Enoch SLOSSON

Male 1733 - 1827  (93 years)


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  • Name Enoch SLOSSON  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
    Birth 13 Aug 1733  Wilton, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 6, 7, 8
    Gender Male 
    Religion 29 Mar 1761  [8
    Joined the Church in Kent, Connecticut 
    Religion 07 Nov 1762  [9
    Member of the Congregational Church in Stockbrid 
    Death 21 Feb 1827  Newark Valley, Tioga, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 6, 8
    Burial Old Burial Gnd, Berkshire, NY Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Notes 
    • Enoch and his wife lived at Kent until 1762, when they moved to Stockbridge, Berkshire County, Massachusetts. They left with their family, February 1793, and arrived at Union (now Newark Valley), Tioga County, New York, March 4, 1793.[Slosson 11-20-00 Greene.FTW]

      BURIAL: Joined church in Stockbridge, Mass 7 Nov 1762. Moved to Brown's
      Settlement on Boston Purchase 17 Feb 1793 (now Newark Valley, Tioga Co., NY).
      Wife Sarah was first member of new church 20 Nov 1803. Enoch was under censure
      from previous church, so could not join church at above until censure was
      repealed in 2 Jul 1820. It was repealed because censurer confessed lying on his
      death bed.

      Excerpt from "Slosson Genealogy" by D. Williams Patterson:
      His ear-mark for cattle, was recorded in Stockbridge, in March 1768, "a half penny in upper side of both ears"; and he was chosen constable in 1769.
      The church book of Stockbridge has the following records: "At a meeting of the church, August 17, 1786, on a complaint exhibited against Enoch Slosson, a member of the church, for charging Capt. Whittlesey with partiality, in giving his evidence under oath, and that he had sworn to that which he (Slosson) had never said or thought.:
      "Voted, that is appears to the brethren of this church, that Mr. Slosson has broken Christian rule in making the charge against Capt. Whittlesey, which is contained in the complaint."
      "At a meeting of the church, 21st Dec., 1788";---
      "Voted, that whereas Mr. Slosson refuses to make the satisfaction which the laws of Christ require for the offenses of which he has been quilty; he be solemnly admonished by the pastor and brethren of the church, to repent of these his sins. The admonition was accordingly immediately given him by the pastor and brethren."
      In February 1793, they left Stockbridge, for Brown's Settlement, on the Boston Purchase, with a portion of their children, in company with their son Ezbon, and his family. They reached their destination on the fourth day of March, and began their settlement in a bark-covered shanty, on the bank of the creek, near where Sturtevant's gristmill stands, in the village of Newark Valley, Tioga County, New York. This was the first house built on the site of the village; and the wives of Enoch and Ezbon Slosson, were the first women who dwelt within the limits of the town; and they did not see another woman from the time they came into the place till the next September.
      On the 17th of November, 1803, more than ten years after they settled in the wilderness, the first church in Tioga (afterward, the first church in Berkshire, and now the first church in Newark Valley), was formed. Mrs. Slosson, having been granted a letter of dismission from the church in Stockbridge, Oct. 2, 1803, was admitted to this new church, on Sunday after its organization, Nov. 20, 1803; she being the first one admitted. Mr. Slosson could not join with her, as he was still under censure of the Stockbridge church, and so remained until Capt. Whittlesey, on his death-bed, acknowledged the wrong which he had done to Slosson; asking pardon of him and of the church; on which the church sent to Slosson a letter of dismission, on which he joined the church in Berkshire, July 2, 1820. His troubles so wore upon him, that, at times, during the last years of his life, he was subject to mental derangement. His first log house (the bark-roofed shanty belonged to his son) stood where Dr. C.R. Heaton now lives. They were buried in the old burial ground in Berkshire, New York.
    Person ID I52678  Main Tree
    Last Modified 22 Sep 2012 

    Father Nathaniel SLOSSON,   b. 1696, Bedford, Westchester, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 08 Mar 1787, Kent, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 91 years) 
    Mother Margaret BELDEN,   b. 10 Feb 1701, Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Apr 1780, Kent, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years) 
    Marriage 11 Dec 1719  Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 10
    Family ID F05507  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Sarah ST. JOHN,   b. Abt 1737, Wilton, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Mar 1819, Newark Valley, Tioga, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years) 
    Marriage 09 Aug 1757  Kent, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [11
    Pastor John Williams J.P. Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 11
    Married 09 Aug 1757  Sharon, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 7, 12, 13
    Children 
     1. Lucinda SLOSSON,   b. 08 Jan 1761, Kent, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Jun 1782, Stockbridge, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 21 years)
     2. Enos SLOSSON,   b. 24 May 1780, Stockbridge, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 08 Sep 1819, Lawrenceville, Tioga Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 39 years)  [Birth]
     3. Sarah SLOSSON,   b. 04 Mar 1764, Stockbridge, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1783, Stockbridge, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 18 years)  [Natural]
     4. Ezbon SLOSSON,   b. 28 Jan 1769, Stockbridge, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 02 Jun 1838, Newark Valley, Tioga, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years)  [Birth]
     5. Jerusha SLOSSON,   b. Nov 1774, Stockbridge, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 05 Feb 1870, Lawrenceville, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 95 years)
     6. Electa SLOSSON,   b. 05 Sep 1766, Stockbridge, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Jan 1770 (Age 3 years)  [Birth]
     7. Ruth SLOSSON,   b. 24 Aug 1777, Stockbridge, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Aug 1862, Owego, Tioga Co., New York Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years)  [Birth]
     8. Mabel SLOSSON,   b. 05 Oct 1758, Kent, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1835, Cayuta or Spencer, New York Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)
     9. 1 Electa SLOSSON,   b. 03 Mar 1772, Stockbridge, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Nov 1862, Union, (now Newark Valley), New York Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 90 years)  [Birth]
    Family ID F05571  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 09 Aug 1757 - Kent, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsPastor - - John Williams J.P. Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
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    2. [S03336] Slason-Slauson-Slawson-Slosson Family by George C. Slawson dated 1946.

    3. [S03338] Slosson 11-20-00 Greene.FTW.
      Date of Import: Jan 6, 2001

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    8. [S03340] Slosson Genealogy by D. Williams Patterson.

    9. [S01876] Berkshire Genealogist Vol 19, No. 4.

    10. [S00084] "The Descendants of Nathaniel Foote Sr. & Elizabeth Deming" Compiled by Ellwood Count Curtis.

    11. [S03415] The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records: Huntington, Kent and Killingly.

    12. [S01855] Barbour Index - Kent Vital Records 1739-1852.

    13. [S03426] The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records: Sharon.