Abraham Slason

Notes:

JAMES SLASON (ELIEZER, GEORGE SLAWSON) was born February 1680/81 in Bedford, NY, and died Bef. May 16, 1759 in Stamford, CT. He married MEHITABLE AMBLER December 3, 1702 in Stamford, CT, daughter of ABRAHAM AMBLER and MARY BATES. She was born Abt. 1675 in Stamford, CT, and died February 8, 1736/37 in Stamford, CT.
Children of JAMES SLASON and MEHITABLE AMBLER are:  i. ELEPHALET SLASON, b. November 28, 1703, Stamford, CT; d. Stamford, CT (that part now New Canaan).  ii. JAMES SLASON, b. January 15, 1705/06, Stamford, CT; d. December 1758, Stamford, CT.  iii. SUSANNA SLASON, b. August 4, 1708, Stamford, CT; d. Bef. 1759, Stamford, CT.  iv. DELIVERANCE SLASON, b. December 17, 1710, Stamford, CT; d. Bef. 1767, Stamford, CT.  v. SARAH SLASON, b. March 21, 1713/14, Stamford, CT; d. 1814, Stamford, CT; m. STEPHEN
BISHOP, December 27, 1744, Stamford, CT.  vi. ABRAHAM SLAWSON, b. December 6, 1716, Stamford, CT; d. Abt. 1740, Stamford, CT.  vii. THOMAS SLASON, b. November 10, 1719, Stamford, CT; d. 1759, Stamford, CT.  viii. ELIZABETH SLASON, b. April 26, 1722, Stamford, CT.

Probate:
Slason, James, Sr., late of Stamford, May 16, 1759, letters of administration on his estate granted to Deliverance Slason, page 158.Slason, James, late of Stamford, inventory taken May 22, 1759, by Silvanus Weed and Sands Selleck, and filed Aug. 7, 1759, by Deliverance Slason, administrator, page 262. Mar. 18, 1760, account filed and estate ordered distributed to his children, viz: to the heirs of Susannah, deceased, Sarah, Elizabeth, Eliphalet, James, Deliverance, and Thomas, widow now deceased, page 264. Apr. 28, 1760, distribution made, page 265.
(Source: Abstracts of Stamford Probate Records - Book One compiled by Spencer P. Mead)

Resided in the strip of land known as the "Oblong". Moved to Middlesex (then part of Stamford, now Darien).

James married Mehetabel Ambler on 03 Dec 1702 in Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut. Mehetabel (daughter of A. Ambler and M. Bates) was born about 1675 in Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut; died on 08 Feb 1737 in Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Name: Eleizer

Notes:

ELIEZER SLASON (GEORGE SLAWSON) was born February 9, 1642/43 in Stamford, CT, and died May 1698 in Stamford, CT. He married (1) MARY CHAPMAN Abt. 1675, daughter of JOHN CHAPMAN. She died Bef. 1680. He married (2) SUSANNAH BELDING 1680 in Bedford, NY, daughter of WILLIAM BELDING and THOMASINE BELDING. She was born November 5, 1651 in Wethersfield, CT, and died 1706 in Stamford, CT.
Children of ELIEZER SLASON and MARY CHAPMAN are:  i. ELEAZER SLASON, b. Bedford, NY; d. New York state.  ii. MARTHA SLASON, b. Bedford, NY.
Children of ELIEZER SLASON and SUSANNAH BELDING are:  iii. JAMES SLASON, b. February 1680/81, Bedford, NY; d. Bef. May 16, 1759, Stamford, CT.  iv. SUSANNA SLASON, b. Abt. 1683, Bedford, NY; d. March 8, 1705/06, Stamford, CT; m. SAMUEL HOIT, October 24, 1700, Stamford, CT.  v. EBENEZER SLASON, b. Abt. 1688, Bedford, NY; d. Norwalk, CT.  vi. NATHANIEL SLOSSON, b. Abt. 1696, Bedford, NY; d. March 8, 1787, Kent, CT.

One of the original patentees of Bedford, Westchester County, New York (Slason, Slauson, Slawson, Slosson Book)
Book extract: "The Slason, Slauson, Slawson, Slosson Family (1946) p. 12 and 13
Children of George and ____ Slawson
Eliezer/Eleazer Slason was born February 9, 1642/43 in Stamford, Fairfield county, Connecticut.
Became one of the original patentees of Bedford, Westchester County, New York, and resided there
although he never gave up his holdings in Stamford. Married (1) in 1675 or 1676, probably at
Bedford, Mary Chapman, daughter of John Chapman and half-sister of Thomas Lawrence. After her
death, he married (2) in 1680, probably at Bedford, Susanna Belding, born November 5, 1651,
daughter of William and Thomasine Belding. Returned to Stamford around 1697, where he died in
May 1698. She died in 1706 at Stamford.

Book extract: "Dann and Montgomery chronicles : our farm and our family (1943) p. 69
Dann Ancestors
Here are the extracts from Stamford "Town Meetings", and from county records of deeds: "At a town
meeting according to law 21st May, 1688, per vote ye toen grants to Benjamin Green [a possible
Dann ancestor], 2 acres, also to John Finch, Jun., & to Francis Dan, to each of them is granted fouer
acres of land below ye road on ye east side of Stony Brook to be layed out by Eleazer Slason and
David Waterbery, having a dew respect to ye road and neccesary highways."

Eleazer married Susannah Belding in 1680 in Bedford, Westchester County, New York. Susannah (daughter of W. Belding and T. Sherwood) was born on 05 Nov 1651 in Westfield, Connecticut; died in 1706 in New Caanan, Fairfield County, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Westerfield, CT (but I could not find a historic town called Westerfield.

Westfield, yes.
Wethersfield, yes.

Died:
Stamford (New Caanan), Fairfield County, Connecticut

A. married M. Bates. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

George Slawson came to America with his brother Thomas in 1636 probably aboard a ship called "Jonah" or "Jonas". They were born in Southwark, England. He first went to Sandwich, MA, where he married a woman no one has been able to identify. He was in Stamford in 1642. He lived on the east side of South Street (plat 48 in most maps), which is now called Atlantic Street. He was an important man in Stamford.

1. GEORGE SLAWSON1 was born Abt. 1616 in Surry, England, and died February 17, 1694/95 in Stamford, CT2. He married ? WIFE OF GEORGE SLAWSON Abt. 1640 in Sandwich, MA. She died after 1645. George Slawson was a Puritan (Congregationalist).
Children of GEORGE SLAWSON and ? SLAWSON are: 2. i. JOHN SLAWSON, b. May 14, 1641, Sandwich, MA; d. October 17, 1706, Stamford, CT. 3. ii. ELIEZER SLASON, b. February 9, 1642/43, Stamford, CT; d. May 1698, Stamford, CT. 4. iii. HANNAH SLAWSON, b. Abt. 1645, Stamford, CT; d. January 27, 1729/30, Stamford, CT

W. married T. Sherwood. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]