Nicholas Snow

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Nicholas Snow
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summary
Of Eastham, Massachusetts, husband of Constance Hopkins and, as the compilers have it, father of Ruth (Snow) Cole. About 1651 Bradford counted twelve children of the marriage, all living. He died at Eastham in November 1676, the day after making his will, which left his lands to his five sons and his stock to Constance for her life.
died
date
15 Nov 1676
place
Eastham, Massachusetts
basis
documented
confidence
proven
sources
[will-nicholas-snow-1676]
note
"Nicholas Snow senior decesed the fiftenth day of November in the year one thousand six hundred sevetie six" (Eastham records).
residences
date
1623
place
Plymouth, Massachusetts
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
note
At Plymouth from 1623, until he went with the settlers of Nauset, which became Eastham.
events
what
Sailed on the Anne
date
1623
place
London, England
note
He came to Plymouth in the Anne in 1623, and had a share in that year's land division.
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constance-hopkins-d1677
basis
documented
confidence
proven
sources
[will-nicholas-snow-1676]
note
"Constant Snow which was the Wife of Nicholas Snow" (Eastham records); his will names "my Loveing wife Constant Snow."

Of Eastham, husband of Constance Hopkins and, as the compilers have it, father of Ruth (Snow) Cole. About 1651 Bradford counted twelve children of the marriage, all living.

King Philip's War came in the last year of his life. His son Mark sat on Eastham's town council of war, named by the colony on 29 Feb 1675/6 with Capt. John Freeman (Records of the Colony of New Plymouth 5:186), was a selectman of Eastham in June 1676 (5:195), and in March 1676/7 was on the jury that tried three Native men for the killing of two Eastham soldiers and John Tisdale at Taunton in 1675 (5:224; see Joseph Bartlett). His grandson John Walker, the son of his daughter Sarah as the Mayflower compilations have it, was killed with Capt. Michael Pierce near Pawtucket on 26 Mar 1676: Rev. Noah Newman's list of the dead has John Walker among the Eastham men (Soldiers in King Philip's War, p. 360), and Freeman has "Mr. William Walker came over 1635 ... and was here m. to Sarah Snow Jan. 25, 1654-5. They had John Nov. 24, 1655, killed by Indians 1676" (History of Cape Cod 2:367n). In 1733 "Jno. Walker" was among the Eastham men whose service was rewarded with land at Narragansett Township No. 7 (Bodge p. 440).

He made his will on 14 Nov 1676, "being weake and Infeirme of body but of prfect Memory and understanding, not knowing the Day of my Departure but yett Dayly expecting my last Change," and died the next day. He left his lands at Namskeket, Satucket, Pochet, Paomet and Billingsgate to his sons Mark, Joseph, Stephen, John and Jabez; to "my Loveing wife Constant Snow all my stocke of Cattle sheep horses swine whatsoever ... for the Comfort and support of her life," and after her death to be "equally Devided amongst all my Children"; and ten shillings to the church of Eastham "for the furniture of the Table of the Lord" (record). John Mayo of Eastham was an overseer of the will (see John Mayo). At the court of 6 Mar 1676/7 administration went "vnto Constant Snow, and Marke Snow, and John Snow" (PCR 5:220).

Research: Cape Cod ancestry of Hope Holdershaw and Hannah Brown.

