Job Slacum

Notes:

CENSUS RECORDS

Maryland, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1772-1890
Name: Job Slacum
State: MD
County: Maryland Colony
Township: Residents
Year: 1748
Page: 084
Database: MD Early Census Index

PASSENGER LIST

U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s
Name: Job Slacum
Arrival Year: 1753
Arrival Place: Maryland
Source Publication Code: 1243
Primary Immigrant: Slacum, Job
Annotation: Date and place of mention in land survey. County and name of land purchased are provided. Original records are contained in Land Office Registers, indexed starting on page vii of the introduction.
Source Bibliography: COLDHAM, PETER WILSON. Settlers Of Maryland 1679 - 1783. Consolidated Edition. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2002.
Page: 608

LAND RECORDS

17 FEB 1752
Slacums Lot, Job Slacum, 331 Acres

1 NOV 1764
Slacums Lot, Job Slacum, 758 Acres


HISTORY

Source: History of Dorchester Co. MD, p. 213

"One, Basil Clarkson, was charged with going on board the
British tenders in Hooper's Straits and giving them information, and also persuading Job Slacum and others to join Lord Dunmore's naval forces. Clarkson was arrested and
committed to jail in Annapolis by the Council of Safety on
evidence given by John Rumley, of Straits, before the Com-
mittee of Observation."

History of the Slocums, Slocumbs and Slocombs of America, genealogical and biographical, embracing twelve generations of the first-named family from A.D. 1637 to 1908, with their marriages and descendants in the female lines as far as ascertained, Dr, Charles Elihu Slocum, 1908, 498-99.

"Job Slocombe (George) was born in Maryland early in the 18th century, and was reared on a farm in Dorchester County. He there received several grants of land, in part as follows:

in 1751,three tracts or parcels, two being Little Slycamp (in another place spelled Sleicome) granted to his father 16 April, 1715, and 'Slacom's Lett' originally granted 8 February, 1738 to Job's brother George.

Further grants were received in 1754, 104 acres; 1766, 403
acres. No further account of him has been found.

Children:

i. Job. July 12, 1776, the committee of observation of the Maryland Council of Safety during the Revolutionary War, reported in part that: . . . "It is said Clarkson bears a very ill character as to holding a communication with & carrying men in his boat to the Tenters. And we have just now been informed that one Job Slacom Jr of this County [Dorchester] will prove that Clarkson endeavored to persuade him & some others to go with him on board the Tenders and join Lord Dunmore, but as the guard was setting off with the Prisoners we could not delay them until we sent a summons for Slacom. There were several other persons apprehended in this County on suspicion of being unfriendly and having a communication with the enemy, but upon our enquiring into their conduct, we could fix nothing
criminal on them & therefore discharged them." . . . ?Archives of Maryland.

Job Slocum, Jr., was granted land in Dorchester Co. in 1790
and 1792. 'Job Slocumb and Anne Slocumb' gave Deed 13
Oct., 1819, to John Williams, to tracts of land in Worcester Co., Md., called Addition to Handy's Security, Handy's Frolic, and Low Meadows. Whether this is the above Job or his son, is not known to the writer.

ii. MARCELLUS, born ; married Sara ; died in 1807."

Job married Mary (Polly) Dunn. Mary (daughter of Andrew Dunn and Mary Carroll) was born ca 1725, St. Dunstan and All Saints, Tower Hamlets, Middlesex, England; died ca 1776, Dorchester Co. MD. [Group Sheet]

1. Gabriel Slacum was born 12 Mar 1740, Dorchester Co. MD; died 1804, Dorchester Co. MD.
2. Mary Slacum was born 18 Mar 1752, Dorchester Co. MD.
3. Keziah Slacum was born 24 Dec 1754, Dorchester Co. MD.
4. Job Slacum, Jr. was born 20 Dec 1757, Dorchester Co. MD; died Nov 1804, Dorchester Co. MD.
5. Nancy Slacum was born 11 Apr 1759, Dorchester Co. MD.
6. Rebecca Slacum was born 03 Jan 1762, Dorchester Co. MD.
7. John Slacum was born 16 Jun 1763, Dorchester Co. MD.
8. Marcellus Slacum was born 18 Nov 1765, Dorchester Co. MD; died 28 Jun 1804, Dorchester Co. MD.
9. Barzilla Slacum was born 25 Jan 1770, Dorchester Co. MD.

