Jabez Snow, Jr.

Jabez Snow II

• Born 6 Sep 1670 in Eastham, Barnstable, Plymouth Colony, New England
• Died 14 Oct 1750 at age 80 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Province, New England
• Son of Jabez Snow and Elizabeth Smith
• Husband of Elizabeth Treat - married 1695 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay, New England

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Descendant of Mayflower passengers Stephen Hopkins and Constance Snow (Hopkins)

Biography

Jabez Snow (d 1750) was the son of Lt. Jabez Snow (d 1690) and Elizabeth Smith. The elder Jabez most likely is buried in an unmarked grave in Cove. The two Jabez Snows were son and grandson of Nicholas and Constance Hopkins Snow.

Jabez Snow (d 1750) married Elizabeth Treat, daughter of Rev. Samuel Treat and Elizabeth Mayo, in 1695 at Eastham, Massachusetts Bay (Barnstable County).

The Jabez Snow gravestone remnants were found in the same general area as the gravestone for Rev Samuel Treat. Elizabeth (Treat) Snow is buried in Bridge Road Cemetery probably because Cove Burying Ground was about full when she died in 1755.

Children of Jabez Snow and Elizabeth Treat:

1. Jabez Snow III b: 22 JUL 1696 in Eastham, Barnstable, Mass. Bay (twin to Joshua)
2. Joshua Snow b: 22 JUL 1696 in Eastham, Barnstable, Mass. Bay (twin to Jabez)
3. Elizabeth Snow b: 8 OCT 1703 in Eastham, Barnstable, Mass.
4. Sylvanus Snow b: 16 FEB 1705 in Eastham, Barnstable, Mass.
5. Tabitha Snow b: 21 MAR 1707 in Eastham, Barnstable, Mass.
6. Samuel Snow b: 22 JAN 1709 in Eastham, Barnstable, Mass.
7. Edward Snow b: 18 MAY 1711 in Eastham, Barnstable, Mass.
8. Phebe Snow b: ABT 1713 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Estate

Note: Jabez Snow was designated as "eldest son" in the 1695 settlement of the estate of his father. The will of Jabez Snow, dated 11 Oct. 1743 and proved 23 Jan. 1750/51, mentioned that the testator had "arrived to old age" and remembered wife Elizabeth, sons Jabez (executor), Silvanus and Samuel; and daus. Elizabeth Knowles, Tabitha Mayo and Phebe Smith.

Inscription

HERE LYES Ye BODY OF
Mr JABEZ SNOW
DIED OCTOBER 14
1750
IN THE 82nd YEAR
OF HIS AGE

The inscription information is from a survey done about 1875 by Josiah Paine of Harwich. The inscription format is approximate. The gravestone was not found in the surveys of 1904 and 1976.

In August 2005 two slate pieces were uncovered next to the nineth granite post in the north fence as shown in the left photo. Note the bittersweet roots growing through the slate. In June 2006 the pieces were set in place one behind the other in the area where they were found. Dimensions above ground are 13" W, 12" H, 1" D. The slate is located about 12' northeast from the headstone of Hannah Snow (d1750) which is at Location 21 on the EHS survey map.

References

• http://www.capecodgravestones.com/easthampixweb/jsnow50cove.html
• Mayflower Families Through Five Generations Author: John D. Austin Publication: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, Plymouth, Massachusetts, Text: p. 23, 80
• John D. Austin, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Vol 6, Stephen Hopkins, Plymouth, Mass.: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2001 [3rd edition], Pages 19-20, 71.
• https://wc.rootsweb.com/trees/239587/I4571/-/individual
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Snow-327
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15872041/jabez-snow