Seth Snow Sr. (1744 - 1815)

Born 15 Jul 1744 in Woburn, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts Bay Province, New England

Ancestors

Husband of Ruth (Holden) Snow — married 14 Jun 1766 in Province of New York

Descendants

Died 22 Nov 1815 at age 71 in Augusta, Oneida Co., New York, USA

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Biography

This profile is part of the Snow Name Study.

Corporal Seth Snow Sr. served with 18th Massachusetts Bay Provincial Regiment (1775), Continental Army during the American Revolution.

Seth Snow Sr. is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: 293821
Rank: Corporal

Seth Snow Sr. is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A106765.

Son of Richard Snow and Abigail Coggin of Woburn, MA. Seth Snow (Sr.) married Ruth Holden (b. Nov. 20, 1745) on June 14, 1766, in Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay, New England. They lived first in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, but then moved Holden, Worcester Co., Massachusetts Bay Province, in 1772. Their first son, Seth Snow, Jr., was born on September 13, 1768, in Sudbury, Worcester County, Province of Massachusetts Bay, New England. On July 27, 1796, Seth Jr. married Abigail Griswold in Eaton, Madison County, New York. Seth Snow Jr. and his family moved west to Chautauqua County, New York, USA, around 1812.^[1]

According to "The Chautauqua Genealogist," (v.14, #4, Nov. 1991), Seth Snow, Sr., served as a Corporal in the Massachusetts militia during the American Revolution. Following that conflict, Seth Sr. moved to Eaton, Madison Co., New York, around 1793 and then joined his brother, Simeon Snow in Augusta, Oneida Co., New York. An accomplished joiner (carpenter), Seth Snow is said to have built himself "fine brick houses" in both Cherry Valley and Eaton, Madison Co., New York. He died in Augusta, Oneida County NY, in November 1815 at 81 years old. His wife, Ruth (Holden) Snow, pre-deceased him in Augusta, Oneida, NY, by three years.^[2]

The "16244" Family Tree says:^[3]
ID: I3118
Name: Seth SNOW - Sex: M
Birth: 15 JUL 1744 in Woburn, MA
Death: 22 NOV 1815 in Augusta, NY

Father: Richard SNOW b: 6 MAR 1712 in Woburn, MA
Mother: Abigail COGGIN b: 6 SEP 1708 in Woburn, MA

Marriage - Ruth HOLDEN b: 20 NOV 1745
Married: 14 JUN 1766

Children:

1. Seth SNOW b: 13 SEP 1768 in Sudbury, MA
2. Ruth SNOW b: 3 SEP 1770 in Sudbury, MA
3. Seth Suel SNOW b: 12 FEB 1773 in Holden, MA
4. Sally SNOW b: 28 FEB 1775 in Holden, MA
5. Joanna SNOW b: 9 APR 1777 in Holden, MA
6. Polly SNOW b: 28 OCT 1779 in Holden, MA
7. Lydia SNOW b: 9 APR 1782 in Holden, MA
8. Asa SNOW b: 25 APR 1787 in Holden, MA
9. Walter SNOW b: 23 APR 1789 in Holden, MA

Corporal in Capt. James Davis's Holden co. of Minute Men, Col. Ephraim Doolittle's regt., which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775. ^{[4] [5] [6] [7] [8]}

Sources

1. ↑ Research by Chet Snow, Sept. 15, 2014. See: Eby-Aebi Genealogy Data on RootsWeb - Seth Snow Jr.
2. ↑ Research by Chet Snow, Sept. 15, 2014. The "Chatauqua Genealogist" article is cited on: Field Family Tree.
3. ↑ 16244 Family Tree on RootsWeb - Seth Snow
4. ↑ DAR
5. ↑ Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War
6. ↑ United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783
7. ↑ Massachusetts, Revolutionary War, Index Cards to Muster Rolls, 1775-1783
8. ↑ The History of Holden, Massachusetts, 1684-1894

• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 2021-09-27), "Record of Seth Snow", Ancestor # A106765.

• Estes, David Foster. The History of Holden, Massachusetts, 1684-1894 (C.F. Lawrence & Co., Worcester, Mass., 1894); p. 163

• "Massachusetts, Revolutionary War, Index Cards to Muster Rolls, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLBX-9RM2 : 19 February 2021), Seth Snow, 19 Apr 1775; citing Military Service, Holden, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm .
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLGY-Y9RY : 19 February 2021), Seth Snow, 26 Sep 1777; citing Military Service, Holden, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm .
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLGY-Y9RB : 19 February 2021), Seth Snow, 26 Sep 1777; citing Military Service, Holden, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm .

• Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War (Wright & Potter Printing Co., Boston, 1896); Vol. 14, p. 624

• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4V2-KMZ : 10 November 2020), Seth Snow, 15 Jul 1744; citing Birth, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011120.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4DN-X2J : 10 November 2020), Seth Snow in entry for Ruth Snow, 1770.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4DW-Y75 : 10 November 2020), Seth Snow in entry for Ruth Snow, 1770.

• Birth records for Seth Jr., and Ruth Snow.
• Holden MA Birth Records
• 16244 Family Tree on RootsWeb - Seth Snow
• Eby-Aebi Genealogy Data on RootsWeb - Seth Snow
• Field Family Tree on RootsWeb - Seth Snow
• "Holy Bible, " pub. by Matthew Carey, Philadelphia PA, 1807; Snow family Vital Records handwritten on inside frontispiece to the New Testament section. A copy of these family Bible pages is in the possession of Chet Snow as of April 19, 2015. Mailed to him by an anonymous collector. Originals were sent on to a Seth Snow descendant in 2015.

• "United States Census, 1790," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHKL-H3Z : accessed 27 September 2021), Seth Snow, Holden, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States; citing p. 268, NARA microfilm publication M637, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 4; FHL microfilm 568,144.

• "United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG2M-LKBS : 1 March 2021), Seth Holden Snow, 26 Sep 1777; citing Military Service, , Citing various published state rosters, United States; FHL microfilm 101711091.

• Johnson, Edward. Woburn Records of Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Marriage Intentions, from 1640 to 1900 (Woburn, Mass., 1890-1919); Vol. 1, p. 244

• Vital Records of Holden, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (Franklin P. Rice, Worcester, Mass., 1904); p. 82

• Vital Records of Sudbury Massachusetts to the Year 1850 (New-England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Mass., 1903); p. 135

Acknowledgements

Thank you to Wilfred Vasile who created this profile on June 27, 2012.

Thank you to Chet Snow who adopted this profile as an "orphaned" profile, researched and edited it and added sources, on September 15, 2014 and re-edited on March 22, 2017.

Thank you to the NY antique dealer who generously gave Chet Snow some pages from a Snow family Bible that lists birth dates for Seth Snow, Sr.; his wife, Ruth (Holden) Snow; plus 4 of their children: Seth Snow, Jr.; Ruth Snow; Suel Snow and Sally Snow. Copy of these Bible pages are in the possession of Chet Snow as of April 19, 2015. Originals were sent to a Seth Snow descendant in 2015.