or near that town. He also owned rights in Taunton, Mass., which he sold prior to 1675, to Nicholas White, Sr., of that place.

He made his will "10 day of eight month called October" 1681, which was proven March 12, 1682/3, in which he calles himself of Portsmouth and names his daughter "Johanah" Mott as sole executrix and mentions his children :

Issue: Joanna, John, Giles, Ebenezer, Nathaniel, Peleg, Samuel, Mary, Eliezer

From A Short History of the Slocums, Slocumbs and Slocombs of America :

GILES' SLOCOMBE (Anthony1 ), the common ancestor of all the Slocums whose American lineage has been found to date from the seventeenth century, was born in Somersetshire (?), England, and, coming to America, he settled in what is now the Township of Portsmouth, in Newport County, Rhode Island, probably in the year 1638. His name does not appear in the list of the nineteen persons who were the first to settle there the " 7th of First month, commonly called March, 163^," but additions were made to that number previous to the I3th of Third month when the first town-meeting was held.

The township was given the name of Pocasset at this meeting, and " it was voted that none should be received as inhabitants, or freemen, to build or plant upon the island [then called Acquidneck] but such as should be received in by consent of the body and submit to the government that was, or should be, established." * The first year was one of great enterprise and advancement in the new settlement. A number withdrew from the compact, however, — perhaps on account of the shallowness of the water at the landing, — and were the first to form a settlement at Newport, about six miles south, the 28th day of Second month, 1639. Twenty-nine persons remained in Pocasset, reorganized the government, and, July ist, 1639, changed the name of the township to " Portsmouth " which it has since retained.

The following transcripts and abstracts have been made by the writer from the old and much-worn Township Records of Portsmouth, R. I., the Rhode Island Colonial Records, the Records of the Colony of New Plymouth, and from records of deeds etc. now in the cities of Perth Amboy and Trenton, New Jersey,

viz : — "

At a Meetinge of the free inhabitants of the towne of Portsmoth Sepember the 4th 1648 there was graunted by the disposers of Land, and since Laid out unto Gyles Slocom with in the bounds of the towne of portsmoth above said and in the peacable possestion of the said Gyles Slocom thirty ackres of land more or less for which the Tresurer is paid and is butted and bounded as ffolloweth with Land bought by the Said Gyles of John Cranston, one the South Side with lands partly belonginge to Ralph Cowland, and partly with Land belonginge to the Said Gyles Slocom, and the west end it buttinge upon the comon, to haue and to hould and peacably to posses and injoy to him his heires and assignes for Euer. Where as it is Ordered that for Eury Ackre of Land that is impropriated, two Shillings is to be paid in to the tresury I haue Receued of Gyles Slocom three pounds which is for thirty ackres of Land graunted to him September the 4th 1648 and is Laid out.

I Say Receued by me the ioth of September 1648 three pounds

03 — oo — oo William Baulston Tresurer Entred Upon Record accordinge to Order to Order by me Richard Bulgar Recorder for y' Towne of portsmoth "

The 24th of January, 1650, he received a deed of land from John Cranston of Portsmouth.

In the year 1651 he gave to Thomas Guinnings a deed of land in Portsmouth.

In 1655 he was recorded as a freeman of Portsmouth as shown by "The Roule of ye Freemen of y« Colonie of everie Towne."

The 4th of January, 1657, he received a deed of land from John Cranston of Portsmouth.

The 1 4th of January, 1657, he received a deed of land from John Randall of Portsmouth.

The 2d of February, 1657, he received a deed of land from Thomas Cooke, Jr., of Portsmouth.

The 6th of March, 1657, he received a grant of land from the Township of Portsmouth.

The 2oth of May, 1667, he received from Robert Carr of Newport, Rhode Island, a deed of land at Navisink, New Jersey.

The 23d of February, 1668, he received a deed of land from William Brenton. "

