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- Sarah, was tried for forging Continental currency, which she used to pay her rent. She was put in the pillory, branded on the cheeks, and had her ears cropped. Sarah Slocum had eleven children. She later remained in Rhode Island, but went to New Brunswick for her hearing. It is believed that she is buried in the so-called Wiggins Loyalist Cemetery at Fanjoy's Point, Queens County.
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- Story from Verna Rissell: 'While in Young's Cove Road, New Brunswick, Canada, I saw a report of the death of Ebenezer's father, Charles Slocum, who married Sarah Allen, daughter of Ebenezer and Margaret Allen. On April 9 1777, two Yankees came to his house, had dinner and were treated to cider, after which they stood by the garden fence and chatted pleasantly. Suddenly, one drew a pistol and shot Mr. Slocum through the body, and he died in a few moments. The son, Ebenezer (aged abt. 22 years), avenged the death by killing many of the rebels. At one time, 25 men came to the house to capture him. He was upstairs in bed. The Captain posted a man at each window and two over the portico where there was a hole in the roof. The article doesn't say how he escaped.'
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