Dorcas (Samson) Snow (abt. 1699 - aft. 1778)

Born about 1699 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of John (Plumly) Plumbly — married 15 Apr 1723 in Mendon, Suffolk, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Wife of Jonathan Jennings — married 11 Jan 1742 in Upton, Worcester, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Wife of Daniel Snow — married 8 Apr 1759 in Brookfield, Worcester, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Died after 19 Feb 1778 after about age 79 in Shelburne, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

Dorcas, daughter of Stephen and Elizabeth (unknown) Samson, was probably born at Duxbury, MA. She is a descendant of Mayflower passenger HENRY SAMSON.

She married first John, son of Alexander and Elizabeth (Drew) Plumbly, at Mendon, MA on April 15, 1723. The records states they were both of Mendon. It is likely that she moved there with her sister, Elizabeth, when she married Jonathan Thayer. Dorcas and John had one child, a daughter named Dorcas born in 1724. They is no further record and she wasn't named in her fathers will so she probably died young. They obviously removed to Upton, MA as some point as John died there on July 11, 1740.

Dorcas married second Jonathan, son of Stephen and Hannah (Dickinson) (Gillett) Jennings. They married at Upton on January 11, 1742. He was of Brookfield, MA and that's were they resided until Jonathan's death on July 19, 1754. They had no issue.

She married third Daniel Snow of Leicester, MA on May 18, 1758 at Brookfield.

Dorcas died 19 Feb 1778 in Shelburne, Massachusetts.^[1][2] Her will was probated in Hampshire County. In her will dated 9 February 1778, she names, kinswoman Zilpha Aldridge, kinsman Elijah Tyler, cousin Hannah Nelson (children of her deceased sister Hannah Tyler; children of her beloved sister Mary Thayer, sister Elizabeth Thayer, well-beloved sister Abigail Bruce?, kinswoman Dorcas Fiske. She names Ebenezer Fisk, husband of Dorcas Fisk as executor of her estate. ^[3] ------------------------------------------

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Sources

1. ↑ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). Shelburne - V1 Page 180 Text: "Dorcas, wid., Feb. 19, 1778, a. 79 y. P. R. 18."
2. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 30 March 2020), memorial page for Dorcas Snow (1699–19 Feb 1778), Find A Grave: Memorial #68096713, citing Hill Cemetery, Shelburne, Franklin County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Anonymous (contributor 47283828) .
3. ↑ Hampshire County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1660-1889. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2016, 2017. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives and the Hampshire County Court. Digitized mages provided by FamilySearch.org) Case 138-18: Will

• Robert Moody Sherman, Ruth Wilder Sherman, comps., Robert S. Wakefield, ed., Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Henry Samson, Volume 20, Part 1 of 3, (Plymouth: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2000), pp. 9, 31-32

• Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850: Vital Records of Mendon Massachusetts, to the year 1850, (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016), (1st marriage)

• Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850: Vital Records of Upton, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849, (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016), (2nd marriage)

• Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850: Vital Records of Brookfield, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849, (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016), (3rd marriage)