Jabez Snow (1642 - 1690)

Born 1642 in Plymouth, Plymouth Colony, New England

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Smith) Merrick — married 5 Sep 1670 (to 27 Dec 1690) in Eastham, Plymouth Colony

Descendants

Died 27 Dec 1690 at about age 48 in Eastham, Barnstable, Plymouth Colony, New England

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Biography

Jabez Snow was the 5th and youngest son of Nicholas Snow and "Mayflower" passenger, Constance (Hopkins) Snow. He was born in Plymouth, Massachusetts, in 1642, before his parents settled Eastham on Cape Cod in 1644-45; moving there as an infant. He married Elizabeth Smith on September 5, 1670; one day before the birth of their son, Jabez Snow II. He was fined 10 Pounds for having sexual relations before marriage but does not seem to have been otherwise shunned or importuned by marrying his pregnant finacee. He and Elizabeth were the parents of 9 other children together. Captain Jabez Snow died on 27 December 1690^[1] leaving Elizabeth with several minor-age children to raise.

Even though Jabez was the youngest son, he was clearly one of his father's favorites, as seen in his father, Nicholas Snow's Will of November 1676:

"..... Item To my son Jabez Snow, I Give all this my Land lying between my house and my son Thomas Paines, and seaven acrees att the base pond lying between Daniell Cole and William Brown; and a halfe acree of Marsh att the end of it and six acrees of upland att the herring pond; and an acree and halfe of meddow att silver springe lying on the Northsyde of William Walkers, and the Clift of upland adjacent to the above said Meddow and all the sedge about it, to Ephraime Done; and that prte of my house hee lives in as longe as my wife or I Doe live;

Item I Give him two acrees of Meddow att the Great Meddow lying between the Eel Creeke and Joseph hardings;

Item To my son Jabez, I Give that my four acrees of Meddow att Billinsgate Due to mee yett unlayed out; All this abovesaid upland and meddow I Give to my son Jabez Snow II and the heires of his body, lawfully begotten, for ever;

Item This my meddow about my house I Give to my son Jabez;

Item I Give to my Loveing wife Constant Snow all my stocke of Cattle sheep horses swine whatsoever, to be att her Disposall for the Comfort and support of her life, with all the moveable Goods I am posessed of and after her Decease, stocke and Movables to be equally Devided amongst all my Children;

Item To my wife I Give the use and Disposall of the parte of my house shee now Dwells in During her life time, and after her Decease to be my son Jabez Snowe...."^[2]

Jabez Snow was admitted a freeman at Eastham on 7 June 1681, and he served there as surveyor of highways and selectman. As a Militia Lieutenant, he engaged in the expedition to Canada of 1690.

Probate: 8 April 1695:^[3]

"Lieut. Jabez Snow of Eastham, dec'd sometime since is settled as follows: By Reason of ye change of Government and other troubles, ye settlement of estate was defered until this time, and Administrix gives a satisfactory account. 9 children, eldest son Jabez Snow [II] to have doubble part: 38 pounds, 8 shillings. Son Edward 19 lbs, 4 s.; son Thomas 19 lbs, 4 s; 6 daus; 14 lbs 4 s each. Estate settled 8 Apr 1695."^[4][5]

His inventory was taken on 20 April 1691.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ Births, marriages, deaths, 1649-ca.1840; intentions of marriage, 1700-ca.1905, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-9979-9XJM : 27 September 2022), FHL microfilm 007009735, image 113, Eastham, Massachusetts, Volume 2, Births, & Deaths, 1654-1797, Page 19.
2. ↑ Nicholas Snow's Will and Inventory: - Transcribed from the Original Records, By George Ernest Bowman. Cited in: hickey alves brown blake family tree - Individual page for Nicholas Snow (Link via Wayback Machine at Archive.org, capture date 12 Mar 2023.)
3. ↑ Barnstable Co. probate Records 1:113 in Cape Cod Gen. Soc. Bulletin Vol. XV No. 2, Jun 1989, p.46
4. ↑ "Probate records v. 1-3 1686-1747" database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9YB-N9RL : 22 April 2024), Film# 00770540, Barnstable, Massachusetts, image 69, Vol 1, Page 113.
5. ↑ Profile researched and added to by Chet Snow, Sept. 1, 2014
6. ↑ "Probate records v. 1-3 1686-1747" database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9YB-N9YY : 17 April 2024), Film# 00770540, Barnstable, Massachusetts, image 32, Vol 1, Page 39-40.

See also:

• John D. Austin, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Vol 6, Stephen Hopkins, Plymouth, Mass.: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2001 [3rd edition], Pages 7, 19-20.
• The Chrisman Pedigree; website created by Lonnie Chrisman.
• Eastham, Massachusetts, Vital Records
• "The Great Migration Begins: immigrants to New England 1620-1633;" by Robert Charles Anderson. Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995.
• David Pane-Joyce, Pane-Joyce Genealogy. (http://aleph0.clarku.edu/~djoyce/gen/report/ : December 2011) *Caleb H. Johnson, The Mayflower and her passengers (Indiana:Xlibris Corp., Caleb Johnson, 2006)
• "Mayflower Families Through Five Generations", Volume 6, "Hopkins", Published by General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1992.
• Source: S-1706074006 Repository: #R-1788507752 Mayflower Births and Deaths, Vol. 1 and 2 Author: Ancestry.com. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. APID: 1,3718::0 Repository: R-1788507752 http://www.Ancestry.com
• Town records, 1654-1863 [Eastham, Massachusetts], database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-9979-QJ7X : 27 September 2022), , FHL microfilm 007009743, image 331, Eastham, Massachusetts, Volume 2, Transcribed by order of the Town in 1856 by, H. Doane 2d, Town Clerk, Marriages, Births, & Deaths, 1654-1797, Page 4.