The SLOCUM Family of Boston, Suffolk, MA, Wrentham, Norfolk, MA and Florida, Berkhire, MA Send comments and corrections to anneb0704@yahoo.co.uk
NICHOLAS SLOCUM m. Joan Batycomb
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CAPT. SIMON SLOCUM 1 (b. 1677) of Boston m. Abigail Wheetly
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CAPT. SIMON SLOCUM 2 (b. 1705) of Wrentham m. Abigail Metcalf
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LIEUT. APPELLES SLOCUM of Wrentham
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JEREMY SLOCUM of Florida m. Sarah Whitcomb
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MARY WHITCOMB SLOCUM (1811-1884) m. Asahel Richardson Barnes


Generation 1

NICHOLAS SLOCUM

Parents:

Nicholas Slocum married Joan Batycomb.

Children of Nicholas Slocum and Joan Batycomb:

  1. Capt. Simon Slocum 1 was born on 14 Nov 1677 in Heaton Punchaden, Devon. He married first Abigail Wheetly. He married second Elizabeth Casheer.

Generation 2

CAPT. SIMON SLOCUM 1 (b. 1677) of Boston

Parents: Nicholas Slocum and Joan Batycomb

Capt. Simon Slocum was born on 14 Nov 1677 in Heaton Punchaden, Devon, England, He married first Abigail Wheetly on 28 Aug 1701 in Boston, Suffolk, MA. She was born on 9 Jun 1677 and died in 1707 in Boston. He married second Elizabeth Casheer on 11 Nov 1708 in Boston.

Children of Simon Slocum and Abigail Wheetly

  1. Capt. Simon Slocum 2 was born in Jul 1705 in Boston. He married Abigail Metcalf.
  2. Abigail Slocum was born in Jan 1707 in Boston.

Children of Simon Slocum and Elizabeth Casheer:

  1. John Slocum was born on 22 Sep 1709 in Boston and died young.
  2. Elizabeth was born on 4 Aug 1711 in Boston.
  3. Mary was born on 19 May 1714 in Boston.
  4. Sarah was born on 7 Oct 1716 in Boston.
  5. George was born on 11 Oct 1719 in Boston.
  6. John was born on 28 Oct 1722 in Boston. He died on 2 Oct 1817 in Shrewsbury, Worcester, MA. He married Experience Healy on 18 Dec 1747 in Wrentham, Norfolk, MA. Experience, the daughter of Paul and Hannah (Titus) Experience, Jr. was born on 18 De 1725 in Rehoboth , Bristol, MA and died on 26 Mar 1779 in Wrentham Township. John and Experience had six sons and four daughters. He was the great-great-grandfather of Capt. Joshua Slocum the first man to sail around the world alone.

Generation 3

CAPT. SIMON SLOCUM 2 (b. 1705) of Wrentham

Parents: Capt. Simon Slocum 1 and Abigail Wheetly

Capt. Simon Slocum was born in Jul 1705 in Boston. He married Abigail Metcalf.

Children of Capt. Simon Slocum and Abigail Metcalf:

  1. Lois Slocum was born on 13 Apr 1732 in Wrentham. She died on 30 Nov 1736 in Wrentham.
  2. Esther Slocum was born on 17 Nov 1733 in Wrentham. She died on 15 Sep 1769 in Wrentham.
  3. Abigail Slocum was born on 14 Apr 1736 in Wrentham. She died on 1 Mar 1737 in Wrentham.
  4. Samuel Slocum was born on 25 Jun 1738 in Wrentham.
  5. Chloe Slocum was born on 12 Feb 1740/1 in Wrentham. She died on 12 Dec 1741 in Wrentham.
  6. Susannah Slocum was born on 23 Jun 1745 in Wrentham. She was buried in 1835 in the Shepardville Cemetery, Wrentham.
  7. Eleazer Slocum was born on 23 Nov 1747 in Wrentham. He died on 25 Sep 1820 in Wrentham.
  8. Ens. Metcalf Slocum was born on 15 Nov 1751 in Wrentham.
  9. Ens. Jeremiah Slocum was born on 10 Jan 1754 in Wrentham.
  10. Lieut. Appelles Slocum was born on 10 Jun 1756 in Wrentham.

Generation 4

LIEUT. APPELLES SLOCUM of Wrentham

Parents: Capt. Simon Slocum 2 and Abigail Metcalf

Children of Appelles Slocum:

  1. Jeremy Slocum married Sarah Whitcomb

Generation 5

JEREMY SLOCUM of Florida

Parents:

Jeremy Slocum married Sarah Whitcomb.

Jeremy Slocum was born on 17 Oct 1780. [Ref]

Children of Jeremy Slocum and Sarah Whitcomb:

  1. Mary Whitcomb Slocum was born on 30 Jan 1811 in Florida. She died on 15 Aug 1884 in Wauconda, IL. She married Asahel Richardson Barnes.
  2. Thomas F. Slocum was born on 29 May 1812 in Florida. [Ref] He married Mary E. Oakes of Athol, MA on 17 Mar 1834. [Ref] She was born on 7 Jun 1815. [Ref]
  3. Harriet A. Slocum was born on 24 Feb 1814 in Florida. [Ref]
  4. Sarah L. Slocum was born on 9 Jun 1815 in Florida. [Ref]
  5. Abigail C. Slocum was born on 15 Sep 1817 in Florida. [Ref]
  6. Elizabeth Slocum was born on 15 Jul 1819 in Florida. [Ref] She married Archimedes B. Wyndkoop [?] on 31 Nov 1839 in Wauconda. [Ref] "Cousin Niles Wynkoop ... was in Sherman's army that marched through Georgia." [Ref]
  7. Stillman Slocum was born on 29 Jan 1825 in Florida. [Ref] He left for California about 1850, "was never heard from direct only rumors of his death." [Ref]

Generation 6

MARY WHITCOMB SLOCUM (1811-1884)

Parents: Jeremy Slocum and Sarah Whitcom

Mary Whitcomb Slocum was born on 30 Jan 1811 in Florida, Berkshire, MA. [Ref] She died on 15 Aug 1884 in Wauconda, IL. [Ref has an illegible "5"] She married Asahel Richardson Barnes.

Her gravestone says, "Our Beloved Mother/Mary W/Wife of Asahel R. Barnes/Died Aug 15, 188[?]/Aged 78 Years/[?] months/[?] days".

In 1880 she was living in Milwaukee with her daughter Amanda and Amanda's family. [Ref]

"[I] went to Milwaukee in May 1884. Mother was sick and wanted to see me." (Excerpt of letter from Erasmus Barnes to his niece Stella Aikens)

References

Census

Bureau of the Census, Tenth Census of the United States, 1880, Washington, DC, National Archives and Records Administration, 1880.

Personal Records

Letter from Erasmus Darwin Barnes, son of Asahel Richardson Barnes and Mary Whitcomb Slocum, to his niece Stella Cramer Aikens.