This page will outline my SLAYDON ancestors.
This information is current as of 10 March 1998


Slaydon is a British/Irish Surname. It is traced back to the Lancashire family, and is of Anglo Saxon origin.

10th Generation

John Sladden
- Came to Virginia in 1695

Children:
1.) Arthur Slayden I - *


9th Generation

Arthur Slayden I
- Born: 28 March 1704 in Virginia (New Kent)
- Married: ca 1729 in Virginia (New Kent)
- Died: 18 June 1787 in Virginia (Goochland)
Rachel Elizabeth (Murfield) Slayden
- Born: 1712 in Virginia (New Kent)
- Died: 1785 in Virginia (Goochland)

Children:
1.) John Slayden
- Born: 22 February 1730
2.) Arthur Slayden II - *
3.) William Slayden
- Born: 27 April 1734
4.) Daniel Slayden
- Born: 1756
- Military: Revolutionary War
- Married: 22 October 1784 in Virginia (Goochland) to Sally (Isabell) Slayden
- Died: 1817
5.) Sarah Slayden
- Born: 06 April 1758
6.) Joseph Slayden
- Military: Revolutionary War


8th Generation

Arthur Slayden II
- Born: 08 August 1732 in Virginia (New Kent)
- Died: 08 March 1803 in Kettle Creek, Georgia (Wilkes)
Rosamond (Pugh) Slayden
- Born: 1742 in Virginia

Children:
1.) Arthur Slayden III - *
2.) Samuel Slayden
3.) Elisha Slayden
4.) Daniel Slayden
5.) Willouby Slayden
6.) Susanna (Slayden) Bankston
- Married: Hiram Bankston
7.) John Slayden


7th Generation

Arthur Slayden III
- Born: 21 February 1771 in Virginia (Charlotte)
- Died: 22 September 1862 in Texas (Jasper)
Mary Ann (Bell) Slayden
- Born: 1788 in Louisiana
- Died: 19 September 1860 in Louisiana (Calcasieu)

Children:
1.) Susannah Rosamond Slaydon
- Born: 1820
2.) Leanah Elizabeth Slaydon
- Born: 1822
3.) William Justice Slaydon - *
4.) Andrew Moore Slaydon
- Born: 15 September 1826
5.) Elias Arthur Slaydon
- Born: 1830 in Louisiana
- Married: 24 June 1852 in Texas (Newton) to Harriet (McGehee) Slaydon
6.) Salina A (Slaydon) Burge
- Born: 1833 in Mexico (Bevil)
- Died: ca 1866 in Louisiana (Beauregard)
7.) Jonathan Slaydon
- Born: 1834
- Married: 04 August 1857 in Texas (Newton) to Gemima (McGee) Slaydon


6th Generation

William Justice "Siliver Bill" Slaydon Sr.
- Born: 21 July 1824 in Louisiana
- Died: 11 October 1891 in Singer, Louisiana (Beauregard)
Wife 1: Nancy (Smith) Slaydon
- Born: ca 1830 in Louisiana
- Married: 13 October 1850

Children:
1.) Sarah (Slaydon) Corkin
- Born: 1851 in Louisiana
2.) Daniel Webster Slaydon
- Born: 02 December 1853 in Louisiana
3.) Samuel Bell Slaydon - *
4.) Howell Slaydon
- Born: 05 Jun3 1857 in Louisiana
5.) Prudence Matilda Slaydon
- Born: 1859 in Louisiana
6.) William Justice Slaydon Jr.
- Born: 1860 in Louisiana
7.) Elias Arthur Slaydon
- Born: 04 April 1863 in Louisiana

Wife 2: Alrenia "Rena" (Pierce) Slaydon
- Born: about 1835 in Alabama
- Married: 17 Dec 1863
- Died: about 1882 in Louisiana (Beauregard)

Children:
1.) Mary Slaydon
- Born: 1865 in Louisiana
2.) Andrew Moore Slaydon
- Born: April 1870 in Louisiana
- Died: 1930
- Buried: Havens Cemetery, Singer, Louisiana (Beauregard)
3.) Rachel Elizabeth (Slaydon) Havens
- Born: 20 January 1872 in Louisiana (Calcasieu)
- Married: Jefferson Rankin Havens
- Died: 29 April 1937 in Singer, Louisiana (Beauregard)
- Buried: Havens Cemetery, Singer, Louisiana (Beauregard)
4.) John Slaydon
- Born: 1874 in Louisiana
5.) James Slaydon
- Born: ca 1877 in Louisiana

Wife 3: Mary (Herrin) Slaydon


5th Generation

Samuel Bell Slaydon
- Born: 10 May 1855 in Louisiana
- Died: 08 November 1925
- Buried: Cooper Cemetery, Louisiana (Beauregard)

Jane (Nichols) Slaydon
- Born: 1858 in Alabama
- Died: 1937
- Buried: Cooper Cemetery, Louisiana (Beauregard)

Children:
1.) Mary Slaydon
- Born: ca 1879 in Louisiana
2.) Emma (Slaydon) Sears
- Born: 29 December 1886
- Married: "Curly" Sears
- Died: 14 August 1967
- Buried: Cooper Cemetery, Louisiana (Beauregard)
3.) Augustus S. Slaydon
- Born: 13 October 1889
- Married: Pearl (Ruston) Slaydon
- Died: 17 June 1969
- Buried: Cooper Cemetery, Louisiana (Beauregard)
4.) Cullen Edwin Slaydon Sr. - *
5.) Myrtie (Slaydon) King
- Born: 16 July 1900
- Married: Amos Mack "Happy" King
- Died: 1952
- Buried: Cooper Cemetery, Louisiana (Beauregard)
6.) Robert Slaydon
- Married: Mary (Collins) Slaydon
7.) Archie Slaydon
- Married: Creda (Fuller) Slaydon
8.) Alice (Slaydon) Ratcliff
- Married: Johnnie Ratcliff
9.) Lula (Slaydon) Hallbrook
- Married: Johnnie Hallbrook
10.) Maggie (Slaydon) Arrington
- Married: Jake Arrington
11.) Daisy Slaydon


4th Generation

Cullen Edwin Slaydon Sr.
- Born: 28 January 1896
- Died: 28 February 1984 in Merryville, Louisiana
- Buried: Cooper Cemetery, Louisiana (Beauregard)
Sally Ethel (Hammonds) Slaydon
- Born: 04 December 1895
- Died: 25 May 1979 in Merryville, Louisiana
- Buried: Cooper Cemetary, Louisiana (Beauregard)

Children:
1.) Joyce Newasa (Slaydon) Grant
- Born: 22 August 1914
- Married: Johnnie Grant
- Died: 26 January 1959
2.) Gussie Sybil (Slaydon) Cooper
- Born: 07 May 1921
- Married: Louis Cooper Jr.
3.) Mary Helen (Slaydon) Smith - *
4.) Cullen Edwin Slaydon Jr.
- Born: 08 April 1928
- Married: Zoe Lee (Marcus) Slaydon
5.) Laverne Slaydon
- Born: 1930
- Died: 1930
- Buried: Merryville Cemetery, Merryville, Louisiana (Beauregard)


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