David Slocum (1777 - 1808)

Born 26 May 1777 in Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island

Ancestors

Husband of Rhoda (Manchester) Shaw — married 6 Jul 1806 in Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island, United States

Died Feb 1808 at age 30 in Atlantic Ocean

Biography

David was born in 1777. He was the son of Elijah Slocum and Comfort Unknown.

On July 6, 1806, in Tiverton, David Slocum, s/o Elijah dec'd, of Tiverton, married Rhoda Manchester, d/o Philip, of Westport.^[1]

He died at sea, off the coast of Africa, in February 1808.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Ancestry.com. Rhode Island, U.S., Vital Extracts, 1636-1899 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. This collection was indexed by Ancestry World Archives Project contributors. Original data:Arnold, James Newell. Rhode Island Vital Extracts, 1636–1850. 21 volumes. Providence, R.I.: Narragansett Historical Publishing Company, 1891–1912. Digitized images from New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts.
2. ↑ Ancestry.com. Rhode Island, U.S., Vital Extracts, 1636-1899 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. This collection was indexed by Ancestry World Archives Project contributors. Original data:Arnold, James Newell. Rhode Island Vital Extracts, 1636–1850. 21 volumes. Providence, R.I.: Narragansett Historical Publishing Company, 1891–1912. Digitized images from New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts.

• "Rhode Island Births and Christenings, 1600-1914," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8MR-W98 : 6 December 2014), Elijah Slocum in entry for David Slocum, 26 May 1777; citing Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island, reference 130; FHL microfilm 913,052.