The earemarke of Gyles Slocom [for his live-stock] is a Crope [crop] in the Right Eare and a hapeny [half-penny] under the same one the lime [i. e. leading ?] eare, with a slitt in the left eare and ahapeny under of thirty years standing and is entered upon Record this 25th of April 1668 by me Richard Bulger towne Clerk"* The isth of October, 1669, he received a deed of i-24th part of the purchasers Township of Dartmouth, in New Plymouth, from Nathaniel, William, and Wrestling Brewster, it being the same land that was " a gift from our [their] Dear Mother mistress Sarah Brewster." The price of this purchase (£36) was " paid by Ralph Earle in behalf of Gyles Slocome." t The 28th of February, 1670, he received from John Wood of Newport, R. I., for a consideration of ^30, a deed of "one share of land lying and being within the Liberties and precincts of Norwatacunck in the Jurisdiction of New Jersey Neer New York near Adjoining to the Land of John Slocum [his son, see sketch No. 4] now there Inhabiting." The 3d of April, 1670, he received from Thomas Lawton of Portsmouth, R. I., a deed of two shares of land in or near Shrewsbury Township, New Jersey. The ist of April, 1672, he received from Thomas Lawton of Portsmouth, R. I., a deed of two shares of land in or near Shrewsbury Township, New Jersey. He gave a deed of land in Portsmouth, R. I., to his son Giles ' [sketch No. 5], " the first day of Aprill in the three and twentieth yeare of the Raigne of our Souerraine Charles the second King of England Scotland fraunce and Ireland ........ 1672." The 2d day of Eleventh month, 1676, he gave to his son, John' Slocum (No. 4) of Shrewsbury Township, New Jersey, a deed of one- fourth of one share of land in Shrewsbury, and, also, the tracts at Navisink, near Shrewsbury, which he purchased in 1667 and 1670. * This record, copied by the writer from the first book of minutes of Portsmouth may be considered good evidence that Giles Slocombe became a resident of what is now Portsmouth Township, Rhode Island, in the year 1638. f Copied by the writer from the records in Plymouth, Mass achusetts.

The 2d of Eleventh month, 1676, he gave to his "daughter Joanna Mott" (sketch No. 3), a deed of three-fourths of one share of land in or near Shrewsbury, N. J. He owned rights in the Township of Taunton, New Plymouth, and sold them to Nicholas White, senior, previous to the year 1675.*

He made purchases and sales of land in addition to those here mentioned, but enough have been cited to show that he was a very energetic and prosperous man, and that he was possessed of the characteristic English desire for a large landed estate.

Giles Slocombe and his wife were early members of the Society of Friends ; see page 27. The Friends' records for Portsmouth, R. I., show that "Joan Slocom the wife of old Giles she Dyed at Portsmouth the 31" 6 mo 1679." No record has been found to inform us of her maiden name or of the time and place of their marriage. He died in the year 1682 leaving the following will : — "

Seeing it pleaseth God to give me this opportunity being in good & sound memory it is with me to setle my out ward Estate that the Lord hath blessed mee with all unto whome I give the glory whoe is god over All blessed for Ever more amen now Know all people whoe may bee concerned hearin That I Gyles Slocom now of the Towne of Portsmouth one Road Island and in y« Kings Providence Plantation of New England in Amerrica sinnairl doe make this my last will & Tes-timent in manar & forme ase ffolloweth my will is that my depts bee first payd by my Executrix hereafter named Item I doe give & beequeath unto my Louving sonn Samuell Slocome five shillings in Lawful! monyes of New England Item I give & beequeath unto my sonn John Slocom five shillings Lawful monyes of New England Item I doe give and beequeath unto my Louving sonn Gyles Slocom him his heires And asignes for Ever all my Lands and housing to mee bee- longinge and apertaining beeing and Laying in or one Rhod Island in the Towne of Portsmouth and now in my occupation Excepting foure accors of Land with one Small Teniment one it laying in the Towne of Portsmouth in Rhod Island and now in the occupation of Will Rickinson house carpenter Item I give unto my sonn Giles Slocom one great Chest one table one bedsteed one great chaire Item I give unto my son Ebenezer five shillings Lawful! monyes of New England Item I give unto my son Nathaniel! Slocom two shars of Lands Laying neere the Towne of Shrosbury in New Jersey to him his heires and asignes for Ever Item I give and bequeath unto my son Feleg Slocom halfe A sheare of Land Lying and bee- ing in the Towne of Dartmouth with all the Rights priueledges theare untobeelong-ing to him his heires and asignes for Ever Item I give and bequeath unto my son Eliezer Slocom one quarter of a sheare of Land Laying and beeing in the aforesaid Towne of Dartmouth in the Colonye of Plimouth to him his heires and Asignes for Ever Item I give and beequeath unto my Louing Darter Johanah Mott three quarters of a sheare of Land situate and Laying neare Shorsbury [Shrewsbury'] in New Jersey to her her heires and asignes for Ever Item I give and beequeath unto my Loueing Dauter Mary Tucker foure accars of Land with one small Teniment one it Laying in the Towne of Portsmouth one Rhod Island and now in the occupation of Will Rickinson house carpenter to her and her heires for Ever Item I give and bequeath unto my Daftcr Mary Tucker sxteen accors of Land situate and Laying up one the Island of Cononicut which wase formerly in the posstion of Robert Hasard to her her heires and asignes for Ever Item I give unto my son Eliezer Slocom two oxen foure cowes one horse Item I give and beequcath unto my Dafter Johanah Molt live pounds Lawful monyes of New England to bee payd her out of my stocke when when solde Item I give and bequeath unto my Dafter Johanah Motl my Riding horse Item I doe give and beequeath unto my Loueing friends the peple of God called Quakers foure pound Lawful! monyes of New England to bee payd into the mens meeting one Road Island Item I give and beequeath unto my three children Nathaniel! Kliczer Slocom and Johanah Molt all my beding equaly devided bcctwixt them Item I give unto all my Grand children each of them five sheepe A peace Item All the Remainder of my Estate undisposed of I give and beequeath unto my five chilldren Nathaniel! Feleg Eliezer Slocom Johanah Mott Mary Tucker to bee Equalye devided bee twen them Item my will is that all my legises bee truly payd by my Executrix within six months after my deseas Item my will is that after my desscase my sonn Gyles Slocom shall give one mounthes [months] time unto my Executrix for the Removing and taking all my stock ase cowes oxen sheepe horskine and household goods

