Thankful (Snow) Laskey (1744 - 1827)

Born 17 Feb 1744 in Eastham, Barnstable, Province of Massachusetts Bay, New England

Ancestors

Wife of William Laskey — married 14 Jan 1768 in Barrington, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada

Descendants

Died Feb 1827 at about age 82 in Port La Tour, Barrington, Shelburne, Colony of Nova Scotia

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Note: This profile may be conflated, and the Profile Manager may want to consider separating this daughter from the wife of William Laskey using two profiles:

• The birth of Thankful Snow, daughter of Joseph Snow and Mercy Knowles is factual, and William Laskey was married to a woman of the same name, but she may not have been the same person. This connection is only made on online family trees.
• The Nova Scotia sources clearly state that William Laskey's wife was the sister of Rachel Snow, who married Joseph Swaine of Port La Tour, and don't provide parents for either woman. Rachel does not appear among the children of Joseph Snow and Mercy Knowles, and there could have been another Thankful Snow.
• The sisters were likely related to one of the many Snow families who emigrated to Nova Scotia at this time. Lydia Brownson's Barnstable Notes shows how many Snow families were in Barnstable County alone^[1], and Esther Clark Wright's Planters and Pioneers shows four distinct Snow emigrant families to Nova Scotia, all of whom could have known Joseph Swaine and William Laskey: Jabez Snow in Granville, Joshua and Nathan Snow in Barrington, and Prence Snow in Liverpool^[2]

Biography

Thankful Snow was born February 17, 1744, the daughter of Joseph Snow and Mercy (Knowles) Snow of Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts Bay Province, New England.^{[3] [4]}

Thankful Snow may or may not have moved to Shelburne County, Nova Scotia, after the English had captured that colony from France and expelled most of the "Acadian" settlers. Over 6,000 men, women and children from New England moved north to what are now the Canadian Maritime Provinces in the 1755 to 1775 period.

On January 14, 1768, a woman named Thankful Snow married William Laskey in Barrington Township, Shelburne County, Nova Scotia Colony. Nova Scotia records clearly indicate that she was the sister of Rachel Snow, who married Joseph Swain^[5][6], and Rachel is not noted among the children of Joseph Snow and Mary Knowles. These sources do not provide parents for either sister.

William and Thankful (Snow) Laskey lived in Barrington Township, Nova Scotia Colony and had at least 1 daughter and 1 son: ^{[7] [8]}

1. Ann (Anne) (Anna) (Hannah) Laskey b: 28 Jan. 1772^{[9] [5]} on Cape Sable Island, Barrington Township, Nova Scotia Colony. Ann married first Mr. Thomas Worthen, a Loyalist born in Gloucester England, and had 9 children. She married second Mr. Charity Allen of Argyle, Nova Scotia and had 3 more children ^[6]
2. Joel Laskey, b: ??, Barrington, Nova Scotia Colony; d: 1799 at Sea^[5]

After William's death, Thankful moved to Port La Tour to live with her sister Rachel (Snow) Swaine^[5]

Thankful (Snow) Laskey died in Barrington Township, Shelburne County, Nova Scotia Colony on February 4, 1827.^[10][11]

Sources

1. ↑ Genealogical notes of Cape Cod families by Brownson, Lydia B.; Norton, Doris V.; Held, Grace V.; Publication date 1967; Volume Vol. 44 (Smith to Soper)
2. ↑ Wright, Esther Clark, 1895-. Planters And Pioneers. rev. ed. [Canada: s.n.], 1982
3. ↑ Eastham and Orleans Vital Records] Volume 1, page 70, published in Mayflower Descendant Volume 16, page 142, and in V.16, p.142/264887401 NEHGS which states fabruary ye 17th 1743/4 Thankfull Snow Daughter of Joseph and marcy Snow was born
4. ↑ Nauset & Vicinity on RootsWeb: Thankful Snow Cites: Col. Leonard H Smith, Jr. and Norma H Smith. Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans. An authorized facsimile reproduction of records published serially 1901-1935 in "The Mayflower Descendant." With an added index of persons. 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD: reprinted for Clearfield Co. by Genealogical Pub. Co. Page: 79 (MD16:142).
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3} A history of Barrington township and vicinity, Shelburne County, Nova Scotia, 1604-1870; with a biographical and genealogical appendix by Crowell, Edwin; Publication date 1923. See page 515 for William & Thankful Laskey, and page 583 for Joseph & Rachel Swaine
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} New Englanders in Nova Scotia by Fred Crowell. R. Stanton Avery Special Collections, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, MA. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010.) See Family #44, Second Swain Family on page 41, and Family #151 Laskey Family, on page 152
7. ↑ Toni's Tree on RootsWeb: Thankful Snow
8. ↑ My England & Canadian Roots on RootsWeb: Thankful Snow.
9. ↑ Barrington and Argyle, Nova Scotia: Vital records, 1734-1908 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.) See page 27, which states Barrington Nova Scotia The Register of Births in this Township ... 1772 January 28 Hannah Laskie of William Laskie & Tankful Laskie
10. ↑ Barrington and Argyle, Nova Scotia: Vital records, 1734-1908 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.) See page 44, which states Thankful Laskey Widow to William Laskey Deceased Feb 4 1827
11. ↑ See 2 preceding notes.

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• Nauset & Vicinity on RootsWeb: Thankful Snow Cites: Col. Leonard H Smith, Jr. and Norma H Smith. Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans. An authorized facsimile reproduction of records published serially 1901-1935 in "The Mayflower Descendant." With an added index of persons. 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD: reprinted for Clearfield Co. by Genealogical Pub. Co. Page: 79 (MD16:142).

Acknowledgments

• Thank you to Ken McIsaac for creating WikiTree profile Snow-2147 through the import of McIsaac Heritage_2012-03-03_2013-12-14 C_2013-12-18_2013-12-18.ged on Dec 18, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Ken and others.