Seeley SLAWSON

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• Census: 1860, Living in Carmel, Putnam Co., New York

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This well known resident of Shrub Oak came to Peekskill on Thursday and transacted considerable business. Early in the afternoon he started to return home, riding on a load of lumber. When near the creek on Main Street, west of the Beecher house, he was observed to pitch forward and fall from the wagon to the hard ground. Parties who saw him fall immediately went to his assistance, and he was removed to the store nearby, and Dr. P. H. Mason called as quickly as possible, but he could only announce that the man was dead, that he had been attacked with apoplexy and was unconscious when he fell from the wagon. There was a flesh wound on the side of the face where it had struck the ground, but no fracture of the skull nor dislocation of the neck, although the first rumors were that the unfortunate gentleman had been thrown from his wagon and his neck broken. Coroner Hyatt was notified and held an inquest in the early evening, a verdict of death from apoplexy being rendered.

Mr. Slawson was about 65 years of age, and leaves a family of two sons and one daughter. His wife died a year or two ago. He has resided at Shrub Oak some eight or ten years, pursuing the occupation of a farmer. For many years he was the proprietor of the Slawson house at Lake Mahopac, Putnam county, in the days when that place was a famous boarding resort. For forty-five years he was a consistent church member, and was highly respected in the community in which he lived.

Source: The Democrat, Jan. 7, 1882 (Peekskill, New York)

Family/Spouse: Abbey Jane HALL. Abbey was born on 20 Jun 1819; died on 11 Feb 1848 in Red Mills, New York; was buried in Presbyterian Cemetery, Mahopac Falls, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. William Bradford SLAWSON was born on 27 Dec 1839 in Red Mills (now Mahopac Falls), New York; died on 19 Jan 1901 in Mt. Vernon, New York; was buried in Kensico Cemetery, Kensico, New York.
2. Laura C. SLAWSON was born on 21 Dec 1846 in Red Mills (now Mahopac Falls), New York; died on 13 Jul 1847 in Red Mills (now Mahopac Falls), New York; was buried in Presbyterian Cemetery, Mahopac Falls, New York.

Seeley married Phebe LENT on 12 Mar 1851 in Red Mills, New York. Phebe was born on 06 Apr 1818; died on 03 Nov 1880 in Yorktown, Westchester County, New York; was buried in Presbyterian Cemetery, Mahopac Falls, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Henry SLAWSON was born on 23 Feb 1853 in Red Mills (now Mahopac Falls), New York; died on 26 Feb 1927 in Peekskill, New York; was buried in Shrub Oak Methodist Church Cemetery, Shrub Oak, Westchester Co., New York.
2. Mary C. SLAWSON was born about 1859 in New York; died on 19 Aug 1862; was buried in Presbyterian Churchyard, Mahopac Falls, Putnam Co., New York.
3. Sarah T. SLAWSON was born on 18 Sep 1862 in Red Mills (now Mahopac Falls), New York; died after 1930.

Silas married Clarissa HEROY on 04 Dec 1816 in Red Mills, Putnam Co., New York. Clarissa (daughter of Charles HEROY and Phebe SEELY) was born on 23 Oct 1786; died on 05 Aug 1856 in Carmel, Putnam County, New York; was buried in Presbyterian Cemetery, Mahopac Falls, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Also Known As: Abraham Slauson
• Name: Abraham Slawson
• Birth: 23 Apr 1737, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA

Abraham married Mary WEED on 10 Nov 1763 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA. Mary (daughter of Jabez WEED and Mary BATES) was born on 11 Nov 1740 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died on 03 Sep 1826 in Somers, Westchester Co., New York; was buried in Presbyterian Cemetery, Mahopac Falls, Putnam County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Religion: 4 Aug 1765, rec., at the Church of Christ in Salem, Westchester Co., New York

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Editors Note: I have moved Mary Weed as being the daughter of Gideon Weed to Jabez Weed for the following reason:

American Ancestors: See Book of Corrections Vol. 4 No. 3 -

WEED/BROWN - See God's Country: A History of Pound Ridge, New York, by Jay Harris (1971). An error occurs in the Brown genealogy, p. 462, and "Corrections Supplement", p 14. Sarah WEED, who married Benajah BROWN, was the dau. of Jabez (Jonathan, Jonas) WEED, & Mary BATES, not of Gideon WEED (Jonas) & Sarah WATERBURY. In "Bedford Genealogy, Descendants of the Twenty-two Original Settlers, vol. IX", complied by Ronald B. Reynolds (1978), p. 164, Sarah's sister Mary WEED is also erroneously stated to be the dau. of Gideon WEED & Sarah WATERBURY. Inasmuch as Reynolds cites, correctly, dates indicating that Sarah WATERBURY would have been but 14 years old when Mary was born in 1740, and that Sarah did not marry Gideon until 1751, it is somewhat surprising that the error was not noticed The source of confusion appears to lie in a misinterpretation of the 1790 will of Gideon WEED, Jr. (Stamford Probate Records, vol. 8, p. 46), who was the brother of Sarah and mary (and Jabez,Jr.). Gideon, Jr. was the namesake and first cousin once removed, not the son of the Gideon WEED who married Sarah Waterbury. These relationships were not recognized in SLAUSON-SLAWSON-SLOSSON Family (1948), compiled by George C. Slawson, in which, p. 26, Mary WEED is given as the daughter of Gideon. It is from this source that subsequent researchers have been led astray. The true parentage of the siblings established by the will of Gideon WEED, Jr., was revealed in the typescript "BATES, Sellack, and Allied Families of Stamford, Norwalk, and Fairfield, Connecticut," by Henry S. Gorham (1938), Vol. 1, p. 26. Gorham utilized Conn, vital records and Stamford church records to prove that Jabez WEED and Mary BATES were parents of Mary (1940-1826), Jabez (1743-1829), Sarah (b. 1748) and Gideon (ca. 1750-1791).

Submitted by Neil B. Todd, 26 Walnut Place, Newtonville, MA 02160

Charles married Phebe SEELY about 1785. Phebe was born about 1764. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]