Notes:

IMMIGRATION

U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s
Name: George Sleycomb
Arrival Year: 1697
Arrival Place: Maryland
Source Publication Code: 6157.35
Primary Immigrant: Sleycomb, George
Annotation: Date and port of arrival or date and place of first mention of residence in the New World; some are birth and death dates with place of death; some are date and place of naturalization. Place of residence in Maryland, date and place of birth, names of rel

Source Bibliography: NEWMAN, HARRY WRIGHT. To Maryland From Overseas: A Complete Digest of the Jocobite Loyalists Sold into White Slavery in Maryland, and the British and Continental Background of Approximately 1400 Maryland Settlers from 1634 to the Early Federal Period with Source Documentation. Annapolis, MD: Newman, 1982. Reprint. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1985, 1986, 1991. 190p. Page: 158.

Source: History of the Slocums, Slocumbs and Slocombs of America, genealogical and biographical, embracing twelve generations of the first-named family from A.D. 1637 to 1908, with their marriages and descendants in the female lines as far as ascertained, Dr, Charles Elihu Slocum, (1908), p.497-98.

"George Slocombe, with surname spelled Slacum (give broad
sound to the a) and several other ways, has been found by the writer earliest recorded in the Archives of Maryland, viz.:

1695, October 3-19, Assembly Proceedings. George Slacum; his accompt examined for bringing the Cage Whipping post pillory and Stone from London Towne to Annapolis referred to the County for his pay being the proper goods of the County.

1697 (?) A Bill for the Naturalization of Stephen Francis and George Slacombe read the first time.

1697, June 2. The above bill read the second tyme and passed.

1697, June II, An Act for the Naturalizacon of Stephen Francis an Italian & George Slaycombe a German borne* read and assented. [Note: country of origin may not be accurate.]

*This question of naturalization of these two men is repeated several times in different parts of the records, and was apparently agreed to different times. The question was finally settled in the affirmative at the session of
April 26 to May 9, 1700. The exceptions made from time to time are not definitely stated; but their foreign birth?outside the realm of Great Britain is the inferred cause. Many English children were born in foreign ports,
on shipboard and in cities. The names in question are both English, and the parentage English, on the father's side at least, but these men may not have had ready proof of British citizenship.

It is inferred that this George Slocombe became Master at Arms of the Maryland Assembly, as the record reads in volume xxvi of the Archives in part as follows:
1705, May 25. . . . It is further Remarqued that the Hon: Mr Tench Col Addison Mr Brooks Mr Cheseldin and Mr Coursey are not allowed for their Attendance in Councill this or the last Session of Assembly....& fifty two shill paid to George Slacomb to put a stopp to the Members coming to the Assembly. . . .

1700, March 20. George Slacom sold his house and lot. No. 40, in Annapolis, Md., to Amos Garrett. He was granted land in Dorchester County, Md., as follows:

1713, Nov. 24. In tract called "Priviledge, manor of Nanticoke, 174 acres.

1714, Sep. I. Tract called "Little Slycome near Black River, 50 acres;" also 50 acres near source of Raccoon Creek.

"George Sleicome's Will," on record at Annapolis, Maryland, is a short document, made 11 October, 1725. It names sons George and Job as heirs to his lands, and . . . "my wife is supposed to be with child which, if a son after my decease, gets remainder;" if a daughter, land goes to son George. His wife Sarah is named sole executrix. This will was proved 26 November, 1825.

Children:
i. George, born ; married ; died .
ii. Job, born ; married ; died .
iii. A Daughter, born after the death of her father.

WILL EXTRACT

Sleicome, George, sailor, Dorchester Co.,11th Oct., 1725;
26th Nov., 1725.

To son George and hrs., "Timber Swamp," s. side Racoun Ck., and pt. of "Privilege" adj.

To son Job and hrs., residue of "Priviledge."

To unborn child and hrs., if a son, residue of "Timber Swamp" and "Little Sleicampe," both on n. side of Racoon Ck.; shd. child be a dau., sd. lands to son George and hrs.

To wife Sarah, extx., 1/3 personal estate, residue to all children equally.

Test: Ellinor Hart, Mary Macmilington, Samuel Hedge. 18, 414.

George married Sarah Deane. Sarah (daughter of William Richard Deane and Elizabeth Meredith) was born 1687, Dorchester Co. MD; died 1725, Dorchester Co. MD. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Sarah is mentioned in her father's will

"I Will and Bequeath unto my loveing wife Elizabeth Deane all my Lands, Liveings, Goods, Chattells, Cattle and Hoggs, tools, Creditts. My tools and Creditts being first paid and Satisfyed unto her dureing her widdowhood and if she marrieth again her thirds onoly. I will and bequeath her and likewise what Goods, Chattells, Cattle and Hoggs shall then be remaining shall be Equally divided between my Sons and daughters viz John, Henry, Sarah & Mary but to my Daughter Elizabeth Johnson att the said time I Give one heiffer and her calfs unto her and her heires for ever for their portion and their increase."

