Brief Life History of Anthony
When Anthony Slaughter was born about 1742, in Willington, Tolland, Connecticut, United States, his father, Moses Slafter, was 41 and his mother, Jemima Scripture, was 19. He married Experience Frost on 4 January 1769, in East Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. He died in 1826, at the age of 85.
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- Anthony Slafter in entry for Experience Frost, "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850"
- Anthony in entry for Mary Slafter, "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850"
- Anthony in entry for Maraana Slafter, "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850"
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1781 · British Forces Capture Fort Griswold
The capture of Fort Griswold was the final act of treason that Benedict Arnold committed. This would be a British victory. On the American side 85 were killed, 35 wounded and paroled, 28 taken prisoner, 13 escaped, and 1 twelve year old was captured and released.
1785
Founded
Name Meaning
English:
in East Anglia and Essex, an occupational name from Middle English slaughter ‘butcher’, a derivative of Middle English slaught ‘butchery’ + er, or from a shortened form of the synonymous Middle English slaughterer, a derivative of slaughter ‘butchery’ + -er. Compare Slater 2.
in Sussex and Surrey a habitational name denoting residence at one or other of several minor placenames such as Slaughter Bridge in Slinfold, Slaughter Bridge in Shipley, Slaughterford (Farm) in Itchingfield, the lost Slaughters in Billingshurst (all Sussex), and Slaughterwicks Barn in Charlwood (Surrey). The names may derive from Middle English slo(gh) ‘sloe, blackthorn’ (Old English slāh) + tre ‘tree’ (Old English trēow), or from Middle English sloghtre, sloghtere ‘slough, mire, muddy place’, or perhaps ‘deep river valley’, or ‘ditch’ (Old English slōhtre). The latter is certainly the etymology of Upper and Lower Slaughter (Gloucestershire) and The Slaughter in English Bicknor (Gloucestershire).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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