Robert Slade Jr1

b. 10 October 1749
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     Robert Slade Jr was baptized on October 10, 1749 in Winfirth Newburg, Dorset, England.1 He was the son of Robert Slade and Elizabeth Dunning.1
     Robert married Elizabeth Foxcroft circa 1757 in Lambeth, London, England, at St Mary.2 Robert took on major responsiblity as Senior Partner for John Slade & Co. operations in Labrador.3,4 John Slade & Co, operated the following ships: "Hope" 83 tons; "Robert" 89 tons;;"John/Thomas" 100 tons; "Montague" 103 tons; "Sisters" 106 tons; "Heart of Oak" 107 tons; "Bros" 111 tons; "David" 130 tons; " Pr Eugene" 132 tons; "Standley" 149 tons.5 The schooner "Saint Anne" was built to run with a crew of 3. It was registered in all ports in Newfoundland. Robert Slade Jr. of Poole, England was listed as owner with 60 shares.6
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Descendants of David Slade, b Poole, England

Child of Robert Slade Jr and Elizabeth Foxcroft

  • Elizabeth Slade 7 b. March 23, 1761

Citations

  1. [S2466] England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975, FamilySearch.org, Winfrith-Newburgh, Dorset, England, bapt Oct 10, 1749, Robert Slade, s/o Elizabeth & Robert Slade, FHL microfilm 2,427,600.
  2. [S3193] London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1932, Ancestry.com, Lambeth, St Mary, 1762-1867, p528, #1788, Robert Slade of St Ann Blackfriars, London & Elizabeth Foxcroft of St Mary, married July 3, 1779.
  3. [S3059] Profiles of Water Street Merchants, Merchant Families and Entrepreneurs of Trinity.
  4. [S3056] Gordon Handcock W, Dictionary of Canadian Biography University of Toronto, 1979).
  5. [S3178] Keith Matthews Name Files1500-1850, Canadia Maritime History Archive https://www.mun.ca/mha/holdings/keith/index.php, unknown publish date.
  6. [S3069] Canada, Seafarers of the Atlantic Provinces, 1789-1935, Ancestry.com , Index of Surnames from the Ships and Seafarers of Atlantic Canada. CD-ROM. Maritime History Archive, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada. Ancestry.com. Canada, Seafarers of the Atlantic Provinces, 1789-1935 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
  7. [S2466] England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975, FamilySearch.org, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N2WW-K6V Elizabeth Slade, b Mar 23,1761, Winfirth Newburg, Dorset.