Saturday, December 30, 2017

Saturday Night Genealogy Fun - Make ONE Resolution/Goal for 2018

It's Saturday Night - 
time for more Genealogy Fun! 


Your mission, should you decide to accept it (cue the Mission Impossible! music) is to:

1)  Did you make any New Years Resolutions, or state Goals and Objectives, for genealogy research in 2018?  If so, tell us about them.


2)  If not, then make ONE resolution, or state one goal, for your genealogy research that you are determined to keep during 2018.  We'll check on progress toward that resolution/goal during the year in SNGF (if I remember!).

3)  Tell us about it in your own blog post, in a comment to this blog post, or in a Facebook status post or Google+ Stream post.

Here's mine:

I have NOT made resolutions or stated goals for 2018, based on my seemingly poor performance in recent years.

The ONE, most important, genealogy Goal that I have for 2018 is to:  


Make a spreadsheet for my autosomal DNA Matches from AncestryDNA, 23andMe, FamilyTreeDNA, MyHeritageDNA and GEDMatch.  The spreadsheet will include the name of the tester, the test service, the amount that matches in cMs and percentage, the number of matching segments, the known or approximate relationship, the known common ancestors, and more.

I haven't even started in on looking at specific chromosomes and segments with my matches on FamilyTreeDNA, 23andMe and GEDMatch.  I will try to get that started also.  

My problem is time.  I spend a lot of time reading blogs, watching webinars and videos, writing blog posts and the supporting research, and adding Ancestry Hints to my RootsMagic family tree database.  I need to carve out time to do this DNA task on a regular basis - say 10 matches a day until it's completed, and then a weekly update.


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Top 40 Most Viewed Posts in 2017 on Genea-Musings

Like many other genea-bloggers, I'm curious about which posts on Genea-Musings are "popular" - and why they might be.

1)  Here are the Top 40 viewed Genea-Musings blog posts from 2017 that had the most page views in 2017 (from View Count statistics on the Google Blogger Posts page as of 28 December 2017). 



No.
Post Title
Date
Views
1
RootsTech 2017 Blog Compendium – UPDATED
3/1/17
9758
2
Family Tree Maker 2017 Software Announced at #RootsTech
2/9/17
6785
3
Surname Saturday -- WORCESTER (England to colonial New England)
3/18/17
3789
4
Checking Out FamilySearch Web Search Feature on Family Tree Maker 2017
7/19/17
3362
5
All Census Records at MyHeritage Are FREE August 14-20
8/13/17
3296
6
Family Tree Maker 2017 Update News
4/10/17
2981
7
Latest Update from Family Tree Maker About FTM 2017
4/4/17
2883
8
Why Does the Ancestry API For Web Hints Add Bogus Facts?
8/28/17
2528
9
Amanuensis Monday -- Probate Records of Thomas Dill (1708-1761) Estate in Barnstable County, Massachusetts - Part 3
3/13/17
2328
10
A Wonderful Autosomal DNA Relationship Chart From DNA Detectives
11/27/17
2166
11
Good News for Suffolk County, Massachusetts Researchers
11/20/17
2163
12
Updated Find A Grave Website Adds Decent Source Citations
11/9/17
2082
13
Find A Grave Website Updating on 1 November
10/25/17
2045
14
Comparing My Living DNA Results With Other Autosomal DNA Tests
1/12/17
2018
15
Received my LivingDNA Autosomal Test Results - Post 1
1/10/17
1822
16
Family Tree Maker 2017 News - March 2017
3/27/17
1773
17
It's Easier to Download #RootsTech 2017 Syllabus Articles Using the App Website
1/23/17
1756
18
Amanuensis Monday -- Probate Records of Thomas Dill (1708-1761) Estate in Barnstable County, Massachusetts - Part 2
3/6/17
1642
19
Genealogy Industry Benchmark Numbers for 1 January 2017
1/1/17
1568
20
Is There Really an Ancestry.com "Big Tree?"
3/04/17
1398
21
Well, Good. Ancestry Explains the Lack of Changes to Number of Collections
11/29/17
1348
22
Using RootsMagic TreeShare - Adding Facts, Media and Sources to My RootsMagic Tree
6/29/17
1311
23
Latest Family Tree Maker 2017 Update and FamilySync News
5/1/17
1287
24
Latest News on Family Tree Maker 2017 Release
4/14/17
1230
25
Finding Syllabus Material on the RootsTech 2017 Mobile App
1/16/17
1223
26
Exploring the New FamilySearch Collection "Pennsylvania Civil Marriages, 1677-1950"
1/25/17
1215
27
Get Free Advice About and Access to Probate Records on NEHGS on 18-25 April 2017
4/7/17
1214
28
52 Ancestors - Week 161: #226 Matthias Trimmer (1722-1793) of New Jersey
1/27/17
1191
29
Ancestry.com Quirk: The Vanishing Search Result
7/26/17
1156
30
Which Record Provider Provides the Most Record Hints?
4/5/17
1135
31
Added or Updated Databases at Ancestry.com - Week of 23 to 29 April 2017
4/30/17
1126
32
Latest Update From Family Tree Maker 2017
4/20/17
1098
33
FamilySearch Digital Microfilm Update
8/16/17
1096
34
Spring 2017 NEHG Register is Available
5/19/17
1077
35
Have You Tried One Page Genealogy?
3/15/17
1075
36
6 Things to Look for in FamilySearch in 2017
1/9/17
1031
37
CVGS General Meeting on 25 January Features Randy Seaver on FamilySearch Digital Microfilm
1/21/17
1027
38
Ancestry Member Trees, Indexing Rules, Cousin Bait, Source Citations and Me
12/18/17
1011
39
Twile is now completely free for everybody
2/5/17
1006
40
52 Ancestors - Week 189: #268 Jeremiah Knowlton (1713-1752) of Ipswich and Concord, Massachusetts
8/25/17
968

