Stephen Slot

From The Sloats House & Inn

Description Excerpted from National Registry (listed 1976)

Stephen Slot (1727-1808) came from Hackensack and married Martha Van Dusen (Marritje 1727-1807) about 1753.  Stephen's great grandfather was Jan Pietersen (Peter) Slot who came from Holstein, Holland before 1662 and settled at Corlear's Hook.  This tract in Pothat (now Sloatsburg, named for Stephen and his descendants) was conveyed as a gift to Martha and Stephen by her father, Isaac Van Dusen (Deusen), on June 3, 1763. 

Stephen and Martha had:

• John in 1754, who became a captain in the Cornwall Militia in the Revolution and was accidentally and fatally shot by one of their own sentries in the doorway of the Sloat House (bullet marks exist);
• Isaac (1758-1821) who inherited the house;
• Elizabeth, born in 1761; and
• Maria, born in 1767.

Stephen either built or enlarged this house in 1755.  Indications in the structure lead one to believe that a frame section, in addition to the old part stone wing, existed at the time of the Revolution, which has now been replaced.  Probably the most important event in the history of the house is that, according to Willard Deyoe (writer), General George Washington stayed here on Sunday, June 5, 1779, and may have stopped here previously as he frequently used the road through the Clove.

• Reference: Ancestry Genealogy - SmartCopy: Jul 17 2016, 22:24:38 UTC
• https://www.rikkyo.ac.jp/research/laboratory/IAS/ras/32/deloria.pdf

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• Reference: FamilySearch Family Tree - SmartCopy: Sep 7 2018, 11:41:18 UTC