John SLOCUM

1709 - Bef 1784  (75 years)

• Name	John SLOCUM  [1]
  	He purchased land in Warwick, Rhode Island, of James Green 5 January, 1741-2 and sold the same to Francis Knight 15 march, 1748, after which he resided in North Kingstown. In April, 1777, he, with three neighbors, "having the welfare of their country at heart, and willing to defend it with their lives, also believing that the enemy (the British) were about to make an attack," raised a company "to guard the town of Updike's Newtown," in North Kingstown, R.I. They petitioned the General Assembly and were "granted a corporation as a distinct military company, not to exceed sixty-four men, for special protection, to be called the newton Rangers." His will was proved in North Kingstown 13 December, 1784. [1]
  Birth	1709	Rhode Island   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	Bef 13 Dec 1784  [1]
  Person ID	I79721	Main Tree
  Last Modified	3 Nov 2015

  
  

  Father	John SLOCUM,   b. 22 Sep 1682, Portsmouth, Rhode Island d. 7 Apr 1740, Portsmouth, Rhode (Age 57 years)
  Mother	Barbara ?
  Family ID	F32104	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Phebe ?
  Children	+ 1. Thomas SLOCUM,   b. Abt 1740, Rhode Island d. Abt 1825, Burlington, now Edmeston Township, Otsego Co., New York (Age 85 years)
  Family ID	F32099	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Nov 2015

  
  

• Sources

  [S7913] Charles Elihu Slocum, M.D., Ph. D., A Short History of the Slocums, Slocumbs and Slocombs of America, (Charles Elihu Slocum, M.D., Ph. D., - Syracuse, NY 1882).