Lastly I doe heare by nominate constitute and apoynt my trusty and well beloved Dafter Johanah Mott to bee my full and sole Executrix of this my Last will and Testament nulling and makeing void all other wills formerly by mee made what soever And this to stand for my Last will and Testament furder I doe desire my Loueing friends John Easton Sim" Water Charles and Arthur Cooke all of Road Island to see this my Last will performed unto which I have heare unto set my hand & seale the Tennth day of y« Eight mounth called October in the yeare one Thousand sx hundred Eighty and one 1681

the mark of GYLES T SI.OCOM [seal] " "

Signed sealed published and declared in the presen of the mark of JOHN C COOPER

the marke of MARY Q COOKE ARTHUR COOKK MARGRET COOKE "

John Cooke the son of the deceased Capn Cooke, and Mary his wife, And Margrett Cooke the wife of Arthur Cooke all of the Towne of Portsmouth on Rhode Island, being the persons whose names are subscribed witnesses to the within written will and Testament, Appearing and being Sollemnly Engaged [sworn] according to Law Testefyeth that they saw the within Testator signe and seale the same, and heard him declare the same to be his last Will and Testament, And that to the best of their understandings he the Testator at that time was very Rational! in perfect sence and memory — Taken the I2'h day of March 1683 before us WM CADMAN Asistnt "

The above written is a GEORGE LAWTON Asistant "

True Copy of the original Entered and Recorded the i6th of the ist moneth 1683 %} me JOHN ANTHONY Town Clerke "

3-Giles SLOCOMBE was christened on 28 September 1623 in Old Cleeve, County Somerset, England.

• Abstract by Carlene Morrison. Copyright 2004. All rights reserved.

Giles Slocombe was named as the son of Philip and Charity Slocombe in his christening record, however it is uncertain when he was born. He (and an unborn child) were named in his father's will 18 February 1624. Giles was also named in his maternal grandmother's will 24 June 1642, and named as executor in his mother's will 21 June 1642. He was the executory of his mother's will which was proved 21 January 1643 when he was at least twenty years of age. Giles' mother was from Old Cleeve in Somerset, and his father was a yeoman of Gotehurst, also in Somerset. Giles also owned property in Gotehurst and is mentioned in a lease dated 10 April 1656. This property was a "messuage, thirty acres of land, meadow and pasture, and the appurtenances in Andersfeild in Gotehurst then late in the tenure of Giles Slocombe". This certainly leads one to believe that Giles was in the Somerset area until he was at least thirty years of age, and perhaps older.

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Common ancestor with Pres Warren G Harding! 9 generations from Warren, 11 from me (8th cousin twice removed)

Common ancestor with Queen Elizabeth II, 10 gens from Queen, 11 from me (9th cousin, once removed)

1648, September 4- He had a grant of 30 acres of land on payment of 3 pounds.

1655- Freeman.

1667, May 20- He bought land in Navesink, NJ of Robert Carr of Newport, RI.

1670, April 3- He bought two shares of land at Shrewsbury, NJ.

