Rebecca Snow

Rebecca (Browne) Snow was a descendant of Mayflower passenger Peter Browne

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Rebecca (Browne) Snow (abt. 1631 - aft. 1699)

Rebecca Snow formerly Browne aka Brown

Born about 1631 in Plymouth, Plymouth Colony, New England

Daughter of Peter Browne and Mary (Unknown) Browne

Sister of Mary (Browne) Tinkham [half], Prisilla (Browne) Allen [half] and Unknown Brown

Wife of William Snow Sr — married 1654 in Bridgewater, Plymouth colony, New England

Mother of Mary (Snow) Rickard, William Snow Jr., Hannah (Snow) Howes, Joseph Snow Sr., James Snow, Lydia Snow, Benjamin Snow and Rebecca (Snow) Rickard

Died after 9 Mar 1699 after about age 68 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay, New England
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Profile last modified 6 Apr 2023 | Created 27 Sep 2010

Rebecca (Browne) Snow was related to a passenger on the Mayflower.

Biography

Rebecca Browne was born about 1631 in Plymouth Colony, the daughter of Peter and Mary (_____) Browne.[1][2][3]

She married William Snow[4] by about 1654.[2][1][5] William was b. about 1617; died at Bridgewater, Massachusetts 31 Jan 1708 (mentioned in his inventory) and was apparently the 18 year old passenger on the Susan and Ellen in 1635.[1]

25 March 1667/8 William Snow of Bridgewater sold to Ephraim Tinkham his one third part of land in Dartmouth granted to Peter Browne as a "Purchaser or oldcomer." Both William and Rebeckah signed this deed.[6] [7][1]

7 November 1679, William Snow deeded to John Brown "my one third part of lands which were the Lotts formerly of Peter Brown, Deceased." Rebeckah his wife consented.[6][4][1]

Rebecca was named in her husband's will which was written on 9 March 1698/9, so she died sometime after that date.[1] William Snow, of Bridgewater, having already given much of his land to sons Joseph and Benjamin, stated "being very weak & Lame and my wife being aged both of us not able of ourselves to suply our wants without the help of somebody else my son William Snow having promised to provide for us During our naturall Lives" then gave land to his son William. He also stipulated that some other land be divided between Joseph and Benjamin, and his movables were to be divided among his daughters, Mary, Lidia, Hannah & Rebecka after the death of himself and his wife. He wrote his will on March 9, 1699. The will was proved 4 Mar 1708. His inventory specifically states his death was 31 Jan 1708.[8] Rebecca did not swear to the inventory so was probably deceased by this time.

Children of William and Rebecca (Browne) Snow,[9][1] born probably in Bridgewater:[1]

Mary Snow named in her father's will 9 Mar 1698/9. Note there is no proof she married John Rickard as suggested in "Families of the Pilgrims" Mayflower Quarterly 49:122
Lydia Snow named in her father's will 9 Mar 1698/9
William Snow b. c. 1662 (before 1664, if over 21 in the 1685 Titicut division)
Joseph Snow before 1664 ( if over 21 in the 1685 Titicut division)
Hannah Snow b. c. 1664 (based on age at death)
Benjamin Snow b. c. 1669
Rebecca Snow b. c. 1671 (based on age at death)
James Snow d. 1690 on the Canadian Expedition. His inventory was take 14 May 1690. His brother, Benjamin, was appointed administrator 4 June 1691.
Disputed / Unsourced / Unproven

One unsourced family genealogy states that Rebecca Browne was the first-born daughter of a local Native American woman of the Wampanoag tribe.[10] Her English name was "Mary Hard". It is also sometimes stated that Rebecca had a a twin brother. Neither of these statements are "proven".

Sources

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Robert S. Wakefield, Mayflower Families through Five Generations, Volume 7: Peter Brown, (Plymouth MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2002).
↑ 2.0 2.1 Caleb Johnson, "Peter Browne", MayFlowerHistory.com
↑ Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633: Volume I: A-F (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995), pp. 259-261
↑ 4.0 4.1 "Massachusetts Land Records, 1620-1986," images, FamilySearch Plymouth > Deeds 1686-1699 vol 5-6 > image 91 of 344; county courthouses and offices, Massachusetts. Plymouth Deeds 5:197
↑ Anderson, Great Migration Vol. 1:261, citing Plymouth Colony Land Records Vol. 5:197.
↑ 6.0 6.1 Bowman, George Ernest (transcriber) "The Settlement of Peter Browne's Estate and Deeds of Land Belonging to his Heirs." The Mayflower Descendant (1903) Vol 5, pp 29-37
↑ "Massachusetts Land Records, 1620-1986," images, FamilySearch, Plymouth > Deeds 1651-1681 vol 2-4 > image 300 of 677; county courthouses and offices, Massachusetts. Vol 3 p 111
↑ Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch p 175; 176, 177 Probate records 1702-1710 vol 2 > image 103 of 106; State Archives, Boston. Vol 2.
↑ Bowman, George Ernest, "William Snow's Will and Inventory" Mayflower Descendant Vol. 8:101-103. (All but James named in William Snow's will.)
↑ C N Holmes, "Rebecca Brown", Rootsweb Family Trees/Leeman and related families Maine New Brunswick (rootsweb.com: accessed 7 January 2016), Leeman and related families Maine New Brunswick on Rootsweb (Link via Wayback Machine at Archive.org, capture date 12 Mar 2023.)

