Bethia (Snow) Smith (1672 - aft. 1734)

Born 1 Jul 1672 in Eastham, Plymouth Colony, New England

Ancestors

Wife of John Smith — married 14 May 1694 in Eastham, Barnstable, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died after 31 Jul 1734 after age 62 in Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay [uncertain]

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Biography

Bethia Snow was born on 01 July 1672 at Eastham, Plymouth Colony, the daughter of Stephen and Susanna (Deane) Snow.^[1]

She married John Smith on 14 May 1694 at Eastham. He was born Eastham 26 May 1673, the son of Samuel and Mary (Hopkins) Smith and died in Chatham before 25 February 1717/18.^[1]

Bethia Smith died probably at Chatham after 31 July 1734 when she was said to be living at the time of her husband's estate settlement.^[1]

The children of John and Bethia (Snow) Smith were:^[1]

1. James Smith, b. 13 Feb 1694/5 Eastham; d. 27 May 1696 Eastham.
2. Samuel Smith, b. 25 May 1696 Eastham.
3. Dean Smith, b. ca. 1698.
4. Mercy Smith, b. probably between 1698 and 1702.
5. Mary Smith, b. ca. 1702.
6. John Smith, b. ca. 1703.
7. Stephen Smith, b. ca. 1706.
8. Bethiah Smith, b. ca. 1708.
9. David Smith, b. ca. 1711; living in 1734; n.f.r.
10. Seth Smith, b. ca 1713.

Note: Bethia (Snow) Smith may have married for her second husband, Joseph Lord at Harwich on 16 November 1743. He was born Charlestown on 30 June 1672 and died at chatham 06 June 1748. He was the son of Thomas and Alice (Rand) Lord. Joseph's first wife was Abigail Hinckley, married at Barnstable on 02 June 1698. Joseph Lord was a minister at Dorchester, South Carolina and at Chatham, Mass. He graduated Harvard in 1691 and was called Rev. Joseph Lord of Chatham. It is more likely that he was married to Bethia (Howes) (Hawes) (Smith), widow of another John Smith of Eastham, the son of John and Hannah (Williams) Smith.^[1]

TB Smith Collections, v.855, Image 792 SNOW, BETHIA Born at Eastham, Mass, July 1st, 1672. She died sometime after 1734 when her husband's estate was finally settled. The Chatham records do not give the date of her death. Father: Snow, Stephen Mother: Deane, Susanna, widow of Joseph Rogers and daughter of Stephen and Elizabeth (Ring) Deane Husband: Smith, John, Born at Eastham, Mass, May 26, 1673.Married May 14, 1694.^[2] Moved to Chatham, Mass, and lived on one of the farms left him in his father's will. He died in middle life Feb 1717.

Mayflower Births & Deaths, From the Files of George Ernest Bowman, At the Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, By Susan E. Roser, Vol. 2 Hopkins, Page 44 Susanna (DEANE) Rogers, d. pre 9 Apr. 1701 (hus.2nd marr. <MD 8:15> Children of Stephen Snow (3) & Susanna (DEANE) Rogers: (6) <1-4, Eastham VR, MD 8:15> Bethiah Snow (4), b. 1 July 1672; d. aft 31 July 1734, Eastham <MD 12:239>

Hopkins Page 44 Susanna (DEANE) Rogers, d. pre 9 Apr. 1701 (hus.2nd.marr. <MD 8:15> Children of Stephen Now(3) & Susanna (DWANE) RogersL (6) <1-4, Eastham VR, MD 8:15> Bathshua Snow (4), b. 25 July 1664; d. betw 21 May 1706 - 7 Oct. 1707 (husb.2nd.marr.) Hannah Snow (4), b. 2 jan. 1666; d. 23 June 1737, Eastham <MD 9:9> Micajah Snow (4), b. 22 Dec. 1669; d. betw. 25 Dec 1753 (will) - 23 July 1754 (prob.) <Barnstable Co. PR 9:147-50> Bethiah Snow (4), b. 1 July 1672; d. aft. 31 July 1734 <MD 12:239> Ebenezer Snow (4), b. ( ) ; <MD 31:39>; d. 9 Apr. 1725, Eastham <MD 15:231> Mehitable Snow (4), b. ( ) <MD 31:39>; d. aft. 21 May 1706

Hopkins, Page 77 Bethiah Snow (4), (Stephen(3), Constance Hopkins(2)), b. 1 July 1672, Eastham <MD 8:15; d. aft. 31 July 1734 <MD 12:239>

Massachusetts, Town & Vital Records, 1620-1998 Stephen & Susanna (Dean Rogers) Snow Bathsheba born July 25th, 1664 Hannah, born Jan. 2, 1666 Micajah born Dec. 22, 1669 Bethiah born July 5th, 1672

U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700 Page 685 (Image 700 of 1022) SMITH, John & Bethiah SNOW; 14 May 1694; Eastham

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} Austin, John D., Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Vol 6, Stephen Hopkins, Plymouth, Mass.: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2001 [3rd edition], Pages 16-17, 60-61.
2. ↑ Births, marriages, deaths, 1649-ca.1840; intentions of marriage, 1700-ca.1905, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L979-96TX : 2 October 2022), FHL microfilm 007009735, image 149, Eastham, Massachusetts, Volume 2, Births, & Deaths, 1654-1797, Page 84.

See also:

• New Englanders in Nova Scotia (subscription) compiled by Fred E Crowell, c1938. Page 50

• The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 45; Volume 51 by Mrs. Charles L. Alden; page 204

• Ancestry.com

• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZDF-CTG : 15 January 2020), Stephen Snow in entry for Bethiah Snow, 1672.