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Robert Slade was born on August 7, 1746 in Swansea, Bristol, Province of Massachusetts Bay , son of Samuel Slade (1721–~1765) and Marcy Buffum (1723–1797).
In 1765, his mother Mercy was appointed the guardian of the estate of Robert, who was above the age of 14.[1]
Robert (22) married Elizabeth Chase (21) (born on October 8, 1747 in Swansea, Massachusetts Bay; daughter of Ebenezer Chase and Sarah (Baker) Chase) on March 9, 1769.
Their son was Henry Slade (1774–1853).
In 1765, his father bequeathed the continued enslavement of a black woman named Phillis.[2]
Robert died on November 27, 1789 in Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, aged 43.
Sources
- ↑ " Probates, v. 127-128 1761-1773 [Bristol County, Massachusetts]," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9Y5-8L7X : 10 February 2026), Film# 007703546, Bristol, Massachusetts, image 164, Vol 127, Page 314.
- ↑ " Probates, v. 18-19 1762-1768 [Bristol County, Massachusetts]," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9Y5-TZ8F : 5 February 2026), Film# 007703537, Bristol, Massachusetts, image 354-357, Vol 19, Page 61-65.
- Arnold, James Newell. Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636-1850 (Narragansett Historical Pub. Co., Providence, R.I., 1895) Vol. 7 Friends and Ministers, Page 326.
- Chamberlain, George Walter. Some of the Descendants of William Chase of Roxbury and Yarmouth, Mass., NEHGR (NEHGS, Boston, 1933) Vol. 87, Page 252.
- "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZD8-2ZK), Robert Slade, 07 Aug 1746; citing SWANSEA,BRISTOL,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0022366 IT 3.
- SladeGenealogy.net: Robert Slade