1673, October 23- Excommunicated by the Baptist Church of Newport, RI. He and his wife then joined the Quakers.

sources

1) The Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island: Comprising Three Generations of Settlers who Came Before 1690, with Many Families Carried to the Fourth Generation
starts at page 181 by John Osborne Austin
Genealogical Publishing Com, 1969 - Reference - 496 pages

GEDCOM Note

Category: Portsmouth, Rhode Island Category: English Immigrants to Rhode Island Category: Founders and Settlers of Rhode Island

Biography ==Giles Slocum was born in 1623 in England, possibly in Somerset. His parents have not been proven without a doubt. See the Rhode Island RootsArticle. He was an early settler in Portsmouth, R.I. - probably among the first in 1638. He was first granted land in Portsmouth in 1648.He was a freeman of Portsmouth as early as 1655. His will was dated10th of 8th mo., 1681. Giles Slocum. He passed away in 1683. <ref name=RIR>“The Family of Giles (2) Slocum of Dartmouth, Massachusetts and Newport, Rhode Island: A Corrected Account Based on New Evidence" Rhode Island Roots. Warwick, RI: Rhode Island Genealogical Society, 1975–. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2012.) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB487/i/13653/13/27734230</ref>

Giles Slocum, of Portsmouth, at all events, is the unquestioned progenitor of the Slocums of old Dartmouth. His name appears many times in the records of Portsmouth, where he was certainly living in 1648, and probably earlier, and died in 1682. He and his wife, Joan, had nine children. Old Giles and his wife were early members of the Society of Friends, and Giles evinced that association of piety and good business sense, common among Friends. He became an extensive land owner in Rhode Island and New Jersey, and purchased three-quarters of an original share in the Dartmouth purchase. By his will, in which he describes himself as “Gyles Slocum now of the Towne of Portsmouth in Road Island and ye King’s Providence Plantation of New England in America, sinnair”, he devises to his son, Peleg, one-half of a share; and to his son, Eliezer, one-quarter of a share of “the land lying in Dartmouth”.<ref>Old Dartmouth Historical Sketch, Number 29, "The Slocum House AtBarney's Joy" by Henry Howland Crapo; presented at the Meeting of theOld Dartmouth Historical Society on June 30, 1910.</ref> Wilbur-403|Wilbur-403 13:05, 7 December 2018 (UTC)

Baptism ===: 1623-09-28 Old Cleeve,,Somerset, England<ref>Transcripts of the Parish Registers of Old Cleeve, co. Somerset England in NEHGR 78:396.</ref> son of Philip and Charity Slocum

Parents ===Father: (Incorrect.) Anthony Slocum, another immigrant to New England,according to Austin's Gen. Dictionary.<ref name="Austin" >Austin, John Osborne. Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island: Comprising Three Generations of Settlers Who Came Before 1690 : With Many Families Carried to the Fourth Generation. (Albany: J. Munsell Sons, 1887) [https://archive.org/details/genealogicaldict00aust pp. 181-183</ref> Later research points out the unlikely nature of this realationship.

G. Andrews Moriarty presented the Additions and Corrections to Austin's Genealogical Dictionary in a series of articles in The American Genealogist. Volume 20 p. 115: "Giles was undoubtedly the Giles Slocum bapt. at Old Cleeve, co. Somerset, 28 Sep 1623, son of Philip and Charity(Bickham) Slocombe, who were married there on 20 Nov. 1621."<ref name="AustinAdds">G. Andrews Moriarty. "Additions and Corrections to Austin's Genealogical Dictionary." The American Genealogist. Volume 20 p. 115 [https://www.americanancestors.org/DB283/i/11817/115/0 at AmericanAncestors ($) </ref>