2)  The ten most popular Genea-Musings posts since 2007 are:

1)  Microfilm Scanning at the FHL and FHC (posted 22 July 2009) - 76,910 views.

2)  1940 Census Enumeration District Maps Online at NARA Website (posted 18 July 2011) - 63,116 views.

3)  Genealogy Presentations on Slideshare.net (posted 28 January 2010) - 25,937 views.

4)  Merry Christmas to All! (posted 25 December 2011) - 14,852 views.

5)  World records for number of children (posted 21 July 2006) - 11,536 views.


6)  Randy's NGS 2010 Photos - Post 1 (posted 4 May 2010) - 9,700 views

7)  Book Review: "The Spyglass File," by Nathan Dylan Goodwin (posted  29 September 2016 -- 6,960 views

8)  Family Tree Maker 2014 Software Announced - 30% Discount (or more) (posted 26 August 2013) -- 5,007 views.

9)  Creating Source Citations in RootsMagic 7 - Post 1: New Master Source (posted 12 January 2016) -- 4,786 views.

10)  Surname Saturday - LNU (? Dolbear ?) (England to colonial New England) (posted 28 September 2013) -- 4,407 views



NOTE:  Google's "all-Time" page views seems to be broken - those posts and numbers are what they were a year ago.  The two 2017 posts with over 5,000 page views are not included.  

3)  Of course, all of my blog posts are viewed by many more readers than those that go to the web page for the post - those who read them on the Genea-Musings home page, those that read them in an RSS reader, or on a mobile device, and those that receive them via email.

Another measure of popularity or readership might be in the number of comments generated by each post.  I don't think that is a reliable measure of popularity because of the proliferation of RSS reader usage, email usage, and mobile device usage, each of which require one or more click throughs to get to the comment box.

It certainly seems like readers search for Ancestry.com, source citations, and genealogy software topics, and find my blog posts.

Previous "most popular" posts on Genea-Musings are:


I wondered what the least popular Genea-Musings post was in 2017.  I know that Surname Saturday, Treasure Chest Thursday, Wordless Wednesday, and Amanuensis Monday posts are not that popular.  Best of the Genea-Blogs and Saturday Night Genealogy Fun are usually popular, often with the highest number of views each week.  I found that 52 Ancestors - Week 206: #285 Hannah (Atwood) Horton (1686-1771) of Eastham, Massachusetts  (posted 22 December 2017) had only 73 views to date.  

