Friday, April 15, 2016

52 Ancestors - Week 120: #143 Eunice (Snow) (Horton) Snow (1722-1816)

Amy Johnson Crow suggested a weekly blog theme of "52 Ancestors" in her blog post Challenge:  52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks on the No Story Too Small blog.  I am extending this theme in 2016 to 156 Ancestors in 156 Weeks. Here is my ancestor biography for week #120:

Eunice (Snow) (Horton) Snow (1722-1816)  is #143 on my Ahnentafel list, my 5th great-grandmother, who married #142 Nathaniel Horton (1721-1771) in 1742.

I am descended through:

*  their daughter 
#71 Hannah Horton (1761-1797) who married #70 Thomas Dill (1755-1838) in 1782. 
*  their daughter, #35 Elizabeth Horton Dill (1791-1869) who married #34 Alpheus B. Smith (1802-1840) in 1826.
*  their daughter, #17 Lucretia Townsend Smith (1828-1884), who married #16 Isaac Seaver (1823-1901) in 1852.
*  their son, #8 Frank Walton Seaver (1852-1922), who married #9 Hattie Louise Hildreth (1847-1920) in 1874. 
*  their son, #4 Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942), who married Alma Bessie Richmond (1882-1962) in 1900.
* their son, #2 Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983), who married #3 Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002) in 1942.
*  their son, #1 Randall J. Seaver (1943-....)

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1)  PERSON (with source citations as indicated in brackets):


*  Name:                     Eunice Snow[3,8]
*  Alternate Name:      Unice Snow[1-3]   
*  Alternate Name:      Eunis Snow[4-5]
*  Alternate Name:      Unis Horting[6]
*  Alternate Name:      Eunice Horten[6]
*  Alternate Name:     Eunice Horton[7,8]

*  Sex:                         Female   

*  Father:                     Jabez Snow (1696-1760)   
*  Mother:                   Elizabeth Paine (1702-1772)   
  
2)  INDIVIDUAL EVENTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
  
*  Birth:                       30 November 1722, Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States[1–3]   
*  Death:                     1816 (about age 94), Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States[8]    
*  Burial:                     1816 (about age 94), Cove Burying Ground, Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States[8]   
  
3)  SHARED EVENTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
  
*  Spouse 1:                Nathaniel Horton (1720-1771)   
*  Marriage 1:            10 April 1742 (age 19), intentions; Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States[4–5]   
*  List of Children:    1743–1763 (about age 21–about 41), Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States[6]
*  Child 1:                  Elnathan Horton (1743-    )   
*  Child 2:                  Nathaniel Horton (1746-    )   
*  Child 3:                  Obadiah Horton (1747-    )   
*  Child 4:                  William Horton (1750-    )   
*  Child 5:                  Elizabeth Horton (1753-1813)   
*  Child 6:                  James Horton (1755-    )   
*  Child 7:                  Eunice Horton (1757-1819)   
*  Child 8:                  Jabez Horton (1759-1759)   
*  Child 9:                  Hannah Horton (1761-1797)   
*  Child 10:                Anne Horton (1763-    )   

*  Spouse 2:               Robert Snow (1718-1773)   
*  Marriage 2:            26 December 1771 (age 49), Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States[7]   
  
4)  NOTES (with source citations as indicated in brackets):   

Eunice Snow was the first child and daughter of Jabez and Elizabeth (Paine) Snow of Eastham, Massachusetts.  The birth record in the Eastham, Massachusetts town records for Eunice Snow says[1-3]:

"Unice Snow the daughter of Jabez and Elisabeth Snow was Born at Eastham on the 30th day of November annodomini 1722."

The marriage intentions record of Nathaniel Horton and Eunice Snow is recorded in the Eastham town records as[4-5]:

"April the 10 : 1742 then entered Intentions of Nathaniel Horton & Eunis Snow both of Eastham to proseed in Marriage."

Nathaniel and Eunice (Snow) Horton had ten children, and all were recorded in the Eastham town records.  The record says[6]:

"Elnathan Horting Son of Nathanael ^and Unis^ Horting was born at Eastham on the 11'th day of june 1743 Nathanael Horting Son of Nathanael ^and Unis^ Horting was born at Eastham on the 2'd day of fabruary 1745  William Horting son of Nathael and Eunice Horting was Born in Eastham the 11'th ^of April^ 1750  Elisabeth Horting Daughter of Nathanel and Eunice horting was Borne in Eastham march the 1'th 1753  James Horting Son of Nathanel and Eunice Horting as Born in Eastham November the 8'th 1755  Eunice Horting Daughter of Nathanel and Eunice Horting was Born in Eastham febuary the 24'th 1757  Jabez Horting Son of Nathanel and Eunice Horting was Borne in Eastham June the 7th 1759 and Died the 19 day of July 1759 Nathaniel Horten son of Nathaniel & Eunice horten was born in Eastham february the 2 day 1746                       Obediah horten Son of Nathaniel & Eunice horten was born in Eastham Oct ^30 day 1747^  Hanah horten daughter of nathel & Eunice horten was born in Eastham April the 26 day 1761   Anne Horten Daughter of Nathanel and Eunice horten was Born in Eastham 28 day December 1763"

Nathaniel Horton died before December 1771, and Eunice (Snow) Horton married, secondly, Robert Snow.  The record in the Eastham town records say[7]:

"Robert Snow and Eunice Horton both of Eastham 
were married by Rev. Edward Cheever     Dec 26 1771."

Eunice (Snow) (Horton) Snow died in 1816 in Eastham, Massachusetts, and is buried in Cove Burying Ground in Eastham[8].

5)  SOURCES
 
1. "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1627-2001," digital images, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : accessed 14 April 2016), Barnstable County, Eastham, Orleans, "Births, Marriages, Deaths, 1701-1796," page 36 (image 26 of 126), Unice Snow birth entry.

2. Col. Leonard H. Smith, Jr. and Norma H. Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans (Baltimore, Md. : Genealogical Publishing Company, 1993), page 66, Unice Snow birth entry.

3. John D. Austin, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Volume Six: Stephen Hopkins (Plymouth, Mass.: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2001, 3rd Edition), page 209.

4. "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1627-2001,"  FamilySearch (accessed 25 March 2016), Barnstable County, Eastham, Orleans, "Births, marriages, deaths, 1701-1796," page 230 (image 113 of 126), marriage intentions record of Nathaniel Horton and Eunice Snow, 1742; citing original data from Massachusetts town clerk records (on FHL US/CAN microfilms).

5. Col. Leonard H. Smith, Jr. and Norma H. Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans, page 150, Nathaniel Horton and Unis Snow marriage intentions.

6. "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1627-2001,"  FamilySearch (accessed 25 March 2016), Barnstable County, Eastham, Orleans, "Births, marriages, deaths, 1701-1796," page 84 (image 52 of 126), birth records of children of Nathaniel and Eunice Horton, 1743-1763; citing original data from Massachusetts town clerk records (on FHL US/CAN microfilms).

7. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com), "Eastham and Orleans Births, Marriages and Deaths," page 129 (penned), image 64 of 66, Robert Snow and Eunice Horton entry.

8. Jim Tipton, indexed database, Find A Grave (http://www.findagrave.com), Cove Burying Ground, Eastham, Mass., Eunice Snow Horton memorial # 74077233.


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