1730 - aft 1790
Massachusetts - Rhode Island - New York
Giles - > Eliezer -> Ebenezer
I don't have a narrative for Abraham - I know too little about the times and places he lived. All of this information - except for census listings - comes from the Slocum book.
1730 June 29 born - . Dartmouth Twp, Bristol, MA
2nd son of Ebenezer and Bathsheba Hull Slocum (2nd of 12 children)
1749 - 16 Aug - published for marriage (Friends Meeting)
18 Sept - married Abigail Smith d/o George Smith of Dartmouth
Abigain was born 1 Dec 1732
1751 Jan 18 - son Benjamin born
1752 Oct 30 - daughter Bathsheba born, Dartmouth, MA
1754 Jan 22 - daughter Elizabeth born, Dartmouth MA
1755 Oct 14 - son Abraham born
1756 (before) parents moved to Tiverton, Newport, RI
17xx - moved to Portsmouth, RI
1758 Sep 11 - town meeting (Portsmouth) - granted license to keep a publick house
1759 July 28 - daughters Anna and Mary born - Dartmouth, MA
~1760? - moved to (what became) Pawling, Dutchess, NY
His residence was (in 1882, when the Slocum book was published) called “The Slocum Place”
It may have been Washington’s headquarters in 1778
1761 May 27 - son George born
1763 April 27 - son Ebenezer born
1765 March 3 - son David born
1767 June 23 - daughter Abigail born
1769 Feb 26 - son Charles born
1771 Feb 21 - son Peleg born
1772 Feb 18 - son Peleg died
1773 June 12 - son Peleg (2) born
“The author is indebted to Nathaniel Pearce, Esq, of Pawling - who has given considerable attention to the history of the early settlers of his township, - for the statement that Abraham Slocum was a man of superior intellect and good mental culture. He was something of a wit, and, withal, a good hater as Doctor Johnson says - a man who never forgot an insult or forgave an injury. His latter days were clouded by intemperance and his example left its evil impression on some of his children.” (The Slocum book, p. 94)
Census listings:
1790 NY Dutchess, Pawling 88 (50) -Abraham 403
With sons David, Charles, Peleg? - wife Abigail, 2 daughters
Sons Benjamin 154 , George 133, Ebenezer 122 also in Pawling
1800 New York, Dutchess Pawling 57 - Abigail 00000 01002
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