David Snow Jr. (1760 - 1813)

Born 6 Aug 1760 in Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay, New England

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth Snow — married 10 Oct 1786 in Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States

Descendants

Died 23 Nov 1813 at age 53 in Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

GENEALOGICAL NOTE: Do not confuse this man with his cousin, David Snow, born 28 July 1760 in the neighboring Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay, to David Snow (1711-1776) and Priscilla (Sparrow) Snow (1722-1805). Both were descendants of Nicholas Snow and Mayflower passenger, Constance (Hopkins) Snow of Plymouth Colony, New England. ^[1]

David Snow Jr. was the son of Capt. David Snow Sr. and his wife Hannah (Collins) Snow. He was born at the tip of Cape Cod: in Truro, Barnstable County, in the English province of Massachusetts Bay, on 6 August 1760; he died in Truro, Massachusetts, USA, in 1813. From the time he was just a child, David Snow Jr., was a sailor. He lived as much on the Atlantic Ocean as on dry land. Eventually he became a vessel master, earning the title "Captain" David Snow.

On October 10, 1786, following the American Revolution, David Snow Jr. married a cousin, Elizabeth "Betty" Snow, b. July 25, 1763, in Truro. She was the daughter of Captain Ambrose Snow and his wife Hannah (Rich) Snow. The couple had at least one son: ^[2]

1. Ambrose Snow (1788-1859), b: 3 Jun 1788 in Truro, Barnstable Co., Mass.; m. Elizabeth (Betsy) Scull in Truro in 1810.

No other children have been found for David & Elizabeth Snow in Truro's Vital Records.

David Snow Jr. died on November 23, 1813, in Truro, Massachusetts, USA. His wife survived him. She died June 15, 1830, in Truro, Cape Cod, Massachusetts. ^[3] They are buried in the Truro Congregational Church cemetery.

Sources

1. ↑ Local Cape Cod historian, David Kew, discusses David Snow's parentage on David Snow on RootsWeb Well researched.
2. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPZG-MH3C : 19 April 2021), David Snow and Betty Snow, 10 Oct 1786; citing Marriage, Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007010733.
3. ↑ MA Vital Records/Barnstable/Truro Deaths: "Snow" ("Snow, Betsy, d. Ambrose and Hannah (Rich) Snow, Wid. David, June 21, 1830").

• George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), pg. 94.

• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPZG-MH3C : 19 April 2021), David Snow and Betty Snow, 10 Oct 1786; citing Marriage, Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007010733.

• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCW1-KD8 : 15 January 2020), David Snow in entry for Ambrose Snow, 1788.

• "United States Census, 1800," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHRZ-6YQ : accessed 10 December 2022), Snow David, Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States; citing p. 62, NARA microfilm publication M32, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 13; FHL microfilm 205,611.

• Descendants of Nicholas Snow - David Snow

• Treat, John Harvey. From The Diary of Rev. Jude Damon of Truro, Mass., The Salem Press Historical and Genealogical Record (Salem Press, Salem, Mass., 1891) Vol. 2, Treat, John Harvey. From The Diary of Rev. Jude Damon of Truro, Mass., Vol. 2, page 9 Deaths: Snow...