Moriarty reiterates and strengthens his position several times.*1916. Giles was certainly not the son of Anthony. Besides other considerations, Anthony did not name Giles in his will. Charity Slocum was not considered originally by CE Slocum because Slocum believed that Giles had arrived in New England by 1638, but the first actual record is1648, allowing him to be the executor of his mother's will in 1643. Moriarty then presents wills of other family members. Charities mother,Helen's will dated 24 June 1642 names daughter Charitie Slocum (less than a year before Charities death). It was not proven until 1646.<ref>Moriarty, G. Andrews. "Parentage of Giles Slocum of Portsmouth, R.I."New England Historical and Genealogical Register 70:283, 284 AmericanAncestors</ref>*1924. Presents marriage of Philip and Charity, and baptism of Giles in 1623. From the Somerset Protestation Roll 27 Feb 1642, Old Cleeve. Gilles Slocum.<ref name=NEHGR78>"Genealogical Gleanings In England." New England Historical and Genealogical Register 78:395, 396 (1924) AmericanAncestors</ref>*1956. Moriarty found no evidence of arrival by 1638. Giles was granted 30 acres 4 Sep 1648. He lived next to Thomas Cook (resident of Portsmouth 1643). The births of Giles children are recorded in Portsmouth Quaker meeting, eldest b. 1642.<ref> These births must have been entered after the fact. The friends were not established in Rhode Island until the 1650s. In addition Giles and wife were members of the Baptist Church until 1673.</ref> Moriarty points out Giles may only have been 18/19 in 1641 when he married, but he also was named as executor of hismothers will in 1642.<ref>The date in 1623 is a baptism date. His parents married Nov 1621, nine months later was Aug 1622 which would makehim a year older, if he were not baptized as an adult.</ref><ref name=NEHGR110>Moriarty, G. Andrews. "Notes: Giles Slocum of Portsmouth, R.I." New England Historical and Genealogical Register 110:77, 78. (1956) American Ancestors</ref> 1993. Rhode Island Roots article, Vol 19:13: "The Family of Giles Slocum of Dartmouth, Massachusetts and Newport, Rhode Island: A corrected account based on New Evidence. (author Jane Fletcher Fiske) This article mainly covers Giles Slocum b. 1647. The first paragraph mentions a possible clue to the parentage of Giles the immigrant. From the Bishop's Transcripts Somerset: Joane Slowcome bpt 27 Sept 1609 dtr of Giles,and William Slowcombe bpt 27 Apr 1629 son of Giles and Giles Slowcombe buried 19 Oct 1629<ref>“The Family of Giles (2) Slocum of Dartmouth, Massachusetts and Newport, Rhode Island: A Corrected Account Based on New Evidence." Rhode Island Roots. 19:13 Warwick, RI: Rhode Island Genealogical Society, 1993. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2012.) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB487/i/13653/13/27734230 </ref> 2004. The alleged father Philip made his will as Philip of Gotehurst (very close to Spaxton) in 1624, naming his underage son Giles. Giles owned property in Gotehurst; a "messuage, thirty acres of land, meadow and pasture, and the appurtenances in Andersfeild in Gotehurst then late in the tenure of Giles Slocombe" lease dated 10 April 1656.<ref>Morrison, Carlene. “Descendants of Aldred Byccombe.” Bickham Genealogy and Surname Study. http://home.earthlink.net/~chalfort/bickham/id17.html</ref>

Giles did not name any of his children Philip or Charity.

Marriage to Cooke? === Joanna and Giles were married about 1641. Their first child was born in 1642. "Joan Slocum the wife of Old Giles she Dyed at Portsmouth the 31st 6mo. 1679" [31 Aug 1679]<ref name="Austin" /><ref name=Arnold />

Disputed Surname: Giles lived next to Cooke-720|Thomas Cook (a resident of Portsmouth in 1643). Thomas calls Giles "brother" in his will. Although this could possibly be Joan's surname, there are other reasons why Thomas might call Giles "brother", not least of which might be brothers in Christ.<ref name=NEHGR110 />

Immigration ===C. E. Slocum believed that Giles was in New England as early as 1638, and living probably with or near Anthony Slocum in Dartmouth. Part of his reasoning was the registration of Giles animal earmark. "The earemarke of Gyles Slocom is ... of thirty years standing and is entered upon Record this 25th of April 1668 by ..."<ref name="SlocumShort" />

Moriarty either discounted this, or was not familiar with it. The first known record of Giles in New England is the 1648 grant of 30 acres.<ref name="EarlyPortsmouth" />Moriarty believed that Giles, son of Charity and Phillip, migrated after the death of his mother in 1642, spentsome time in Dartmouth, then went to Portsmouth.<ref name=NEHGR110 />

Other Events ===:1648. Sep 4. Portsmouth, He received a grant of 30 acres for a payment of £3<ref name="Austin" /><ref name="EarlyPortsmouth">Space:TheEarly Records of the Town of Portsmouth|The Early Records of the Townof Portsmouth (E. L. Freeman & Sons, Providence, R. I., 1901) p. 38 nothing about £3</ref><ref name="SlocumShort" >Slocum, Charles Elihu. A short history of the Slocums, Slocumbs and Slocombs of America, genealogical and biographical; embracing eleven generations of the first-named family, from 1637 to 1881: with their alliances and the descendants in the female lines as far as ascertained. Syracuse, N. Y., The author, 1882. 1648 p. 37, The three pounds is mentioned;</ref>

