Rev. Peleg Slocum

GEDCOM Note

Category: Dartmouth Monthly Meeting, Massachusetts

Biography ==Peleg Slocal (Giles, Anthony) was born in Portsmouth, RI 17 August 1654; he married Mary Holder, daughter of prominent Quaker, Christopher Holder. They settled in Darthmouth, N.P., where he became an active worker in the Society of Friends (Quakers), being named in their records as a minister. He donated six acreas of land as a site for their firstmeeting house and burying ground.

: Rhode Island Land Evidences 1648 -1696 :: Baltimore Publishing Company 1970 :: :: (410) Peleg Sanford to Peleg Slocum:: ...Peleg Sanford of Newport...for...one hundred & fifty pounds Currant Silver mony of New England...payd by Peleg Slocum of the townshipof Darkmouth in the County of new Bristoll in...New plymouth...have sold...the one half of the westermost Island Commonly Called...Elizabeth Island Alis Cuttohunken...being in the Govr ment of new yorke qt. 224 Acres...nineteenth day of Apriell...One thousand and six hundred ninty three. :: Wit :: Peleg X Sanford :: Epharim Turner :: John Yelthro:-- his marke :: :: Coronell Peleg Sanford & his wife Mary Acknowleged...deed...the 19th of Apriell 1693 :: :: Benedict Arnold Asst<ref>RIGENWEB-Lcs.com>)</ref> He died in Dartmouth in 1732/3; his wife died at the home of her son-in-law Peter Easton, in Newport, RI 20 Sept 1737, age 75y, 4m, 14 days.<ref>Charles E. Slocum, "The Slocum Genealogy," in NEHGR, Volume 34, October 1880, p 393</ref>

Children<ref>Slocum, op cit.</ref>

1. Mary, b 29 Oct 1682; m John Hedley
2. Deliverance, b 10 Feb 1684; m Ralph Chapman, Jr.
3. Content, b 2 Jul 1687; m Peter Easton
4. Elizabeth, b 3 Feb 1689; m1 Isaac Barker; m2 ___ Poacher
5. Peleg, b 24 Mar 1692; m Rebecca

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6. Giles, b 21 Feb 1694/5; died in infancy
7. Holder, b 14 Jun 1697; m1 Hannah Hull, dau of John; m2 Rebecca Almy.
8. Giles, b 1699; m Elizabeth dau of John Wanton; d 15 Augut 1720
9. Joseph b 13 May 1701; m Susanna, dau of John Wanton.

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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.<ref>Old Dartmouth Historical Sketch, Number 70, "Quakers and Their Meeting House at Apponegansett" by Ann Gidley Lowry. Paper read at meeting of the Old Dartmouth Historical Society on August 14, 1940.</ref>Wilbur-403 11:40, 7 December 2018 (UTC)

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<references />* 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.