Snow, Benjamin

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BIRTH: Edward F. Johnson, ed, WOBURN RECORDS, 8 vols. (Boston, 1890-1916), 1:244 (FHL #974.44/W3 V2j).
MAR: "Ashford Births, Marriages, Deaths, 1710-1851," Barbour Collection (typescript, 1921; Conn. State Library, Hartford), 153 (FHL #002967).
DEATH: Ibid. Also see the adm of estate of Benjamin Snow of Ashford, 10 Jun 1752, Windham District Probate, 2:354 (FHL #005925). Inv of estate, 12 May 1752, is in Windham District Probate Files, #3471 (FHL #1027455).

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Benjamin married Freeman, Keziah on 20 Oct 1737 in Ashford,Windham,CT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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BIRTH: Edward F. Johnson, ed, WOBURN RECORDS, 8 vols. (Boston, 1890-1916), 1:243 (FHL #974.44/W3 V2j).
MAR: No mar rec found. Children were born to Samuel Snow and wife Abigail in Woburn, 1692-1713. That Abigail is a dau of Hugh Jones of Salem is suggested by Woburn town recs, 7 May 1694, in which Samuel Snow and William Butter posted a 150 pound bond to free the town of Woburn from any liability in the settlement of Mary Jones, widow of Hugh Jones, and her children John, Sarah, Hugh, and Rachel. William Butter, whose wife was Rebecca is believed to have married Rebecca Jones (Woburn Town Records, 4:26 [FHL #893878]).
DEATH: "Ashford Births, Marriages, Deaths, 1710-1851," Barbour Collection (typescript, 1921; Conn. State Library, Hartford), 156 (FHL #002967).
BUR: "Headstone Inscriptions Town of Ashford," Charles R. Hale Collection (typescript, 1937; Conn. State Library, Hartford), Snow Cemetery, #501-2, p.13 (FHL #003319).
OCC: Husbandman, Lt. of militia for town of Woburn.
NOTE: Evidence that Samuel Snow of Woburn is identical to Samuel Snow of Ashford, Conn. is found in an Ashford deed, 10 Mar 1723/4, Joseph Kindall of Ashford to Lt. Samuel Snow of Woburn (Ashford Deeds, E:166-67 [FHL #003679]).

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Samuel married Jones, Abigail about 1691. Abigail (daughter of Jones, Hugh and Foster, Mary) was born on 7 Jan 1674 in Salem,Essex,MA; died on 12 Jan 1747/1748 in Ashford,Windham,CT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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BIRTH: VITAL RECORDS OF SALEM, 6 vols. (Salem, MA, 1916-25), 1:474 (FHL #974.45/S1 V2s).
MAR: No mar rec found. Children were born to Samuel Snow and wife Abigail in Woburn, 1692-1713. That Abigail is a dau of Hugh Jones of Salem is suggested by Woburn town recs, 7 May 1694, in which Samuel Snow and William Butter posted a 150 pound bond to free the town of Woburn from any liability in the settlement of Mary Jones, widow of Hugh Jones, and her children John, Sarah, Hugh, and Rachel. William Butter, whose wife was Rebecca is believed to have married Rebecca Jones (Woburn Town Records, 4:26 [FHL #893878]).
DEATH: "Ashford Births, Marriages, Deaths, 1710-1851," Barbour Collection (typescript, 1921; Conn. State Library, Hartford), 152 (FHL #002967).

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Notes:

BIRTH: Edward F. Johnson, ed, WOBURN RECORDS, 8 vols. (Boston, 1890-1916), 1:243 (FHL #974.44/W3 V2j).
MAR #1: Original unrecorded deed, John Wilson, Sr, of Billerica and Samuel Snow, Sr, of Woburn sold to William Locke, Jr, of Woburn, 12 Feb 1704/5, land in Woburn, "formerly belonging to our Honored father John Wilson late of Woburn deceased" (photocopy of original document from Woburn, Mass. Public Library, 12 Mar 1996). Hence, Samuel Snow's 1st wife, Sarah, who died at Woburn, 15 Jun 1686, was a dau of John Wilson of Woburn.
MAR: #2: Johnson, WOBURN RECORDS, 3:259. Wife was "of New Cambridge" (Newton).
DEATH: Ibid, 2:180 (FHL #476929 item 2). Also see the adm of estate of Samuel Snow of Woburn, 16 Dec 1717, inv 18 Dec 1717, Middlesex Co. Probate Files, 1st series, #20835 (FHL #421522).
OCC: Yeoman

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Samuel married Wilson, Sarah about 1669. Sarah (daughter of Wilson, John and Hannah) was born about 1648 in of Salem,Essex,MA; died on 15 Jun 1686 in Woburn,Middlesex,MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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BIRTH: Original unrecorded deed from John Wilson, Sr, of Billerica and Samuel Snow, Sr, of Woburn to William Locke, Jr, of Woburn, 12 Feb 1704/5, land in Woburn, "formerly belonging to our Honored father John Wilson late of Woburn deceased" (photocopy of original doc, Woburn Public Library, 12 Mar 1996). Hence, Samuel Snow's 1st wife, Sarah, was a dau of John Wilson. Date and place of birth are approximations based on family history and chronology.
MAR: No mar rec found. See discussion above.
DEATH: Edward F. Johnson, ed, WOBURN RECORDS, 8 vols. (Boston, 1890-1916), 2:180 (FHL #476929 item 2).

