CHAPTER1-SlattonGenealogy.doc

(Note: I couldn’t find my line of Slatton’s connected to any of these descendants, but thought it would be helpful to post. –R.S.) C H A P T E R 1 The Descendants of William and Abraham Slatten of Tidewater Virginia Listing 2628 descendants for 11 generations.______________________________________________GENERATION NO. 1 0. John1 SLADDEN. John died after 22 March 1720 in Hanover, Virginia. His spouse has not been identified.ISSUE:+ 1. m i. William SLADDEN, born February 1701, died 14 October 1788.+ 2. m ii. Arthur SLADDEN, born 28 March 1704, died 24 May 1787.+ 3. m iii. Abraham SLADDEN, born 23 September 1709, died 1 October 1763. Notes for John Sladden (the immigrant):John Sladden, the immigrant, and his family lived on Machumps Creek, as even today there lies the Creek bearing the name Slayden Creek which empties into Machumps Cre ek. The exact date of when John Sladden arrived to Virginia is uncertain but the Virginia land patents seen below show a John Slayden and John Slaterne with the same dates recorded. Is this the same person who is recorded and claimed by two different men of Virginia? Although, this cannot be proven more extensively, evidence shows that John Sladden immigrated to New Kent County, Virginia by 1711. John Sladden is thought to be in Saint Pauls Parish by the 28th of March 1704 as his son, Arthur Sladden was born there. On 25th of October 1695, Virginia Land Patent Book 9 (1695-1706), page 19, shows John Slayden, Jane Battersby, and Mayworth Quinton under John Hinton. To all et whereas et now know ye that I the said Sir Edward Andros, Gent., Governed et dowith on advise and consent of the Councill of State--Accordingly by give and grant unto John Hinton of Nansemond County one hundred forty-five acres of land situated, lying and being on part of Somerton Road to Southward of the Little Bridge in the Upper Parish of Nansemond County beginning at a Chincopin Stake, North to which stands a pine mark, and on Westward side on a Maine