When John Slocum was born about 1687, in Chowan, North Carolina, United States, his father, Josias Slocum, was 28 and his mother, Anne Blount, was 29. He died about 1711, in Wake, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 26.
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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.
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