52 Ancestors - Week 470: #747 Hannah (Carr) Slocum (1691-1785) of Jamestown and North Kingstown, Rhode Island

Hannah Carr (1691-1785) is #747 on my Ahnentafel List, my 7th great-grandmother, who married #746 Samuel Slocum (1684-1741) in 1708 in Jamestown, Rhode Island.

I am descended through:

*  their daughter #373 Hannah Slocum (1710-1737), married #372 Thomas Hazard (1707-1748), in 1727.

*  their son #186 Stephen Hazard (1730-1804), married #187 Elizabeth Carpenter (1741-????) in 1760.

*  their daughter #93 Mary Hazard (1765-1857), married # 92 Joseph Oatley (1756-1815) in 1781.

*  their son #46 Jonathan Oatley (1790-1872), married #47 Amy Champlin (1798-1865) in 1813.

*  their daughter #23 Amy Frances Oatley (1826-1864), married #22 Henry Arnold White (1824-1885) who married in 1844.

*  their daughter #11 Julia E. White (1848-1913), married #10 Thomas Richmond (1848-1917) in 1868.

*  their daughter #5 Alma Bessie Richmond (1882-1962), married #4 Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942) in 1900.

*  their son #2 Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983), married #3 Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002) in 1942.

*  their son #1 Randall Jeffrey Seaver (1943-living)

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1)  PERSON (with source citations as indicated in brackets):

*  Name:                    Hannah Carr[1–3]

*  Alternate Name:    Hannah Carr Slocum[4]

*  Alternate Name:    Hannah Watson[5]

* Alternate Name:   Hannah Slocum[6]

*  Sex:                        Female

*  Father:                   Edward Carr 1666-1711

*  Mother:                 Hannah Stanton 1670-1752

2)  INDIVIDUAL EVENTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):

*  Birth:                     13 October 1691, Jamestown, Newport, Rhode Island, United States[1–2,4]

*  Distribution:          22 January 1712, father's will proved, Jamestown, Newport, Rhode Island, United States []

*  Death:                   1785 (about age 94), Jamestown, Newport, Rhode Island, United States[4]

*  Burial:                   1785 (about age 94), no burial information; Jamestown, Newport, Rhode Island, United States[4]

3)  SHARED EVENTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):

*  Spouse 1:                 Samuel Slocum (1684-1741)

*  Marriage 1:              January 1708 (about age 17), Jamestown, Newport, Rhode Island, United States[1-3]

*  Child 1:                    Mary Slocum 1708-1708

*  Child 2:                    Hannah Slocum 1710-1737

*  Child 3:                    Samuel Slocum 1711-1775

*  Child 4:                    Ebenezer Slocum 1714-1715

*  Child 5:                    Ebenezer Slocum 1716-    

*  Child 6:                    Edward Slocum 1718-1718

*  Child 7:                    Moses Slocum 1720-1748

*  Child 8:                    William Slocum 1722-1774

*  Child 9:                    Maria Slocum 1724-    

*  Child 10:                  John Slocum 1732-1756

*  Spouse 2:                 Samuel Watson 1686-1779

*  Marriage 2:              after 4 April 1741 (after age 49), Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, United States[5]

4)  NOTES (with source citations as indicated in brackets):    

Hannah Carr was born 13 October 1691 in Jamestown, Rhode Island, the daughter of Edward and Hannah (Stanton) Carr[1-2,4].

Hannah Carr married, first, Samuel Slocum (1666-1741) in January 1708 in Jamestown, Rhode Island[1-3].  He was the son of Ebenezer and Mary (Thurston) Slocum.  They had at least ten children, the first six were recorded in Jamestown town records:

*  Mary Slocum (1708-1708).

*   Hannah Slocum (1710-1737), married 1727 Thomas Hazard (1707-1748).

*  Samuel Slocum (1711-1775), married 1733 Ann Gould (1714-1746).

*  Ebenezer Slocum (1714-1715).

*  Ebenezer Slocum (1716-????), married 1738 Mary (Cary) Northup (1722-????).

*  Edward Slocum (1718-1718).

*  Moses Slocum (1720-1748), married 1746 Frances Watson (1724-1748).

*  William Slocum (1722-1774), married 1748 Sarah Tarbox (1726-1802).

*  Maria Slocum (1724-????).

*  John Slocum (1732-1756).

