Daniel SLAWSON

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• Fact: Also known as Thomas Slason

Thomas married Sarah STEVENS on 14 Apr 1709 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA. Sarah (daughter of Joseph STEVENS and Sarah BUXTON) was born on 27 Jan 1686 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died about 1732. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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According to "The Families of Old Fairfield": Sarah made agreement, 26 August 1710, with John and Jonathan Slawson, Nathaniel Pond, and Sarah Bishop; showing that Thomas had not issue.

A son, Daniel Slason, b March 30, 1711, is listed in the "Slawson, Slason...Book", but this child is believed to have assumed the name of Smith.

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John moved to Bedford, Westchester County, New York in 1681, being influenced to do so by his brother, Eliezer. John did not like Bedford, and very shortly returned to Stamford, making the error of selling his land in Bedford without obtaining the necessary consent of the town itself. The land was promptly confiscated by the town, and it was only through his brother's influence that the matter was straightened out and new land assigned to John. This new land was then sold with the town's consent, and by 1682, he was again a resident of Stamford. He married a third time to Hannah Prunderson, widow of John Gibbs.

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"Connecticut Ancestry": John Slason apparently died intestate, and his estate was administered by his eldest sons John and Jonathan Slason. His inventory was taken at Stamford on 29 November 1706 by Joseph Bishop, Daniel Scofield and Jonathan Bell; and the widow Hannah Slason appeared and verified the inventory on 5 arch 1706/07.

John married Elizabeth BENEDICT before 1679. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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"Connecticut Ancestry": Joseph Stevens and his brother Benjamin both participated in the development of the new town inland from Stamford that became Bedford in Westchester County, New York. They were both on the list of original proprietors there on 23 December 1680 (the same year as Joseph's marriage). Benjamin actually moved to Bedford and stayed there until about 1685, when he moved further inland and back eastward to another new settlement - this time the one at Danbury, Connecticut, where he remained until his death. Joseph was not involved with this second migration to Danbury and in fact probably did not even leave Stamford for Bedford in the first place. On 2 May 1683, the Town of bedford disallowed the sale of his land there, and his rights were assigned to John Slason instead.

On 24 December 1714, Joseph Stephens Senior of Stamford gave for fatherly affection to his well beloved son Joseph Stevens, all his real estate in Stamford, including a house and lot of 1 acre, 3 acres in the North Field, and 2 1/2 acres in the South Field. The younger Joseph later sold the "home lott that was my father's" to an adjoining owner, Ebenezer Weed on 4 March 1717, shortly before his father's death.

Joseph married Sarah BUXTON on 24 Jun 1680 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA. Sarah (daughter of Clement BUXTON and Unica ?) was born after 1655 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]