The only mention of Slade in Anne Arundel land records prior to 1740 was the deed of one negro to her son Bosun (?) Thomas Slade and one to her daughter Ann Slade by Elizabeth Slade.

According to Becky, William appears to have been her second husband, her first was Thomas Foster who died in 1711. In his will, William referred to her as “his present wife” which fits my theory that she was his second wife and not the mother of his children.

William Slade of Anarundell River died in 1675 and bequeathed to son William 200 acres on the south side of the Patapsco River. Robert Barnes states that the William Slade who died in 1731 in Baltimore County can be documented as the William who was a taxable for land on the south side of Patapsco in 1692. And he therefore concludes that the William of Patapsco River was the son of William of Anarundell River and named in his will.

I think the land William inherited was a little north of where his father had lived. The Patapsco River runs through Baltimore, forms Baltimore Harbor and is Baltimore’s main outlet into the Chesapeake Bay. It also forms the boundary between Baltimore and Anne Arundel County, so land south of Patapsco would be in the very northern part of Anne Arundel County.

When William wrote his will, though, he was of Baltimore County. Some Slade family researchers say he was living then near Joppa, MD. Joppa is now in Harford County, but Harford was formed in 1773, so Joppa was in Baltimore County when William wrote his will. How he got from the Patapsco River area to the Joppa area I do not know.

He died long before any Census was taken.

Robert Barnes says about this William: “He was the son of the William who died in 1675. He was a taxable on south side Patapsco in 1692. His will was written 2 Apr 1726 and proved 19 May 1731.....naming...(sons listed elsewhere and daughters) Elizabeth Cockey and Mary Buckingham. Wife Elizabeth.”

In 1702, William Slade acquired some land on Back River (off the north side of Patapsco) in Baltimore County called Windley’s which his son William sold in 1740. I’m guessing what is written Windley’s in the deed book was written Winslow’s in William’s will as that is the land he bequeathed his son William.

William Slade of Baltimore County wrote his will 2 Apr 1726, it proved 19 May 1731. He probably died a little earlier in 1731. As it relates to his land and his sons, he bequeathed Courtice Neck to son Josias, Winslows Ridge to son William, Slade's Camp to son Thomas and then wrote: “And having one son more named Ezekiel and no more land I give him 35 pounds to buy a parcel of land.”

I especially like the part about one son more and no more land.

One of William’s sons was named Josias and he had a daughter named Belinda who married Thomas Talbott, first cousin, I believe, of our ancestor William Talbott.