Mary Hall Slate and Luke Flint were married on June 6, 1776 in Connecticut. The following details were recorded in the Diary of The Revolution:
Married, earlier in Mansfield, Connecticut. Luke Flint of Windham, Connecticut, to Miss Mary Slate, daughter of Mr. Ezekiel Slate, an agreeable and happy pair. What deserves the public notice, and may serve to encourage the manufacturers of this country, is that the entertainment though served up with good wine, and other spirituous liquors, was the production of their field and fruit gardens, assisted alone by a neighboring grove of spontaneous apples.
The bride and two of her sisters appeared in very genteel-like gowns, and others of the family in handsome