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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52 Ancestors - Week 359: #572 Jabez Snow (1670-1750) of Eastham, Massachusetts

Jabez Snow (1670-1750)  is number 572 on my Ahnentafel List, my 7th great-grandfather, who married #573  Elizabeth Treat (1676-1755) 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:                       Jabez Snow[1–6]    

*  Sex:                           Male    

*  Father:                      Jabez Snow (1642-1690)    

*  Mother:                    Elizabeth Smith (1648-1732)  

 

2)  INDIVIDUAL EVENTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):

 

*  Birth:                       6 September 1670, Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States[1-5]    

*  Death:                     14 October 1750 (age 80), Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States[1-5]    

*  Burial:                     after 14 October 1750 (after age 80), Cove Burying Ground, Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States[5]    

*  Probate:                   23 January 1750/1 (age 80), will proved; Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States[6]  

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

 

*  Spouse 1:                 Elizabeth Treat (1676-1755)

*  Marriage 1:              1695 (about age 25) 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):  

Jabez Snow was born 6 September 1670 in Eastham, Massachusetts, the son of Jabez and Elizabeth (Smith) Snow of Eastham[1-5].  He was the eldest of nine children.

He married Elizabeth Treat in about 1695 in Eastham[1-2].  She was the daughter of Rev. Samuel and Elizabeth (Mayo) Treat of Eastham.  They had nine 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).

Jabez Snow died 14 October 1750 in Eastham at the age of 80[1-2,5].  He is buried in Cove Burying Ground in Eastham[5]. 

The probate records for Jabez Snow are in Barnstable County, Massachusetts Probate Court records[6].  The will of Jabez Snow was written on 11 October 1743 and was proved on 23 January 1750/1:

In the Name of God Amen I Jabez Snow in y^e County of Barnstable In the Province of y^e Massachusetts Bay in New England Yeoman being Arived to Old Age but through God's goodness Yet of Disposing mind and Memory do therefore now make this my last Will and Testament in Manner following that is to Say first of all I Commit my Soul to God y^t Gave it & my body to the Earth to be Decently buried.

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.

Itt 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.

Itt I Give and bequeath to my three Daughters Namely Elisabeth Knowles Tabitha Mayo and Phebe Smith & to their heirs & Assigns forever in Equal Proportion Alike all and Every part of my Personal Estate not disposed of ^before^ in this my will and Testament that is to say after my Just Debts and funeral Charges are paid out of y^e whole thereof they my s^d Daughters having Each of them had Considerable heretofore.

Lastly I Do constitute Appoint Ordain and make my trusty Son Jabez Snow my whole and Soul Exec^r of this my last will and Testament Declaring this and no other to be my last will and Testament In Witness whereof I do hereunto Set my hand and Seal this eleventh day of Octo^r in the Seventeenth year of his Majesties Reign Anno Domini One thousand Seaven Hundred and fourty three.

Signed Sealed & Pronounced ^& declared^ to be his last Will & Testament in Presence of us                                                                                         his                

Joseph Doane                                                            Jabez V Snow  

Desire x Doane                                                                   mark              

Elisabeth + Doane              

 Desire Doane

To all People to whom these presents Shall Come Silvanus Bourn Esq^r Judge of the Probate of Wills &c in the County of Barnstable ^within^ the Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England Sendeth Greeting Know ye that on the twenty third day of January Anno domini 1750 The Instrument hereunto Anexed purporting the last will & Testament of Jabez Snow late of Eastham in the County of Barnstable Yeo^n Deceas^d was presented for Probate by Jabez Snow y^e Exec^r therein Named then Present Joseph Doane Esq^r & Desire Doane & Desire Doane 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 Together with Elisabeth Subs^d their Name Togather as Witnesses to y^e Execution thereof in y^e Said Testators presence and that he was then to the best of their Judgem^t of Sound and Disposing Mind. I do therefore Approve &Allow of the said Instrument as the last will & Testament of y^e before Named Deceas^d and do Commit the Adminis^n thereof in all Matters the Same Concerning and of his Estate whereof he Died Seiz^d and Possessed in said County unto Jabez Snow the before Named Exec^r well and faithfully to Execute the Said Will and to Adminis^r the Estate of the Said Deceas^d According thereto who Accepted of his Said Said Trust & to Exhibit an Inventory pursuant to Law and he Shall Render an Acc^o upon Oath of his proceedings when thereunto Law-fully Required. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto Set my hand Seal of Office the Day and Year Above Written,

                       Exam^d (SS) Da^d Gorham Reg^r             Silvanus Bourn

5)  SOURCES

1. 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.

