David Sloat

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Biography

Historical Order (approximately)

• Born at St. Mary's Hospital in Manhattan, Kansas 1947
• Participated in Sloat Family Christmas Cards 1947-1970
• Graduated from Manhattan High School 1965
• Freshman year at Ottawa University in Ottawa, Kansas 1965-1966
• Attended and graduated from Kansas State University in his home town (Manhattan, Kansas) with a BS in Science - focus on Chemistry 1966-1969
• Graduated from Colgate-Rochester Divinity School in Rochester, New York with an MA in Religious Studies - focus on Old Testament and Philosophy 1969-1971
• Worked as a gasoline station attendant in Grand Canyon, then as part owner, in Bitter Springs, Arizona 1971-1972
• Teaching assistant for chemistry labs at Kansas State University 1972-1973
• Moved to Seattle, Washington and obtained an MS in Chemistry from the University of Washington 1973-1974
• Graduated from the UW with a PhD in Inorganic Chemistry, thesis Boron Hydrides 1974-1980
• Married in Seattle, Washington - still happily married to same (and only) wonderful woman 1978-eternity
• After about 10 years of marriage we decided we wanted a family - so from 1990 to 1998 we adopted 7 children (4 boys and 3 girls = "we were not bored")
• My work history is in my Bio on LinkedIn

Genealogy

• Started doing genealogy in High School, but was not very good about getting sources other than "as told to me by my grandmother", etc. but I collected several photos and Bible pages from relatives (primarily Grandmothers).
• Between then and now there were many gaps in my pursuit of my family lines, but it was never totally forgotten. A more serious approach to sources happened after graduation from UW - especially since a US Archive is located in Seattle fairly close to my first 'home' - which led to spending a lot of time reading microfilm records.
• A major gap in my pursuit of genealogy was during the child-rearing years of 1990 - 2016 --> child rearing is a full time job, even for only 1 or 2 children
• I am now retired and trying to dig through old info to get back on track. WikiTree has been a great motivator to freely share all the information I have collected over the years. (I would hate to have it all just disappear by going into a trash bin when I die. Even quasi-disappearing into a local library is almost as bad.)

DNA Tests

As noted, I did DNA tests with Family Tree DNA (FTDNA). I was encouraged to do so by one of the "heavy pushers" of SLOAT Genealogy, Frank Sloat. Frank was the default leader of 4 of us Genealogists trying to track down the SLOAT line. As he could trace his line back to the original SLOAT/SLOT/SLOTT/etc., he started a SLOAT group on FTDNA - but sadly I didn't get my test until after he had passed away. But the test results did show that Frank and I shared a majority of our DNA.

As noted, I am in the same Y-DNA group as Frank, but Frank traces his line back through Jan's first son Pieter Jansen Slot whereas I may trace back to the second son, Jan Jansen Slot (based on the history that Jan moved to New Jersey - and my brick wall, James Slott/Sloat, is reported to have been born in New Jersey).

Of further interest, our FTDNA tests also verified that there was a family (or group) of "Sloat"s who moved from Pennsylvania/New Jersey area to Kentucky (possibly after trying to settle "difficult" home steads in other nearby areas) and changed their name to LOCK. (see Steve Lock image in Sources of William Slot/Lock) The change is presumed by some to be a change from a Low Dutch sounding name (Sloat) to an English sounding name (Lock) of the same meaning, the change being an attempt to fit in with the group they settled with.

Sources

• First-hand information entered by David Sloat - based on birth certificate, school records, known job history and other clear memories

• My SLOAT/SLOTE/SLOT/etc. GEDCOM database is on RootsWeb db=desloat (this link goes to my Pedigree page). For the original SLOAT/SLOT/... ancestor see my entry for Jan Piertersen Slot on RootsWeb (this is the same person as Jan Pietersz Slodt on WikiTree) but I have not linked to him yet - even though my Y-DNA links to him I still need to break through my brick wall to extend my pedigree to him).