Samuel
SLATER
Born
9 June 1768
,
Belper, Derbyshire, England
Died
21 April 1836
,
Webster, Massachusetts, USA
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Born: 9 June 1768 in Belper, Derbyshire, England
Father:
William Alcock SLATER
Mother:
Elizabeth FOX
Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Samuel married Hannah WILKINSON 2 October 1791 in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, USA . The couple had (at least) 9 children.
Hannah WILKINSON was born 15 December 1774 in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, USA. Hannah died 2 October 1812 in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, USA.
Samuel married (2) Esther PARKINSON 26 November 1817 in Pennsylvania, USA . Esther PARKINSON was born abt. 1778 in Pennsylvania, USA. Esther died 23 December 1859 in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, USA.
Samuel SLATER died 21 April 1836 in Webster, Massachusetts, USA.
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Recorded occupation: "Father of the American Industrial Revolution"
Spouse & Children of Samuel SLATER
Samuel SLATER married 
Hannah WILKINSON
Marriage date: 2 October 1791
Marriage place: Pawtucket, Rhode Island, USA
Hannah WILKINSONMarriage date: 2 October 1791
Marriage place: Pawtucket, Rhode Island, USA
Children of Samuel SLATER and Hannah WILKINSON
William SLATERBorn: 31 August 1796, Pawtucket, Rhode Island, USA
Died: 31 January 1801, Pawtucket, Rhode Island, USA
Died: 31 January 1801, Pawtucket, Rhode Island, USA
Elizabeth SLATERBorn: 15 November 1798, Pawtucket, Rhode Island, USA
Died: 4 November 1801, Pawtucket, Rhode Island, USA
Died: 4 November 1801, Pawtucket, Rhode Island, USA
Mary SLATERBorn: 28 September 1801, Pawtucket, Rhode Island, USA
Died: 19 October 1803, Pawtucket, Rhode Island, USA
Died: 19 October 1803, Pawtucket, Rhode Island, USA
Samuel SLATERBorn: 28 September 1802, Pawtucket, Rhode Island, USA
Died: 14 July 1821, Pawtucket, Rhode Island, USA
Died: 14 July 1821, Pawtucket, Rhode Island, USA
George Bassett SLATERBorn: 12 February 1804, Dudley, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 15 November 1843, Dudley, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 15 November 1843, Dudley, Massachusetts, USA
John SLATER Horatio Nelson SLATERBorn: 5 March 1808, North Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Died: 16 August 1888, Webster, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 16 August 1888, Webster, Massachusetts, USA
William SLATERBorn: 15 October 1809, Pawtucket, Rhode Island, USA
Died: September 1826, Pawtucket, Rhode Island, USA
Died: September 1826, Pawtucket, Rhode Island, USA
Thomas Graham SLATERBorn: 19 September 1812, Pawtucket, Rhode Island, USA
Died: 26 June 1844, Webster, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 26 June 1844, Webster, Massachusetts, USA
Samuel SLATER married Esther PARKINSON
Marriage date: 26 November 1817
Marriage place: , Pennsylvania, USA
Esther PARKINSONMarriage date: 26 November 1817
Marriage place: , Pennsylvania, USA
Children of Samuel SLATER and Esther PARKINSON
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Birth — 17689 June 1768
Belper, Derbyshire, England
1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)
1790 - December 20 - 1st successful US cotton mill to spin yarn (Pawtucket, RI)
The first American cotton mill began operation on December 20, 1790. The mill in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, had water-powered machinery for carding and spinning cotton. A machine cards cotton by combing and untangling fibers while removing short undesirable fibers. In the spinning process, the fibers are drawn out, twisted and wound to create thread or yarn. That thread can then be dyed and woven into fabrics in the next phase of the process.
Samuel Slater built that first American mill in Pawtucket based on designs of English inventor Richard Arkwright. Though it was against British law to leave the country if you were a textile worker, Slater fled anyway in order to seek his fortune in America. Considered the father of the United States textile industry, he eventually built several successful cotton mills in New England and established the town of Slatersville, Rhode Island.