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Friday, December 29, 2017

Genealogy News Bytes - 29 December 2017


Some of the genealogy news items across my desktop the last three days include:

1)  News Articles:


Rootsweb Security Update

*  DNA tests help reunite man, woman with birth mothers

*  Tracing Your Roots: DNA Connected Me With White Kin

*  Buddies Since 6th Grade Find Out They’re Actually Brothers

2)  Record Databases:

*  850 Free Southern States Online Historic Newspaper Titles Added

*  Sources of Online Information about Victims of National Socialism (Nazis)

*  New and Updated Genealogy Records – United States

3)  Genealogy Education:


 GeneaWebinars Calendar

 Free Family History Library Classes and Webinars for January 2018

*  FamilyTreeDNA, FamilySearch, and 2018 Brick Wall Webinars

*  Family History Fanatics eConference - 19 January 2018

*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Wednesday, 3 January 2018, 11 a.m. PST:  Did I Get Everything? Creating a Checklist for Genealogy Research, by Thomas MacEntee

*  Upcoming SCGS Webinar - Saturday, 6 January 2018, 10 a.m. PST:  Introduction to WikiTree's Free Online Collaborative One-World Family Tree, by Peter Roberts

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar:  Problems and Pitfalls of a Reasonably Shallow Search, by Elissa Scalise Powell

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar:  Podcasts for Education and Entertainment, by Marian Pierre-Louis

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar:  Become a Broadcaster: How to Create a Podcast, by Marian Pierre-Louis

*  Genealogy Gold Podcast:  (#158) Reading History to Understand Your Ancestors

*  The Genealogy Guys Podcast: #336 - 2017 December 27

*  Cousin Russ YouTube Channel:  Doing a Web Merge from a Find A Grave Index Hint

*  Legacy Tree Genealogists YouTube Channel:  Legacy Tree LIVE Eastern European

4)  Bargains:

*  Genealogy Bargains for Friday, December 29,  2017


*  Ancestry New Year’s Offer – Save up to 50% on Subscriptions

5)  Neat Stuff:


*  11 Things Women Couldn't Do In The 1920s

*  New Technology We're Actually Excited About for 2018

Did you miss the last Genealogy News Bytes - 26 December 2017?


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Dear Randy - You Really Should Check the Probate Record Indexes!

A note to myself!  That was the message I re-learned yesterday...and hope to remember in the years ahead.  Yep, I took a short cut and learned (re-learned?) a lesson.

1)  My short cut was to use the Ancestry.com indexed collection for "Massachusetts, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991."  About a year ago, I searched for my 6th great-grandfather Jabez Snow (1696-1760) and received these results:


There was one match in the search results for my Jabez Snow (1696-1760) - the 5th one down the list.  When I clicked on that, the record summary gave me more information about this record:


I clicked on the record image on the left side of the screen above and saw Barnstable County [Mass.] Probate Records, Volume 12, page 92 (on the right side of the image):


As you can see, Ancestry has indexed this page on the "digital microfilm" with the name "Jabez Snow" for image 92 of 321. The records for Jabez continue on to the next image on the "digital microfilm" labeled "Benjamin Higgins" (whose records start at the bottom of image 93).

2)  These two pages contain the will, the letter testamentary and the inventory.  Note that these are probate court clerk volumes - copied into record volumes by the court clerk from the original probate papers, which should be in a probate packet in the Probate Court records.

I captured those two images, created a source citation for them, put them in my family files for Jabez Snow, transcribed them, and wrote an Amanuensis Monday blog post for them - Amanuensis Monday - Post 319: Probate Records of Jabez Snow (1696-1760) of Eastham, Mass.

3)  I wrote 52 Ancestors - Week 207: #286 Jabez Snow (1696-1760) of Eastham, Massachusetts last night, and it posted today.  While I was writing the Notes, I realized that the probate records I had seemed incomplete - there was no widow's dower, no account, no distribution or other document that are typically in probate records.  Maybe I should check the probate volume index to see if there are additional papers available.

So I found the "Consolidated General Index to Probate Records and Cases, M-Z, 1686-1950" for Barnstable County in the same record collection, and found the Jabez Snow listings on image 242 of 359:



The listing for Jabez Snow for 1761 is the right one - and there are 9 documents listed, not just the three I found using the Ancestry.com index.  The additional papers are:

*  Dower - Volume 12, page 177
*  Insolvent Commissioners Report - Volume 12, page 178
*  Account - Volume 12, page 178
*  Dividend - Volume 12, page 179
*  Account on Settlement of Dower - Volume 17, page 59
*  Dividend of Dower - Account 17, page 59.

