William Snow Sr (1624 - 1708)

Born 1624 in England

Husband of Rebecca (Browne) Snow — married 1654 in Bridgewater, Plymouth colony, New England

Descendants

Died 31 Jan 1708 at about age 84 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay, New England

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Biography

William Snow was born in 1624 in England. His parents are unknown. He came to America on the ship Elizabeth & Ann as an apprentice of Richard Derby in 1635. In 1638 he was assigned to Edward Doten of Plymouth for period of 7 years. ^[1][2][3][4]

William Snow died in Bridgewater, Massachusetts, on 31 January 1708. He had made his will on 9 March 1698/9. In the will he stated that he had "disposed of a Considerable part of [his] lands to [his] sons Joseph snow and & ... Benja_n Snow," and had other lands not yet disposed of. Because his son William Snow had promised to provide for his aged parents during their "naturall lives," he was to receive "all my out Lands already Divided not yet disposed of." His "four Daughters namely Mary Lidia Hannah & Rebeckah" were to receive his Moveables "after my decease & my wifes." He named son William Snow to be the executor. In his publication of a transcript of the will, George Bowman observed (based on the wording of the will) that "the four daughters were evidently married at the date of the will."^[5] His inventory records his death date as January 31:1708, and was taken on 24 February 1708.^[6]

Marriage and Children

William Snow married Rebecca Browne.^[1][2][3] They had the following children:

1. William Snow
2. James Snow
3. Joseph Snow
4. Benjamin Snow
5. Mary Snow
6. Lydia Snow
7. Hannah Snow
8. Rebecca Snow

Time line

• 1624 - William Snow Sr. was born in England.
• 1635 - Emigrated to Plymouth Colony on the Elizabeth & Ann.
• 1654 - William and and Rebecca Brown were married.
• 1708 - William Snow Sr. died on 31 Jan. 1708 in Massachusetts

Research Notes

• Was he actually born in Inkberrow, Worcestershire, England?
• Did he die in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts?

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Edwin H. Snow, The William Snow family. Descendants of William Snow, who landed at Plymouth, Mass., in 1635 (Providence: Snow and Farnham, Co., 1908), p. pp. 1-2, digital images, https://archive.org/stream/williamsnowfamil00snow#page/n15/mode/2up. Google Books (http://books.google.com : accessed 11 January 2015).
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Caleb Johnson, "Peter Browne", MayFlowerHistory.com (http://mayflowerhistory.com : accessed 13 January 2016), http://mayflowerhistory.com/browne
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633: Volume I: A-F (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995), pp. 259-261
4. ↑ "Peter Brown(e)", Pilgrim Hall Museum (http://www.pilgrimhall.org/: accessed 13 January 2016), https://pilgrimhall.org/peter_browne.htm
5. ↑ Bowman, George Ernest. William Snow's Will and Inventory. The Mayflower Descendant: A Magazine of Pilgrim Genealogy and History. Boston, MA: Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1899- . (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010) Vol. 8 (1906), pages 101-103.
6. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-997D-6SC1 : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1702-1710 vol 2 > image 102 of 106; State Archives, Boston.