Harrison - Robison Family Tree

Marylanders to Carolina, page 145
SLADE, THOMAS. Thomas Slade, son of William Slade and Elizabeth
Cox, was born in 1722 in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. His
brothers were: Josias Slade (1718-1776, married Mary Day);
William Slade (1720-1785, married Elizabeth Dulaney); and,
Ezekiel Slade of "Verdant Valley' in (now) Harford County,
Maryland (:1723-1802, married Ann Whitaker). Thomas married
twice: (1) Ann Besson, daughter of Nicholas and Diana Besson;
and, (2) Hannah Miles, daughter of Thomas Miles and Catherine
Poteet, on September 29, 1748. He had a daughter, Margaret Slade,
by his first wife, and 11 children by his second wife: Nancy or
Ann Slade (married John Herndon Graves, 1746-1829, on February 5,
1770 in Orange County, North Carolina, and died on June 4, 1807
in Caswell County, North Carolina); Susannah Slade (married Jesse
Talbert and died in 1817 in Mississippi); Thomas Slade, Jr.
(married twice: Mary Williams in 1779 and Isabella Graves in
1782, both in Caswell County, North Carolina; died in 1830 in
Rockingham County, North Carolina); William Slade (born on June
10, 1758, married Martha Kerr on December 22, 1786, and died in
1835 in Caswell County, North Carolina); Nathaniel Slade (born on
August 21, 1761; married twice: Elizabeth Perry Yancey in 1792
and Betsey Riggs in 1813; died on August 18, 1846 in Caswell
County, North Carolina); Betsey Slade (married Major Lea);
Catherine Slade (married ---- Lea); Hannah Slade (born in 1757 in
Caswell County, North Carolina, and married John Canebrake Lea in
1793); Delilah Slade (married Joshua Hightower in 1792 in
Yanceyville, North Carolina, and died circa 1795;; Joshua married
second to Eunice Lea and died in 1843 in Indiana); Ezekiel Slade
(married Mary Hubbard on January 17, 1798, and died in January,
1850, in Caswell County, North Carolina); and, Josiah Slade
(married Jane Gomer on July 22, 1815). Thomas Slade moved from
Maryland to Caswell County, North Carolina, where he may have
become a minister. He rendered patriotic service in North
Carolina during the Revolutionary War, and died on April 10, 1798