Generation 1

NICHOLAS SNOW (d. 1676) of Eastham

Parents: Unknown

Nicholas Snow died on 15 Nov 1676 [Ref, p. 11] in Eastham. [Ref, 6;203] He married Constance Hopkins. [Ref, p. 9]

Nicholas came to New England in the Ann in 1623. [Ref, p. 11]

On 2 Jan 1632/3 and on 2 Jan 1633/4 the General Court asked the colonists to pay taxes, in grain or the equivalent. [Ref][Ref] Nicholas was assessed relatively low taxes in both years. [Ref]

Nicholas was a freeman in 1633. [Ref, p. 9] He is in the Plymouth section of the 1643 list of those between 16 and 60 able to bear arms in Plymouth Colony. [Ref]

He was an original inhabitant of Eastham on 22 May 1655. [Ref] He served 16 years as town clerk. He was deputy for three years from 1648. [Ref, p. 11] He was a selectman for seven years. [Ref, p. 11]

Children of Nicholas Snow and Constance Hopkins:

1. Mark Snow was born on 9 May 1628 [Ref][Ref, 7;14] in Plymouth. He died about 1695. [Ref] He married Anna Cook on 18 Jan 1654/5 [Ref] in Eastham. [Ref, 5;22] He married second Jane Prence on 9 Jan 1660/ in Eastham. [Ref, 7;14 says 9 Jan 1660][Ref][Ref says 9 Jan 1660]
   Mark was an original inhabitant of Eastham on 22 May 1655. [Ref] He was a deputy for six years, a selectman for 18 years and town clerk for 15 years. [Ref, p. 11]
   some descendants of Mark Snow
   
2. Mary Snow was born about 1630 in Plymouth. She married Thomas Paine .
3. Sarah Snow was born about 1632 in Plymouth. [Ref, p. 11] She married William Walker on 25 Feb 1654/5 in Eastham. [Ref][Ref, 5;23]
   some descendants of Sarah Snow
   
4. Lieut. Joseph Snow was born about 1634 in Plymouth. [Ref, p. 11] He died on 3 Jan 1722/3 in Eastham. [Ref, 3;230] He married Mary Unknown. [Ref, p. 11]
   some descendants of Joseph Snow
5. Stephen Snow was born about 1636 in Plymouth. [Ref, p. 11] He married Susanna (Deane) Rogers on 13 Dec 1665 in Eastham. [Ref, 6;13] Susanna was the daughter of Stephen and Elizabeth (Ring) Doane. [Ref, p. 11] She married first Joseph Rogers. [Ref, p. 11] He married Mary Bigford on 9 Apr 1701 in Eastham. [Ref, 6;14]
   Stephen was admitted as an inhabitant of Eastham before 1675. [Ref]
6. John Snow was born about 1638 in Plymouth. [Ref, p. 11] He married Mary Smalley [Ref, p. 11] on 19 Sep 1667 in Eastham. [Ref, 7;17]
   some descendants of John Snow
   
7. Elizabeth Snow was born about 1640 in Plymouth. She died on 16 Jun 1678 in Eastham. [Ref, 6;14] She married Thomas Rogers.
8. Lieut. Jabez Snow was born about 1642 in Plymouth. [Ref, p. 11] He died on 27 Dec 1690 [Ref][Ref, 4;32] while on the Canada Expedition. [Ref, p. 12] He married Elizabeth Smith. [Ref, p. 12] Elizabeth was the daughter of Ralph Smith. [Ref, p. 12] She married second as his second wife William Merrick of Eastham. [Ref, p. 12] He married first Abigail Hopkins. [Ref, p. 12]
   On 26 1670 Jabez was fined for commiting fornication with his wife prior to marriage. [Ref]
   some descendants of Jabez Snow
9. Ruth Snow was born about 1644 in Plymouth. [Ref, p. 11] She died on 27 Jan 1716 in Eastham. [Ref, 5;197] She married John Cole on 10 Dec 1666 in Eastham. [Ref, 5;196][Ref] John, the son of Daniel and Ruth (Chester) Cole, was born on 15 Jul 1644. [Ref, p. 11]
   some descendants of Ruth Snow
   
10. Hannah Snow was born in 1646, probably in Eastham. [Ref, p. 11] She married Giles Rickard. [Ref, p. 11] Giles was the son of Giles Rickard. [Ref, p. 11]
11. Rebecca Snow was born in 16148 in Eastham. [Ref, p. 11] She married Samuel Rickard. [Ref, p. 11]

Abigail Snow married Michael Ford on 12 Dec 1667 in Marshfield. [Ref]

The widow Rebecca Snow married John Sawyer on 23 Nov 1694 in Marshfield. [Ref]

Hannah Snow married William Cole on 2 Dec 1686. [Ref]

Generation 2

MARY SNOW (b. c. 1630)

Parents: Nicholas Snow and Constance Hopkins

Mary Snow was born about 1630 in Plymouth. [Ref, p. 11] She married Thomas Paine [Ref, p. 11] about 1650. [Ref]

ELIZABETH SNOW (c. 1640 - 1678)

Parents: Nicholas Snow and Constance Hopkins [Ref, p. 22]

Elizabeth Snow was born about 1640 in Plymouth. [Ref, p. 22] She died on 16 Jun 1678 in Eastham. She married Thomas Rogers on 13 Dec 1665 in Eastham. [Ref 6;14]

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Crowell, F. E., New Englanders in Nova Scotia, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1938. [Ref, p. 9]

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Hamlin, David, "First Settlers of Eastham, Mass.," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 6, 1852, 41-46, 167-170, 234-.

Hayward, Elijah, "Plymouth Colony Records," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 9, 1855, 313-318.

McPherson, Gladys Redfield, Ancestry of Addie Clark Harding: Daughter of Abner Clark Harding, Jr., and Maud McCain, Chicago: unknown, 196-?.

Paine, Josiah, "Inscriptions in the Old Cemetery at Orleans, Mass.," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 21, 1867, 212- .

Shurtleff, Nathaniel B., "Plymouth Colony Rates," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 4, 1850 252-3.

Smith, Leonard H. and Norma H. Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1993.

Stratton, Eugene Aubrey, Plymouth Colony: Its History and People 1620 - 1691, Salt Lake City, Ancestry, 1986.

Thomas, M. A., "Marriages from Early Records of Marshfield," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 6, 1852, 347- .