Hannah's father, Edward Carr, yeoman of Jamestown,  died testate, having written a will dated 22 December 1711, which was proved 22 January 1712[6].  In his will he bequeathed to his daughter Hannah:

"Item, I give to my daughter Hannah Slocum Five Pounds current money to be paid to her within two years after my decease by my executrix and executor hereafter named, besides what I have already given her."

The Samuel Slocum family resided in Jamestown and removed to North Kingstown, Rhode Island, before 1720. Samuel Slocum died before 4 April 1741, when his administration was filed in Jamestown town records[3].

Hannah married, second, as his second wife, Samuel Watson (1686-1779) after 1741 in Jamestown[5].  They had no children.  In Hannah's mother's 1752 will, she is called "Hannah Watson, wife of Samuel Watson," while her son, John Slocum, mentions "my Antient and honored mother, Hannah Watson."

Hannah may have died in 1785, probably in Jamestown.  There is a Find A Grave memorial for her, but there is no burial information.

5.  SOURCES

1. Edson I. Carr, Carr Family Records.  Embracing the Records of the First Families Who Setted in amerca and Their Descendants, With Many Branches Who Came to This Country at a Later Date (Rockton, Ill., Herald Printing House, 1894), page 30, Edward Carr Family sketch, Hannah Carr birth entry, 13 October 1691.

2. Alden G. Beaman,  "Lines of Descent from Caleb Carr of Newport," Rhode Island Genealogical Register, Volume 11 (1988), page 221, Edward Carr family sketch.

3. Charles Elihu Slocum, A Short History of the Slocums, Slocumbs, and Slocombs of America, Genealogical and Biographical; Embracing Eleven Generations of the First Named Family, 1637 to 1881 (Syracuse, N.Y. : the author, 1881), pages 63-64, #16 Samuel Slocum family sketch.

4. Find A Grave, indexed database and digital image,  (http://www.findagrave.com), unknown burial location, Jamestown, R.I., Hannah Carr Slocum (1691-1785) memorial #244752229.

5. Caroline E. Robinson, The Gardiners of Narragansett : being a genealogy of the descendants of George Gardiner the colonist, 1638 (Providence, R.I., the author, 1919), pages 21-22, #48 Samuel Watson family sketch.

6. "Land Evidence Records, 1680-1899," Volumes 1-2, (manuscript, Jamestown, Rhode Island), Family History Library (Salt Lake City, Utah, on 8 microfilms), on FHL US/CAN Microfilm 0,946,901; original records in Jamestown, Rhode Island  land evidence records;, Volume 1, pages 147-151 (handwritten, pages 117-121 in typescript); Edward Carr probate records, 1712.

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NOTE:  Amy Johnson Crow suggested a weekly blog theme of "52 Ancestors" in her blog post 

 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks on the No Story Too Small blog in 2014.  I have extended this theme in 2023 to 520 Ancestors in 520 Weeks.

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52 Ancestors - Week 469: #746 Samuel Slocum (1684-1741) of Jamestown and North Kingstown, Rhode Island

Samuel Slocum (1684-1741) is #746 on my Ahnentafel List, my 7th great-grandfather, who married #747 Hannah Carr (1691-1785)  in 1708 in Jamestown, Rhode Island.

I am descended through:

*  their daughter #373 Hannah Slocum (1710-1737), married #372 Thomas Hazard (1707-1748), in 1727.

*  their son #186 Stephen Hazard (1730-1804), married #187 Elizabeth Carpenter (1741-????) in 1760.

*  their daughter #93 Mary Hazard (1765-1857), married # 92 Joseph Oatley (1756-1815) in 1781.

*  their son #46 Jonathan Oatley (1790-1872), married #47 Amy Champlin (1798-1865) in 1813.

*  their daughter #23 Amy Frances Oatley (1826-1864), married #22 Henry Arnold White (1824-1885) who married in 1844.

*  their daughter #11 Julia E. White (1848-1913) who married #10 Thomas Richmond (1848-1917) in 1868.

*  their daughter #5 Alma Bessie Richmond (1882-1962) who married #4 Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942) in 1900.

*  their son #2 Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983) who married #3 Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002) in 1942.

