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Note: p.38 Early Rich history and ancestry of Jonathan Rich, Jr. Ancestry of the wife of Jonathan Rich Jr:
"Joseph (Daniel) SLATE
Captain Joseph Slate, born Feby, 22, 1734, was among the foremost men of Bernardston, mass., during his life. A man very much esteemed by all who knew him and for years served as Selectman. Intensely patriotic he was ever ready to serve his country. After serving all through the French and Indian Wars he entered the Revolutionary Service. In the "History of Connecticut Vally," it states: "Capt. Joseph Slate who served heroically through the French-Indian Wars was plowing on the east side of West Mountain on the day the battle of Bunker Hill was being fought, and not knowing anything about it he declared the fighting was going on somewhere, and that he could hear the sounds of the conflict. So impressed was he with this conviction that before night fall he was en route to Deerfield and the following day set out for Boston where he joined the army." He served all through the Revolutionary War. A complete account of his service can be found in the "Mass. Revolutionary Rolls., Vol. 14, page 288." He married May 5, 1758, Mary WHITE of Colchester, Conn., and died Nov. 26, 1818. She was born Aug. 16, 1738, and died Jany, 17, 1827."
CHILDREN:
Joseph b. Oct. 6, 1760; d. July 28, 1766
Israel, b. July 10, 1762; m. Phebe HURLBURT, Feby. 17, 1784
Lydia, b. Feby. 4, 1764; d. 1815, single
Ruth, b.Feby. 13, 1767; m. Jonathan RICH, Feby. 10, 1790
Lybil, b. Feby. 28, 1769
Joel, b. Feby. 8, 1771; d. July 3, 1781
Amos, b. April 13, 1773; m. Esther HAWS, May 28, 1795
Samuel, b. Mch. 18, 1775; m. Bathsheba RISLEY, Oct. 7, 1795
Damaris, b. Jan. 15, 1778; m. Lemuel TUTTLE, Feby. 7, 1801
John R., b. Aug 6, 1780; m. Eunice FIELD, 1805
Infant, b. Feby. 9, 1783; d. Feby. 16, 1783
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