Charlotte Ewell (Weems) Slade (1801 - 1841)

Born 7 Jan 1801 in Virginia, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Henry Clinton Slade — married 21 Mar 1820 in Dumfries, Prince William, Virginia, United States

Descendants

Died 5 Mar 1841 at age 40 in Wharton, Texas, United States

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Biography

Charlotte Ewell Weems was born 7 January 1801 in Dumfries VA, the daughter of Parson Mason Lock Weems and Frances Ewell. ^[1] She died on Slade Plantation in Wharton, Texas, 5 March 1841.

Charlotte Ewell Weems married Henry Clinton Slade at Bel Air Plantation^[2] on Mar. 21, 1820.^[3] After the marriage the couple lived in Alexandria until at least 1823, when his father-in-law deeded three female slaves to his daughter and her son Henry Clinton "(and for any and all other children she might have) being the wife of Henry C. Slade of Alexandria, District of Columbia." After the death of his father-in-law in 1825, Bel Air passed into the possession of Henry Slade, who eventually sold it to Mason Locke Weems II in 1830.^[4]

Charlotte and Henry Slade had children:

• Henry Clinton Slade Jr.
• Charles Slade
• Charlotte Weems Slade
• Susan Virginia Slade
• Mary Frances Slade
• Harriett Asenath Slade
• Colombia Ewell Slade

Research Notes

In doing Data Doctor work today about the children Margaret Wilhelmina, Cesar, and John who were born earlier than possible to Charlotte Weems, I couldn't find any definite source for Charlotte Weems on FamilySearch. I did look at family trees on Ancestry and found a Charlotte Weems married to Henry Clinton Slade with multiple children with him from 1821 to 1841, but didn't find her on those trees married to Henry Wright Gantt in 1824. Therefore, can't resolve issue of who is the mother of the three children referenced in this note.Lansing-1003 20:39, 13 November 2018 (UTC)

Sources

1. ↑ Children of Mason Lock Weems. Baltimore Sun. Baltimore MD. 18 March 1906.
2. ↑ Near Dumfries in Prince William County, Virginia. For its history involving the Weemses, the Ewells and Henry Clinton Slade, see Wikipedia article, accessed on Apr. 5, 2019.
3. ↑ Weems, Mason Locke, "Letter to Mathew Carey," Mar. 21, 1820. In Mason Locke Weems. His Work and Way in Three Volumes, Vol. III, Weems Letters 1810-1825, Edited by Emily Ellsworth Ford Skeel, New York, Plimpton Press, 1929. Page 263. Weems writes "...in an hour or two I shall set out, on a short excursion…to see my daughter married on the 21st" A footnote identifies the daughter as Charlotte Ewell Weems.
4. ↑ Adamson, LaMay, The Slade Family For Weems -Cayce Family Reunion Held at Gatesville, Texas, on Sunday , May 3, 1970, typewritten manuscript in possession of Gaylord E. Smith, along with research notes.

• SladeGenealogy.net: Charlotte Ewell Weems

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