Open questions

  • Sarah (Snow) Walker, mother of John Walker, as his daughter: the Mayflower Families Hopkins volume.
  1. ---
  2. name: Nicholas Snow
  3. sex: male
  4. access: public
  5. summary: >-
  6. Of Eastham, Massachusetts, husband of Constance Hopkins and, as the compilers have it, father of
  7. Ruth (Snow) Cole. About 1651 Bradford counted twelve children of the marriage, all living. He died
  8. at Eastham in November 1676, the day after making his will, which left his lands to his five sons
  9. and his stock to Constance for her life.
  10. died:
  11. date: 15 Nov 1676
  12. place: Eastham, Massachusetts
  13. basis: documented
  14. confidence: proven
  15. sources: [will-nicholas-snow-1676]
  16. note: '"Nicholas Snow senior decesed the fiftenth day of November in the year one thousand six hundred sevetie six" (Eastham records).'
  17. residences:
  18. - date: "1623"
  19. place: Plymouth, Massachusetts
  20. basis: compiled
  21. confidence: probable
  22. note: "At Plymouth from 1623, until he went with the settlers of Nauset, which became Eastham."
  23. events:
  24. - what: Sailed on the Anne
  25. date: "1623"
  26. place: London, England
  27. note: "He came to Plymouth in the Anne in 1623, and had a share in that year's land division."
  28. spouses:
  29. - id: constance-hopkins-d1677
  30. basis: documented
  31. confidence: proven
  32. sources: [will-nicholas-snow-1676]
  33. note: '"Constant Snow which was the Wife of Nicholas Snow" (Eastham records); his will names "my Loveing wife Constant Snow."'
  34. ---
  36. Of Eastham, husband of Constance Hopkins and, as the compilers have it, father of Ruth (Snow) Cole.
  37. About 1651 Bradford counted twelve children of the marriage, all living.
  39. **King Philip's War** came in the last year of his life. His son Mark sat on Eastham's town council of
  40. war, named by the colony on 29 Feb 1675/6 with Capt. [John Freeman](/people/john-freeman-1627/)
  41. ([*Records of the Colony of New Plymouth*](/files/sources/records-plymouth-colony/) 5:186), was a selectman
  42. of Eastham in June 1676 (5:195), and in March 1676/7 was on the jury that tried three Native men for
  43. the killing of two Eastham soldiers and John Tisdale at Taunton in 1675 (5:224; see [Joseph
  44. Bartlett](/people/joseph-bartlett-fl1673/)). His grandson John Walker, the son of his daughter Sarah
  45. as the Mayflower compilations have it, was killed with Capt. Michael Pierce near Pawtucket on 26 Mar
  46. 1676: Rev. Noah Newman's list of the dead has John Walker among the Eastham men ([*Soldiers in King
  47. Philip's War*](/files/sources/book-bodge-1906-soldiers-king-philips-war/), p. 360), and Freeman has "Mr.
  48. William Walker came over 1635 ... and was here m. to Sarah Snow Jan. 25, 1654-5. They had John Nov.
  49. 24, 1655, killed by Indians 1676" ([*History of Cape Cod*](/files/sources/book-freeman-1862-history-of-cape-cod/)
  50. 2:367n). In 1733 "Jno. Walker" was among the Eastham men whose service was rewarded with land at
  51. Narragansett Township No. 7 (Bodge p. 440).
  53. He made his will on 14 Nov 1676, "being weake and Infeirme of body but of prfect Memory and
  54. understanding, not knowing the Day of my Departure but yett Dayly expecting my last Change," and died
  55. the next day. He left his lands at Namskeket, Satucket, Pochet, Paomet and Billingsgate to his sons
  56. Mark, Joseph, Stephen, John and Jabez; to "my Loveing wife Constant Snow all my stocke of Cattle sheep
  57. horses swine whatsoever ... for the Comfort and support of her life," and after her death to be
  58. "equally Devided amongst all my Children"; and ten shillings to the church of Eastham "for the
  59. furniture of the Table of the Lord" ([record](/files/sources/will-nicholas-snow-1676/)). John Mayo of
  60. Eastham was an overseer of the will (see [John Mayo](/people/john-mayo-1627/)). At the court of 6 Mar
  61. 1676/7 administration went "vnto Constant Snow, and Marke Snow, and John Snow" (PCR 5:220).
  63. Research: `research/ellingwood/Ellingwood_Cape_Cod.md`.
  65. ## Open questions
  67. - Sarah (Snow) Walker, mother of John Walker, as his daughter: the Mayflower Families Hopkins volume.
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