Mary Slaymaker

Mary was born on June 15th, 1757 in Lancaster Co., PA.  Mary's father was Henry Slaymaker and her mother was Faithful Richardson.  Her paternal grandparents were Mathias Schleiermacher and Catharine Schiebel. She had three brothers and five sisters, named Amos, Henry, Samuel, Hannah, Faithful, Lydia, Sarah and Sophia.  She was the second oldest of the nine children.  She died at the age of 39 on April 1st, 1797.