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STEPHEN SNOW (say 1636–1705), son of Nicholas Snow and Constance Hopkins
SUSANNA DEANE (d. by 1697), daughter of Stephen Deane and Elizabeth Ring
Stephen Snow was born say 1636. He died on 17 December 1705 in Eastham. [1] He married first Susanna Deane on 28 October 1663 in Eastham. [2] He married second Mary Bigford on 9 April 1701 in Eastham. [1][2] She died after 21 May 1706.
Susanna, the daughter of Stephen Deane, died after 8 May 1674 and probably after 1676, and before 2 April 1697. She married first Joseph Rogers.
Stephen is in the Eastham section of those admitted to freeman on the first Tuesday of June 1689. [3]
A deed acknowledged on 5 April 1669 refers to Susanna as the daughter of Stephen Deane and wife of Stephen Snow. [4]
On 8 May 1674 Thomas Rogers of Eastham, the heir of his deceased brother Joseph Rogers of Eastham, transferred to his "loveing sister" Susanna Snow, the late wife of his brother Joseph, and her husband Stephen Snow, all his right in his brother's estate. [4]
Stephen Smith of Eastham made his will on 2 April 1697. He left his two sons Micajah and Ebenezer his house and land in Eastham after his wife's decease and asked them to maintain their mother. He left Micajah the land in Harwich given to him by his father Nicholas Snow. He also mentions his daughter Mehitable and unnamed children. [5]
| house and land three acres of meadow wheat and rye looking glass and comb two pairs of pot hooks two books due from John King |
80-00-00 14-00-00 00-15-00 00-01-10 00-02-02 00-02-00 01-16-07 |
On 10 January 1705/6 the witnesses to Stephen's will testified. His rather meager inventory (shown) was presented and his son Micajah made oath to it. On 21 May 1706 his widow Mary Snow, his children Ebenezer and Mehitable Snow, and the husbands of his married daughters, John King, William Cole, and John Smith, acknowledged receipt of their shares from Stephen's executor Micajah Snow. [5]
Children of Stephen Snow and Susanna Deane:
i. Bathshua Snow was born on 25 July 1664 in Eastham. [1] She died in 1706/8. [6] She married John King before 1696. [6]
ii. Hannah Snow was born on 2 January 1666 in Eastham. [1] She died on 23 January 1737. [6] She married William Cole on 2 December 1686. [6]
iii. Micajah Snow was born on 22 December 1669 in Eastham. [1] He died between 25 December 1753 and 23 July 1754 in Eastham. [7] He married Mercy Young on 25 November 1697 in Eastham. [7] Mercy, the daughter of John and Ruth (Cole) Young and granddaughter of John and Abigail (Howland) Young and Daniel Cole, was born say 1678 and died before 25 December 1753. [7]
iv. Bethiah Snow was born on 1 July 1672 in Eastham. She died in 1734. She married John Smith.
v. Ebenezer Snow was born say 1674. He died on 9 April 1725. [6] He married Hope Horton on 22 December 1698. [6]
vi. Mehitable Snow was born say 1676. She was alive and unmarried on 21 May 1706. [6]
References:
1. "Eastham and Orleans, Mass., Vital Records," Mayflower Descendant 8 (1906): 15.
2. "Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to N.E. 1620–1633, Vols. I–III," database with images, AmericanAncestors, p. 1703.
3. Nathaniel B. Shurtleff, Records of Plymouth Colony: Court Orders, Miscellaneous Records, 1633–1689 (Boston: William White, 1857), 208.
4. "Massachusetts: Plymouth Colony Deeds, 1671–1673," database with images, AmericanAncestors, vol. 3, part 2, 119–200, 227–8.
5. "Barnstable, MA: Probate Records, 1685–1789," database with images, AmericanAncestors, 3: 13–16.
6. The Editor, "Stephen Snow's Will," Mayflower Descendant 31 (1933): 37–41.
7. Andrew P. Langlois, "Descendants of John Young of Plymouth and Eastham," Mayflower Descendant 52 (2005): 100.
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17-Jul-2023