*  their son #1 Randall Jeffrey Seaver (1943-living)

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1)  PERSON (with source citations as indicated in brackets):

*  Name:                       Samuel Slocum[1–4]

*  Sex:                           Male

*  Father:                       Ebenezer Slocum (1650-1715)

*  Mother:                     Mary Thurston (1656-1732)

2)  INDIVIDUAL EVENTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):

*  Birth:                         2 March 1684, Jamestown, Newport, Rhode Island, United States[1,3]

*  Death:                        before 4 April 1741 (before age 57), letters of administration granted; North Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island, United States[1] 

3)  SHARED EVENTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):

*  Spouse 1:                 Hannah Carr (1691-1785)

*  Marriage 1:              January 1708 (about age 23), Jamestown, Newport, Rhode Island, United States[1,3-4]

*  Child 1:                    Mary Slocum 1708-1708

*  Child 2:                    Hannah Slocum 1710-1737

*  Child 3:                    Samuel Slocum 1711-1775

*  Child 4:                    Ebenezer Slocum 1714-1715

*  Child 5:                    Ebenezer Slocum 1716-    

*  Child 6:                    Edward Slocum 1718-1718

*  Child 7:                    Moses Slocum 1720-1748

*  Child 8:                    William Slocum 1722-1774

*  Child 9:                    Maria Slocum 1724-    

*  Child 10:                  John Slocum 1732-1756

4)  NOTES (with source citations as indicated in brackets):    

The Slocum family history book has this life sketch[1]:

"Hon. Samuel Slocum (Ebenezer, Giles, Anthony,') was born on Canonicut Island, Jamestown Township, Rhode Island, 2 March, 1684, and married Hannah. He was chosen Deputy (Representative) to the Rhode Island General Assembly for Jamestown in 1718. He removed to North Kingstown Township, R. I., ("the Narragansett country") previous to the year 1729, and was there admitted freeman in 1734. His estate was administered in North Kingstown on 4 April, 1741." 

Samuel married Hannah Carr (1691-1785) in January 1708 in Jamestown, Rhode Island[1.3-4].  She was the daughter of Edward and Hannah (Stanton) Carr.  They had at least ten children, the first six were recorded in Jamestown town records[1]:

*  Mary Slocum (1708-1708).

*   Hannah Slocum (1710-1737), married 1727 Thomas Hazard (1707-1748).

*  Samuel Slocum (1711-1775), married 1733 Ann Gould (1714-1746).

*  Ebenezer Slocum (1714-1715).

*  Ebenezer Slocum (1716-????), married 1738 Mary (Cary) Northup (1722-????).

*  Edward Slocum (1718-1718).

*  Moses Slocum (1720-1748), married 1746 Frances Watson (1724-1748).

*  William Slocum (1722-1774), married 1748 Sarah Tarbox (1726-1802).

*  Maria Slocum (1724-????).

*  John Slocum (1732-1756).

Ebenezer Slocum, father of Samuel, wrote his will on 10 December 1714, and it was proved by the Jamestown Town Council.  He bequeathed land in Scituate to his son Samuel Slocum[2]. (Jamestown Land Evidence, Vol. 1, pages 165-167).

On 25 August 1721, Samuel's widowed mother, Mary (Thurston) Slocum, gave her thirds of 85 acres of land that was his brother Ebenezer Slocum on the north side[2] (Jamestown Land Evidences, Vol 1, pg. 181).

Also on 25 August 1721, Samuel Slocum, late of Jamestown, blacksmith, sold 45 acres in Jamestown to John Wanton, Nathaniel Coddington, Jonathan Nichols, Edward Thurston, Robert Gardner and William Coddington, trustees of the General Assembly, for £243 13s in good and lawful bills of credit.  The land was bounded by east by Edward Tew's land, south by land in possession of Edward Carr, west by the sea, and north by land in possession of Edward Carr, being 45 acres of land, together with the buildings, fences, and improvements. (Jamestown Land Evidences, Vol 1, pg. 181-2).  Samuel's wife, Hannah Slocum, signed this indenture[2].

Also on 25 August 1721, Samuel Slocum, late of Jamestown, blacksmith, sold a tract of land in in Jamestown to John Wanton, Nathaniel Coddington, Jonathan Nichols, Edward Thurston, Robert Gardner and William Coddington, trustees of the General Assembly, for £200 in good and lawful bills of credit.  The land was bounded north by land in the possession of Edward Carr, east by Richard Tew's land, south by land in possession of Mary Slocum, west by the sea, being 40 acres of land, together with the buildings, fences, and improvements. (Jamestown Land Evidences, Vol 1, pg 184-5).  Samuel's wife, Hannah Slocum, signed this indenture[2].

