Giles SLOCUM

Male - 1683

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  • Name Giles SLOCUM 
    Gender Male 
    Death 1683  Portsmouth, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Person ID I01390  Sorensen-Remington Family Tree
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 

    Father Philip SLOCOMBE   d. 1625, Goathurst, Somerset, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Charity BICKHAM 
    Family ID F03572  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Joan Unknown   d. 31 Aug 1679 
    Children 
     1. Johanah Slocum,   b. 16 May 1642
     2. John Slocum,   b. 26 May 1645
     3. Giles Slocum,   b. 25 Mar 1647
     4. Rev. Ebenezer SLOCUM,   b. 25 Mar 1650   d. Abt 13 Feb 1714/15, Jamestown, RI Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years)
     5. Nathaniel Slocum,   b. 25 Dec 1652
     6. Peleg Slocum,   b. 17 Aug 1654
     7. Samuell Slocum,   b. Between 1655 and 1659
     8. Mary Slocum,   b. 3 Jul 1660
     9. Elieazer Slocum,   b. 25 Dec 1664
    Family ID F00506  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 

  • Notes 
    • Giles & Joan were among the earliest settlers of Portsmouth, RI. He was there by 1648, was a freeman there by 1655, and purchased land in Dartmouth, MA in 1669. He was probably among the first to join the Society of Friends in RI, and made a bequest to the society in his will, dated 10 October 1681, calling the Quakers his "loving friends the people of God." He owned and gave to his sons large tracts of land in Rhode Island, New Plymouth (MA), and New Jersey.

  • Sources 
    1. [S012689] Keith M. Sheldon, Sheldons at Bicentennial, 122.