Heman Snow Sr. (1766 - 1827)

Born 29 Sep 1766 in Eastham, Barnstable, Province of Massachusetts Bay, New England

Ancestors

Husband of Dorcas (Higgins) Snow — married 20 Apr 1786 (to 21 May 1812) in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA

Husband of Lydia (Knowles) Snow — married Dec 1812 in Orleans, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States

Descendants

Died 23 Aug 1827 at age 60 in Orleans, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA

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Biography

Heman "Swamp" Snow Sr. was born in 1766 in Eastham, Barnstable County (Cape Cod), in the Province of Massachusetts Bay, New England. He was the oldest son of David Snow (1739-1810) and his wife Mary (Cole) Snow (1738-1800), both also born on Cape Cod. ^{[1] [2]}

On April 20, 1786, Heman Snow Sr. married Dorcas Higgins, b: 20 Sep 1765 in Eastham, Mass. They were married in Eastham by Rev. Bascom of Eastham.^[3] The couple settled in Eastham and later moved to neighboring Orleans, Barnstable County, Massachusetts Bay province.

They had the following children: ^[4]

1. Betsey Snow b: 27 Sep 1786 in Eastham, Mass., USA; d: 1788
2. Lucy Snow b: 6 Nov 1788 in Eastham, Massachusetts
3. Josiah H Snow b: 17 Jul 1791 in Eastham, Massachusetts
4. Heman Snow Jr., b: 1 Aug 1793 in Eastham, Massachusetts
5. Jonathan Snow b: 20 Aug 1795 in Eastham, Massachusetts
6. Mary Snow b: 21 Apr 1797 in Orleans, Massachusetts
7. Betsey Snow b: 2 Sep 1799 in Orleans, Massachusetts
8. Simpkins Snow b: 12 Jul 1803 in Orleans, Massachusetts
9. Benjamin Snow b: 1806 in Orleans, Massachusetts
10. Edmond Snow b: 1808 in Orleans, Massachusetts
11. John Gill Snow b: 28 Jul 1811 in Orleans, Massachusetts
12. Infant Snow, b: May 1812 in Orleans, Massachusetts

Dorcas (Higgins) Snow died on May 21, 1812, following the birth of her 12th child at 46 years old. She was buried in the Orleans, Mass. Cemetery. Hemen Snow, Sr., remarried to widow Lydia (Knowles) Knowles, b: 22 August 1772 in Eastham, Massachusetts. They married in December 1812 in Eastham.^[4]

Heman Snow Sr. died on October 23, 1827, in Orleans, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA. His 2nd wife Lydia (Knowles) Snow survived him. She died on May 31, 1843, also in Orleans. Both are buried at the Orleans Cemetery, East Orleans, Barnstable Co., Massachusetts, USA. An obelisk marks their grave site, which includes 9 other close family members. ^[5] The text of the Obelisk is given on: ^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQDD-TYC : 15 January 2020), Heman Snow, 1766.
2. ↑ Sources for Heman Snow on FamilySearch; cites 30 sources
3. ↑ "Marriages, circa 1761-1844," from Book 2, in "Vital Records of Eastham and Orleans, Massachusetts," 2002. Oxford, MA: Holbrook Research Institute (2 Cds), files H01_04a - H01_04f cited on Nauset & Vicinity - Heman Snow
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} Nauset & Vicinity - Heman Snow on RootsWeb; a well-researched site by a local historian.
5. ↑ Find A Grave Memorial# 71859556 - Heman "Swamp" Snow Sr. . No photos.

• Nauset & Vicinity - Heman Snow

• "United States Census, 1800," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHRZ-Z8G : accessed 23 May 2022), Temen Snow Jr, Orleans, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States; citing p. 24, NARA microfilm publication M32, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 13; FHL microfilm 205,611.

• Find A Grave: Memorial #51023534 Orleans Cemetery, East Orleans, Massachusetts