Well, isn't that a fine kettle of fish (as my New England-born father was fond of saying!)?  So last night, in the middle of writing up my 52 Ancestors blog post, I found and downloaded the additional pages I missed by not checking the probate index earlier.  Here is the Volume 12, page 177 image with the Jabez Snow dower record (on the right-hand page):


Why weren't these Volume 12 records, and the Volume 17 records, indexed by Ancestry.com?  When I looked at the filmstrip at the bottom of the image above from Volume 12, there are 14 images (28 pages!) indexed as "Thomas Hopkins."  Only one or two of the images are for Thomas Hopkins - at least two images have my Jabez Snow, and at least four have records for Samuel Mayo, etc.  The Volume 17 images were not indexed properly either.  So, in this case, only 3 of the 9 records for this estate were indexed by Ancestry.com.

4)  Some might ask "Why does it really matter?  You found the will which named the wife and children and the inventory that listed his real and personal property - isn't that enough?"

Well, no.  With the other records, I found that the widow's dower of one-third of the real estate was set off to her, that the estate was insolvent with the amount owed to the list of creditors greater than the value of the real and personal property, and that the executor had to sell the two-thirds of the property (Jabez Snow's portion) at auction, accounted for it, and was ordered to pay the creditors about 15 shillings to the pound.

Then, after the widow Elizabeth Snow died in 1772, her one-third dower portion of the real estate was appraised and the administrator was ordered to sell the property at auction, account for it, and to pay the creditors about six shillings to the pound.  So twelve years after Jabez died, the creditors that he owed money to had received about 95% of what they were owed.

Did all of that affect the Jabez Snow family?  None of the children received land or personal items from their parents, unless they paid for it themselves.  The widow lived another 12 years, probably in relative poverty and with family members.  The will and inventory imply that Jabez Snow was relatively wealthy, but the fact was he owed more money than he was worth.  Did that affect the attitude and memories of his children and grandchildren toward him?

We can find many of the records for most of our ancestors if we're lucky and good, and we rarely find the family stories, memories,  biographies, or heirlooms of our ancestors.

5)  Once again, the Ancestry.com indexing of the Wills and Probate Records collections has failed to guide this user to all of the records in their collection - only 3 out of 9.  So, once again - I request that Ancestry.com comb through these records again, and completely and accurately index every record in them so that researchers can trust that the index will find all of the records pertaining to their ancestors.  While they are at it, it would be a tremendous help if they indexed every person named in these probate records so researchers could easily find the heirs, the witnesses, the appraisers, etc.

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52 Ancestors - Week 207: #286 Jabez Snow (1696-1760) of Eastham, Massachusetts

Jabez Snow (1696-1760)  is #286 on my Ahnentafel List, my 6th great-grandfather, who married #287 Elizabeth Paine (1702-1772) in 1720 in Eastham, Massachusetts.


I am descended through:

*  their daughter, #143 Eunice Snow (1722-1816) who married #142  Nathaniel Horton (1721-1771) in 1742.
*  their daughter, #71 Hannah Horton (1761-1797) who married #70 Thomas Dill (1755-1836), 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 1851.
*  their son #8 Frank Walton Seaver (1852-1922) who married #9 Hattie Louisa Hildreth (1857-1920) in 1874.
*  their son #4 Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942) who married #5 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 Jeffrey Seaver (1943-living)

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1)  PERSON (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
 
*  Name:                  Deacon Jabez Snow Jr.[1–9]    
*  Sex:                      Male    

*  Father:                 Jabez Snow (1670-1750)    
*  Mother:               Elizabeth Treat (1676-1755)  
   
2)  INDIVIDUAL EVENTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
*  Birth:                  22 July 1696, Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States[1–4]    
*  Distribution:       23 January 1750 (age 53), father's will proved; Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States[10]    
*  Death:                 6 September 1760 (age 64), Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States[1,4,7,11]    
*  Burial:                 after 6 September 1760 (after age 64), Cove Burying Ground, Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States[8]    
*  Probate:              17 March 1761 (age 64), will proved; Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States[9,12,13]  

3)  SHARED EVENTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):