:1650, Jan 24. He bought 30 acres of land from John Cranston<ref name="Austin" /><ref>Early Records Portsmouth. 349</ref><ref name="SlocumShort" /> He had various land dealings in 1651, 1657 and 1668.<ref name="SlocumShort" /> :1655: A Roll of Freeman in the colony listed by town. Giles Slocum, Portsmouth.<ref name="Austin" /><ref>Space:Records of the Colony ofRhode Island and Providence Plantations in New England|Records of theColony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations in New England Vol. 1 1636-1663. (1856) p. 300</ref><ref name="SlocumShort" /> :1667, May 20. bought land in Navesink, New Jersey of Robert Carr of Newport.<ref name="Austin" /><ref name="SlocumShort" /> :1668 Apr 25. He had an ear mark granted.<ref name="Austin" /> "The earemarke of Gyles Slocom is a Crope in the Right Eare and a hapeny under the same one the lime [ie leading?] eare, with a slitt in the left eare and ahapeny under of thirty years standing and is entered upon Record this 25th of April 1668 by ..."<ref name="SlocumShort" /> It is this reference that Charles Slocum uses to show that Giles was in Rhode Island by 1638. :He had deeds at various times for lands in New Jersey, Dartmouth and Taunton, Massachusetts and Portsmouth,<ref name="Austin" /><ref name="AustinAdds" /><ref name="SlocumShort" /> and gave land to son Giles (1672), son John (1676), daughter Joann Mott (1676)<ref name="SlocumShort" /> :He and his wife were Quakers.<ref name="Austin" /> Joan was excommunicated from the Baptist Church Newport 16:3:1673. Giles was excommunicated 23:8:1673, at which point they joined the Quakers.<ref name="AustinAdds" />

Death ===Giles died in 1683 between 10 Oct 1681 (date of will) and 12 Mar 1683 (date will proved)<ref name="Austin" />

Will ===1681 10 Oct wrote a will; proved 12 Mar 1683. Exec daughter Joanna Mott. Overseers John Easton, Walter Clark and Arthur Cook.<ref name="Austin" />:to sons Samuel and John 5s. To son Giles land etc. To son Ebenezer 5s. To son Nathaniel two shares of land near Shrewsbury, New Jersey. Toson Peleg 1/2 share in Dartmouth. To son Ellezer, quarter of a share in Dartmouth plus, To dtr Johannah Mott, 3/4 of a share near Shrewsbury. To daughter Mary Tucker 4 acres, a small tenement and 15 acres on Conanicut Island. To dtr Johanna Mott £5 and a riding horse. £4 to the men's meeting at Rhode Island. Children mentioned again with sundry bequests. Each grandchild (unnamed) 5 sheep.<ref name="Austin" />

The entire will of Giles is transcribed below.

Children ===Recorded in the Rhode Island friends records to Giles and Joanna of Portsmouth,<ref name=Arnold>Arnold, James N. Space:Vital records of Rhode Island, 1636-1850|Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636-1850 Vol. 7 Friends and Ministers (Providence, R.I., Narragansett Historical Pub. Co., 1895) children p. 75; death p. 121</ref> and also listed in Austin's Genealogical Dictionary.<ref name="Austin" /><ref>Spouses: The Slocum Genealogy : Author: Charles E. Slocum, M.D., Ph.D, of Syracuse, N.Y. : Publication: NEHGR, Volume 34, October 1880</ref>

1. Joanna Slocum 16 May 1642 m. Jacob Mott<ref name="Austin" />
2. John Slocum --- --- 1645, (VR) 26 May 1645 (Austin) # Giles Slocum 25 March 1647; m. (1) Anne Lawton; m. (2) Mary Paine<ref name=RIR />
3. Ebenezer Slocum 25 Mar 1650; m. Mary Thurston
4. Nathaniel Slocum 25 Dec 1652
5. Peleg Slocum 16 Aug 1654 (VR) 17 Aug 1654 (Austin); m. Mary Holder# Samuel Slocum not listed in the printed Vital Records. Born 1657+/-(Austin). Samuel was mentioned in his father's will.
6. Mary Slocum 3 July 1660. m. Abraham s/o Henry Tucker
7. Eliezer Slocum 25 Dec 1664; m. Elephel Fitzgerald

DNA and Anthony Slocom ===Recent DNA testing has shown that Anthony and Giles Slocum have the same Y-DNA pattern, proving them to be relatives in some way. <ref>Slocum, Judy L. and Melville C. Brown. "Anthony and Giles slocum Have the Same Y-DNA Pattern." New England Ancestors 4.4: 49/50 (Fall 2003) </ref>

Sources

<references />::Source Note: Slocum, Charles Elihu. A short history of the Slocums, Slocumbs and Slocombs of America (1882) Mr. Slocum has listed several items claiming to be from the Portsmouth Town Records. They may well have been, but the printed version of the town records (1901) does not have the items. It is obvious from the printed version that there are missing pieces, due to deterioration. Austin's Gen. Dict. (1887) listssome of these but not all of them.

