Stephen Snow (1681 - bef. 1769)

Born 24 Feb 1681 in Eastham, Plymouth Colony, New England

Ancestors

Husband of Margaret (Elkins) Snow — married 12 Jul 1705 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died before 8 Aug 1769 before age 88 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay, New England

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Biography

Stephen Snow was born in 1681, the 3rd son of Joseph Snow and his wife Mary. He was born on Cape Cod, in the town of Eastham, settled by his grandparents in 1645, Plymouth Colony, New England (later called "Massachusetts"). Some accounts state that he was a "mariner" or seaman in his youth - perhaps a fisherman as that was a common profession at that time and place. In his youth he was called "Stephen Jr" to distinguish him from his uncle, Stephen Snow. Later, he had a son, Stephen Snow Jr.^[1]

On July 12, 1705, in Eastham, Stephen married Margaret Elkins,^[2][3] b. April 26, 1683, in Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts Bay Colony.

They had 10 children together in Eastham:^{[4] [3]}

1. Margaret Snow, b. 14 May 1706
2. Stephen Snow, b. 21 Mar 1708
3. Lydia Snow, b. 26 Mar 1710
4. Sarah Snow, b. 13 Feb 1712; mar. Samuel Smith (int.) 25 Sep 1736, prob. son of Beriah & Susanna (Savage) Smith b. 3 Sep 1706 at Eastham; living 1773.^[4]
5. Elkins Snow, b. 24 Mar 1713/14
6. Jane Snow, b. 22 Apr 1716
7. Robert Snow, b. 22 Feb 1717/18
8. John Snow, b. 30 Mar 1720; d. 20 Jan 1764 of smallpox; m. Phebe Hatch 10 Dec 1746, dau. Thomas & Mary (Cathcart) Hatch.
9. Mercy Snow, b. 24 Feb 1721/2
10. Ruth Snow, b. 11 Dec 1725

With such a large family to raise, and possibly when he inherited some land from older members of the Snow "clan" of Eastham, Stephen became in independent property owner and farmer. His 1769 will calls him a "yeoman" indicative of owning property.

Stephen Snow died in August 1769 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Province, New England.

Sources

1. ↑ Rogers-Cushing-Stiles-Carroll on RootsWeb: Stephen Snow (Link via Wayback Machine at Archive.org, capture date 13 Mar 2023.)
2. ↑ Births, marriages, deaths, 1649-ca.1840; intentions of marriage, 1700-ca.1905, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L979-9X4G : 28 September 2022), FHL microfilm 007009735, image 131, Eastham, Massachusetts, Volume 2, Births, & Deaths, 1654-1797, Page 65b.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Bowman, George Ernest, "Eastham & Orleans, Mass., Vital Records" Mayflower Descendant Vol. 7:15-16.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Austin, John D., Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Stephen Hopkins, Vol. 6 (Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2001 [3rd edition]), pp. 15, 54-55.

See also:

• Rodrick-Culver Family Tree
• Snow Name Study

Acknowledgements

• Thank you to Kathryn Greenwald for creating WikiTree profile Snow-360 by importing greenwald-millerGEDCOM.ged on 27 September 2010.

• Thank you to Constance Dickey for creating WikiTree profile Snow-1116 on Nov 25, 2011, from First-hand knowledge. Click the Changes tab for the details of edits by Constance and others.

• Thank you to Chet Snow for researching and editing this biography, adding sources and listing the profile in the Snow One-Name Study on May 20, 2015.