In brief

Baptized September 30, 1722, in Killingly, Connecticut by Reverend J. Fisk.

Family

Children

  • Abner Slater
    b. February 1743
    m. Sarah Russell, abt. 1765
  • Joseph Slater
    b. October 10, 1745
    m. Lois King
  • Abial Slater
    b. September 15, 1747
    m. Anna Adams
    d. August 1813
  • Silas Slater
    b. November 26, 1754
    m. Beulah Adams in 1773
    m. Sarah Whitney (née Coomer)
    d. August/September 1825
  • John Slater · in this line
    b. 1756
    d. February 14, 1815, in Guilford, Vermont
  • Hannah Slater
    b. 1760
    m. Stephen Slater in 1776
    d. September 1829
  • Sarah Slater
    m. William Taylor
    d. August 1808

Siblings

  • James Covel
    b. Abt. May 1725 near Killingly, Connecticut
  • Ebenezar Covel
    b. Abt. November 1727 near Killingly, Connecticut
  • Abigail Covel
    b. Abt. May 1730 near Killingly, Connecticut
  • Zurviah Covel
    b. Abt. April 1733 near Killingly, Connecticut
  • Lydia Covel
    b. Abt. August 1736 near Killingly, Connecticut
  • Sarah Covel
    b. Abt. February 1739 near Killingly, Connecticut
  • Elizabeth Covel
    b. Abt. February 1739 near Killingly, Connecticut
  • Kezia/Keziah Covel
    b. Abt. May 1741 near Killingly, Connecticut
    m. Jesten Cady in February 1762 in Killingly, Connecticut
Sources (3)
  1. Reverend Edmund F. Slafter A.M., Memorial of John Slafter (Boston, Massachusetts: Press of Henry W. Dutton & Son, 1869), 40-41; reprinted from original images by Scholar Select.
  2. Connecticut Church Records: Putnam, First Congregational Church 1715-1904 (Hartford, Connecticut : Connecticut State Library, 1961), 46-47, for Covel family; digital images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/3032/images/41107_620303988_0386-00049 : accessed 5 August 2026).
  3. Killingly, CT: Church Records, 1711-1775 (Putnam, Connecticut: The Putnam Patriot, 1894) ; digital images, American Ancestors (https://www.americanancestors.org/DB2752/i/0/1/0 : accessed 5 August 2026).