• Old Dartmouth Historical Sketch, Number 29, "The Slocum House At Barney's Joy" by Henry Howland Crapo; presented at the Meeting of the OldDartmouth Historical Society on June 30, 1910.
• History of the Slocums, Slocumbs and Slocombs of America : Author: Slocum, Charles Elihu, 1841-1915 : Publication: Defiance, Ohio : Slocum : 1908: Supplement to and issued as v. 2 of the 1882 edition. : Phonetic spelling. genealogical and biographical embracing twelve generations of the first-named family from A.D. 1637 to 1908 : with their marriages and descendants in the female lines, so far as ascertained ...
• Ancestry of Thirty-Three Rhode Islanders Born in the 18th Century: Author: John Osborne Austin : Publication: Albany, N.Y.: Publishedby Joel Munsell's Sons: 1889
• The Slocum Genealogy : Author: Charles E. Slocum, M.D., Ph.D, ofSyracuse, N.Y. : Publication: NEHGR, Volume 34, October 1880
• U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900: Author: Yates Publishing : Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2004. : Note: Int Mar Rec*OneWorldTree : Author: Ancestry.com : Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc.
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The Complete Will of Giles Slocum ==="Seeing it pleaseth God to give me this opportunity being in good & sound memory it is with me to setle my out ward Estate that the Lord hath blessed mee with all unto whome I give the glory whoe is god over All blessed for Ever more amen now Know all people whoe may bee concerned hearin That I Gyles Slocom now of the Towne of Portsmouth one Road Island and in ye Kings Providence Plantation of New England in Amerricasinnair I doe make this my last will & Testiment in mannar & forme ase ffolloweth my will is that my depts bee first payd by my Executirx hereafter named.

“Item I doe give & beequeath unto my Louving sonn Samuell Slocome five shillings in Lawfull monyes of New England. Item I give & beequeath unto my sonn John Slocom five shillings Lawful monyes of New England. Item I doe give and beequeath unto my Louving sonn Gyles Slocom him his heires And asignes for Ever all my Lands and housing to mee beelonginge and apertaining beeing and Laying in or one Rhod Island in the Towne of Portsmouth and now in my occupation Excepting foure accors of Land with one Small Teniment one it laying in the Towne of Portsmouth in Rhod Island and now in the occupation of Will Rickinson house carpenter. Item I give unto my sonn Giles Slocom one great Chest one table one bedsteed one great chaire. "Item I give unto my son Ebenezer five shillings Lawfull monyes of NewEngland. Item I give unto my son Nathaniell Slocom two shars of LandsLaying neere the Towne of Shrosbury in New Jersey to him his heires and asignes for Ever. Item I give and bequeath unto my son Peleg Slocomhalfe A sheare of Land Lying and beeing in the Towne of Dartmouth with all the Rights priveledges theare unto beelonging to him his heires and asignes for Ever. Item I give and bequeath unto my son Eliezer Slocom one quarter of a sheare of Land Laying and beeing in the aforesaidTowne of Dartmouth in the Colonye of Plimouth to him his heires and Asignes for Ever. "Item I give and beequeath unto my Louing Darter Johanah Mott three quarters of a sheare of Land situate and Laying neare Shorsbury [ Shrewsbury] in New Jersey to her her heires and asignes for Ever. "Item I give and beequeath unto my Loueing Dauter Mary Tucker foure accars of Land with one small Teniment one it Laying in the Towne of Portsmouth one Rhod Island and now in the occupation of Will Rickinson house carpenter to her and her heires for Ever. Item I give and bequeath unto my Dafter Mary Tucker sixteen accors of Land situate and Layingup one the Island of Cononicut which wase formerly in the posstion ofRobert Hasard to her her heires and asignes for Ever. "Item I give unto my son Eliezer Slocom two oxen foure cowes one horse. Item I give and beequeath unto my Dafter Johanah Mott five pounds Lawful monyes of New England to bee payd her out of my stocke when when solde. Item I give and bequeath unto my Dafter Johanah Mott my Ridinghorse. “Item I doe give and beequeath unto my Loueing friends the peple of God called Quakers foure pound Lawfull monyes of New England to bee payd into the mens meeting one Road Island. "Item I give and beequeath unto my three children Nathaniell Eliezer Slocom and Johanah Mott all my beding equaly devided betwixt them. ItemI give unto all my Grand children each of them five sheepe A peace. "Item All the Remainder of my Estate undisposed of I give and beequeath unto my five children Nathaniell Peleg Eliezer Slcom Johanah Mott Mary Tucker to bee Equalye devided bee twen them. "Item my will is that all my legises bee truly payd by my Executrix within six months after my deseas. "Item my will is that after my dessease my sonn Gyles Slocom shall give one mounthes time unto my Executrix for the Removing and taking all my stock ase coews osen sheepe horskine and household goods. Lastly I doe heare by nominate constitute and apoynt my trusty and well belovedDafter Johanah Mott to bee my full and sole Executrix of this my Lastwill and Testament nulling and makeing void all other wills formerly by mee made what soever And this to stand for my Last will and Testament furder I doe desire my Loueing friends John Easton Simn Water Charles and Arthur Cooke all of Road Island to see this my Last will performed unto which I have heare unto set my hand & seale the Tennth day ofye Eigh mounth called October in the yeare one Thousand six hundred Eighty and one [1681]. .............................................................. The marke of ............................................................. Gyles T Slocum" Witnessed and proved in court 10 July 1683. [Source: Slocum, Charles Elihu. A short history of the Slocums, Slocumbs and Slocombs of America, genealogical and biographical; embracing eleven generations of the first-named family, from 1637 to 1881: with their alliances and the descendants in the female lines as far as ascertained. Syracuse, N. Y., The author, 1882. pp 39, 40