*  Spouse 1:            Elizabeth Paine (1702-1772)    
*  Marriage 1:         27 October 1720 (age 24), Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States[1,4–6]    
*  Child 1:              Eunice Snow (1722-1816)    
*  Child 2:              Elizabeth Snow (1730-    )    
*  Child 3:              Jabez Snow (1733-1812)    
*  Child 4:              Joshua Snow (1735-1803)    
*  Child 5:              Edward Snow (1737-    )    
*  Child 6:              Hannah Snow (1740-    )  

4)  NOTES (with source citations as indicated in brackets):    

The Treat Family book[1] has this information about Jabez Snow (page 215):

"Dea. Jabez Snow (Elizabeth Treat, Samuel, Robert, Richard), born July 22, 1696, in Eastham, Mass.; died Sept. 6, 1760, in Eastham; married Oct. 27, 1720, Elizabweth Paine, born June 2, 1702; died July 6, 1772, and daughter of John and Bennet (Freeman) Paine.  Mr. Snow was a prominent man  in Eastham, and a deacon in the church.  He was selectman in 1743 and 1744, and town clerk in 1759 and 1760.  His will is dated July 31, 1760; probated March 17, 1761; inventory, May 9, 1761, £254 0s. 4d.  Mentions wife Elizabeth and his six children.  Son Jabez was executor, who applied to the General Court, June 24, 1761, and obtained permission to sell the property of the estate, which was insolvent, and to appropriate the proceeds, after paying the widow's thirds, towards paying his deceased father's just debts."

Jabez Snow was born 22 July 1696 in Eastham, Massachusetts, the first child of Jabez and Elizabeth (Treat) Snow[1-4].  

He married Elizabeth Paine on 27 October 1720 in Eastham[1,4-6].  They had six children between 1722 and 1740.

When his father died in 1750, Jabez Snow was named as the executor and was bequeathed[10]:

"I Give and bequeath unto my three Sons Namely Jabez Snow Silv^s Snow and Sam^ll Snow and to their heirs and Assigns forever all my Lands & Meadows and Real Estate Whatsoever to them in Equal Proportion in Equal Proportion Allike that is to Say two thirds thereof Next after my Decease & all the Remaining part next after my Said wife Elisabeth Snow Shall ^cease^ to have the Improvement thereof as above Expressed in this my Will & at the times above Expressed."

Jabez Snow died on 6 September 1760 in Eastham, Massachusetts[1,4,7,10], and was buried in Cove Burying Ground in Eastham[8].

Jabez Snow's probate records are in the Barnstable County, Massachusetts Probate Court records[9].  They include:

1)  His will was written 31 July 1760, and was proved on 17 March 1761.  The will reads:

"In the Name of God Amen I Jabez Snow of Eastham in the County of Barnstable in the Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England yeoman being Arrived to Declining Age but through Gods Goodness yet of Disposing Mind and memory Do therefore Now make this my Last Will and Testament in Manner and form as follows that is to Say first of all I Commit my Soul to God that Gave it and my body to the Earth to be Decently Buried. Item I Give unto my Dear and Loving wife Elisabeth Snow one third part of all my Personal Estate forever that is to say after my Just Debts is paid out of the whole of my Estate both Personal and Real also I give to my said Loving Wife the use and Improvement of one third of all my Real Estate During the Terme She Shall Continue to be my Widdow or till Death shall call her hence.

"Item I Give to my three Sons and three Daughters after my Just Debts & funeral Charges are Paid all my Estate both Personal and Real Equally to be Divided Between them that is to Jabez Snow to Joshua Snow and Edward Snow to Eunice Horting Elisabeth Snow and Hannah Snow but inasmuch as Eunice Horting ^has^ had Given to her already to the value of eight Pounds Lawfull Money in my Judgment it is my Will & Desire that the other five Namely Jabez Snow Joshua Snow Edward Snow Elisabeth Snow and Hannah Snow Should have Each of them the Sum of Eight Pounds Lawfull Money first to make them Equal with Eunice Horting if ther Should be so much left after all debts and Charges is Paid & if any Remains then to be Equally Divided as above between Them all.

