John Snelling, Esq.

children of Thomas Snelling and Joan Elford were:

John Snelling, Esquire, b 1580/81, of Plympton St. Mary, Chaddlewood, Devonshire, England, d 27 Dec 1639, Devonshire.

He md Frances Hele 1604, daughter of Walter Hele, Esquire, and Elizabeth Strode. They had:

3 sons:

1. George (b abt 1610)
2. Samson
3. John

And 6 daughters:

1. Elizabeth twin to
2. Marie
3. Frances
4. Joanne
5. Jane
6. Amya

Their 3rd son:

John Snelling [a] b abt 1624/25, of Devonshire, England, d Nov 1672. He md Sarah abt 1655. She was b abt 1633, d aft 1677. They emigrated to America.

notes

Descendants of John Snelling by H. Minot Pitman, A.B., LL.B., F.A.S.G. of Bronxville, N.Y. ‎[me, same guy who edited Greenwood Family of Norwich]‎

1. John Snelling, born about 1625-1628, died in 1672. he married Sarah ____, still living in 1677. He was in Saco, Maine, by 1655, but removed about 1657 to Boston. He and his wife, Sarah, were baptized as adults in the Second Church of Boston, 12 July 1667. He is said to have been the youngest son of John and Frances ‎(Hele)‎ Snelling of Plympton St. Mary, Devonshire, baptized there 17 Jan. 1624/5 and nephew of Dr. William Snelling of Newbury and Boston. Vivian's Visitations of Devonshire, p. 694, gives the Snelling ancestry in England and the same volume reords the Hele and several other lineages. Viivian, however, states that John died before 1653. It may be that Vivian supposed he was dead because he was overseas at the time.

• The eldest brother of Dr. William was John Snelling, Esq, of Chaddlewood. In Foster's Alumni Oxonienses, we find this notice of him: " Snellinge, John, of Devon, gent. Exeter Coll., matric. 3 March 1597-8. Aged 17." In 1604, he married Frances, daughter of Walter Hele, Esq., of Gnaton, in the Parish of Newton Ferrers. (See Polwhele's History of Devonshire, Vol. II., p. 328.)* The Register of the Parish of Plymptou St. Mary tells us that the youngest son of this John Snelling of Chaddlewood and Frances Hele his wife, was named John, and was baptized 17 January, 1624-25. This is also stated in Lt. Col. Vivian's Amplification of the Visitations of the County of Devon, p. 694. John Snelling of Chaddlewood died Dec. 27, and was buried Dec. 28, 1639, at Plympton St. Mary. (Inq. p. m. 16 Chas. I., pt. I, No. 31.) His youngest son, John, probably came with Dr. William Snelling to America.

The first record of this John Snelling is at Saco, Maine, where his name appears in the list of freemen in 1653. He is also mentioned in Folsoin's History of Saco, page 183. He removed to Boston in 1657, and there married Sarah Sedgwick, by whom he had five children; ...

• Seo also Westcote's Devonshire, in account of the family of Hele of Holbeton.

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• Genealogical Gleanings in England, Volume 2 By Henry Fitz-Gilbert Waters page 1079
• Roberts, Gary Boyd. The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants to the American Colonies or the United States: Who Were Themselves Notable or Left Descendants Notable in American History : with a 2008 Addendum, Coda, and Final Addition. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co, 2008.
• Roberts, Gary Boyd. The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants to the American Colonies or the United States: Who Were Themselves Notable or Left Descendants Notable in American History : with a 2008 Addendum, Coda, and Final Addition. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co, 2008.
• The visitation of the county of Devon in the year 1620 by Colby, Frederic Thomas, 1827-1899 page 266
• http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jweber&id...
• http://www.geneajourney.com/snelling.html
• http://www.amelialjames.com/genealogy/family/source.php?sid=S476&ge...
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