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Notes:

CHR: Wincanton par reg (FHL #1526792 item 19). Thomas Cromwell and John Cromwell, both of Salem, testified on 27 Jun 1682 that they came on the same ship with Hugh Jones about 1651, and that he and others were from Wincanton, Bucks (Essex Co. Deeds, 6:168 [FHL #866017]).
MAR #1: VITAL RECORDS OF SALEM, 6 vols. (Salem, MA, 1916-25), 3:548 (FHL #974.45/S1 V2e).
MAR #2: Ibid.
DEATH: No death rec found. See the adm of estate of Hugh Jones of Salem, 12 Dec 1688, Essex Co. Court of Common Pleas, 1688-89, p. 12 (FHL #877465).
OCC: Husbandman

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Hugh married Foster, Mary on 31 Dec 1672 in Salem,Essex,MA. Mary (daughter of Foster, John and Tomkins, Mary) was christened on 24 Mar 1650 in 1st Church,Salem,Essex,MA; died on 29 May 1717 in Woburn,Middlesex,MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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CHR: VITAL RECORDS OF SALEM, 6 vols. (Salem, MA, 1916-25), 1:318 (FHL #974.45/S1 V2e). Chr entry does no include names of parents. However, Mary is identified in the will of her father, John Foster of Salem, 16 Nov 1687, proved 14 Mar 1687/8, Suffolk Co. Probate, #1625, (o.s.) 10:266-68 (FHL #584130).
MAR: VITAL RECORDS OF SALEM, 3:378.
DEATH: Edward F. Johnson, ed, WOBURN RECORDS, 8 vols. (Boston, 1890-1916), 2:102 (FHL #476929 item 2).

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Notes:

BIRTH: Date and place of birth are approximations.
MAR: No mar rec found. A wife Avis is mentioned in his will, below. It is frequently published incorrectly that her name was Annis.
DEATH: Date of death is given in inv of estate. See the will of Richard Snow of Woburn, 30 Jan 1676/7, proved 19 Jun 1677, inv sworn 19 Jun 1677, Middlesex Co. Probate Files, 1st series, #20826 (FHL #421522).

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Richard married Avis. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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BIRTH: Date and place of birth are approximations.
MAR: No mar rec found. Adm of estate was granted to wife Hannah, below.
DEATH: Samuel Sewall, ed, "Transcript of Woburn Records of Births, Marriages & Deaths, 1641-1843" (unpublished ms, 1847-50), 318 (FHL #859998). Also see the adm of estate of John Wilson of Woburn, 3 Aug 1687, inv 7 Jul 1687, Suffolk Co. Probate, #1585, (o.s.) 10:76,77 (FHL #584130).
OCC: Mason

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John married Hannah. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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NOTE: She is called Hannah "James" in some published accounts, but no proof has been found.

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BIRTH: No birth rec found. John stated he was about 52 years old in deposition, 11 Nov 1670 (Essex Co. Deeds, 3:99 [FHL #866015]).
MAR #1: No mar rec found. However, it is clear from the estate records of Ralph Tomkins of Salem, 1666, that John Foster was married to one of Tomkins' daughters (THE PROBATE RECORDS OF ESSEX COUNTY, 3 vols. [Salem, MA, 1916-20], 2:76-76 [FHL #974.45 P2p]). Ralph Tomkins emigrated to New England on the ship "Truelove" in 1635 with his wife Katherine and children Elizabeth, Marie, and Samuel (Peter Wilson Coldham, ed, THE COMPLETE BOOK OF EMIGRANTS, 1607-1660, [Baltimore, 1987], 166-67 [FHL #973 W2col]). Of these two daughters, it is suspected that Mary became the wife of John Foster, as he named his first daughter Mary. Mary was also closer in age to John Foster, Elizabeth being about five years older than John.
MAR #2: No mar rec found. Children were born to John Foster and wife Martha in Salem, 1658-77. Martha is clearly not the dau of Ralph Tomkins (see above), as she was too young to have been the mother of John Foster's older children. Martha deposed in 1670 that she was about 34 years old (Essex Co. Deeds, 3:100 [FHL #866015]). John Foster and Martha were apparently married during the six-year gap between the birth of Samuel in 1652 and Benjamin in 1658.
DEATH: No death rec found. See the will of John Foster of Salem, 16 Nov 1687, proved 14 Mar 1687/8, inv 19 Jan 1687/8, Suffolk Co. Probate, #1625, (o.s.) 10:266-68, 286-87 (FHL #584130).
OCC: Husbandman, yeoman

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John married Tomkins, Mary about 1647. Mary (daughter of Tomkins, Ralph and Foster, Katherine) was born about 1619 in of Wendover,Bucks,Eng; died before 1657 in Salem,Essex,MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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BIRTH: No birth rec found. Mary is listed with her family on the passenger list of the ship "Truelove" to New England in 1635, age 14 (Peter Wilson Coldham, THE COMPLETE BOOK OF EMIGRANTS, 1607-1660 [Baltimore, 1987], 167 [FHL #973 W2col]). Her age is probably a little understated, as no Mary Tomkins baptism is found at Wendover 1620-1622. Wendover BTs for 1619 are missing.
MAR: No mar rec found. However, it is clear from the estate records of Ralph Tomkins of Salem, 1666, that John Foster was married to one of Tomkins' daughters (THE PROBATE RECORDS OF ESSEX COUNTY, 3 vols. [Salem, MA, 1916-20], 2:76-76 [FHL #974.45 P2p]). Of the 2 daughters of Ralph Tomkins who emigrated to New England on the ship "Truelove" in 1635, it is suspected that it was Mary who became the wife of John Foster, as he named his first daughter Mary, and Mary was closer in age to John Foster, Elizabeth being about five years older than John.
DEATH: No death rec found. Mary was dead by 1657 when her husband was married to his second wife. It is assumed that she died at Salem where the family resided.

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