Anthony Snow (abt. 1615 - 1692)

Born about 1615 in Islington, Middlesex, England

Husband of Abigail (Warren) Snow — married 8 Nov 1639 in Plymouth, Plymouth Colony, New England

Descendants

Died 31 Aug 1692 at about age 77 in Marshfield, Plymouth County, Province of Massachusetts Bay, New England

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Anthony Snow migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640). (See The Directory, by R. C. Anderson, p. 313) Join: Puritan Great Migration Project Discuss: pgm

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Biography

Two sources indicate that Anthony Snow was most likely born ca. 1615 and not 1602 as some genealogies have stated. This birth date is more consistent with Anthony's arrival in New England only in 1638; his marriage in 1639 and his ultimate death in 1692 (making him 77 instead of 90 years old). These sources are: L. Vernon Briggs, "History and Genealogy of the Briggs Family, 1254-1937," 1938, Three volumes, and Pane-Joyce Genealogy, by Dave Pane-Joyce, updated July 2014: online at: https://mathcs.clarku.edu/~djoyce/gen/report/rr02/rr02_391.html#P5366.

Anthony Snow - Birth: 1602 - Islington, England - Death: Aug., 1692 - Marshfield, Plymouth County, Massachusetts

He married Abigail Warren on November 8,1639 in Plymouth,MA. ^[1]

Abigail, when she married Anthony Snow of Plymouth, received as a marriage portion from her mother, 9 Jan 1639, a deed for her "house situated near the place called Wellingsley (alis) Hobshole, with the eight acres of land thereunto adjoining." Shortly after marriage Mr. Snow removed to Marshfield MA, where he became one of the leading citizens of the town; was surveyor of highways in 1651, constable 1652, representative to the General Court of Plymouth Colony in 1656 and twenty years following, selectman in 1666 and afterwards several years, collector of the excise 3 June 1668, and member of the Plymouth Council-of-War for Plymouth Colony in 1675. Sometime before his death he gave to the town a piece of land near the meeting house for a grave yard, where he is buried and which is still in use.

On 10 March 1691/92, Anthony signed a deed gifting his dwelling house and lands in Marshfield, with his wife Abigail benefiting in her widowhood.^[2]

His will was dated 28 Dec 1685, with a codicil dated 8 August 1692. He mentions his wife Abigail, his grandson, James Ford, his son, Josiah Snow, his daughters, Lidia, Sarah, and Allice, and Abigail's children, his daughter-in-law, wife to his son Josiah (but no name), and his grandchildren, Hannah and Abigail Ford, and his brother, Joseph Warren. His widow Abigail was granted administration of his estate. His inventory of his estate was taken on 12 Nov 1692.^[3]

Anthony Snow was one of the last Marshfield downtown settlers for whom Snow Road is named. He received one-half of the Thomas Prence grant in 1649. The parcel included a part of Cedar Grove Cemetery that Snow gave to the town and the swamp (Snow's Swamp) where much of the shopping and parking areas are today. It also included land along Ocean Street easterly as far at the Bourne grant (near Bourne Park Avenue). This flat land between the rivers were meadows and streams, wetlands, and swamps. Anthony Snow was a feltmaker by trade. He farmed and fished, served as a constable and a deputy to the court, contributed a barrel of beef toward the purchase of Bulkley's parsonage and served as one of the towns first selectmen on 5 Apr 1667. Many of downtown Marshfield businesses today are build on the land that belong to Anthony Snow.

Anthony Snow's will dated 8 Dec 1685 is in possession of the Connecticut Historical Society at Hartford, CT. [Probated August 31, 1692]. His codicil is dated 8 August 1692 and proved on 3 January 1692/93 in Plymouth.

Buried at the Winslow Cemetery in Marshfield, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. - AKA - Old Winslow Burying Ground

There is a large monument in this Cemetery as well, which Anthony and his wife, Abigail, names appears. It is dedicated to early settlers of Green Harbor, Massachusetts.

Family links: Spouse - Abigail Warren Snow (1619 - 1692)

Children:
Josiah Snow (____ - 1692)
Lydia Snow Skiffe (1639 - 1713)
Sarah Snow Waterman (1651 - 1741)
Abigail Snow Ford (1651 - 1682)
Alice Snow Barker (1675 - 1697)

Burial: Winslow Cemetery - Marshfield, Plymouth County, Massachusetts

NOTE: Of the three Snows who married into Mayflower families, Anthony came over the latest, being first recorded on 07 May 1638 when he requested 3 acres of land from the court. On 9 November 1639 he married Abigail Warren, daughter of Mayflower passenger Richard Warren. He served on the grand jury and in other public capacities. He moved to Marshfield and later, on 5 June 1651 he became a freeman. He served as a constable for Marshfield and as a Marshfield deputy. He died in August 1692 having made his will 28 December 1685, codicil 8 August 1692and in it he named his wife Abigail; his son Josiah Snow; his daughters Lydia, Sarah and Alice and his brother Joseph Warren was to be one of the overseers. His daughter Abigail had married Michael Ford. Anthony also had a son who died young. As is shown by a deed from Thomas Church to Anthony Snow and Richard Church, Snow was a felt maker by trade.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Page 134 Records of the Colony of New Plymouth https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/479192-records-of-the-colony-of-new-plymouth-in-new-england-vol-1?viewer=1&offset=0#page=147&viewer=picture&o=info&n=0&q=
2. ↑ "Massachusetts Land Records, 1620-1986," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89Z7-PH1V : 22 May 2014), Plymouth > Deeds 1664-1711 vol 1-5 > image 103 of 652; county courthouses and offices, Massachusetts.
3. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G97D-JD86?cc=2018320&wc=M6BX-33D%3A337797601 : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1686-1702 and 1849-1867 vol 1-1F > image 85 of 490; State Archives, Boston.
4. ↑ http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/d/o/r/Sylvia-Dorey-British-Columbia/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0881.html

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• http://www.geni.com/people/Anthony-Snow/6000000000293431306
• Woodworth-Barnes, Esther Littleford, compiler, and Alicia Crane Williams, ed., Mayflower Families Through Five Generations. (Plymouth MA: The General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1999), Volume 18, Part One: Richard Warren, page 7. Author: Wakefield, Robert S., compiler.
• Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England: Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register. (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co, 1860-1862), 4:138.
• Great Migration Newsletter, Apr - Jun 2005.

On 31 December 1641, Anthony Snow was granted land at Plymouth [PCR 2:30]. On 13 July 1649, Anthony Snow of the town of Marshfield purchased land at Marshfield [PCR 12:176].

• Wakefield, Robert S.; Beebe, Janice A; General Society of Mayflower Descendants, Richard Warren of the Mayflower and his descendants for four generations. Plymouth, MA : General Society of Mayflower Descendants (1995), p. 6. Accessed 02-04-2021 via https://archive.org/details/richardwarrenofma00wake.