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John Slater

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John Slater

Birth
Belper, Amber Valley Borough, Derbyshire, England
Death
27 May 1843 (aged 66)
Slatersville, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
Burial
North Smithfield, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA Add to Map
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Slater was born in Belper, England in 1776 and received an education from Thomas Jackson, also his older brother's teacher, and then became a millwright's apprentice. Slater gained technical mill information in Manchester and Oldham, England to use in America. Slater immigrated in the United States in 1803 to work for Almy, Brown and Slater at Pawtucket. He brought the knowledge of mule spinning to America. He eventually formed a partnership with the Providence firm of Almy and Brown in 1806, purchased land in what it now Slatersville, Rhode Island (then was the northern wilderness of Smithfield, Rhode Island) and began construction of a textile mill. By 1807, the village included the Slatersville Mill, the largest and most modern industrial building of its day, two houses for workers, the owner's house and the company store. In 1833, he and his brother Samuel bought out Almy & Brown- under the firm S & J Slater. In 1825, John bought property in CT and named it Hopeville. His son John Fox took over CT and his other son William S headed Slatersville after his death. The Slaters also donated a meeting house for Slatersville Congregational Church, which they attended. John Slater died in 1843 and was buried in Slatersville. John Slater's son, John Fox Slater, later became a prominent philanthropist.
link to Samuel Slater https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/23444/samuel-slater

Marriage:
. Ruth Bucklin, 23 Jun 1805

Full bio
Full bio here: The Biographical cyclopedia of representative men of Rhode Island pg 40 https://archive.org/stream/biographicalcycl00prov#page/40/mode/2up
Slater was born in Belper, England in 1776 and received an education from Thomas Jackson, also his older brother's teacher, and then became a millwright's apprentice. Slater gained technical mill information in Manchester and Oldham, England to use in America. Slater immigrated in the United States in 1803 to work for Almy, Brown and Slater at Pawtucket. He brought the knowledge of mule spinning to America. He eventually formed a partnership with the Providence firm of Almy and Brown in 1806, purchased land in what it now Slatersville, Rhode Island (then was the northern wilderness of Smithfield, Rhode Island) and began construction of a textile mill. By 1807, the village included the Slatersville Mill, the largest and most modern industrial building of its day, two houses for workers, the owner's house and the company store. In 1833, he and his brother Samuel bought out Almy & Brown- under the firm S & J Slater. In 1825, John bought property in CT and named it Hopeville. His son John Fox took over CT and his other son William S headed Slatersville after his death. The Slaters also donated a meeting house for Slatersville Congregational Church, which they attended. John Slater died in 1843 and was buried in Slatersville. John Slater's son, John Fox Slater, later became a prominent philanthropist.
link to Samuel Slater https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/23444/samuel-slater

Marriage:
. Ruth Bucklin, 23 Jun 1805

Full bio
Full bio here: The Biographical cyclopedia of representative men of Rhode Island pg 40 https://archive.org/stream/biographicalcycl00prov#page/40/mode/2up

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