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Rebecca Snow formerly Browne aka Brown was born in 1631 in Plymouth, Plymouth Colony, New England to Peter Browne and Mary (Hard) Browne. She is the sister of Mary (Browne) Tinkham [half], Pricilla (Browne) Allen [half] and Unknown Brown [half]. She married William Snow Sr in 1654 in Bridgewater, Plymouth colony, New England. She is the mother of Mary (Snow) Rickard, William Snow Jr., Hannah (Snow) Howes, Joseph Snow Sr, James Snow, Lydia Snow, Benjamin Snow and Rebecca (Snow) Rickard. Rebecca died after 9 Mar 1699 in Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay, New England. Profile last modified 28 Jul 2018 | Created 27 Sep 2010

Rebecca (Browne) Snow was related to a passenger on the Mayflower.

Biography

Rebecca was born about the 1631 in Plymouth, Massachusetts. She was the daughter of Mary and Peter Brown.[1][2][3]

One unsourced family genealogy states that Rebecca Browne was the first-born daughter of a local Native American woman of the Wampanoag tribe. She became Peter Browne's second wife after his first wife, Martha, died, leaving him with 2 infant daughters: Mary & Priscilla, to raise. Her English name was "Mary Hard". It is also sometimes stated that when Rebecca had a a twin brother. Neither of these statements are "proven".[4]

Marriage and Children

Rebecca married William Snow.[1][2] They had the following children:

Benjamin Snow Joseph Snow William Snow James Snow Mary Snow Lydia Snow Hannah Snow Rebecca Snow Death

Rebecca is mentioned in her husband's will which was written on 9 March 1699 so she died sometime after that will was written. In 1699 they lived in Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts. Some unsourced genealogies cite a date of date near her husband's death in 1708, but that is yet to proven.

William Snow wrote his will on March 9, 1699. In that will, which was proven on January 31, 1708, indicating he died in that month and year, he mentions her, stating: "...my wife being aged...". She was not mentioned in the administration of his estate so she died between March 9, 1699 and January 31, 1708.[5]

Sources

↑ 1.0 1.1 Caleb Johnson, "Peter Browne", MayFlowerHistory.com (http://mayflowerhistory.com : accessed 10 January 2016), http://mayflowerhistory.com/browne ↑ 2.0 2.1 Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633: Volume I: A-F (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995), pp. 259-261 ↑ "Peter Brown(e)", Pilgrim Hall Museum (http://www.pilgrimhallmuseum.org/: accessed 10 January 2016), http://www.pilgrimhallmuseum.org/peter_browne.htm ↑ C N Holmes, "Rebecca Brown", Rootsweb Family Trees/Leeman and related families Maine New Brunswick (rootsweb.com: accessed 7 January 2016), [http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=leeman%5F... ↑ C N Holmes, "William Snow", Rootsweb Family Trees/Leeman and related families Maine New Brunswick (rootsweb.com: accessed 7 January 2016), [http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=leeman%5Fnb%5Fme&id=I369 See also:

Robert S. Wakefield, Mayflower Families through Five Generations, Volume 7, Peter Brown, Plymouth MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2002. p. 3, 7-8

Descendant of Mayflower passenger Peter Browne

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Rebecca Browne 1631–31 January 1708

Birth • 0 Sources 1631 Plymouth, Plymouth, British Colonial America

Age 77 Death • 0 Sources 31 January 1708 Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America

Rebecca Brown in entry for Benjamin Snow and Elizabeth Alden, "Iowa Marriages, 1809-1992"

SPOUSES AND CHILDREN

William Snow 1617-1707

Marriage: about 1654 Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America

Rebecca Browne 1631-1708

Children (8)

Mary Snow 1658-1699

William Snow Jr 1659-1726

Joseph Snow Sr. 1664-1753

Hannah Snow 1664-1725

Benjamin Snow 1668-1743

Lydia Snow 1670-1699

James Snow 1673-1690

Rebeckah Snow 1674-1740

PARENTS AND SIBLINGS

Peter Browne (Mayflower) 1594-1633

Marriage:

Mary 1610-1634

Children (2)

Rebecca Browne 1631-1708

Browne 1633-1647