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December 20, 1790
The first American cotton mill began operation on December 20, 1790. The mill in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, had water-powered machinery for carding and spinning cotton. A machine cards cotton by combing and untangling fibers while removing short undesirable fibers. In the spinning process, the fibers are drawn out, twisted and wound to create thread or yarn. That thread can then be dyed and woven into fabrics in the next phase of the process.
Samuel Slater built that first American mill in Pawtucket based on designs of English inventor Richard Arkwright. Though it was against British law to leave the country if you were a textile worker, Slater fled anyway in order to seek his fortune in America. Considered the father of the United States textile industry, he eventually built several successful cotton mills in New England and established the town of Slatersville, Rhode Island.
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December 20, 1790
1791 Marriage / PartnerSamuel SLATER and Hannah WILKINSON 2 October 1791, Pawtucket, Rhode Island, USA
He was 23 years old.
The First Cotton Mill in America
The Old Slater Mill, Built 1793, Blackstone River, Pawtucket, Rhode Island
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1796 Birth of ChildWilliam SLATER was born 31 August 1796, Pawtucket, Rhode Island, USA
Samuel was 28 years old.
1798 Birth of ChildElizabeth SLATER was born 15 November 1798, Pawtucket, Rhode Island, USA
Samuel was 30 years old.
1801 Death of ChildWilliam SLATER died 31 January 1801, Pawtucket, Rhode Island, USA
Samuel was 32 years old.
1801 Birth of ChildMary SLATER was born 28 September 1801, Pawtucket, Rhode Island, USA
Samuel was 33 years old.
1801 Death of ChildElizabeth SLATER died 4 November 1801, Pawtucket, Rhode Island, USA
Samuel was 33 years old.
1802 Birth of ChildSamuel SLATER was born 28 September 1802, Pawtucket, Rhode Island, USA
Samuel was 34 years old.
The village of Slatersville was largely built by Samuel Slater and his brother John Slater beginning in 1803.
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1803 Death of ChildMary SLATER died 19 October 1803, Pawtucket, Rhode Island, USA
Samuel was 35 years old.
1804 Birth of ChildGeorge Bassett SLATER was born 12 February 1804, Dudley, Massachusetts, USA
Samuel was 35 years old.
1805 Birth of ChildJohn SLATER was born 23 May 1805, Pawtucket, Rhode Island, USA
Samuel was 36 years old.
1808 Birth of ChildHoratio Nelson SLATER was born 5 March 1808, North Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Samuel was 39 years old.
1809 Birth of ChildWilliam SLATER was born 15 October 1809, Pawtucket, Rhode Island, USA
Samuel was 41 years old.
Jan 11, 1811 - Samuel Slater buys his first property in Webster.
In 1811, in company with a young man named Bela Tiffany, Samuel Slater started a cotton factory at Oxford, now known as Webster. The property in 1817 consisted of a factory of two thousand spindles, a woolen mill, a grist mill and saw mill, sixteen dwellings, and seven hundred acres of land...
The New England Magazine, Volume 39
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New England Magazine Company, 1909
Page 679
Visit Webster, Massachusetts, USA
In 1811, in company with a young man named Bela Tiffany, Samuel Slater started a cotton factory at Oxford, now known as Webster. The property in 1817 consisted of a factory of two thousand spindles, a woolen mill, a grist mill and saw mill, sixteen dwellings, and seven hundred acres of land...
The New England Magazine, Volume 39
Making of America Project
New England Magazine Company, 1909
Page 679
Visit Webster, Massachusetts, USA
1812 Birth of ChildThomas Graham SLATER was born 19 September 1812, Pawtucket, Rhode Island, USA
Samuel was 44 years old.
1812 Death of Spouse/PartnerHannah WILKINSON died 2 October 1812, Pawtucket, Rhode Island, USA
1817 Marriage / PartnerSamuel SLATER and Esther PARKINSON 26 November 1817, , Pennsylvania, USA
He was 49 years old.
1821 Death of ChildSamuel SLATER died 14 July 1821, Pawtucket, Rhode Island, USA
Samuel was 53 years old.
1826 Death of ChildWilliam SLATER died September 1826, Pawtucket, Rhode Island, USA
Samuel was 58 years old.
