History of Swansea, Massachusetts, 1667-1917; - citizen hylbom blog

Family Records 177
seems to be known more than that he died. This family came from Somersetshire,
England, probably being of Wales only a short time. William
appears of record at Newport, R. I., in 1659, when admitted a freeman of
the colony. He became an early settler in the Shawomet Purchase or
Shawomet Lands, which included that part of Swansea which, in 1790,
became the town of Somerset. Mr. Slade located in Swansea as early as
1680, the year of the beginning of the first record book, and the meetings of
the proprietors were held at his house after their discontinuance at
Plymouth, in 1677. Mr. Slade was a large landholder, his possessions
including the ferry across Taunton River which took his name, "Slade's
Ferry," and which remained in the family until the river was bridged in
1876, and it was last operated by William L. and Jonathan Slade. Mr.
Slade married Sarah, daughter of Rev. Obadiah Holmes of Rehoboth. He
died March 30, 1729, at the age of sixty-seven years; Sarah, his widow
died Sept. 10, 1761, aged ninety-seven, and her descendants numbered, at
that time, 435. Of their ten children three were sons—Jonathan, Edward,
and WiUiam. Children are recorded as follows: Mary, born in May, 1689;
William, born in 1692; Edward, bom June 14, 1694; E^zabeth, born Dec.
2, 1695; Hannah, born July 15, 1697; Martha, bom Feb. 27, 1699;
Sarah; Phebe, bom Sept. 25, 1701; Jonathan, born Aug. 3, 1703 (died
aged about eighteen); Lydia, born Oct. 8, 1706.
(II) Edward Slade, son of William, born June 14, 1694, married
(first) in 1717 Elizabeth Anthony, (second) Dec. 6, 1720, Phebe, daughter
of Samuel and Sarah (Sherman) Chase, and (third) Deborah Buffum.
They were members of the Society of Friends. There was one child by the
first marriage, William, born Sept. 25, 1718; by the second union there
were: Samuel, born Sept. 26, 1721; Elizabeth, born April 29, 1723; Joseph,
born Nov. 16, 1724; Sarah, born in February, 1726; and by the thurd:
Edward, Jr. bora Nov. 11, 1728; Philip, born Sept, 19, 1730; Phebe, born
July 4, 1737; and Mercy, born in 1744.
(III) Samuel Slade, son of Edward and Phebe, born 26th of 9th
month, 1721, married Mercy, bom 3d of 5th month 1723, in Salem, Mass.,
daughter of Jonathan and Mercy BuflFum. Their children, all born in
Swansea, were: Jonathan, bom 13th of 6th month, 1744; Robert, born 7th
of 8th month, 1746; Henry, born 20th of 6th month, 1748; Edward, bom
27th of 7th month, 1749; Samuel, born 20th of 11th month, 1752; Caleb,
born 24th of 4th month, 1755; Buffum, born 31st of 3d month, 1757;
William, bom 18th of 8th month, 1759; and Benjamin, bom 14th of 1st
month, 1762. The father of these received from his uncle, Capt. Jonathan
Slade, who died without issue, the ferry alluded to in the foregoing. This
he operated and also was engaged in agricultural pursuits and blacksmi thing.
Mrs. Slade died 18th of 9th month, 1797.
(IV) Jonathan Slade, son of Samuel and Mercy, born 13th of 6th
month, 1744, in Swansea, Mass., married Mary, bom 15th of 12th month,
1746, in Swansea, daughter of Daniel Chase and his wife Mary. They
lived in Swansea, where their children were born. Mr. Slade died 16th of
11th month, 1811 ; Mrs. Slade died 7th of 9th month, 1814. Their children
were: Jonathan, born 10th of 2d month, 1768, (died 8th of 12th month,
1797); Mercy, bom 31st of 6th month, 1770; Mary, bom 15th of 4th
month, 1772; Anna, bom 20th of 1st month, 1775, (died 19th of 5th month,
1805); Patience, bom 5th of 5th month, 1777 (died 26th of 10th month,
1798); William, born 4th of 6th month, 1780; Nathan, bom 10th of 2d
month, 1783; Phebe, born 15th of 5th month, 1785; Hannah, born 18th
of 1st month, 1788, (died 23d of 5th month, 1805) ; and Lydia, born 3d of
4th month, 1791, (died 26th of 10th month, 1804).
(V) William Slade, son of Jonathan and Mary, bom 4th of 6th
month, 1780, in Swansea, Mass., married Phebe, born 21st of 8th month,