Jay Slater (1795 - 1860)

Born 25 Feb 1795 in Massachusetts, United States

Descendants

Died 19 Jul 1860 at age 65 in Sangamon, Illinois, United States

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Biography

Jay Slater, a farmer, was born on February 25, 1795, in Massachusetts. He was married on March 12, 1826, in Sangamon County, to Lucretia Carman, who was born in 1806, in New York.

Jay Slater was a conductor on the underground railroad and his home, a small neat brick house that still stands just a short distance from Farmington, was most likely an active station on the underground railroad. ^[1]

Research Notes

This person has been removed as son of Samuel Slater (1768-1835) and Hannah (Wilkinson) Slater (1774-1812). At Hannah's death in 1812 it was recorded that she had six sons living and four other children who had died, all of whom are accounted for.^[2] All of her children were born in Pawtucket, Rhode Island; there is no record of an additional son born in Massachusetts. See also https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L98W-1T79?view=index&personArk=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AQG1N-5MYF&action=view which records all of her children born up to 1810.

Sources

1. ↑ https://theclio.com/entry/104668
2. ↑ White, George S., Memoir of Samuel Slater (Philadelphia, 1836; reprinted Augustus M. Kelley, 1967), page 106

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