Sarah (Allen) Snow (1667 - aft. 1738)

Born 14 Apr 1667 in Bridgewater, Plymouth Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Jonathan Cary — married about 1687 in Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Plymouth Colony

Wife of Benjamin Snow — married 25 Oct 1705 in Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Province of Massachusetts Bay, New England

Descendants

Died after Sep 1738 after age 71 in Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Parentage; Date and Place of Birth

Sarah, daughter of Samuel Allen and Sarah (Partridge) Allen, was born in Bridgewater, Plymouth Colony in April 14, 1667.^[1][2][3]

First Marriage and Children

Sarah married Jonathan Cary.^[4][5] Based on the estimated date of birth of their first-born child (1688) and the fact that Sarah was born in 1667, they were probably married about 1687. Since both Jonathan's and Sarah's families were from Bridgewater, they were no doubt married there.

Sarah and Jonathan had the following children, all born in Bridgewater:

1. Recompence, b. perhaps about 1688, m. 1st 25 December 1711 Mary Crossman in Bridgewater, m. 2d 17 January 1726/7 Sarah (Alden) Brett in Bridgewater, d. 1759 in Bridgewater (see Recompence's profile for supporting sources)
2. John,^[5] b. perhaps about 1690,^[6] m. 1st Experience Sweeting,^[6] m. 2d 1730 Mary Burr,^[6] m. 3d 1731 Susanna Bryam,^[6] m. 4th 1734 Sarah Drake^[6]
3. Jonathan, b. perhaps about 1692, m. 1st 11 December 1717 Susanna Keith, m. 2d 10 December 1719 Experience Carver, d. 3 September 1766 (see Jonathan's profile for supporting sources)

Sarah's first husband, Jonathan, died in 1695.^[4][5]

Second Marriage and Children

Sarah married, second, Benjamin Snow in Bridgewater on October 25, 1705.^[7][8]

Sarah and Benjamin had the following child:

1. Sarah, b. August 20, 1706 in Bridgewater^[9][8]

Death

Sarah died sometime after September 12, 1738. She is mentioned in the will dated that date of Benjamin Snow, husbandman of Bridgewater.^[10]

^{[1] [2] [10] [9] [7] [6] [4] [8] [5] [3]}

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Bridgewater Town Records, Vol. 1, p. 15. FHL Film # 007009747, image 11. Link to image at familysearch.org. See image attached to this profile.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} "Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts to the Year 1850, Volume I - Births," New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1916, p 30
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Nahum Mitchell, "History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater in Plymouth County, Massachusetts," 1840, p 94
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} Seth C. Cary, "John Cary, the Plymouth Pilgrim," 1911, p 65
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3} Nahum Mitchell, "History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater in Plymouth County, Massachusetts," 1840, p 131
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5} Seth C. Cary, "John Cary, the Plymouth Pilgrim," 1911, p 75
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} "Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts to the Year 1850, Volume 2 - Marriages and Deaths," New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1916, p 76
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1 8.2} Nahum Mitchell, "History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater in Plymouth County, Massachusetts," 1840, p 301
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1} "Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts to the Year 1850, Volume I - Births," New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1916, p 303
10. ↑ ^{10.0 10.1} Roser, Susan E. Mayflower Deeds and Probates: From the Files of George Ernest Bowman at the Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., 1994. p 136

See also:

• Elbert H. T. Miller, History of the Miller Family (February 8, 1911) [This source is not available online and has not been checked]