Enos SLOSSON

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Trader in Berkshire
• Baptism: 18 Jun 1780, Stockbridge, Massachusetts
• Fact: 1793, Left Stockbridge with his father
• Residence: 1816, Settled in Lawrenceville, Tioga Co., Penn., where he built a large tavern which, in connection with a store

Enos married Rebecca CULVER on 08 Aug 1803 in Berkshire, New York. Rebecca was born on 01 Jan 1784 in Towanda, Pennsylvania; died on 17 Oct 1866 in Lawrenceville, Tioga Co., Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Matilda SLOSSON was born on 31 May 1804 in Berkshire, Tioga County, New York; died about 1873 in The Insane Asylum in New York, New York, USA.
2. Julia Ann SLOSSON was born on 27 Jun 1806 in Berkshire, Tioga County, New York; died on 01 Aug 1866 in Unadilla, Michigan.
3. Susan Maria SLOSSON was born on 06 Apr 1808 in Berkshire, Tioga County, New York; died on 14 Feb 1830 in Lawrenceville, Pennsylvania .
4. Charlotte SLOSSON was born on 16 Jan 1810 in Berkshire, Tioga County, New York; died after 1875 in Elkland, Tioga County, Pennsylvania.
5. Clark SLOSSON was born on 05 Aug 1811 in Berkshire, New York; died on 31 Dec 1872 in New York, New York, USA.
6. Nancy SLOSSON was born on 14 Mar 1814 in Berkshire, Tioga County, New York; died on 26 Apr 1820 in Lawrenceville, Tioga County, Pennsylvania.
7. 2 Enos SLOSSON was born on 16 Feb 1817 in Lawrenceville, Pennsylvania; died on 05 Jul 1890 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA.
8. Esbon SLOSSON was born on 17 Oct 1818 in Lawrenceville, Pennsylvania; died on 18 Jun 1907 in Burlington, Des Moines, Iowa; was buried in Aspen Grove Cemetery, Burlington, Des Moines Co., Iowa.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: 29 Mar 1761; Joined the Church in Kent, Connecticut
• Religion: 07 Nov 1762; Member of the Congregational Church in Stockbrid

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repealed in 2 Jul 1820. It was repealed because censurer confessed lying on his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.

Enoch married Sarah ST. JOHN on 09 Aug 1757 in Kent, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA. Sarah (daughter of Mark ST. JOHN and Hannah ?) was born about 1737 in Wilton, Connecticut; died on 10 Mar 1819 in Newark Valley, Tioga, New York, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Birth: 1738, Wilton, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
• Religion: 04 Jun 1759; Joined the Church in Kent, Connecticut from Sharon.
• Religion: 07 Nov 1762; Member of the Congregational Church in Stockbrid