Individuals from Chrisman Pedigree, page 34

Notes:

Verne Chambers gives her maiden name as Jane Clarke in a letter of Aug 1997.

The marriage record at St. Olave parish records the marrige of William Collier to Jane Clark.

[MFIP, Wm Brewster, p.43] claims she the mother of Thomas Clarke, based on Gov. Prence's will calling Thomas Clarke his "brother". I don't buy that interpretation -- there are other possibilities for that reference.

On 2 March 1649/50 [PCR 12:182], William Collier transfers land to "my kinsman William Clark".

There is good evidence for a theory (suggested by John Insley Coddington in TAG 51:92-3) that she William Collier was her second husband, and by her first husband she had a daughter that married William Walker. Consider these facts:
*William Collier's wife was Jane Clarke. Their marriage is recorded at St. Olave parish, Southward, England on 16 May 1611.
*Sarah Walker, the daughter of William Walker, was baptized at St. Olave's on 10 Nov 1622.
*Sarah Walker married Nathaniel Warren (son of the Mayflower Richard Warren) in Plymouth on 19 Nov 1645.
*In the Plymouth court on 7 June 1653, "Mrs. Jane Collyare in behalf of her grandchild the wife of the said Nathaniel Warren" petitioned the court in a land dispute.
The wife of William Walker would have been born circa 1600, thus predating her marrige to William Collier. This suggests an earlier marriage, in which case Clarke would be her married, not maiden, name. It would also push Jane's birthdate estimate back about 10 years, to circa 1580, rather than the oft cited circa 1590.

It has been suggested that her parents were John Clarke and Elizabeth Hobson. I don't know where that theory originated, or what evidence there is to support it. There is a marriage between John Clarke and Elizabeth Hobson on 17 Aug 1589 at St. Olave's parish, Southwark. There is also another connection between William Collyare an the Clarks. William Collier apprenticed to John Arnold, dyer, of St. Olave's, Southward. His will, dated 16 Mar 1617/8, was witnessed by William Collier, and named the testator's late sister, Joyce Clark, dec.d.

Another theory out there is that she was a daughter of John Clarke and Mary Morton of London, making her a brother of Thomas Clarke. This conjecture, no doubt, comes from the reference in which William Collyare calls Thomas Clarke his "kinsman". But otherwise, I don't know of any direct evidence for this one.

Ruth Bower

m: Richard Knowles (1615-1670/1675)

Children:

Notes:

She was prosecuted 7 Oct 1641 "for retailing of strong waters contrary to order" and "for sel ling strong waters for five or six shillings a bottle that cost but 35s. the case", and she was fined 10s., to be bestowed on the town's poor.

John Bangs

m: Jane Chevis

Children:

Notes:

!Death-Marraige: "Bangs Family Papers from the Library of Cape Cod History and Genealogy", Ya rmouthport, MA, CW Swift, Publishers and printers, The "Register" Press, 1917, from Sue Andrews.

Jane Chevis

m: John Bangs (ABT 1560-11 FEB 1632)

Children:

George Brooks

m: Mary or Mercy Atwood (16 AUG 1749-2 SEP 1817)

Children:

Notes:

!Census 1790: George Brooks, Orrington, Hancock Co., Maine (later Penobscot Co.), in househol d: 1 male 16 years or over, 2 males under 16 years, and 6 females. Appears to have been enumerated before 11 Mar 1790.

!Census 1800: Orrington. George Brooks, 5 males 3 females. presumably him, although might be a son.

!Death: E-mail from Josef Ugro
George came to Orrington in 1777. Petitioner 1783, Grantee 1786.

!Birth: ["Brewer, Orrington, Holden, Eddington Histories & Families" by Mildren Thayer & Mrs. Edward W. Ames] (courtesy of Joe Ugro):

"George Brooks: Born Bradford, England, 1754. Died Dec 5, 1807. In 1771 at age of 17 came to New Foundland in the fishing trade. Stayed the winter there, next year came to Cape Cod where he married Widow Mary (Atwodo) Thompson 1776. She was the widow of Capt. John Thompson & daughter of Richard Atwood of Wellfleet b. 1749. Children were Elizabeth m Capt Dan Snow Oct 13 1793; John b 4 Dec 1778 m Sally Dean 1 Jan 1801 born Orrington; Martha 4 Dec 1780 m Henry Dillingham of H. 30 Dec 1798; Joanna 3 Mar 1783 M Jere Simpson 1 Jan 1801 P 9 Dec 1800. She died Bangor 12 Mar 1867; Abigail 14 Mar 1785 M Allan Hodges 10 Mar 1805; Deborah S. 10 Apr 1787 M Thos. Snow 19 May 1817; James 14 Feb 1789 M Eliz Bartlett 18 Aug 1814; Thomas Apr 1791 D 1793; Lucy Ap 1793, d 1794. George came to Orrington 1777. Petitioner 1783 Grantee 1786. Widow mar Mar Hatch of Castine July 1814 & died there 2 Sept 1817."

