2. CAPTAIN FRANCIS SLAUGHTER 2, (John 1) the eldest son of John, was born about 1630 and died 1656-7-. He was Captain of Militia, Justice for Rappahannock, a p1anter and merchant. He married about 1652, Elizabeth Underwood, sister [daughter?] of Colonel William Underwood, and his wife Margaret. Elizabeth (Underwood) Slaughter married secondly, Colonel John Catlett, Presiding justice for Rappahannock, who was killed by the Indians in 1671, while defending a frontier fort. In 1672-3, the twice widowed Elizabeth Underwood married the Rev. Amory Butler. She died in 1673.
Captain Slaughter's will was proved in Essex County in 1657. Legacies to his mother-in-law, Margaret Upton, (she had married as her second husband, Lt. Col. John Upton); to brother-in-law, Col. Moore Fauntleroy, rapier and saddle mare; to brother-in-law, Humphrey Booth, cloth for suit of clothes to his overseer, etc; wife Elizabeth, executrix.