Suffrenus Snell (1784 - 1872)

Born 24 Jun 1784 in Snells Bush, Manheim, Herkimer, New York

Ancestors

Husband of Eva (Fry) Snell — married about 1807 in Manheim, Herkimer, New York

Descendants

Died 23 Sep 1872 at age 88 in Snells Bush, Manheim, Herkimer, New York

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Biography

Suffreines Snell (aka Suffrunes/Sefrenes) Snell was born June 24, 1784, in Manheim Center, Herkimer county, New York, a son of Peter Jost Snell and Susanna (Kilts) Snell. His father is a veteran of the American Revolutionary War, whose DAR records give his name as Suffreines Snell, however, his name on his grave monument is spelled Sefrenes (by his children). A photo may be seen here: https://images.findagrave.com/photos/2003/355/8201298_1072125179.jpg

In 1807, in Manheim, Herkimer county, New York, Suffreines married Eve Fry. Their children: Peter, Anna, Levi, Enoch, Eliza, Phebe, Emily, Elizabeth, Jehoram, Edwin, Elvina, and Sofirus Snell. Sefrenes died September 23, 1872, and is buried in the Snells Bush Lower cemetery, in Manheim.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #8201298

• Sidenius, Carolyn. Descendants of Peter and Anna Kilts Snell (Little Falls, NY, 1992), #10, page 6
• Nellis–Nelles, Immigrants From the Palatinate, 1710, Vol. 1, published in 1997 by The Nellis and Nelles Family Associations and the Herkimer County Historical Society #1830, p. 303