Capt. Joseph Snelling

6 Joseph3 Snelling ‎(Joseph2, John1)‎ b. in Boston 20 April 1695, died there 1 July 1748.

He married

• first in Dorchester, 9 April 1718, Mary Payson ‎(wrongly called Sarah on Dorchester records)‎ daughter of Samuel and Mary ‎(Phillips)‎ Payson;
• secondly, in Boston, 29 April 1726, Elizabeth Verein, born 17 April 1704, died 1 April 1737, daughter of Thomas and Hannah Verein;
• and thirdly, in Boston, 30 March, 1738, Priscilla Clark, baptized in Boston 17 Dec. 1712, died in Boston 2 Aug. 1791, daughter of Josiah and Priscilla ‎(Greenwood)‎ Clark.

Joseph Snelling was a mastmaker in partnership with Nathaniel Greenwood, his wife's uncle.

and Priscilla ‎(Greenwood)‎ Clark. Joseph Snelling was a mastmaker in partnership with Nathaniel Greenwood, his wife's uncle.

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Children by first wife, born in Boston:

• i. Mary4, b. 23 Dec. 1718; d. young
• ii, Joseph, b. 8 March 1719/20
• iii, Mary, bapt. at the First Church of Dorchester 3 Dec. 1721; d. before 1743.
• iv. Samuel, bapt. at New North Church 26 May 1723; d. before 1748.

Children by second wife, born in Boston:

• v. Elizabeth, b. 23 Jan. 1726/7; m. 8 Nov. 1748 Capt. Giles Harris, who was a trader at Halifax, N.S. in 1754.
• vi. Hannah, bapt. 1 Dec. 1728; d. before 1748.
• vii, Jonathan, b. 22 April 1731; d. 1748-1754.
• viii. John, bapt. at New North Church 24 Dec. 1732; d. in Boston 26 Sept. 1809. His will was disallowed on the ground of incapability. In it he is called sailmaker and leaves all to Joseph Tucker. Josiah Snelling, his only brother living in 1809, is called an heir in the proceedings.
• ix. Thomas, mastmaker, bapt. at New North Church 11 May 1735; d. after 26 Sept. 1766.

Children by third wife, baptized in the New North Church, Boston:

• x. Priscilla, bapt. 24 Dec. 1738; d. 17 Dec. 1817; m. ‎(int. in Boston)‎ 15 May 1766, Nathaniel Greenwood, bapt. there 3 Sept. 1736, d. in Boston 25 July 1823, son of Capt. Nathaniel and Elizabeth ‎(Ventiman)‎ Greenwood.
• xi. Rebecca, bapt. 3 Feb. 1739/40. She was a spinster at Beverly, Mass. in 1792
• 12 xii. Josiah, date of birth not known, but mentioned in father's will between Rebecca and Mary.
• xiii, Robert, bapt. 27 Sept. 1741; d. before 1748.
• xiv. Mary bapt. 24 April 1743; d. 21 Sept. 1774; m. as his second wife, 2 Aug. 1764, Samuel Greenwood, b. in Boston 11 Sept. 1741, d. in Boston 17 Jan. 1826, son of Capt. Nathaniel and Elizabeth ‎(Ventiman)‎ Greenwood.
• xv. Nathaniel, bapt. 16 Sept. 1744; d. before 1748.
• xvi. Anna, bapt. 16 Feb. 1745/6; d. 30 Jan. 1766.
• xvii. Sarah, bapt. 9 Aug. 1747; d. before 1748.

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• Updated from FamilySearch Family Tree via son Joseph Snelling by SmartCopy: Dec 17 2015, 5:40:34 UTC
• Updated from Ancestry Genealogy via son Joseph SNELLING by SmartCopy: Dec 17 2015, 5:50:47 UTC
• Updated from Find A Grave Memorial by SmartCopy: Dec 17 2015, 5:52:16 UTC "aged 53 years 2 months & 10 days"
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• Updated from MyHeritage Family Trees via sister Mary Snelling by SmartCopy: Dec 14 2015, 5:51:14 UTC
• Updated from Ancestry Genealogy via father Joseph Snelling by SmartCopy: Dec 15 2015, 19:40:03 UTC
• Updated from MyHeritage Family Trees via wife Priscella Snelling (born Clark) by SmartCopy: Dec 17 2015, 6:18:11 UTC