Nathan Snow (1759 - 1835)

Born 10 Dec 1759 in Ashford, Windham County, Connecticut, New England

Ancestors

Husband of Thankful (Pettibone) Snow — married 20 Oct 1785 (to 1812) in Becket, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States

Husband of Martha (Chaffee) Snow — married 11 Feb 1813 in Becket, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States

Descendants

Died 18 Oct 1835 at age 75 in Becket, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Corporal Nathan Snow served with Berkshire County Militia, Massachusetts Militia during the American Revolution.

Nathan Snow is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A106747.

Nathan Snow is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: 293795
Rank: Corporal

Nathan Snow was born 10 December 1759 in Ashford, Windham County, Connecticut to Oliver Snow and Elizabeth Phillips. He died in Becket, Berkshire, Massachusetts, on October 18, 1835. He had many brothers and sisters, including several half-siblings. Twins seem to have run in this family because Nathan is said to have had a twin brother, Solomon and another set of twin siblings. Solomon and Silas Snow were born in 1761. (There may be confusion between Solomon and Solomon as both have same death dates of 1796, according to the research of Snow descendant, Rose Partheymuller, so that Nathan may not really have had a twin brother. The Solomon & Silas Snow born in 1761 were definitely twins.)^[1]

Nathan Snow lived in Ashford, Connecticut until 1779, when he moved to Becket, Berkshire County, Massachusetts. He was a Revolutionary War veteran who enlisted three times as a private from Ashford CT for terms of (a) three months beginning November 1776, (b) two months beginning September 1777, and (c) two months beginning 1 January 1778. He was later drafted for a one-month term in the month of September 1778 specifically to work on Fort Trumbull in New London, Connecticut. Finally, as a Sergeant this time, he was drafted as a new resident of Becket, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts, substituting for a sergeant for a two-month term from July 1779 at New Haven, Connecticut. In each of these tours of duty he spent his time guarding the respective towns, building breastworks, or working on maintenance projects of existing defenses. Nathan later received a military pension for his service.^[2][3] Note Capt Caleb Stone served with the 5th Regt CT.

Nathan Snow had two wives. He married Thankful Pettibone on 20 October 1785. They had 4 children:

1. Thankful Snow (1787 - 1860); m: Ralph Snow
2. Nathan Snow Jr (1793 - 1815)
3. Letitia Snow (1800 - 1894); m: Austin Davis, 1816
4. Nelson Snow (1801 - 1815)

Thankful (Pettibone) Snow died in 1812. Nathan then married widow Martha "Patty" (Chaffee) Davis on 11 Feb 1813. She was the mother of 11 children by her first husband, Edward Davis (d: 1807).

Nathan Snow passed away on October 18, 1835, at his farm in Becket, Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA. He was buried at the Yokum Cemetery (private land), there. His 2nd wife, Martha "Patty" Chafee (Davis) Snow, had died on February 18, 1835, just 7 months before her husband. They are buried together at the Yokum Cemetery. ^[4]

In his will, written 3 November 1829, proven 1 March 1836, in Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts, Nathan Snow cites his 2nd wife Patty; daughter Thankful, wife of Ralph Snow, & daughter Letitia, wife of Austin Davis. The Sole executer was Lawton Wadsworth. As both of his sons preceded him in death, Nathan Snow left his farm in Crawford County, Pennsylvania, to his elder daughter Thankful (Snow) Snow and his home farm in Becket, Berkshire, Massachusetts to his younger daughter, Letitia "Lettie" (Snow) Davis.

Sources

1. ↑ Genealogy of Nathan Snow - researched and added by Chet Snow, May 12, 2014. See also: Find A Grave Memorial# 56523172 - Nathan Snow
2. ↑ U.S. Military Archives, Pension 21495; Nathan Snow. Cited on Genealogy-of-Rose-Partheymuller, refered to in preceding Note.
3. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 22 January 2024), "Record of Nathan Snow", Ancestor # A106747.
4. ↑ Find A Grave Memorial# 56599068 - Mrs Martha Davis "Patty" Chaffee Snow

• Find A Grave Memorial# 56523172 - Nathan Snow .

• DAR Linage Book - Nathan Snow, Book 281, p. 21. Submitted by Miss Ina Forrest Davis. Daughter of Nelson Austin Davis and Joanna Pendergest, his wife. Granddaughter of Austin Davis and Lettica Snow, his wife. Gr.-granddaughter of Nathan Snow and Thankful Pettibone, his wife. It refers to Nathan's military service and pension.

• Snow, George B., compiler, "Richard Snow," 1924, Long Beach, California, p.110. Source for contents of Nathan's will.

• Tom Bredehoft (see Sharp-661), p43.

• Information from John Davis, a descendant, as told to Tom Bredehoft. John manages Nathan & family's Find A Grave memorials.

• Genealogy of Rose Partheymuller on Mocavo.com

• Bob Juch's Kin on RootsWeb - Nathan Snow. Gives daughter Thankful's husband's name: Ralph Snow. His father was James Snow, b: Jan. 1749 in Ashford CT. James & Nathan Snow were 1st cousins (shared grandfather was Samuel Snow, b: Feb. 1670, Woburn Mass. Bay).

• Source: S108583918 Repository: #R100490587 Ancestry Family Trees: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=109157818&pid=2228 - Repository: R100490587 Ancestry.com

• 'Source to find: The [Becket MA] Athenaeum holds a manuscript written by [Harriet] Cerelia Snow which includes genealogical details of many of the Snow families that lived in Becket MA. Comment by Chet Snow: It's name is the "Genealogical Records of the Inhabitants of Becket", written by Harriet Cerelia Snow and the only manuscript copy is available for in-house study in the Athenaeum Society of Becket, Massachusetts, USA. There is no on-line reference. Cited: 26 Feb 2017.