Mary or Mercy Atwood

m: John Thompson

m: George Brooks (1754-5 DEC 1807)

Children:

m: Mark Hatch

Notes:

!Maidenname: Maine Families in 1790.

!Birth: MD 16:32

I don't yet have solid proof that Mary, wife of George Brooks, was the Mercy b. 1749 to Richard and Mary Atwood. Looks pretty reasonable at the moment though.

!Marriage(3:Mark Hatch)-Death: E-mail from Josef Ugro Nov 1997.

Betsey Brooks

m: Daniel Snow (31 MAR 1773-2 APR 1860)

Children:

Notes:

!MaidenName-Parentage: Maine Families in 1790, Vol. 1, pg. 256: "[Snow] Daniel, b. 31 Mar. 17 73; m. 13 Oct 1793 Betsey Brooks, dau. of George and Mary (Atwood) Brooks"

!Census(1850): Age 73, b. Maine.

Exact birthdate,death,burial: E-mail from Josef Ugro, Nov 1997.
The Orrington book lists both the 11 Nov 1776 and 14 Dec 1777 for her birth.

Edward Snow

m: Betty Myrick (-25 JUL 1822)

Children:

Notes:

His Family is listed (children's births) on p. 445 of the Orrington vital records.

!Death: P. 445 of Orrington Vital Records.

!Marriage: Mayf.Des.32:62 (1934), Eastham and Orleans Vital Records: "Edward Snow and Betty myrick Both of Eastham was married in Eastham on the 18th Day of february 1768..."

!Birth: Mayflower Families: Stephen Hopkins.

He served in the revolutionary war. He participated in the Penobscot Expedition, attached to the sloop Centurion.

His complete participation in the Rev. War is not entirely clear, due in part to the existence of others with the name Edward Snow in that time frame. That Penobscot Expedition participant was him is hardly refutable. However, his participation may have been considerably greater than this. Cases in point:

An Edward Snow entered Capt. George Webb's Company in Col. William Sheppherd's Regiment of Continental Troops on April 15, 1777 and served until October 31, 1779. [Paine's Hist. of Harwich p.322] Capt. George Webb was a resident of Harwich [Paine p.323]. This may have been a resident of Harwich, or it may have been the current Edward Snow, I'm not sure.

He moved from Eastham to Orrington sometime between 1772 and 1786.

!Census (1790): Orrington, 3 males over 16, 3 males under 16, and 5 females in household. [Probably identities: Males over 16=Himself, sons Edward and Daniel; males under 16=sons Sylvanus, William, Jabez; Females=wife Betty, daus. Betty, Mary, Statira, Sarah. Appears to have been enumerated before 11 March 1790]

From MAINE FAMILIES in 1790, Vol. 1, pg. 256 (sent to me by BobPSmith@aol.com): "Snow, Edward, 30a 3-3-5-0-0, Orrington Town, Hancock County.
EDWARD SNOW5 B. Eastham MA 25 Jun. 1745 son of Sylvanus and Hannah (Cole) Snow d. Orrington Oct. 1791 m. 18 Feb 1768 Betty Myrick dau. of William and Lydia (Higgins) Myrick. She d. Hampden 25 Jul. 1822. He participated in the Penobscot Expedition, attached to the sloop CENTURION".

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Betty Myrick

m: Edward Snow (25 JUN 1745-OCT 1791)

Children:

Notes:

!Parentage: Maine Families 1790, Vol. 1, pg. 256. Confirmed also by Snow Genealogy. Sent t o me 11/5/1994 by BobPSmith@aol.com.
!Death: Maine Families 1790, Vol. 1, pg. 256; Snow Genealogy.

Although the Snow genealogy didn't seem to mention it, she may have been the "Mrs. Betsey Snow" who remarried to John Gould of Gorham and Hampden and had Allen, John, Hannah, Lucy, Jabez, and an infant with him. This is taken from History of Penobscot Co., p. 375. The son Jabez was born 7 Apr 1806.
He married Paulina Walker, dau. Aaron Walker, and had Laura, Lucy, Amasa (to Calif.), Robert (to Wash.), Elizabeth, Charlotte, John. L.Asbury, David, Clara & Dora. The husband, John Gould, died in 1875, and his wife Mrs. Betsey (---)(Snow)Gould died many years before that (again, which is consistent with the known death date for Edward's wife). This needs to be researched further.

