John Snoddy (1720 - 1784)

Born 1720 in Antrim, County Antrim, Ireland

Husband of Agnes (Glasgow) Snoddy — married 7 Oct 1741 in First Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Descendants

Died Feb 1784 at about age 64 in Abbington, Washington, Virginia, United States

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Biography

John was born around 1720 in Antrim, Ireland. He immigrated to the British Colonies in about 1740.

John married Agnes Glasgow 8-7-1741 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at the First Presbyterian Church. He was the father of 11 children,

James Lewis Snoddy,

Jane Snoddy,

John Snoddy,

Mary Snoddy,

Samuel Snoddy,

Elizabeth Snoddy,

Cary Snody,

Robert Snoddy,

Alice Snoddy,

Thomas Albert Snoddy,

William Glasgow Snody.

John was Justice of the Peace, Washington County, Virginia for some period of time..^[1]

John was known to live in Abingdon. He married Agnes Glasgow in Philadelphia in 1741 and later moved to Tennessee where he died in 1786.^[2] Conflicting information says he died in February 1784 in Washington County, Virginia.

NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH: Captain John Snoddy, born circa 1739 and who was amilitia captain on the Clinch until his removal to Kentucky around 1780. He married Margaret Walker, a daughter of John Walker who lived at the "sink" of Sinking Creek on a farm he called "Broad Meadows". Snoddy at one time owned Moore's Fort at Castlewood, which he sold prior to his removal to Kentucky to Frederick Fraley. He was a brother-in-law to Patrick Porter, and the Cowan brothers, David, William and Samuel, all having married Walker sisters. John Snoddy died in Madison Co., Ky. in 1814.

Death

30 DEC 1801^{[3] [4]}

Sources

1. ↑ Summers, Lewis Preston. Essay. In History of Southwest Virginia, 1746-1786: Washington County, 1777-1870, 255. Salem, MA: Higginson Book Co., 1993. p. 255.
2. ↑ "Pennsylvania Marriages, 1709-1940", https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WF-RZSS?from=lynx1UIV8&treeref=LTXG-PBM database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WF-RZSS : 6 February 2020), John Snoddy, 1741.
3. ↑ Abbreviation: GEDCOM file imported on 5 February 2010 Title: GEDCOM file submitted by Lynda Page Smith Borth, Lee Summit, KS. Imported on 5 February 2010. Subsequent Source Citation Format: GEDCOM file submitted by Lynda Page Smith Borth, Lee Summit, KS. Imported on 5 February 2010. BIBL GEDCOM file, Lynda Page Smith Borth. TMPLT TID 0 FIELD Name: Footnote VALUE GEDCOM file submitted by Lynda Page Smith Borth, Lee Summit, KS. Imported on 5 February 2010. FIELD Name: ShortFootnote VALUE GEDCOM file submitted by Lynda Page Smith Borth, Lee Summit, KS. Imported on 5 February 2010. FIELD Name: Bibliography VALUE GEDCOM file, Lynda Page Smith Borth. TMPLT
4. ↑ GEDCOM file imported on 30 January 2010

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