Source: Prerogative Court (Wills) Volume 6, pages 305-306, Maryland Hall of Records, Annapolis, Maryland; File number F-903 Dorchester County Historical Society, Maryland Room, Dorchester County Public Library, Cambridge, Maryland, et al.

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"George Sleicome's Will," on record at Annapolis, Maryland, is a short document, made 11 October, 1725. It names sons George and Job as heirs to his lands, and . . . "my wife is supposed to be with child which, if a son after my decease, gets remainder;" if a daughter, land goes to son George. His wife Sarah is named sole executrix. This will was proved 26 November, 1825.

Children:
i. George, born ; married ; died .
ii. Job, born ; married ; died .
iii. A Daughter, born after the death of her father.

WILL EXTRACT

Sleicome, George, sailor, Dorchester Co.,11th Oct., 1725;
26th Nov., 1725.

To son George and hrs., "Timber Swamp," s. side Racoun Ck., and pt. of "Privilege" adj.

To son Job and hrs., residue of "Priviledge."

To unborn child and hrs., if a son, residue of "Timber Swamp" and "Little Sleicampe," both on n. side of Racoon Ck.; shd. child be a dau., sd. lands to son George and hrs.

To wife Sarah, extx., 1/3 personal estate, residue to all children equally.

Notes:

According to the Dorchester County, Maryland History, the Dorchester County Deanes, Critchetts, Shentons and Summers were all Catholics. They found sanctuary in Maryland. The Deanes, Critchetts, Shentons, Merediths and Summers all appear on a list of Catholic families residing on Hooper's Island in Dorchester County, Maryland.

IMMIGRATION

Source Bibliography SKORDAS, GUST, editor. The Early Settlers of Maryland: an Index to Names of Immigrants, Compiled from Records of Land Patents, 1633-1680, in the Hall of Records, Annapolis, Maryland. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1968. 525p. Repr. 1986, page 129.

Name William Deane
Arrival Year 1662
Arrival Place Maryland
Source Publication Code 8510
Primary Immigrant Deane, William
Annotation Index from manuscript by Arthur Trader, Chief Clerk in the Maryland Land Commission, 1917. And see nos. 4507-4511, Land Notes.

LAND RECORDS

William Richard Deane, the founder of the Deane clan in South Dorchester County. He married Elizabeth Meredith of Somersetshire, England. He also patented the first tract of land by a Deane in Dorchester County called "Deane's Choice", a parcel of 100 acres, surveyed February 26, 1678. He then also acquired an additional 25 acres adjoining his property in 1685. This parcel was named "Deane's Pasture", and was located at the north end of Fox (Cox according to old documents) Creek

WILL

ABSTRACT
Deane, William, Cox Ck. nr., Hungar R., Dorchester Co.,
25th Oct., 1698;
13th Mch., 1699.
To dau. Eliza: Johnson, personalty.
To wife Eliza:, residue of estate, real and personal, during widowhood.
To sons William and Richard, all real estate equally at marriage or decease of wife afsd. Sd. sons to pay their brothers, John and Henry, certain personalty.
Exs.: Wm. Tubman, Jon. Meredith.
Test: Jno. Meredith, Wm. Meredith, Michael Todd. 6. 304. MARYLAND CALENDAR OF WILLS: Volume 2VOLUME II.

In the name of God Amen, I William Deane in Fox Creek near Hungar (Honga) River in Dorchester County being Sick and Weak of body, but of Sound and Perfect memory, blessed be Allmighty God and knowing the uncertainty of my present State, and all things here below and the Certainty of a future State, I, being willing thereforto, sett my house or affairs in order before my departure hence, do hereby make this my Last Will and Testament: in Manor and forme following

Imprs I will and bequeath my Soule unto Allmighty God my Sovereign Creator and to Jesus Christ my blessed Saviour and Redeemer in whom I Trust and by whom I shall be judged att the last day, and my body to the Gound to be buried in decent and Xtian (Christian) Order as to my Exrs (executors) shall be thought fitt and moot.

2dly As for my Temporalls Injoyments which be the blessing of God I have obtained I will and bequeath as followeth:

3rdly I Will and Bequeath unto my loveing wife Elizabeth Deane all my Lands, Liveings, Goods, Chattells, Cattle and Hoggs, tools, Creditts. My tools and Creditts being first paid and Satisfyed unto her dureing her widdowhood and if she marrieth again her thirds onoly. I will and bequeath her and likewise what Goods, Chattells, Cattle and Hoggs shall then be remaining shall be Equally divided between my Sons and daughters viz John, Henry, Sarah & Mary but to my Daughter Elizabeth Johnson att the said time I Give one heiffer and her calfs unto her and her heires for ever for their portion and their increase.

