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- H. Sylvester SLAFTER1780 - 1850
- W. Anna WHITE1790 - 1867
m. 9 Apr 1836
Facts and Events
| Name |
Sylvester SLAFTER |
| Gender |
Male |
| Birth[1] |
30 Jun 1780 |
Norwich, Windsor, Vermont, United States |
| Marriage |
20 Jan 1803 |
Norwich, Windsor, Vermont, United Statesto Mary Armstrong JOHNSON |
| Marriage |
9 Apr 1836 |
Thetford, Orange, Vermont, United States(probable loc)
to Anna WHITE |
| Death[1] |
9 May 1850 |
Thetford, Orange, Vermont, United States |
From the Memorial of John Slafter: S1
- Sylvester, (son of John, Samuel, John,) b. June 30, 1780; d. Ma 9, 1850; m. 1st, Mary-Armstrong, daughter of Calvin and Sarah (Armstrong) Johnson of Norwich, Vt., Jan. 20, 1803. She was b. March 5, 1783; d. Aug. 17, 1835. He m. 2d, Anna, daughter of Nicholas and Deborah (Ford) White of Bradford, Vt., April 9, 1836. She was b. Dec. 21, 1790; d. April 1, 1867. He held various town offices, such as selectman, assessor, grand juror, and some for many years in succession. He entered upon the study of medicine in early youth, but soon abandoned it for agricultural pursuits, which were better suited to his taste. He took a deep interest in the culture of fruit, and was the first to introduce choice varities of apples into that part of the valley of the Connecticut where he resided. His ideas on agriculture he occasionally communicated through the local papers.
- He resided for many years on a farm near the centre of the town of Thetford, given him by his father, where all his children, with the exception of two, were born. Late in life he sold this estate, and purchased another in the eastern part of the town, containing 130 acres, and including that given by the town to the Rev. Asa Burton, D.D., and known as the "Old Parsonage," now standing and in good preservation, was the result of the contributions of the parishioners, mostly by their personal labor, and was erected in the summer of 1779. Mr. Slafter remodeled it in many of its internal arrangements, but preserved intact one room in it for his own use, and in memory of the distinguished divine for whom it was erected, and whom he greatly revered. He occupied this apartment in his declining years, and enjoyed without weariness the beautiful scenery, which it commands, stretching along the valley of the Connecticut. The exterior of the old parsonage has not been changed. The trees, however, by which it is surrounded, were planted by Mr. Slafter... Most of the sixty or eighty clergymen, educated by Dr. Burton, found an agreeable home in the old parsonage.
Image Gallery
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Slafter, Rev. Edmund Farwell. Memorial of John Slafter: with a genealogical account of his descendants, including eight generations. (Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States|Boston: Press of Henry W. Dutton & Son, 1869)
pp. 50-51.
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