William Snow (1783 - 1871)

Born 14 Jul 1783 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Anna (Colton) Snow — married 9 Jul 1816 in Seneca, Ontario Co., NY, USA

Descendants

Died 6 Jul 1871 at age 87 in Geneva, Ontario Co., New York, United States

Biography

Rev. William Snow was born on July 14, 1783 in Providence Rhode Island. His father was Rev. Joseph Snow IV, a prominent Congregational Church clergyman there. His mother was Sarah (Badger) Snow. William's Snow family pedigree goes back to William Snow Sr., b: 1624 in England, who married Rebecca Browne in the 17th Century English colony of Plymouth (Massachusetts), New England. She was the daughter of 1620 Mayflower passenger, Peter Browne. A later Snow descendant married a descendant of Mayflower passenger, John Alden. Hence, all of their progeny are Mayflower descendants by at least 2 passengers from that celebrated vessel.^[1]

Rev. William Snow was an educated man and a clergyman, like his father and paternal grandfather. After the War of 1812, he left New England, accepting the call of a new Methodist Episcopal Church congregation in Ontario County, New York. On July 9, 1816, in Seneca, Ontario, New York, USA, Rev. William Snow married Anna Colton, b: October 18, 1783 in Rupert, Bennington County, Vermont. She was a descendant of British Army Quartermaster George Colton. ^{[2] [3]}

The family lived in Ontario County, New York, USA. They had 4 children there:^[4][5]

1. Amanda Isabella SNOW, b: 13 July 1817 in Seneca, Ontario, NY
2. Samuel C. SNOW, b: ca. 1824 in Ontario County, New York
3. Joseph William SNOW, b: 21 Nov. 1825 in Phelps, Ontario, NY
4. Oliver Nois SNOW, b: 19 June 1836 in Geneva, Ontario, NY

Ref. William Snow was a pioneer Methodist preacher in Ontario County, New York state, USA. He was the first pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Geneva, New York. ^[6]

Somehow the family was not enumerated on the 1850 US Census in New York state and no corresponding family has been found for that year in other states. The 1855, New York State Census, however, does list Rev. William Snow's family as living at "E.D. 2, Seneca, Ontario, New York". This was the Household: ^[7]

Household........Role.....Sex....Age.....Birthplace.....Occupation

William Snow, Self, M, 71, Rhode Island, Clergyman

Ann Snow, Wife, F, 61, Vermont, Keeps House

Aneda [Amanda] I Crow, Daughter, F, 38, Ontario NY

Oliver N Snow, Son, M, 19, Ontario NY, Laborer

Anna Mariah Crow, Granddaughter, F, 7, Ontario NY

David William Crow, Grandson, M, 3, Livingston NY

Helen A Crow, Granddaughter, F, 1, Ontario, NY

Nelly Doty, Servant, F, 21, Clinton NY, Domestic

In 1860, the Snow family still lived in Seneca, Ontario, New York. The household included William Snow, 76, b. RI, a Methodist clergyman, with $4500 in real estate and $250 in personal estate; his wife, Ann, 66, b. VT.; their daughter, Amanda I. Crow (a widow since 2 Oct. 1859), 42, b. NY, with $550 in real estate and $500 in personal estate; Amanda’s three children, all b. NY, and all in school, Anna M. Crow, 12; David W. Crow, 8; and Helen A. Crow, 6. Also living with them were Gilbert Brundage, 22, a laborer; and Dianna DeHart, 55, a servant. ^[8]

In 1870, Rev. William Snow and wife Anna Snow lived with their daughter Amanda’s family in Seneca, Ontario, New York. The household included Amanda's 3rd husband: George Clinton P. Teall, 68, b. NY, a farmer with $10,000 in real estate and $2,000 in personal estate; his wife Amanda (Snow) Teall, 53, b. NY; her daughter Ellen (Helen) A. Crow, 16, b. NY; Orpha Baldwin, 23, b. NY; Phebe Thacher, 70, b. VT; Amanda’s parents, William Snow, 86, b. RI, a retired clergyman, and Ann(a) Snow, 76, b. VT. Plus a William Gaylord, 12, b. NY, in school. ^[9][10]

William Snow died early on 6 July 1871 after a long illness. He was nearly 88 years old (birthday was 14 July). Services were held at the Methodist Episcopal Church where he was Pastor Emeritus. His wife of over 50 years survived his passing. Anna (Colton) Snow died on April 14, 1877. Rev. William Snow is buried with his wife and other family members at the Washington Street Cemetery, Geneva, Ontario, New York. ^[11]

Sources

1. ↑ Added by Chet Snow on 28 Jul 2018. See Descendants of Nicholas Snow on RootsWeb: William Snow for this pedigree list, backed up by multiple sources.
2. ↑ A Genealogical Record of the Descendants of Quartermaster George Colton... by G. Woolworth Colton, pages 92 and 574. Preview only of a Google book.
3. ↑ Descendants of Nicholas Snow on RootsWeb: William Snow
4. ↑ See Preceding Note on John Alden Descendants.
5. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #36012309 - Samuel C. Snow
6. ↑ FindAGrave for his wife and son, Samuel
7. ↑ "New York State Census, 1855," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K63F-YL9 : 13 March 2018), William Snow, E.D. 2, Seneca, Ontario, New York, United States; citing p. 90, line #10, family #99, county clerk offices, New York; FHL microfilm 590,803.
8. ↑ 1860 US Census, Seneca, Ontario, New York (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC72-C19)
9. ↑ 1870 US Census, Seneca Town, Ontario, New York (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8VX-YT3)
10. ↑ "A Genealogical Record of the Descendants of George Colton," on pg. 92, states that Amanda Snow had 3 husbands: Rev. Moses Crow, D.D., m: 22 Sep 1844; Col. Thomas Vartie, m: 15 Sep. 1865; & George Clinton P. Teall, m: 18 Apr. 1867. Her brother, Joseph W. Snow, had married Sarah Elizabeth Teall on 20 Oct. 1846.
11. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #36012358