Deborah Slocum

Brief Life History of Deborah

When Deborah Slocum was born in 1734, in Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Eleazer Slocum Jr., was 40 and her mother, Deborah Smith, was 39. She married Prince Howland on 27 December 1752, in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters. She lived in Oblong MM, Dutchess, New York, United States in 1761. She died in 1827, in Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 93.

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Family Time Line

Prince Howland
1727–
Deborah Slocum
1734–1827
Marriage: 27 December 1752
Azariah Howland
1754–1829
Annie Howland
1756–1823
Mary Howland
1760–1831
Phoebe Howland
1773–1859
Rose Howland
1785–1842

Sources (4)

  • Legacy NFS Source: Deborah Slocum - Individual or family possessions: birth: about 1734; Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States
  • Deborah Slocum, "Massachusetts, Marriages, 1695-1910"
  • Heads of Families, Oblong and Nine Partners Circulary, March 1761, Dutchess, NY, Prince Howland & Wife

World Events (6)

1776

Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.

1776

New York is the 11th state.

1783 · A Free America

The Revolutionary War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris which gave the new nation boundries on which they could expand and trade with other countries without any problems.

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from Slocum in Shorwell (Isle of Wight) or Slocombeslade in Brendon (Devon). Both placenames derive from Old English slāh ‘sloe, blackthorn’ + cumb ‘valley’.

History: Anthony Slocombe or Slocum (1590–1674/75) came from Taunton, Somerset, England, to Taunton, MA, in 1637.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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