Samuel Slocum died before 4 April 1741 when his estate was administered in North Kingstown[1].  There is no burial record for Samuel Slocum.

5.  SOURCES

1. Charles Elihu Slocum, A Short History of the Slocums, Slocumbs, and Slocombs of America, Genealogical and Biographical; Embracing Eleven Generations of the First Named Family, 1637 to 1881 (Syracuse, N.Y. : the author, 1881), pages 63-64, #16 Samuel Slocum family sketch.

2. "Land Evidence Records, 1680-1899," Volumes 1-2, (manuscript, Jamestown, Rhode Island), Family History Library (Salt Lake City, Utah, on 8 microfilms), on FHL US/CAN Microfilm 0,946,901; original records in Jamestown, Rhode Island land evidence records;, pages 181-182, 184-185, Samuel Slocum land records.

3. James N. Arnold, Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636-1850, First Series, Births, Marriages and Deaths : a Family Register for the People (Providence, R.I.: Narragansett Historical Publishing Co., 1891-1912), Vol. 4, "Newport County, Births, Marriages, Deaths;" Jamestown Births and Deaths, Samuel Slocum birth entry, March 1684; accessed on Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com).

4. Alden G. Beaman,  "Lines of Descent from Caleb Carr of Newport," Rhode Island Genealogical Register, Volume 11 (1988), page 221, Edward Carr family sketch.

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NOTE:  Amy Johnson Crow suggested a weekly blog theme of "52 Ancestors" in her blog post 

 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks on the No Story Too Small blog in 2014.  I have extended this theme in 2023 to 520 Ancestors in 520 Weeks.

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Treasure Chest Thursday -- 1684 Birth Record of Samuel Slocum (1684-1741) of Jamestown, Rhode Island

  I looked in my digital image files to see what treasures I can find for my family history and genealogy musings for Treasure Chest Thursday.

The treasure today is the 1684 birth record of  Samuel Slocum (1684/5-1741) in Jamestown, Rhode Island:

The birth record is the fifth record in the Slocum section:

The transcription of this birth record is:

"[SLOCUM] Samuel, March -- 1684."

The source citation for this record is:

 James N. Arnold, Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636-1850, First Series, Births, Marriages and Deaths : a Family Register for the People (Providence, R.I.: Narragansett Historical Publishing Co., 1891-1912), Vol. 4, "Newport County, Births, Marriages, Deaths;" Jamestown Births and Deaths, Samuel Slocum birth entry, March 1684; accessed on Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com).

This record is a Derivative Source, with Primary Information and Direct Evidence of the birth of Samuel slocum in Jamestown, Rhode Island in 1684.  The original record is probably in a Jamestown town record book that is no longer extant.

Samuel Slocum (1684-1741) was born in March 1684 in Jamestown, Rhode Island, the son of Ebenezer and Mary (Thurston) Slocum.  He married Hannah Carr (1691-1785), the daughter of Edward and Hannah (Stanton) Carr, in January 1708 in Jamestown.  They had six children.

Samuel and Hannah (Carr) Slocum are my 7th great-grandparents.  I am descended through their daughter Hannah Slocum (1710-1737) who married Thomas Hazard (1707-1748) on 22 February 1727 in South Kingstown, Rhode Island.

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52 Ancestors - Week 248: #373 Hannah (Slocum) Hazard (1710-1737) of Rhode Island

Hannah Slocum (1710-1737)  is #373 on my Ahnentafel List, my 6th great-grandmother, who married #372 Thomas Hazard (1707-after 1748) in 1727 in North Kingstown, Rhode Island.

I am descended through:

*  their son, #186 Stephen Hazard (1730-1804) who married  #187 Elizabeth Carpenter (1741-????) in about 1760. 

*   their daughter #93 Mary Hazard (1765-1857) who married  #92 Joseph Oatley (1756 - 1815)  in 1781.

*  their son #46 Jonathan Oatley (1791-1872), who married #47 Amy Champlin (1798-1865) in 1813.

*  their daughter #23 Amy Oatley (1826-1864), who married  #22 Henry Arnold White (1824-1885) in 1844.

