Benjamin SNOW

Abt 1669 - 1743  (74 years)

• Name	Benjamin SNOW  [1, 2]
  	Benjamin Snow of Bridgewater was a representative to the General Court of Massachusetts in 1721 (Bridgewater by Mitchell, 35). On 17 March 1723/4 Benjamin Snow of Bridgewater, cordwainer, for love, good will, and affection gave, after his death, to his son Ebenezer Snow of Bridgewater all his homestead of 40 acres, a 10 acre lot on the west side of Taunton Road, a meadow lot, all his right in the Old Cedar Swamp, and one third of the cedar swamp at the east end of a 50 acre lot on the Pond. On the same day he gave to his son Benjamin Snow of Bridgewater the land where his house now stands on the Great Pond (excepting two thirds of the cedar swamp) and 11 acres at the southern end of the town. And on the same day he gave to his son Solomon Snow of Bridgewater a 50 acre lot lying by the four Mile Lane, a meadow lot on the west side of the Pond, and one third of the cedar swamp in the 50 acre lot on the Pond (Plymouth Co LR, 18:203, 19:18, 30:102). The will of Benjamin Snow of Bridgewater, husbandman, dated 12 September 1738, proved at Pembroke, 6 June 1743, names youngest son Ebenezer (executor and to provide for wife Sarah; mentions deed given him; "all my irons of all sorts which belong to my Out Door Work & My Grindstone"); wife Sarah; sons Benjamin and solomon (these two sons to share with Ebenezer all clothing and right in undivided lands, besides what already given); daughters Rebecca Campbell and Elizabeth Carver (all other moveables after wife's death); and grandson Seth Pratt, son of my daughter Sarah deceased (one cow or L10 when twenty-one); the books to be equally divided by the three sons and two daughters. Witnesses were Josiah Edson, Jr., Nathan Basset, and John Washburn, Jr. the inventory, taken 20 June 1743, included three pieces of real estate; a third part of a 20 acre lot in the North Precinct in Bridgewater (L20), a third part of a purchase right in the undivided land in the Eight Mile Bridgewater (L10), and seven acres lying by the Widow Basset's (L15) (Plymouth Co PR, #18, 661, 9:83-84, 117; MD, 22:99-100). [1]
  Birth	Abt 1669	Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Fact	Son of William Snow and Rebecca Brown   [1]
  Death	28 May 1743	Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts   [1]
  Person ID	I80326	Main Tree
  Last Modified	9 Jul 2022

  
  

  Family 1	Elizabeth ALDEN,   b. Abt 1673, Bridgewater, Massachusetts d. 8 May 1705, Bridgewater, Massachusetts (Age 32 years)
  Marriage	12 Dec 1693	Bridgewater, Massachusetts   [1]
  Children	1. Rebekah SNOW,   b. 7 Nov 1694, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts d. 4 Sep 1763, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts (Age 68 years)  [Birth]   2. Benjamin SNOW,   b. 23 Jun 1696, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts d. 29 Oct 1760, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts (Age 64 years)  [Birth] + 3. Solomon SNOW,   b. 6 Apr 1698, Bridgewater, Massachusetts d. Bef 26 Jan 1741, Bridgewater, Massachusetts (Age 42 years)   4. Ebenezer SNOW,   b. 29 Mar 1701, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts d. 30 Nov 1786, Raynham, Bristol Co., Massachusetts (Age 85 years)  [Birth]   5. Elizabeth SNOW,   b. 5 May 1705, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts  [Birth]
  Family ID	F32317	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Jan 2016

  
  

  Family 2	Sarah ALLEN,   b. 14 Apr 1667, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts
  Marriage	25 Oct 1705  [1, 2]
  Children	1. Sarah SNOW,   b. 20 Aug 1706, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts  [Birth]
  Family ID	F32318	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Jul 2022

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Abt 1669 - Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts Marriage - 12 Dec 1693 - Bridgewater, Massachusetts Death - 28 May 1743 - Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S4885] Mayflower Families Through 5 Generations Vol. 16 John Alden Part 1 . [S9347] New England Marriages Prior to 1700.