NameDeacon John SLATER
Birth21 Feb 1669/70, Simsbury, Hartford Co, CT [160], [161]
Death2 May 1717, Simsbury, Hartford Co, CT [160], [161]
FatherJohn SLAUGHTER (~1640-1713)
MotherAbiah GILLETT (1641-1716)
Marriage10 Mar 1703/4, Simsbury, Hartford Co, CT [161]
SpouseElizabeth HOLCOMB
Birth4 Apr 1670, Simsbury, Hartford Co, CT [161]
Death26 Feb 1761/2, Simsbury, Hartford Co, CT [161]
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FatherJoshua HOLCOMB (1640-1690)
MotherRuth SHERWOOD (~1644-1699)
Other spousesWilliam James Case
 Samuel Marshall
Children
Birth29 Feb 1710, Simsbury, Hartford Co, CT [160], [161]
Birth Memo[Date in original recs]
Deathaft 1760
Marriage22 Jul 1734, Simsbury, Hartford Co, CT [160], [161]
Notes for Deacon John SLATER
Shows up in “Legendary Connecticut,” a collection of local legends, in the legend of Debby Griffen. Debby was a witch who stole from the local congregation, was pursued into the forest, and disappeared into Three Cornered Pond in Shrewsbury. John shows up as the Deacon who made the sermon the day the theft was discovered and at whose house local residents formulated their attack. See http://www.curbstone.org/index.cfm?webpage=113
Notes for Elizabeth HOLCOMB
Granted 200 acres for “John Salter’s heirs” (sic - likely typo) in 1723 Simsbuy annual town meeting (Simsbury history website).

Listed in Simsbury Town records as the third daughter of Joshua Holcomb and his wife Ruth Sherwood. That is likely not contemporary, as an entry on the same page lists her death, having "had 3 husbands".
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