4thly I will and bequeath unto my Sonn William Deane all my Lands and Liveings being and lying on the West Side of a Marshey Branch that runneth between the head of Charles Creek and the head of the north east Branch of Fox's Creek unto him and his heires forever onoly he shall give and allow unto his brother Richard Deane halfe the fruite the Orchard doth yield or produce Yearly for Seven Years after the said Richard shall attaine the years or age of one and Twenty if it being the said William's possession if not for the first Seven Years he shall possess it I likewise give unto my said son William my Gun unto him and his heires forever.

5thly I will and bequeath unto my Son Richard Deane all my lands and Liveings being or lying on the East Side of the aforesaid Branch unto him and his heires forever.

6thly I will and appoint my Said Son William to give and to pay unto his brother John four hundred pounds of Tobbacco bound and merchantable in Casque (Cash) when he shall be one and twenty years of age and likewise my Son Richard to give and to pay his brother Henry the like Sume or quantity when the said Henry Shall be the same age.

7thly I will and bequeath Mr Richard Tubman and John Meredith to be full and Sole Executors of this my Last Will and Testament In wittness whereof I have hereunto Sett my hand and Seale this Instant October the 25th 1698

Signum
William (D) Deane
Signed and sealed in the presence of us
John Meredith
William Meredith
Michael Todd

On the back side was thus Endorsed:
March the 13th 1699 Then came the within Evidences and proved this Last Will and Testament of William Deane, deceased, as wittness my hand and Seale
John Rawlings
Deputy Comry
From: Prerogative Court (Wills) Volume 6, pages 305-306, Maryland Hall of Records, Annapolis, Maryland; File number F-903 Dorchester County Historical Society, Maryland Room, Dorchester County Public Library, Cambridge, Maryland, et al.

William married Elizabeth Meredith. Elizabeth was born 1627, Somerset, England; died 22 Jan 1625, Dorchester Co. MD. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Source Bibliography: SKORDAS, GUST, editor. The Early Settlers of Maryland: an Index to Names of Immigrants, Compiled from Records of Land Patents, 1633-1680, in the Hall of Records, Annapolis, Maryland. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1968. 525p. Repr. 1986.
Page: 314

Name: Elizabeth Meredith
Arrival Year: 1674
Arrival Place: Maryland
Source Publication Code: 8510
Primary Immigrant: Meredith, Elizabeth
Annotation: Index from manuscript by Arthur Trader, Chief Clerk in the Maryland Land Commission, 1917. And see nos. 4507-4511, Land Notes.

Notes:

Married:
U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.

Name Elizabeth Meredith
Gender Female
Spouse Name William Richard Dean
Spouse Birth Place En
Spouse Birth Year 1627
Marriage State MD
Number Pages 1
Household Members
Name Age
William Richard Dean
Elizabeth Meredith

Notes:

A Journey Through Time: The Dean Family From Sixteenth Century England to Modern Day Dorchester County Maryland
By Milton W. Dean, Jr.

William Henry never actually settled in Maryland. He was a well known shipsmaster and shipbuilder. He commanded a privateer, 'The Betty', which was his own ship. He investigated the possibility of building ships somewhere on the Chesapeake Bay where timber was cheap, but the cost of transporting metals and ship's fittings, together with a scarcity of skilled craftsmen caused him to discard the idea. He also investigated the possibility of establishing trading posts at settlements on both sides of the bay with Indian tribes, but after several voyages to and from England, he decided that the risks involved were too great for the profits derived. He was at St. Mary's off and on for several years and then at Fox Creek in Dorchester Co. for a short time but returned to Dorset, England. His wife Elizabeth never came to America. He and his wife are buried near Dorchester, Dorset, England.

William married Elizabeth Dampier. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

A Journey Through Time: The Dean Family From Sixteenth Century England to Modern Day Dorchester County Maryland
By Milton W. Dean, Jr.

Elizabeth Dampier was a cousin of Dampier the famous navigator who was born in East Oker, Near Yeovil, Somerset in 1652. The family originally hailed from the Dampierre in Normandy. At the turn of the century, Mr. John Dampier of Wareham, Dorset, owned the Manor of Swanwich and it was from this family that we received these family records.

Notes:

Married:
Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.

Name: William Henry Dean
Gender: Male
Birth Place: En
Birth Year: 1600
Spouse Name: Elizabeth Dampier
Spouse Birth Place: En