Dorothy (Yate) Snell (1710 - 1746)

Born 20 Feb 1710 in Coulthorpe, Gloucestershire, England

Died 30 Mar 1746 at age 36 in Lower Guiting, Gloucestershire, England

Biography

Dorothy was born in 1710. She was the daughter of Charles Yate of Coulthorpe.

Dorothy married Powell Snell on 21 May 1737

She died in 1746.

Memorial Inscription

To the memory of Dorothy Snell, daughter of Charles and Elizabeth Yate, of Coulthorpe in the county of Gloucester. Born the 20th day of February 1709-10; Married May the 21st 1737 to Powell Snell, Esq. of Lower Guiting. She exchanged this life for a better, on the 30th day of March 1746, survived by two sons and one daughter. In her conduct to her Parents, Husband and Children, obedient, faithful, affectionate; to her Friends, Neighbours and all Mankind, sincere, benevolent, charitable. In Health, and engaging affability and innocent Chearfulness rendered her the Delight of all who knew her. In Sickness. she sustained a painful Distemper, and felt the approaches of Death with a Resignation and Fortitude which Christian Piety could alone inspire. This Monument in gratitude to so valuable a Wife, Powell Snell has caused to be erected.

Sources

• The History and Antiquities of Gloucester: Including the Civil and Military Affairs of that Antient City; with a Particular Account ... of the Cathedral Church; and All Other Public Establishments, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time by Samuel Rudder, 1781, Pg 461