Daniel SLOCUM

Abt 1775 - 1797  (~ 22 years)

• Name	Daniel SLOCUM  [1, 2]
  Birth	Abt 1775	,, Rhode Island   [1, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Emigration	11 Apr 1783	Huntington Bay, Suffolk County, New York   [4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
  	Ebenezer was a farmer in North Kingstown, Rhode Island in 1777/78 (Rhode Island Colonial Records, vol. viii, pp. 174, 368). He left Rhode Island shortly after this and was a Lieutenant in the Loyal New Englanders on Long Island, New York. He immigrated to Saint John, New Brunswick in 1783 with his wife, four children and his uncle Eleazer Slocum aboard the ship Union. The ship passenger list declared that Ebenezer was accompanied by his wife Esther Corey, two over ten (Elizabeth Ruth and Nancy Ann) and two under (Daniel and possibly Charles). "Return of the Families & Embark on Board the Union Transport, Consett Wilson Master, began Huntington Bay April 11th & Compleated April 16th 1783." His two oldest children (Eleazer and Ruth) remained in Rhode Island, being reared by their uncle, John Cottrell. In 1784 they settled on the Saint John River, opposite Long Island, in what became Hampstead, Queens County, New Brunswick. Later they moved to Fanjoy's Point, Grand Lake. In 1787 he was a claimant to the British government for losses suffered in America. Role: Witness
  Death	7 Mar 1797  [3]
  Burial	the Merritt-Slipp Cemetery, Queenstown, Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada   [9]
  	His marker is a sandstone slab, broken at the base and leaning against a tree in the bushes at the back of the cemetery. Inscription: In Memory of Daniel / Slocum who Departed / this life March 7 1797 / Being in the 22th year of / his Age -. There is also a footstone, inscribed with "D.S."
  Person ID	I1360	Ancestral Trails
  Last Modified	26 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Capt. Ebenezer SLOCUM, Sr.,   b. 18 May 1750, North Kingstown, Kings County, Rhode Island d. 9 Apr 1827, Waterborough, Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Esther COREY,   b. 30 May 1749, North Kingstown, Kings County (renamed Washington County in 1781), Rhode Island, British Colonial America d. 20 Dec 1836, Waterborough, Queens County, New Brunswick (Age 87 years)
  Marriage	1767	North Kingstown, Washington County, Rhode Island   [10]
  	Other sources (New Brunswick Loyalists, History of the Slocums) have the marriage year as 1769, two years after the birth of their first child, or 1770 (Cory Family Society), a year after the birth of their second child.
  Family ID	F14172	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Hannah HERSEY
  Marriage	17 Jan 1795  [11]
  Children	1. Esther SLOCUM,   b. Abt 1795   2. Daniel SLOCUM,   b. 22 Dec 1797   d. 12 Jun 1885 (Age 87 years)
  Family ID	F22671	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Sep 2025

  
  

• Sources

  [S67] Loyalist Lineages of Canada, 67. (Reliability: 2). [S357] Slocum File PANB, 357. [S2971] Cemetery Marker Daniel Slocum, 2971. (Reliability: 2). [S17046] American Loyalists to New Brunswick, 17046. (Reliability: 3). Page 61 [S313] New Brunswick Loyalists, 313. (Reliability: 1). [S1326] Short History of the Slocums, 1326. (Reliability: 2). [S7214] NBGS - First Families, 7214. (Reliability: 3). [S253] LDS - Family Search, 253. [S2971] Cemetery Marker Daniel Slocum, 2971. (Reliability: 3). [S67] Loyalist Lineages of Canada, 67. (Reliability: 3). [S254] John Elliott, personal communication, 254. (Reliability: 2).