Slater family

The Slater family is an American philanthropic, political, and manufacturing family from England, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and Connecticut whose members include the "Father of the American Industrial Revolution," Samuel Slater, a prominent textile tycoon who founded America's first textile mill, Slater Mill (1790), and with his brother John Slater founded Slatersville, Rhode Island in North Smithfield, Rhode Island in 1803, America's first planned mill village. The family includes various merchants, inventors, art patrons, and socialites. John Fox Slater, was a prominent abolitionist who founded the Slater Fund and built the historic John F. Slater House and Slater Library. William A. Slater was a noted art collector and philanthropist who created the Slater Memorial Museum in Connecticut.[1] After moving many of their mills to the South from New England, the village of Slater-Marietta, South Carolina was named after the family.[2]

For the fictional family in EastEnders, see Slater family (EastEnders).

Slater family
Slater Mill (1790), the first textile mill in America.
Current regionRhode Island, U.S.
Connecticut, U.S.
Massachusetts, U.S.
Place of originUnited States and Britain

Family members

William Slater (1728-1782) & Elizabeth Slater

  • Samuel Slater (1768-1835), (founder of Slater Mill) married Hannah Slater (Wilkinson) (1774 - 1812) (first woman to receive a patent in the U.S.)[3]
    • John Slater (1805-1837), Webster, Massachusetts’s first representative in the Massachusetts General Court[4]
    • George Slater (1804-1843), one of the first selectman of Webster, Massachusetts[5]
    • Horatio Nelson Slater (1808-1888), owner of mills in Webster, Massachusetts[6]
      • Horatio Nelson Slater, Jr (1835-1899) Mill owner in Webster[7]
        • Horatio Nelson Slater III (1892-1968) founder Slater-Marietta, South Carolina, where he moved mill operations from Massachusetts[8]
        • Gary Stovall Slater (1982-Present), professor of theology and religion, leading scholar of C.S. Peirce, PhD. from Oxford University.
  • John Slater (1776–1843), co-founder of Slatersville, Rhode Island[9]
  • William Slater

References
  1. "The Slaters Go Round the World" https://connecticuthistory.org/the-slaters-go-round-the-world/
  2. "Upcountry History: Slater Mill and the village of Slater" January 4, 2016, Written by James Richardson http://www.trtribune.com/index.php/local-news/item/2129-upcountry-history-slater-mill-and-the-village-of-slater
  3. https://www.pbs.org/opb/historydetectives/feature/women-inventors/ Women Inventors History Detectives PBS website www.pbs.org|access-date=August 10, 2016
  4. http://john.ourjourneys.org/slater/legacy.html
  5. http://john.ourjourneys.org/slater/legacy.html
  6. http://john.ourjourneys.org/slater/legacy.html
  7. http://john.ourjourneys.org/slater/legacy.html
  8. The Coming of Industrial Order: Town and Factory Life in Rural Massachusetts ... By Jonathan Prude, (Univ of Massachusetts Press, 1999) pg. 260
  9. William R. Bagnall, "The Textile Industries of the United States: Including Sketches and Notices of Cotton, Woolen,..." (The Riverside Press: 1893)
  10. Rutherford Birchard Hayes, Memorial of John F. Slater, of Norwich, Connecticut, 1815-1884 (University Press: 1885) https://books.google.com/books?id=qwECAAAAYAAJ&source=gbs_navlinks_s
  11. "The Slaters Go Round the World" https://connecticuthistory.org/the-slaters-go-round-the-world/
  12. "Slater, William Albert, 1857-1919 | Archives Directory for the History of Collecting". research.frick.org. Retrieved July 29, 2017.
  13. Social Register, New York - Page 645 https://books.google.com/books?id=ek5IAAAAYAAJ
  14. http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/sfgate/obituary.aspx?pid=87321352

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