Ebenezer Snow (1701 - 1786)

Born 29 Mar 1701 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay, New England

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Pratt) Snow — married 1728 (to 23 Jun 1737) in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay, New England

Husband of Sarah (Hooper) Snow — married 14 Dec 1737 (to 10 Aug 1750) in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay, New England

Husband of Lydia (Dean) Snow — married 14 Nov 1762 in Raynham, Bristol Co., Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 30 Nov 1786 at age 85 in Raynham, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA

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Biography

Ebenezer Snow was born March 29, 1701 in Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. He was the fourth son of Benjamin Snow and Elizabeth Alden. His parents had a large family of over 14 children. Several died in infancy. ^[1]

In 1728, at 26 years old, Ebenezer Snow married his first wife, Sarah Pratt, b. 1707 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts. They had 4 children, all in Bridgeport:

1. Ebenezer SNOW b: 16 Nov 1729 in Bridgewater, Plymouth MA
2. Nathaniel SNOW b: 6 Jun 1731 in Bridgewater, Plymouth MA
3. Sarah SNOW b: 27 Jul 1733 in Bridgewater, Plymouth MA
4. Caleb SNOW b: 8 Jun 1736 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Mass. Bay

Unfortunately, Sarah (Pratt) Snow died on June 24, 1737, in Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Bay, New England.

With several very young children to raise, Ebenezer Snow remarried on December 14 of the same year, this time to widow Sarah Hooper (Leach), b: October 9, 1705 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay.^[2] They had 7 children together in Bridgeport, Massachusetts Bay Province:

1. Francis SNOW b: 26 Mar 1740 in Bridgewater, Plymouth MA
2. Rebecca SNOW b: 5 Mar 1741 in Bridgewater, Plymouth MA
3. Solomon SNOW b: 13 Dec 1741 in Bridgewater, Plymouth MA
4. Zebedee SNOW b: 26 Feb 1743 in Bridgewater, Plymouth MA
5. John SNOW b: ca. 1745 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Mass. Bay
6. Eli SNOW b: ca. 1747 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Mass. Bay
7. Mary SNOW b: ca. 1749 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay, New England

"No proof found for children John, Eli, or Mary mentioned in Bridgewater by Mitchell (1840) p. 316 and in J. H. Temple's History of North Brookfield (1887) (which may have been copied from the former)."^[3]

Sarah (Hooper) Leach, Snow died on 10 August 1750. In about December 1761, Ebenezer Snow moved his family to Raynham, Bristol County, Massachusetts Bay Province. There he remarried for a third time on November 14, 1762, to widow, Lydia Dean (Wilbore), b: 11 Dec 1704 in Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Province. They had no children together; each had several children by their previous partners. ^[4]

Ebenezer and Lydia Snow lived in Raynham, Bristol, Massachusetts, just a few miles west of his native Bridgewater, until his death in November 30, 1786. His 3rd wife, Lydia (Dean) Snow, predeceased him by one month, dying on November 1, 1786. Their burial sites have not been recorded.

Sources

1. ↑ MA Vital Records/Plymouth/Bridgewater Births: Ebenezer Snow
2. ↑ MA Vital Records/Plymouth/Bridgewater Marriages: Snow, Ebenezer & Sarah Leach
3. ↑ Esther Littleford Woodsworth-Barnes, Mayflower Families through Five Generations, Vol. 16, Part 1, "The Descendants of John Alden," General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2002. "The Silver Book" Page 365
4. ↑ Mitchell's history of Bridgewater, Massachusetts..., by Nahum Mitchell: 1897, pg. 316 on Ebenezer Snow.

See also:

• Bernhard - Schmillen - Cushman - Peery - Osborne Tree - Ebenezer Snow

• New England Historical & Genealogical Register, 1916; Bridgewater, MA Vital Records (Births) to 1850, transcribed by Coralynn Brown, cited on Bridgewater Vital Records]. Birth record for Ebenezer Snow, b: March 29, 1701, to Benjamin & Elisabeth Snow (1st wife). No birth record for an "Eleazar Snow" in 1702 exists for Bridgewater MA.

• Ebenezer Snow, b: 1702 on Genealogy Brick Walls Heatonbrown.com Note: Profiles on this site can be shifted to different pages due to ongoing research; use the Surname Index to find "Snow, Ebenezer, b: 29 Mar 1702" if he is not on the page referenced here on 1 Feb 2021.

• Source: S2324701446 Repository: #R2198041564 Clemens, William Montgomery: American Marriage Records Before 1699. Pompton Lakes, NJ, USA: Biblio Co., 1926. Ancestry.com Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1997.

• Source: S2325025701 Repository: #R2198041564 Vital Records of Bellingham Massachusetts to the Year 1850. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1904; Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.

• Source: S8 The Hooper Genealogy, Compiled by Charles Henry Pope and Thomas Hooper. Publication: Boston, MA: Charles H.Pope, 1908 (Reprint by Higginson Genealogical Books, Salem, MA) Repository: Library of Mark W. Whipple. NOTE: This 1908 family history has incorrect birth & death dates for this man. Sarah (Hooper) Snow died on 10 Aug 1750; Ebenezer lived another 30 years. Use with caution & check Massachusetts primary sources wherever possible.

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Snow-927 was created through the import of greenwald-millerGEDCOM.ged on 27 September 2010.

• WikiTree profile Snow- 252 was created by Regina E DeMarco through the import of DeMarco-Gaffney Family Tree.ged on July 1, 2011.

• WikiTree profile Snow-1220 was created by Stanley Wood from firsthand knowledge on January 10, 2012.