!Census (1800): Widow Snow 3 Males, 4 females, "C" [NEHGR 105:278]. ibid names her from Cape Cod.

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OLD NOTES (Before Solved):
Her parentage is not yet solved. Possibilities include: 1.Elizabeth Mirick, dau. Thomas and Hannah (Hopkins) Merrick, b. 19 Sep 1742. 2.Elizabeth Merrick, bp. 3 Jun 1753 in Brewster, dau. Thomas and Ruth
(Godfrey)(Gould) Merrick.

There are the following two marriage records:
i.Edward Snow and Betty Myrick, both of Eastham, 18 Deb 1768 (MD 32:62)
ii.Solomon Lewis and Elezabeth Myrick both of Eastham, 24 Nov 1763 (MD 32:63)

Robert L. Ward (rlward@sirius.alpha.ncsc.mil) reports that the Elizabeth who married Solomon Lewis was born about 1742 in Boston, the daughter of William and Elizabeth (OSBORN) MERRICK. He supplied me with the second possibility above also, and confirmed that the first is indeed a possibility. (Confirmed by Mayflower Families 6:417)

Silvanus Snow

m: Hannah Cole (ABT 1713-3 AUG 1750)

Children:

m: Mehitable Walker (4 APR 1728-21 MAY 1761)

Children:

m: Deborah Cook (22 AUG 1710-BEF 10 APR 1786)

Notes:

!Birth: Mayf.Des.7:14 (Eastham & Orleans VR:65).

!Intention (3:Cook): MD 27:186.

"Sylvs. Snow", Selectman of Eastham, 1743 (2 yrs) [Freeman 2:414] "Sylvanus Snow", Representative of Eastham, 1758-1760 (2 yrs) [Freeman 2:413]

!Administration: Eastham, 7 Apr 1772 to Edward Snow of Eastham. Edward was made guardian of Silvanus and Heman snow, minor sons of Silvanus, on 5 May 1772, and Barnabas Freeman of Eastham was made guardian of Hannah, minor dau. on 13 Apr 1773. [MF 6:326]

!Settlement of Estate: 11 Aug 1772, names widow Deborah Snow, eldest son Edward Snow of Eastham; sons Collier and Silvanus; daus. Mary Dean (wife of William); Tabitha Holbrook (wife of Isaiah), and Hannah Snow. A subsequent settlement of 10 Oct 1786 mentioned sons Collier and Edward of Penobscot; Mary, widow of William Doane of Eastham; Tabitha, wife of George Hatch of Wellfleet, and Hannah, wife of Elisha Rich of Wellfleet.

Wife Deborah's administration on 10 Apr 1786.

!Inventory: 25 Apr 1786 of Estate of Silvanus Snow, late of Eastham, that had been left to relict Deborah. Her administrator suspected that property had been embezzled by Mary Doane of Eastham, George Hatch and wife of Wellfleet, and Elisha Rich and wife of Wellfleet.

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Hannah Cole

m: Silvanus Snow (16 FEB 1705-23 MAR 1772)

Children:

Notes:

!Burial: MD 8:4: "Hannah SNOW, wife of Silvanus, died 3 August 1750, in her 37th year."

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Jabez Snow

m: Elizabeth Treat (24 JUL 1676-3 MAR 1755)

Children:

Notes:

!Death: Mayf.Des.7:14.
!Birth: MD 5:22
!Burial: MD 8:4, d. 14 Oct 1750 age 82

"Jabez Snow Jr.", Selectman of Eastham, 1743-5 (2 yrs) [Freeman 2:414]

Sources:

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Elizabeth Treat

m: Jabez Snow (6 SEP 1670-14 OCT 1750)

Children:

Notes:

!Death: Mayf.Des.7:14.

Samuel Treat

m: Elizabeth Mayo (22 MAY 1653-4 DEC 1696)

Children:

m: Abigail Willard (-27 DEC 1746)

Children:

Notes:

Ordained 1672.
Harvard College Grad 1669.

In ["Plymouth Church Records" in Publications of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts, Vol.22, pg 147]: "In March, 1675: the church of Eastham sent to our chh for messengers to be with them at their ordination of Mr Samuel Treat to be their Pastor, the chh sent the Pastor, Elder & Deacon Finney, who attended that service, March, 17:"

!Burial: MD 8:4

Elizabeth Mayo

m: Samuel Treat (-18 MAR 1717)

Children: