Some Descendants of John Slocum (Simon) and Experience Healy of Wrentham

  1. Simon Slocum was born on 13 Jan 1748/9 in Wrentham. [MVRW] Perhaps he is the Simon who died in 1770 and is buried in the Norfolk (formerly North Wrentham Cemetery) in Wrentham. [MVRW] This Simon is probably the husband of the Elizabeth Deering, wife of Simon, who died in 1780 and is buried in the Norfolk (formerly North Wrentham Cemetery) in Wrentham. [MVRW]
  2. Billy Slocum was born on 11 Apr 1750 in Wrentham. [MVRW] He married Jerusha Richardson on 29 Aug 1776 in Wrentham. [MVRW]
  3. George Slocum was born on 24 Mar 1752 in Wrentham. [MVRW]
  4. John Slocum was born on 10 Mar 1754 in Wrentham. [MVRW] He died on 30 Oct 1825. [HSA, p. 502] He married Eleanor Spriggs or Sprague on 5 Sep 1778. [HSA, p. 506] She died on 30 Oct 1825. [HSA, p. 502]
    John was a loyalist and moved to Nova Scotia to avoid serving in the Continental Army. [HSA, p. 506] He settled on a farm in Wilmot, Annapolis, Nova Scotia. [HSA, p. 506] He was a Methodist. [HSA, p. 506]
    1. Joshua Upham Slocum was born on 16 May 1784 in Wilmot. [HSA, p. 527] He died on 10 Sep 1850 in Mount Hanley, Annapolis, Nova Scotia. [HSA, p. 527] He married Elizabeth Farnsworth on 6 Feb 1808. [HSA, p. 527] She died on 20 Jul 1852. [HSA, p. 527]
      1. John Slocum was born on 13 Jun 1811 in Mount Hanley. [HSA, p. 542] He married first Sarah Jane Southern of Westport, Nova Scotia on 27 Sep 1832. [HSA, p. 542] He married second Catherine Kreaser on 1 Jan 1863. [HSA, p. 542]
        1. Capt. Joshua Slocum was born on 20 Feb 1844 in Wilmot. Click here to read his Wikipedia article.
  5. Experience Slocum was born on 2 Oct 1758 in Wrentham. [MVRW]
  6. Chloe Slocum was born on 6 Nov 1756 in Wrentham. [MVRW]

References

MVRW Baldwin, Thomas W., comp., Vital Records of Wrentham, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850, Boston, Stanhope Press, 1910.
HSA Slocum, Charles Elihu, History of the Slocums, Slocumbs and Slocombs of America, Defiance, Ohio: Slocum, 1908.