"Lastly I Do Constitute and appoint my Trusty Son Jabez Snow to be my Sole Executor of this my last will and Testament Declaring this and no other to be my last will. In Witness whereof I Do here-unto Set my hand and seal this thirty first day of July in the Year of our Lord one Thousand Seven Hund and Sixty.
In Presence of   Thomas Bacon                                           Jabez Snow 
                         Willard Knowles
                         Isaac Paine"

"To all People to whom these presents shall come Silvanus Bourn Esq'r Judge of Parobe ^Wills^ &c. in the County of Barnstable within the Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England, Sendeth Greeting.Know ye that on the Seventeenth day of march Anno Domini 1761 the Instrument hereunto annexed purporting the last Will and Testament of Jabez Snow late of Eastham in sd County Gent'mn Deceased was presented for Probate by Jabez Snow the Executor therein Named then Present Thomas Bacon Willard Knowles & Isaac Paine Witnesses thereto Subscribed who made Oath that they saw the said Testator Sign Seal and Heard him Declare the Said Instrument to be his Last Will and Testament and that they Subscribed their Names togather as Witnesses to the Execution thereof in the said Testators Presence and that he was then to the best of their Judgment of sound and Disposing Mind. I Do Approve and allow of the Said Instrument as the Last Will and Testament of the before Named Deceased and Do Commit the Administration thereof in all matters the same Concerning and of his Estate whereof he Died Siez'd and Possessed in said County unto Jabez Snow the before Named Executor well and faithfully to Execute the said Will and to Administer the Estate of the said Deceased According thereto. He accepted of his said Trust, and to Inventory of the Estate of said Deceased Acording to Law and he shall Render an Account upon Oath of his Proceedings when thereunto Lawfull Require. In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and Seal of Office the Day and Year above Written.                                                    Silvanus Bourn 
                                            Exam'd Da'd Gorham Reg'r"

2)  The inventory of his estate was taken on 24 March 1761:

"We the Subscribers Being Appointed by the Honourable Silvanus bourn Esq'r Judge of Probate for the County of Barnstable to make a Just and Impartial apprisement of the Estate Capt'n Jabez Snow Late of Eastham in the County of Barnstable Deceased upon Oath apprised sd Estate this Twenty fourth Day of March one Thousand Seven Hundred and Sixty One as followeth (viz.)

"The Dwelling house and Barn and Corn House …........................................... 28--0--0
All the Land adjoining to the House …........................................................... 52-06--0
The Meadow in the Great meadow and Land Adjoyning …............................. 13-19--0
the Meadow in the Boat meadow and the Shedge flatts …............................... 10-13--4
the wood Lott at fresh Brook …..................................................................... 28--0--0
the wood Lott near David Brown …............................................................... 18-13--4
the wood Lott near Smallies Way …............................................................... 10-13--4
two Half Lots at the Back Side …...................................................................   9--6--8
the one half of a House that was Joseph Snows and the Land adjoyning ..........   9--6--0
the Pew and a third in the Meeting House …....................................................  3-14--0
The Wearing Apparal …..................................................................................  2--1--4
The Bed and Beding in the Great Room …......................................................  4--0--8
The Bed and Beding in the Chamber …...........................................................  5--4--0
The Bed and Beding in the Bedroom …...........................................................  3--5--4
Two Small Beds and Beding with the Linning …..............................................  4--0--0
Two Silver Spoons 6 Tea Spoons and one old Cup …....................................  2--7--4
The Pewter …................................................................................................  1--3--4
Two Oxon Two Steers ….............................................................................. 12--8--0
Two Cows …................................................................................................  4-16--0
Two farrew Cows …......................................................................................  3-14--8
one Heiffer ….................................................................................................  2--0--0
Eight Sheep 3 Swine 3 Young Creatures and Hay ….........................................  8--5--4
Indian Corn and Pire …..................................................................................  2-10--0
Guns and Sword …........................................................................................  1--4--0
The Iron ware …............................................................................................  2--5--4
Chists Tables and Chairs …............................................................................ 2-10-10
The Remaining Part of the Personal Estate is …...............................................  6--1--2 
                                                                                                               ___________ 
                                                                                                              £ 254 – 0 – 4                         
                                                   Edward Knowles }                            
                                                   Nathaniel Atwood } Apprisers     
                                                   Samuel Smith Jr. }"

