Friday, December 11, 2020

52 Ancestors - Week 360: #573 Elizabeth (Treat) Snow (1676-1755) of Eastham, Massachusetts

 Elizabeth Treat (1676-1755) is number 573 on my Ahnentafel List, my 7th great-grandmother, who married #572 Jabez Snow (1670-1750)  in about 1695  in Eastham, Barnstable County,  Massachusetts Bay.

I am descended through:

*  their son #286 Jabez Snow (1696-1760) who married #287 Elizabeth Paine (1702-1772) in 1720.
*  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 (1755-1839)  in 1782.
*  their daughter  #35 Elizabeth Horton Dill (1791-1869) who married  #34 Alpheus 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:                         Elizabeth Treat[1–4]    
*  Alternate Name:          Elizabeth Snow[5]
*  Alternate Name:          Elisabeth Snow[6] 
*  Alternate Name:          Elizabeth Treat Snow[7]    
     
*  Sex:                              Female    

*  Father:                         Samuel Treat (1648-1717)    
*  Mother:                        Elizabeth Mayo (1653-1696)  

2)  INDIVIDUAL EVENTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
 
*   Birth:                          24 July 1676, Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States[1–4]    

*  Distribution:                31 October 1717 (age 41), father's will proved; Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States[5]    
*  Distribution:                23 January 1750/1 (age 74), husband's will proved; Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States[6]   

*  Death:                          3 March 1755 (age 78), Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States[1–2,7]    
*  Burial:                         after 3 March 1755 (after age 78), Bridge Road Cemetery, Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States[7]  

3)  SHARED EVENTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
 
*  Spouse 1:                 Jabez Snow (1670-1750)
*  Marriage 1:              1695 (about age 19) Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States[1-2]     

*  Child 1:                   Deacon Jabez Snow Jr. (1696-1760)
*  Child 2:                    Joshua Snow (1700- )
*  Child 3:                    Elizabeth Snow (1702-1759)
*  Child 4:                    Sylvanus Snow (1704-1772)
*  Child 5:                    Tabitha Snow (1706-1774)
*  Child 6:                    Samuel Snow (1709-1784)
*  Child 7:                    Edward Snow (1711- )
*  Child 8:                    Phebe Snow (1713-1754)    
4)  NOTES (with source citations as indicated in brackets):  
 
Elizabeth Treat was born 24 July 1676 in Eastham, Massachusetts, the daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth (Mayo) Treat of Eastham[1-4].  She was the second of their eleven children.

She married Jabez Snow (1670-1750) in about 1695 in Eastham[1-2].  He was the son of Jabez and Elizabeth (Smith ) Snow of Eastham.  They had eight children, all born and recorded in Eastham town records.

*  Jabez Snow (1696-1760), married 1720 Elizabeth Paine (1702-1772).
*  Joshua Snow (1700-????)
*  Elizabeth Snow (1702-1759), married 1724 Thomas Knowles (1702-1759).
*  Sylvanus Snow (1705-1772), married (1) 1733 Hannah Cole (1715-1750), (2) Mehitable Walker (1728-1759); (3) 1761 Deborah Cooke (1710-1786).
*  Tabitha Snow (1707-1774), married (1) 1731 John Mayo (1707-1760); (2) Samuel Horton (1686-1778).
*  Samuel Snow (1709-1784), married 1732 Elizabeth Freeman (1714-1784).
*  Edward Snow (1711-????).
*  Phebe Snow (1713-1754), married 1736 John Smith (1712-1754).

When her father, Reverend Samuel Treat, died in 1717, his will was first declared null and void, but was challenged by the heirs and then accepted by the Governor and the Council[5].  Each child of his first wife was to receive 5 shillings, "...they having already received a full share."

Her husband, Jabez Snow died 14 October 1750 in Eastham at the age of 80.  He is buried in Cove Burying Ground in Eastham. The will of Jabez Snow was written on 11 October 1743 and was proved on 23 January 1750/1 in Barnstable County Probate Court[6].  In his will, Jabez bequeathed property to his wife, Elisabeth:
"Itt I Give unto my Dear and Loveing Wife Elisabeth Snow one third part of all my Personall Estate forever that is to Say after my Just Debts & funeral Charges are paid Out of the Same & also I Give unto her my S^d Loveing Wife Elisabeth Snow the use & Improvement of my Dwelling house and barn & Orchard for her to use and Improve towards her Support During the time She Shall Continue to be my Widdow and I also Give unto her my Said Wife Elisabeth Snow the use and Improvement of one third part of all my lands & Meadows for her to use and Improve for her Support During y^e term of her Natural life."
Elizabeth (Treat) Snow died on 3 March 1755 in Eastham, at age 78[1-2,7].  She is buried in Bridge Road Cemetery in Eastham[7].  The inscription on the stone says:

"Here Lies The
Body of M'rs
Elizabeth Snow
Wife of M'r
Jabez Snow Died
March 3'd 1755
In Y'e 79'th Year
Of Her Age."

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 187, Elizabeth Treat sketch.

2. John D. Austin, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Volume Six: Stephen Hopkins (Plymouth, Mass.: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2001, 3rd Edition), page 170, Jabez Snow sketch.

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 44, Elizabeth Treat birth entry, 24 July 1676.

4. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, indexed database and digital image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com), "Orleans and Eastham Records," page 330 (image 174 of 185), Elizabeth Treat birth record, 24 July 1676.

5. 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)., pages 167-179, Samuel Treat sketch.

6. "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.

7. Find A Grave, indexed database and digital image,  (http://www.findagrave.com), Bridge Road Cemetery (Eastham, Mass.), Elizabeth Treat Snow (1676-1755) memorial # 15871798.

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NOTE:  In 2014, Amy Johnson Crow suggested a weekly blog theme of "52 Ancestors" in her blog post  52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks on the No Story Too Small blog.  I have extended this theme in 2020 for a seventh year to 364 Ancestors in 364 Weeks.  The list of 52 Ancestors biographies from my great-grandparents to the 7th great-grandparents (in work) is in   https://www.geneamusings.com/p/ancestor-biographies.html.

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1 comment:

minkyadu said...


This is a great idea, and something I believe I can stay on course.

With Family Tree the Ahnentafel Report does not have a numbering system, only the descendant tree. What numbering system do you use.