Nancy R. Allan

Brief Life History of Nancy R.

When Nancy R. Allan was born on 1 August 1781, in Virginia, United States, her father, James Allan, was 27 and her mother, Elizabeth Clendennen, was 21. She married Edmund Slayden on 20 October 1803, in Bardstown, Nelson, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Hopkins, Kentucky, United States in 1850. She died on 7 November 1857, in Madisonville, Hopkins, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Hopkins, Kentucky, United States.

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Family Time Line

Edmund Slayden
1777–1841
Nancy R. Allan
1781–1857
Marriage: 20 October 1803
James Allen Slaton
1805–1855
Sarah Slaton
1806–1855
John Porter Slaton
1807–1878
Arthur Walker Slaton
1810–1901
Elizabeth Clendenen Slaton
1812–1871
William Franklin Slaton
1814–1815
Susan Frances Slaton
1815–1905
Thomas Milton Slaton
1817–1886
Rachel Slaton
1819–1889

Sources (10)

  • Nancy Slaton in household of Arthur W Slaton, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Nancy Allen, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
  • Nancy R Slaton, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

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.

1788 · Becomes the 10th state

On June 25, 1788 Virginia became the 10th state. 

1803

France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.

Name Meaning

Scottish and northern English: variant of Allen . This is the more common form of the name in Scotland and northern England. See also McAllen .

History: An early bearer of this surname in North America was William Allan, a British soldier who took his family to the newly founded city of Halifax, NS, Canada, in 1749. His son John (1746–1805) was a Revolutionary soldier who eventually (1783) founded the settlement of Allan's Island, Passamaquoddy Bay, ME.

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

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