"Barnstable SS By the Hom. Silvanus Bourn Esq'r Judge of Prob. Jabez Snow Executor Presented the foregoing and made Oath that it Contains a True and Perfect Inventory of the Estate of Cap't Jabez Snow late of Eastham deceased so far as hath Come to his Hands and knowledge and if more hereafter Appear he will Cause it to be added. The Subscribing Apprisers have Sworn as the law directs.    
                                                                Silvanus Bourn                             
   May 9 1761                                 Exam'd Da'd Graham Reg'r"

3)  Edward Knowles, Nathaniel Atwood and Samuel Smith were appointed to make a division of the widow's dower thirds of the real estate by the Probate Court Judge on 3 July 1761, and ordered on 17 September 1761.  The third part of the real estate included a portion of the orchard; the great room, bedroom and buttery in the house, with a privilege to bake in the oven; the meadow in the Great Meadow below the mill; the wood lot; and one half of the pew in the meeting house.

On 30 October 1761, the account of the debts owed against the estate of Jabez Snow was submitted to the Court, which amounted to £280 0s 4d.  The executor charged himself with the personal estate, sold additional personal estate items, sold ttwo thirds of the real estate at vendue (£183 15s 2d), all of which created a total at hand f £282 5s 6d.  He requested payment of funeral, doctor, court, payments, and other charges of £69 18s 7d.  

The net estate remaining was £212 6s 11d.  The debts owed were £280 0s 4d.  The Court ordered that the creditors be paid 15 shillings and 2 pence on the pound by the executor. The debt list, account and charges were approved by the Court on 5 January 1762 [12].

4)  Willard Knowles was appointed administrator of the widow Elizabeth Snow's estate in 1772, and he sold the remainder of Jabez Snow's land (the widow's third) at vendue with a value of £97 15s 10d.  He requested payments and charges of £9 2s 6d be paid, leaving a balance of £88 13s 4d.  The Probate court Judge ordered that the creditors be paid 6 shillings and 4 pence on the pound by the administrator.  The order was recorded 9 March 1773[13].
 
5)  SOURCES
 

1. John Harvey Treat, The Treat Family: A Genealogy of Trott, Tratt, and Treat; for Fifteen Generations, and Four Hundred and Fifty Years in England and America (Salem, Mass. : The Salem Press, 1893)., page 215, Jabez Snow sketch.

2. "Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988," digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com), "Orleans and Eastham Records," Page 326 (image 172 of 285), Jabez Snow birth entry.

3. 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 29, Jabez Snow birth entry.

4. John D. Austin, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Volume Six: Stephen Hopkins (Plymouth, Mass.: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2001, 3rd Edition), page 184, Elizabeth Paine sketch.

5. "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with digital images, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org :, Barnstable County, Eastham, Orleans, "Births, Marriages, Deaths, 1701-1796," page 36 (image 26 of 126), Jabez Snow and Elizabeth Paine marriage entry.

6. Col. Leonard H. Smith, Jr. and Norma H. Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans, page 66, Jabez Snow Jr. and Elizabeth Paine marriage entry.

7. Col. Leonard H. Smith, Jr. and Norma H. Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans, page 66, Deacon Jabez Snow death entry.

8. Jim Tipton, indexed database, Find A Grave (http://www.findagrave.com), Cove Burying Ground, Eastham, Mass., Deacon Jabez Snow, Jr. memorial # 74075200.

9. "Massachusetts, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991," indexed database with digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com, Barnstable County, Probate Records, Volume 12, 1759-1774, pages 151-153, Jabez Snow, 1760 will and inventory.

10. Massachusetts, "Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991," indexed database with digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com), accessed 6 December 2016), Barnstable County > Probate Records, Vol. 8, 1745-1753, pages 457-458 (image 256 of 309), 1743 will of Jabez Snow and 1750 letter testamentary.  Original data from Barnstable County [Mass.] Probate Court clerk books.

11. "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001,"  FamilySearch , Barnstable County, Eastham, Orleans, "Births, Marriages, Deaths, 1701-1796," page 36 (image 26 of 126), Deacon Jabez Snow death entry.

12.  "Massachusetts, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991," indexed database with digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com, Barnstable County, Probate Records, Volume 12, 1759-1774, pages 177-179, Jabez Snow, 1762 dower set off, insolvent report, account, and dividend.

13.  "Massachusetts, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991," indexed database with digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com, Barnstable County, Probate Records, Volume 17, page 59, Jabez Snow, 1773 widow's dower settlement and dividend.

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