Benjamin SLOCUM

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They dwelt in Gloucester Township, R.I., in 1774 and afterward removed to Adams Township, Berkshire Co., Mass., where he entered the Revolutionary Army as a soldier under Capt. Enos Parker in Co. Benjamin Symonds Regiment, and served at Bennington, Vermont, in the year 1777. Some years thereafter he removed to Macedon township, Wayne o., New York, and thence, about the year 1826, to the adjoining township of Perrington, Monroe Co., where they died - she, in 1828 and he in 1837. They were buried in Friends' ground in Farmington, New York. A Farmer.

Benjamin married Sarah MOWRY on 5 Jun 1774 in Rhode Island. Sarah was born in 1754 in Smithfield, Providence Co., Rhode Island; died in 1828 in Perrington, Monroe Co., New York; was buried in North Farmington Friends Cemetery, Farmington, Ontario Co. New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Amasa SLOCUM was born in 1775 in South Adams, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts; died in 1868 in Perrington, Monroe Co., New York.

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He held office (Justice of the Peace?) under the Colonial Government; resided in Smithfield township, R.I., in the year 1774 with a household numbering five heads.

Benjamin married Mercy SMITH. Mercy was born in 1714; died in 1799. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]