When Jedediah Slason was born on 1 September 1769, in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States, his father, Isaac Slauson, was 35 and his mother, Bethiah Bishop, was 33. He married Ann Rydor on 6 April 1794, in Fredericton, York, New Brunswick, Canada. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 8 daughters. In 1800, his occupation is listed as merchant in Fredericton, York, New Brunswick, Canada. He died on 20 December 1836, in Fredericton, York, New Brunswick, Canada, at the age of 67, and was buried in Old Burial Ground, Fredericton, York, New Brunswick, Canada.
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English: habitational name from Slawston (Leicestershire), with the loss of -t- characteristic of this area. The placename may derive from the Old Norse personal name Slagr (Middle English genitive Slages) + Old English tūn ‘farmstead, estate’.
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