When Joshua Slater was born on 8 March 1685, in Duffield, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, John Slater, was 32 and his mother, Grace Calow, was 35. He married Ellen Haslome on 7 April 1708, in Duffield, Derbyshire, England. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 2 daughters. He died on 6 May 1744, in Duffield, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 59, and was buried in Duffield, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom.
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English:
occupational name for someone who lays slates on roofs, from Middle English sclat(t)er, occasionally slater ‘slater’ (a derivative of Old French esclate ‘slate’ + the Middle English agent suffix -er). See also Slate .
in Sussex and adjacent counties, Slater and Slatter are probably post-medieval pronunciations of Slaughter ; there seems to be no medieval evidence in the southern coast counties for the occupational name Slater in 1 above.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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