Notes ==Giles Slocum of Portsmouth, Rhode Island, bought land in Dartmouth in 1659. His son, Peleg, married Mary, the daughter of Christopher Holder, "the Mutilated," and Catharine Marbury Scott, a sister of Anne Hutchinson. Peleg Slocum built his home south of the present Russells Millson the west side of the Paskamansett. He was the first Dartmouth Quaker mentioned as a "public Friend." This meant that he was a preacher. The name may have been derived somehow from the term "Publishers of Truth".

Besides being "a public Friend," Peleg Slocum was a highly successful farmer and merchant. He and his wife were widely known for their liberal hospitality. Many travelling Friends stopped at their house and meetings were regularly held there. Even after the meeting house was built in 1699 the monthly meetings were held at Peleg Slocum's until 1703. Giles Slocum's youngest son Eliezer, whose romance with the Lady Elephel Fitzgerald has been colorfully told, came to Dartmouth later than his brother. There he settled on his inheritance from Giles to the south of Peleg's acreage and near to the Allens at Barnes Joy. Wilbur-403|Wilbur-403 11:41, 7 December 2018 (UTC)

Source ==* Old Dartmouth Historical Sketch, Number 70, "Quakers and Their Meeting House at Apponegansett" by Ann Gidley Lowry. Paper read at meetingof the Old Dartmouth Historical Society on August 14, 1940. Wilbur-403|Wilbur-403 11:43, 7 December 2018 (UTC)

Find a Grave: Giles Slocum

BIRTH 28 Sep 1623, Old Cleeve, West Somerset District, Somerset, England DEATH 12 Mar 1682 (aged 58), Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA BURIAL Northville Main Street Cemetery, Northville, Fulton County, New York, USA, MEMORIAL ID 106184349

Photos added by Edwin Sherwood

The monument placed in New York on Capt. Aaron Slocum's grave in 1891 reflects a statement for Giles and Joan Slocum, his ancestors, in their memory. Giles and Joan are buried in Rhode Island. He is not buried in the cemetery in New York.

He is sometimes reported to have been the son of Anthony Slocombe.

"It is suggestive that Giles- Slocum, 2, of Portsmouth, near Newport, Rhode Island, purchased land in East New Jersey as early as 20 May, 1667, and again in 1670; also that his son John, grandson of Anthony, was a freeholder, and was admitted a Freeman, in East New Jersey in May, 1668." Source: History of the Slocums, Slocumbs and Slocombs of America, genealogical and biographical, embracing twelve generations of the first-named family from A.D. 1637 to 1908, with their marriages and descendants in the female lines as far as ascertained by Slocum, Charles Elihu, 1841-1915.

Parents Anthony Slocombe, 1590–1688 Elizabeth Mary Harvey Slocombe

Spouse Joan Cook Slocum, 1620–1679

Children Johanna Slocum Mott, 1642–1728 Giles Slocum, 1647–1713 Ebenezer Slocum, 1650–1715 Nathaniel Slocum, 1652–1702 Peleg Slocum, 1654–1733 Eleazer Slocum, 1664–1727