1831 - Webster - Slater Mills
...By 1831 this plant (owned by Samuel Slater) had increased to six thousand spindles and ninety loom, one hundred and eighty hands employed, and fifteen thousand yards of yarn were produced weekly besides large quantities of satinet warp and sewing thread. Broadcloths, cassimeres, and satinets were woven, and one hundred and eighty thousand pounds of wool were consumed yearly...
The New England Magazine, Volume 39
Making of America Project
New England Magazine Company, 1909
Page 679
Visit Webster, Massachusetts, USA
...By 1831 this plant (owned by Samuel Slater) had increased to six thousand spindles and ninety loom, one hundred and eighty hands employed, and fifteen thousand yards of yarn were produced weekly besides large quantities of satinet warp and sewing thread. Broadcloths, cassimeres, and satinets were woven, and one hundred and eighty thousand pounds of wool were consumed yearly...
The New England Magazine, Volume 39
Making of America Project
New England Magazine Company, 1909
Page 679
Visit Webster, Massachusetts, USA
1835 - Samuel Slater Dies in Webster
...During his later years, Mr. Slater spent the greater part of his time at Webster, where he died April 21, 1835, in his sixty-seventh year. Through Mr. Slater's influence three villages that had grown up from his enterprise, together with some territory from the towns of Dudley and Oxford, were, in 1832, incorporated as the town of Webster, and named after Daniel Webster.
The New England Magazine, Volume 39
Making of America Project
New England Magazine Company, 1909
Page 679
Visit Webster, Massachusetts, USA
...During his later years, Mr. Slater spent the greater part of his time at Webster, where he died April 21, 1835, in his sixty-seventh year. Through Mr. Slater's influence three villages that had grown up from his enterprise, together with some territory from the towns of Dudley and Oxford, were, in 1832, incorporated as the town of Webster, and named after Daniel Webster.
The New England Magazine, Volume 39
Making of America Project
New England Magazine Company, 1909
Page 679
Visit Webster, Massachusetts, USA
Death — 183621 April 1836
Webster, Massachusetts, USA
He died at the age of 67.
 was referred to by some as the “Father of the American Industrial Revolution.” In 1811, Slater moved to Massachusetts and built new cotton mills as well as one of the first woolen mills in America, all powered by the French River and Lake Chargoggagogg manchauggagogg chaubunagungamaugg, in what was then called Oxford and later renamed Webster after Senator Daniel Webster. Slater brought innovation to textile manufacturing and introduced the “factory system” that attracted workers to the region and established the infrastructure that made Webster a thriving “boomtown.” whatsupnewp.com){kind=small}
Cambric Works, S. Slater & Sons, Inc., East Webster, Mass.
Samuel Slater (1768 – 1835) was referred to by some as the “Father of the American Industrial Revolution.” In 1811, Slater moved to Massachusetts and built new cotton mills as well as one of the first woolen mills in America, all powered by the French River and Lake Chargoggagogg manchauggagogg chaubunagungamaugg, in what was then called Oxford and later renamed Webster after Senator Daniel Webster. Slater brought innovation to textile manufacturing and introduced the “factory system” that attracted workers to the region and established the infrastructure that made Webster a thriving “boomtown.” whatsupnewp.com
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Slater Woolen Mills
The Slater Woolen Mills remained the major source of blankets and uniform cloth to the various branches of the U. S. military, as well as providing uniforms to the Pullman service, hotel and other uniformed employees, and broadcloths, flannel, and doeskins for general consumption. By the late 1890s the Slater Woolen Co. employed 900 men and women while the mills at East and North
Villages employed 800 in the production and finishing of cambrics, calicos, and cotton piece goods. The textile industry also suffered during the 1890s and early 20th century. The depression
forced the periodic closing of most mills, reductions in wages, and strikes. The Slater companies took the opportunity to modernize their mills, but it was not until the late 1890s that
wages were again increased. In 1899 and 1901 the deaths of Horatio Nelson Slater, the son of Samuel Slater, and Henry H, Stevens, the founder of the Stevens Linen Works in Dudley, ended an era in the town's manufacturing history. These two men had
managed the two largest manufacturing establishments in Dudley and Webster during a period of long and sustained growth that spanned
more than a half century. sec.state.ma.us
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The Slater Homestead, East Webster, Mass.
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