Person:William Slocum (8)
William Fitzgerald Slocum
 
d.Bef 6 Feb 1827 At Sea
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  • H.  William Fitzgerald Slocum - Bef 1827
  • W.  Rachel James1791 - 1861
m. 16 Jul 1815
  1. William Henry SlocumCal 1818 - 1901
  2. Rachel Jane Slocum1820 -
  3. Levina Brickett Slocum1823 - 1824
  4. Sarah Elizabeth Slocum1825 -
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Name William Fitzgerald Slocum
Alt Name[2] David Betts
Gender Male
Marriage 16 Jul 1815 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United Statesto Rachel James
Death[1] Bef 6 Feb 1827 At Sea
References
  1. ↑ Massachusetts. Probate Court (Essex County), and Massachusetts. Court of Insolvency (Essex County). Essex County, Massachusetts, probate records and indexes 1638-1916. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1971, 2000, 2001)
    Case 25408: Slocum, William F. 1827. Feb. 6.

    6 Feb 1827: Petition of Anthony Knap of Newburyport merchant, that William F Slocum of Newburyport, mariner, died within one year, requested to be administrator by Rachel Slowcum widow there being no child of age. Same date: Bond of Anthony Knapp of Newburyport as administrator.
    19 Feb 1827: Inventory of William F. Slocum late of Newburyport, Mariner: $280.50, no real estate, by Sam'l Newman, John Cook Jun, Simeon M. Marshall.
    29 Mar 1827: Request of Rachel Slocum widow of William F Slocum of Newburyport, that she has three small children, for an allowance. Allowed entire personal estate.
    Estate insolvent, creditors paid .93+ per dollar.

  2. ↑ Charles Elihu Slocum wrote two books giving the history of the Slocum Family. Volume 1 (Source:Slocum, Charles Elihu. Short History of the Slocums, Slocumbs, and Slocombs of America, Genealogical and Biographical (1882), says p. 566, "Capt. David Betts Slocum, son of David Betts, was born in Wales, Great Britain, about the year 1790, and was reared from an early age on the Elizabeth Island in Buzzard's Bay, Massachusetts, by a Slocum family whose surname he adopted." In Volume 2 (Source:Slocum, Charles Elihu. History of the Slocums, Slocumbs and Slocombs of America, Genealogical and Biographical (1908), his description varies. (Note: he apparently wrote using some rationalized spelling in vogue at the time, which makes this somewhat disconcerting. In the interests of not inserting an error, the original spelling will be used.) Page 6 on immigration: "1800. David Betts, born about the year 1790 in Wales, or Hartford, Devonshire, England, arrivd in America about 1800. When twelv years ov ag he waz adopted by a Slocum family living in New Bedford, Mass., or on an iland near; and they gave him the name William Frederick Slocum by which he was afterwards known." Glossing over inconsistencies, the basis for this story is unknown, and all records found (marriage to Rachel James, birth and deaths of various children) used the name William F Slocum. In particular, the birth in Wales is not used, and his origins are assumed unknown.
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