GENEALOGICAL DICTIONARY OF RHODE ISLAND
The cited information was published by Baltimore Genealogical Publishing., Inc. 1982 The author/originator was John Osborne Austin.
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GENEALOGICAL DICTIONARY OF RHODE ISLAND, by Charles Elihu Slocum
A SHORT HISTORY OF SLOCUMS, SLOCUMBS, AND SLOCUMBS, 1637-1881, two volumes.
Giles Slocum, born Somersetshire, England, died 1682, Portsmouth, RI, married Joan (Harvey?). Giles probably came to New England in 1638. He and his wife were early members of the Society of Friends. He deeded land for a meeting house in Portsmouth, RI
