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APELLES SLOCUM (1756–aft. 1830), son of Captain Simon Slocum and Abigail Metcalf

DEBORAH COLEMAN (1755–by 1810), daughter of John Coleman and Rebecca Reed

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Apelles, the son of Lieutenant Simon and Abigail (Metcalf) Slocum, was born on 10 June 1756 in Wrentham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. [1] He was baptized on 29 September 1756 in the First Congregational Church in Franklin, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. [2] He probably died after 1830. Appelles of Wrentham married Deborah Coleman of Berkley, Bristol County, Massachusetts after 16 August 1774 (intention) in Berkley. [3][4]

Deborah is probably the daughter of John and Rebecca Coleman, born on 3 April 1755 in Dighton, Bristol, Massachusetts. [5] She probably died by 1810.

The evidence that Deborah is the daughter of John and Rebecca Coleman is circumstantial. Her marriage intention says that she is of Berkley and the daughter of John and Rebecca of Dighton appears to be the only Deborah of the right age in the vicinity of Berkley. Berkley was part of the neighboring towns of Dighton and Taunton until 1735. John and Rebecca Coleman had a son with the unusual name of Alanson, who was married in Berkley. Apelles and Deborah named one of their sons Alanson.

Apelles was a soldier in the Revolutionary War and he was promoted to lieutenant. [3]

In 1790 Apelles and Deborah lived in Templeton, Worcester County, Massachusetts in a household with one (white) male over 16, five males under 16, and three females. [6]

Apelles and Deborah lived on a farm in Templeton and Apelles was a carpenter and a joiner. [3]

Apelles and [perhaps] Deborah moved to Vermont, probably near Woodstock. [3]

In 1810 Apelles was living in Eden, Orleans County (now Lamoille County), Vermont in a household with one male over 45, one female 26 to 44, one male 16 to 18, and two females under ten. This suggests that Deborah had died by then. In 1820 Apelles was living in Eden in a household with one male over 45, one female 26 to 44, and two females under ten. In 1830 he was living in Eden in a household with one male 70 to 79, one male 20 to 29, one female 40 to 49, and two females 15 to 19. [6]

Children of Apelles Slocum and Deborah Coleman:

i. Simon Slocum was born on 10 October 1775 in Templeton. [7] He died on 31 January 1851, age 75, near Jackson Township. [3] He married Mary, the daughter of Edward Cleveland, in 1805. She was born on 29 August 1787. [8] She died on 16 June 1859 near Jackson Township. [3] Simon and Mary are buried in the East Jackson Cemetery in Jackson. [8]

Simon and Mary moved to Pennsylvania and in 1819 they settled in the eastern part of Jackson Township in Susquehanna County. [3]

According to the census, in 1850 Simon, a 64[!]-year-old farmer born in Massachusetts, and Polly, 63 years old and born in Vermont, were living in Jackson. [6]

Simon was a carpenter and joiner like his father and in later life he was a farmer. [3]

ii. Abigail Slocum was born on 22 February 1777(?) in Templeton. [7]

iii. Apelles Slocum was born on 15 September 1777(?) in Templeton. [7]

iv. Jeremy Slocum was born on 17 October 1780 in Templeton. He was baptized there on 29 October 1786. He died on 7 October 1742. He married Sarah Whitcomb.

v. Alanson (Elenson) Slocum was born on 15 June 1782 in Templeton. [7] He married Sybil Leonard on 21 March 1811 in Sharon, Windsor County, Vermont. [9]

vi. Rebecca Slocum was born on 27 June 1784 in Templeton. [7] She apparently died young.

vi. Otis Slocum was baptized on 29 October 1786 in Templeton. [7] He married first Sarah Switzer. [3] He married second the widow Roberts. [3]

Otis moved to Pomfret, Windsor County, Vermont and then to Jackson Township. He later moved back to Pomfret. [3]

viii. Rebecca Slocum was born on 15 January 1787 in Templeton. [7][10] She died on 21 August 1858 in Hyde Park, Vermont. [3][10] She married as his second wife Benjamin, the son of Edward Cleveland. [3][10] He died on 9 May 1859, age 82, in Hyde Park. [3][10] He married first Sally Bruce. [3][10]

ix. Apelles Slocum was baptized on 6 September 1789 in Templeton. [7] He married first Nancy (Betsey) Masher on 12 April 1809 in Sharon. [9] Nancy, the daughter of Thomas and Irene Masher, died on 25 May 1807 in Sharon. [9] Apelles married second Hulda Vail on 26 December 1811 in Sharon. [9]

Apelles lived in Sharon, Vermont. [3]

viii. Polly [Mary] Slocum was baptized on 29 September 1793 in Templeton. [7] She married Unknown Burnet. [3]

ix. Captain Nelson Slocum was born on 13 May 1796. He was baptized on 4 September 1796 in Templeton. [7] He died of heart disease on 22 January 1861, age 64 years, eight months, and nine days in Morristown, Lamoille County, Vermont. [9][11] He married Lovicia Goodell on 17 January 1822. [11] Lovicia, the daughter of Nathaniel and ___ (Warren) Goodell, was born in 1800 and died on 28 May 1889. [11]

He settled in Morrisville, Vermont. [3]

References:

1. Thomas W. Baldwin, Vital Records of Wrentham, Massachusetts: To the Year 1850, 2 vols. (Boston, New England Historic Genealogical Society), 1: 190.

2. "Church Records, 1737–1781," images with transcription, Franklin, Massachusetts First Congressional Church, Congregational Library & Archives (https://www.congregationallibrary.org/nehh/series1/FranklinMAFirst4842).

3. Charles Elihu Slocum, History of the Slocums, Slocumbs and Slocombs of America (Defiance, Ohio: Slocum, 1908), 454–8.

4. "Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620–1988," database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/2495) > Berkley > Town records with births, marriages and deaths, image 303, entry for Deborah Coleman.

5. "Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620–1850," database with images, AmericanAncestors.org > Dighton, p. 61.

6. "U.S. Federal Census," databases with images, Ancestry > 1790 > Massachusetts > Worcester > Templeton, image 1, entry for Appellus Slocomb; 1810 > Vermont > Orleans > Eden, image 2, entry for Appellus Slocum; 1820 > Vermont > Orleans > Eden, image 1, entry for Appellus Slocum; 1830 > Vermont > Orleans > Eden, image 1, entry for Alpeas Slocumb; 1850 > Pennsylvania > Susquehanna > Jackson, image 19, entry for Simon Slocum.

7. Vital Records of Templeton, Massachusetts: To the End of the Year 1849 (Worcester: Franklin P. Rice, 1907).

8. "Simon Slocum," Findagrave (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/179592222/simon-slocum). His inscription says, "Simon Slocum died Jan. 31, 1851 aged 75 years. "Mary Slocum," Findagrave (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/179592313/mary-slocum). Her inscription says, "Slocum Mary "Polly" wife of Simon Slocum 19 Aug 1787 16 June 1859."

9. "Vermont, U.S., Vital Records, 1720–1908," database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/4661).

10. Moses Cleveland and Alexander Cleveland, Genealogy of the Cleveland and Cleaveland Families (Hartford, CT: Case, Lockwood and Brainard, 1899), 748.

11. William Richard Cutter, New England Families: Genealogical and Memorial, vol. 4 (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), 2008.

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Last revised: 08-Dec-2023