I. William
Snowe[1] md: 1657
Rebecca Brown
Arrived: 1635 Arrived:
Plymouth 1620
Ship: Susan & Ellen Ship:
Mayflower
d: {1698/99} d: {9 Mar 1698/99}
Will: 9 Mar 1698/99 Will:
f:
f: Peter Browne
m:
m: Mary ---
The voyage had been a long experience
for the wide eyed eighteen year old; yet, with the April winds behind him he
could soon begin his new life. As The Susan and Ellen made port in
the Massachusetts colony of America, William Snowe realized that 1635 would
indeed be a turning point.
After leaving ship he went ashore to the inn
where his room and board were pre-arranged by a Sir Richard Derby. While back in England the young William had
been apprenticed in Richard's service.
Learning a trade under the skilled master's guidance was how he was able
to pay for his journey to the "New World".
Three years after his arrival, on August
31st, 1638 William's apprenticeship was legally transferred, and he was
reassigned to a gentleman named Edward Doten[4]
of Plymouth. As an indentured servant
William Snowe now began to officially repay his transportation debt for the
next seven years.
In 1643 William was able to bear arms in
defense of the colony, and by 1645 was once again declared a freeman, having
repaid his debts in full. At the age of
twenty-eight he moved to the Bridgewater community as one of its earliest
settlers. It was during the next twelve
years that he began building upon his skills to develop a career for
himself. Within these years he met, and
soon courted a young woman named Rebecca, the daughter of Peter and Mary
Browne from Duxbury, England.
Not only did Rebecca come from a well-respected
family, but she was beautiful as well.
For in 1657 William and Rebecca married. It was at this time that the American William
dropped the letter "e"
from the spelling of his English surname: SNOW.
William and Rebecca Snow were the parents of
the following eight children:
1.) William
Snow md: Naomi
Whitman
b:
1667 b:
d: 7 Nov 1726 d:
2.) Joseph Snow [5]* md: Hopestill
Alden
3.) Benjamin
Snow md: [1st] Elizabeth Alden
b: b:
d: 28 May 1743 d: 1705
[2nd] Sarah Allen Carey
4.) Mary
Snow md:
John Richard[6]
5.) Lydia Snow
6.) Hannah
Snow md:
[1st] Giles Rickard
[2nd] Joseph Hawks[7]
7.) Rebecca
Snow md: Samuel Rickard
b: 1671
d: 4 Apr 1740
8.) James Snow[8]
b:
d: 1690
[1] *DIRECT LINEAGE to Compiler.
[2] One resource
states: 1624. There is some conflicting information which makes it seem as
though two different individuals named William Snowe.
[3] Rebecca was born
1627-1633. HISTORY OF THE MAYFLOWER PLANTERS pg. 134.
[4] THE TEXAS SNOWS: “Dotey”
[5] *DIRECT LINEAGE to Compiler.
[6] Alt. Spelling:
Rickard
[7] “Howes”; THE
TEXAS SNOWS p4.
[8] James Snow was part
of a Canadian Expedition of the early American Colony.
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