*  their daughter #11 Julia E. White (1848-1913) who married #10 Thomas Richmond (1848-1917) in 1868.

*  their daughter #5 Alma Bessie Richmond (1882-1962) who married #4 Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942) in 1900.

*  their son #2 Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983) married #3 Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002) in 1942.

*  their son #1 Randall Jeffrey Seaver (1943-living)

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1)  PERSON (with source citations as indicated in brackets):

*   Name:                    Hannah Slocum[1–5]    

*  Sex:                         Female    

*  Father:                    Samuel Slocum (1684-1741)    

*  Mother:                  Hannah Carr (1691-1785)  

2)  INDIVIDUAL EVENTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):

*  Birth:                      5 April 1710, Jamestown, Newport, Rhode Island, United States[1–3]

   

*  Death:                     24 January 1737 (age 26), North Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island, United States[5]  

3)  SHARED EVENTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):

*  Spouse 1.               Thomas Hazard (1707-after 1748)    

*  Marriage 1:            22 February 1727 (age 17), South Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island, United States[1,3-4]    

*  Child 1:                Stephen Hazard (1730-1804)      

4)  NOTES (with source citations as indicated in brackets):   

Hannah Slocum was born 5 April 1710 in Jamestown, Rhode Island, the daughter of Samuel and

Hannah (Carr) Slocum[1-3]. She married 22 February 1727 in South Kingstown, Rhode Island to Thomas Hazard (1707-after

1748), the son of Stephen and Elizabeth (Helme) Hazard[4]. Thomas and Hannah Hazard had only one child: * Stephen Hazard (1730-1804), who married elizabeth Carpenter (1741-????) in about 1760. Hannah died on 24 January 1737 in North Kingstown, Rhode Island, at the age of 26[1,3]. There are no available burial records for Hannah (Slocum) Hazard. According to the Hazard book, Hannah Slocum was a very small woman not over 5 feet in height.

She was so slight that her husband could span her waist with his two hands[5].  

5)  SOURCES

1. Charles Elihu Slocum, A Short History of the Slocums, Slocumbs, and Slocombs of America, Genealogical and Biographical; Embracing Eleven Generations of the First Named Family, 1637 to 1881 (Syracuse, N.Y. : the author, 1881), page 63, Hannah Slocum birth entry.

2. "Rhode Island, Vital Records Extracts, 1636-1899," indexed database and digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com), Volume 4, Newport County Births, Marriages, Deaths, Jamestown Births and Deaths, page 26 (image 358 of 691), Hannah Slocum birth entry.

3. Caroline Robinson Hazard, The Hazard Family of Rhode Island, 1635-1894 : Being a Genealogy and History of the Descendants of Thomas Hazard, With Sketches of the Worthies of This Family, and Anecdotes Illustrative of Their Traits and Also of the Times in which They Lived (Boston, Mass. : by the author, 1895), page 30, Thomas Hazard sketch.

4. "Rhode Island, Vital Records Extracts, 1636-1899," indexed database and digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com), Volume 5, Washington County Births, Marriages, Deaths, North Kingstown Marriages, page 27 (image 36 of 523), Thomas Hazard and ---- Slocum marriage entry.

5. Caroline Robinson Hazard, The Hazard Family of Rhode Island, 1635-1894, page 70, Stephen Hazard sketch.

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NOTE:  In 2014, Amy Johnson Crow suggested a weekly blog theme of "52 Ancestors" in her blog post  52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks on the No Story Too Small blog.  I have extended this theme in 2018 to 260 Ancestors in 260 Weeks.

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1710 Birth of Hannah Slocum in Jamestown, R.I. - Post 434 for Treasure Chest Thursday

It's Treasure Chest Thursday - a chance to look in my digital image files to see what treasures I can find for my family history and genealogy musings.

The treasure today is the 1710 birth record of Hannah Slocum in the Jamestown, Rhode Island  Town Records:

The birth record of Hannah Slocum is at the very bottom of the page:

The transcription of the birth record for Hannah Slocum is:

"[SLOCUM], Hannah [of Samuel and Hannah]    April 4, 1710"

The source citation for this record is:

"Rhode Island, Vital Records Extracts, 1636-1899," indexed database and digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com), Volume 4, Newport County Births, Marriages, Deaths, Jamestown Births and Deaths, page 26 (image 358 of 691), Hannah Slocum birth entry.

This record is a  derivative source record for the birth of Hannah Slocum.   The original record is in the Jamestown town record books, which are on Family History Library US/CAN microfilms, available at the local FamilySearch Center.  

Hannah Slocum (1710-1757) was the daughter of  Samuel Slocum and Hannah Carr of Jamestown.  She married Thomas Hazard (1707-1745) of North Kingstown in 1730.  

Thomas and Hannah (Slocum) Hazard are my  6th great-grandparents, through their son Stephen Hazard (1730-1804) who married  Elizabeth Carpenter (1741-????) in 1760.

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Amanuensis Monday - Will of Ebenezer Slocum (1650-1715) of Jamestown, Rhode Island

This week's document for Amanuensis Monday is the 1714 will of Ebenezer Slocum (1650-1715) of Jamestown, Newport County, Rhode Island:

a)  Jamestown, R.I. Land Evidences, Volume 1, page 165:

b)  Jamestown, R.I. Land Evidences, Volume 1, page 166:

c)  Jamestown, R.I. Land Evidences, Volume 1, page 167:

The transcription of this will is:

[page 165]

The Last will and Testament of Ebenezer Slocumb of Conanicutt

Island alias James Town in the Colony of Rhoad Island and Providence

Plantations in New England in America Husbandman is as

followeth Know yee that I the said Ebenezer Slocumb being

Through the Mercy of God Indifferent We;; in Body and of Perfect

mind and Sound Memory praised be his holy Name for the Preventing

future Trouble between my Wife and Children and Relations

Do make My Last Will and Testament as followeth.

Imprimus My mind and Will is that my Executors and Executrix

hereafter Named Shall Receive all Debts Justly due unto me

and Shall pay all Debts Justly due from me to any Person or

Persons Whatsoever. Item I do give (unto) and Bequeath unto

my Loveing Wife Mary Slocumb a fether bed boulster bed-

stead with all other furniture there unto belonging and My

Negro Woman Called Cate With all my Plaite to be freely att

her ^own^ Disposeall.

Item I do give and bequeath unto my Eldest Son Samuell Slocumb

and his Heires Lawfully begotten of his own Body in Wedlock

a Certain Persell or Tract of Land Scituate Lying and being in

James Town aforesaid on the Northward Side of my farm which

he Now Posseseth part of the Same the whole being bounded Northward-

ly by Land belonging to Francis Brindly Eastwardly by a highway

Southwardly by in Part by Land now in possession of Richard Tew and

partly by Land belonging unto me the said Ebenezer Slocumb the said

Southward Line is to run the Same point of the Compas from

the said highway to the Sea as it doth between the said Tews Land

and the said Land Now in the Possession of him my said Son Sam^l

Slocumb it is to be understood that the said Land is to bear the Same

breadth att the Sea as itt doth att the Said highway and Westwardly

by the Salt Water or Sea Togeather with all buildings and other

Privileges theirin contained.

Item I do give and bequeath unto my Second Son Ebenezer Slocumb and

his maile heirs Lawfully begotten of his own Body forever the

Remaining Part of my farm Scituate in James Town above said

bounded Northwardly by land given unto my son Sam^l Slocumb

Eastwardly by Land now in the Possession of the said Richard Tew

Southwardly by a high way and Westwardly by the Sea or Salt

water Togeather With all y^e buildings Orchards and all Other

Privileges therein Contained only my ^mind and^ Will is that my

Loveing Wife Mary Slocumb Shall have Equall Privileges

and benfitt with my said Son Ebenezer Slocumb in my said

farm, Orchards Houseing and houshold goods During her

Widowhood and my mind and Will is that my said Wife Shall

Marrey Againe then my said Son Ebenezer Slocumb Shall in

Lew of her Thirds or dower of the aforesauid farm pay unto

his mother yearly During her Naturall Life the Sum of Six

Pounds pr year in Money or Equivalent to mony if she

will Except thereof in Lew of her Thirds as aforesaid

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Item I do give and bequeath unto my Son Giles Slocumb and

his heires and Assigns forever all That my farm of Percell of

Land lying in Corvesett within the Township of Warwick which

I bought of my son in law Peter Green deceased as Will more fully

Appear by a Bill of Sale from said Green Refferance there unto

had with all my Right in Land which I bought of Warwick and

Grenwich men which thay bought of the Colony for him my

said son Giles Slocumb his heires or Assigns to have and

Possess When he Shall attain unto the Age of Twenty one years

with all Liberteys and appurtenances thereunto belonignig or in

any wise Appertaining. I also give unto my son Giles Slocumb

Two oxen two cowes one horse and my Negro Boy Called Sam.

Item I Do give and bequeath unto my Son Joseph Slocumb and

his heires and Assignes forever four Acres of land be itt

more or less lying in the Township Land on the Island of

Conanticutt alias James Town with all my Right in Duck

Island with all the Privilegges there unto belonging and also

one hundred and fifty Pounds in money or goods or Stock

Equivalent to Money to be paid unto him when he Shall Attain

Unto the Age of one and Twenty years by my Executors here

after Named and my mind and Will is and I do hereby Declare

that if either of my said Sons Giles Slocumb or Joseph Slocumb

shall Decease before he has Come of Age to Receive his

Portion in this my Will given him then that part (shall) of

his that Shall so Decease Shall belong to the Survivor of them

both Land Stock and Money as aforesaid.

Item Whereas my three Daughters (Viz) Elizabeth the widow of

Peter Green deceased Rebecah the wife of William Burling

and Desire the wife of Sam^ll Dyer having had alredy

fully Receuived their Portions with the Legacie given them

by their Grandfather Slocumb I give and bequeath unto

Each of my aforesaid Daughters five shillings in money

to be Paid by my Executors hereafter named.

Item I do give and bequeath unto my Two Daughters Marcy Slocum

and Abigail Slocumb to each of them fifty Pounds to them unto

money or goods Equivalent to money to be paid unto

Each of them att the Age of Eighteen Years or att theire

Respective dayes of Marriage which shall first be by my

Executors hear after named and if either of my said two

Daughters Shall decease before they Come of age to Receive

theire Portions that then the Deceased part shall be paid

as aforesaid to the Survivor of them two.

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And my mind and Will is and I do hereby give and bequeath

unto my above Named Son Ebenezer Slocumb all and Every

part of the Rest of all my Stock and Moveable Estate what

soever and where soever itt is to be found Which is not already

disposed on in this my Last Will and Testament and he I do

ordaine Constitute appoint and make my Executor with my

Well beloved Wife Executrix to pay the above said Legacies and

to see my last Will and Testament in all Things fully

Performed fulfilled and Kept According to the True Intent and

meaning of the Same and desire my Loveing friends and

neighbors John Hall and Joseph Mory both of James Town

aforesaid and my cozen Jacob Mot of Potchmouth Rhoade

Island to be my Overseers to assist and Councill my Executor

and Executrix in the due and trew Execution and Proformance

of this my Last Will and Testament so farr as they Can

in wittness Whareof I the said Ebenezer Slocumb have hereunto

sett my hand and seale the Tenth day of the Tenth Month

Called December in the year of the Lord one Thousand

Seven hundred and fourteen 1714.

Signed Sealed and Delivered by    }

the above said Ebenezer Slocumb }          Ebenezer Slocumb {seal}

to be his Last Will and Testament  }

in the Presents of

John Wanton

Thomas Richardson

Thomas Leach

The will was proved in Jamestown Council on 20 April 1715.  

The source citation for this will is:

"Land Evidence Records, 1680-1899," Volumes 1-2, (manuscript, Jamestown, Rhode Island), on FHL US/CAN Microfilm 0,946,901, Volume 1, pages 165-167, Ebenezer Slocum will, 1715.

Ebenezer Slocumb named his wife, Mary Slocumb (1657-1732) and nine of his twelve children in his will.  Daughters Mary (Slocum) Greene, Johannah (Slocum) Carr, and Deliverance (Slocum) Rogers were not named, and it is assumed they died before December 1714.  

The land parcels owned by Ebenezer Slocum were transferred to his four sons.  

Ebenezer and Mary (Thurston) Slocum are my 8th great-grandparents, through their oldest son Samuel Slocum (1685-1741) who married Hannah Carr (1691-1785) in 1708.

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NOTE:  Genea-blogger John Newmark (who writes the excellent  TransylvanianDutch blog) started a Monday blog theme years ago called "Amanuensis Monday."  John offers this definition for "amanuensis:"

"A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another."

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