Johan Willem (Snoke) Snook (bef. 1745 - abt. 1787)

Ancestors

Died about 1787 after about age 42 in Frederick, Province of Maryland

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Biography

This profile is part of the Snook Name Study.

Johan Willem (Snoke) Snook was a New Jerseyan.

Johan Willem Snoke was born before 1745, son of Heinrich Snoke (1693–~1762).

Research Notes

Birth date estimated from his having a son old enough to be an executor of his will.

Frederick County Wills lists a will dated Feb. 8, 1787 by a weak John Snoke. “My estate in Maryland equally to children: Judah, Adam, Peter, Mary, Elizabeth [or Mary Elizabeth; unclear because there is no punctuation between names], and John, and also the money due me in the State of the Jerseys. Son Adam Snoke and Jacob Wolfe executors. /X/ Proved March 3, 1787 by witnesses.^[1]

Son Adam may be the one named as dying intestate in in an 1864 equity court case over the estate of Jacob Biehl.^[2]

There is a Johan Willem Snock listed as being naturalized in New Jersey on July 8, 1730 along with a Hendrick Snock. Were these two brothers who immigrated together from Germany? Or were they father and son?

Johan died about 1787 in Frederick, Province of Maryland, aged about 41.

Sources

1. ↑ Will of John Snoke, Frederick County, Maryland, Liber GM-2-234. Viewable online at "Maryland Register of Wills Records, 1629-1999," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GT1P-SSQ3?cc=1803986&wc=SNYC-C6D%3A146535301%2C147307901 : 20 May 2014), Frederick > Wills 1783-1794 vol 2 > image 132 of 294; Hall of Records, Annapolis.
2. ↑ Equity Court Records of Frederick County, Maryland, Liber JWLC-3. pp. 160-173. Abstracted by Dorinda Shepley at https://sites.rootsweb.com/~midmdroots/county/frederick/equity/jwlc03.htm

• Will of John Snoke, Frederick County, Maryland, Liber GM-2-234. Viewable online at "Maryland Register of Wills Records, 1629-1999," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GT1P-SSQ3?cc=1803986&wc=SNYC-C6D%3A146535301%2C147307901 : 20 May 2014), Frederick > Wills 1783-1794 vol 2 > image 132 of 294; Hall of Records, Annapolis.
• Equity Court Records of Frederick County, Maryland, Liber JWLC-3. pp. 160-173. Abstracted by Dorinda Shepley at https://sites.rootsweb.com/~midmdroots/county/frederick/equity/jwlc03.htm
• Western Maryland Genealogy, Vol. 7, p. 32

Acknowledgements

• This person was created through the import of Jenkins Family File w:sources 9.ged on 04 October 2010.