Susannah (Anderson) Slayton (1770 - 1848)

Born 18 Feb 1770 in Chester, Hampshire, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Wife of Asa Slayton — married 14 Apr 1791 in Chester, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States

Descendants

Died 20 Jul 1848 at age 78 in Potsdam, St. Lawrence, New York, United States

Biography

Father Archelaus Anderson b. c 1733, d. 23 Feb 1782 Mother Sarah [--?--] Anderson b. c 1739, d. 3 Sep 1790

Susannah Anderson was born on 18 February 1770 in Murrayfield, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts, (now Chester, Hampden, MA).1,2,3

Susannah married Asa Slayton on 14 April 1791 in Chester, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, (now Hampden Co.). The town records of Murrayfield (re-named Chester in 1783), cited in Copeland's History of Murrayfield, p.153, list an intention to marry between Asa Slayton and "widow Sarah Anderson" dated 13 March 1791. However, this appears to be a mixup at some point between Sarah Anderson, widow of Archelaus Anderson, and her daughter Susannah. Sarah Anderson, the widow, actually died in 1790 and is buried with Archelaus in Eastman Cemetery, Chester..4,5 Susannah Anderson was listed in the household of Asa Slayton in the 1800 Census at the age of 26-45.6 She was listed in the household of Asa Slayton in the 1810 Census at the age of 26-45.7 She was listed in the household of Asa Slayton in the 1830 Census at the age of 60-70.8 She was listed in the household of Asa Slayton in the 1840 Census at the age of 70-80.9

Susannah died on 20 July 1848 in in Potsdam, St. Lawrence Co., New York, at age 78. Same information in AFN:BDQL-CS..10 She was buried in July 1848 at the West Potsdam Cemetery at West Potsdam, St Lawrence Co., New York.11

Family Asa Slayton b. 27 Mar 1766, d. 20 Sep 1852 Children ◦Electa Slayton b. 5 Feb 1797, d. 7 Feb 1876 ◦Charles Slayton+ b. 24 Nov 1798, d. 23 Feb 1876 ◦Asa Slayton Jr. b. 17 Feb 1799, d. 4 Oct 1887 ◦Susannah Slayton b. 29 Sep 1801, d. 1 Dec 1882 ◦Thomas Anderson Slayton b. 7 Mar 1804, d. 29 Jan 1879 ◦Darius Slayton b. 24 Sep 1806, d. 7 Feb 1847 ◦Sally Slayton b. 24 Sep 1809, d. 28 May 1890

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Sources

Citations 1.[S207] LDS Ancestral File, AFN:BDQL-BM. 2.[S15] Asa W. Slayton, History of the Slayton Family, p.45. 3.[S501] Vital Records of Chester, Massachusetts to the Year 1850, p.14. 4.[S15] Asa W. Slayton, History of the Slayton Family, p.43. Chester was then in Hampshire Co. 5.[S501] Vital Records of Chester, Massachusetts to the Year 1850, p.180. Bride listed as Sussa in intention. 6.[S322] US Census, 1800, Hampshire Co., MA, p.146. Identified by age group. 7.[S323] US Census, 1810, Hampshire Co., MA, Chester Twp., p.291. Identified by age group. Head of household was her son, Asa Jr. Her husband Asa was apparently not listed in the census. 8.[S326] US Census, 1830, St. Lawrence Co., NY, Potsdam Twp., p.142. Identified by age group. 9.[S327] US Census, 1840, St. Lawrence Co., NY, Potsdam Twp., p.205. Identified by age group. 10.[S15] Asa W. Slayton, History of the Slayton Family, p.45. Same date on tombstone. 11.[S337] Cindy Clowe Lacy, Some Cemeteries of St. Lawrence Co., NY, p.58. Age at death 78.