2. 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 167, Elizabeth Treat sketch.

3. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, indexed database and digital image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com), "Orleans and Eastham Records," Page 323 (image 171 of 285), Jabez Snow birth entry.

4. 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 13, Jabez Snow birth entry.

5. Find A Grave, indexed database and digital image,  (http://www.findagrave.com), Cove Burying Ground (Eastham, Mass.), Jabez Snow memorial # 15872041.

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.

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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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Tombstone Tuesday -- Constance (Hopkins) Snow (1605-1677) in Cove Burying Ground, Eastham, Mass.

  I have collected a number of gravestone photographs from my own camera and from Find A Grave memorials over many years, and thought I would share them one at a time for Tombstone Tuesday.

Here is the gravestone of my 9th great-grandmother, Constance (Hopkins) Snow (1605-1677) in Cove Burying Ground in Eastham, Massachusetts.

The inscription on the relatively modern stone plaque says:

CONSTANCE HOPKINS SNOW

1605-1677

Mayflower Passenger

Wife of Nicholas Snow, Eastham's

First Town Clerk 1646-1662

Placed by Her Descendants

1966

The source citation for this gravestone is:

Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 21 September 2020), memorial page for Constance Hopkins Snow (11 May 1606–Oct 1677), Find a Grave Memorial no. 8634, citing Cove Burying Ground, Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Find A Grave .

Thank you to Find A Grave for creating and maintaining this Find A Grave memorial, and to Mark Wentling and The Guaridan for providing the photographs.

Nicholas Snow (1604-1676) and Constance Hopkins (1605-1677) are my 9th great-grandparents.  They married in 1627 in Plymouth, Mass. and had 10 children.  I am descended through their 2nd child,  Mary Snow (1630-1704) who married Thomas Paine (1633-1706) in 1650 in Eastham, Massachusetts.

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Tombstone Tuesday --Jabez Snow in Cove Burying Ground in Eastham, Mass.

I have collected a number of gravestone photographs from my own camera and from Find A Grave memorials over many years, and thought I would share them one at a time for Tombstone Tuesday.

Here is the gravestone of my 7th great-grandfather, Jabez Snow (1670-1750) in Cove Burying Ground in Eastham, Massachusetts:

The inscription from the photograph is not readable for this broken stone.

The source citation for this gravestone is:

Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 31 August 2020), memorial page for Jabez Snow (6 Sep 1670–14 Oct 1750), Find a Grave Memorial no. 15872041, citing Cove Burying Ground, Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Mary Harrell-Sesniak (contributor 46488639) .

Thank you to Mary Harrell-Sesniak for creating this Find A Grave memorial and (I'm assuming) for taking this photograph.

Jabez Snow (1670-1850) and Elizabeth Treat (1686-1755) are my 7th great-grandparents.  They married in about 1695 in Eastham, Mass. and had eight children.  I am descended through their eldest child, Jabez Snow (1696-1760) who married Elizabeth Paine (1702-1772) in 1720 in Eastham.

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Tombstone Tuesday -- Elizabeth (Treat) Snow in Bridge Road Cemetery in Eastham, Mass.

I have collected a number of gravestone photographs from my own camera and from Find A Grave memorials over many years, and thought I would share them one at a time for Tombstone Tuesday.

Here is the gravestone of my 7th great-grandmother, Elizabeth (Treat) Snow (1676-1755) in Bridge Road Cemetery in Eastham, Massachusetts:

The inscription from the photograph is:

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

The source citation for this gravestone is:

Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 24 August 2020), memorial page for Elizabeth Treat Snow (24 Jul 1676–3 Mar 1755), Find a Grave Memorial no. 15871798, citing Bridge Road Cemetery, Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Mary Harrell-Sesniak (contributor 46488639) .

Thank you to Mary Harrell-Sesniak for creating this Find A Grave memorial and (I'm assuming) for taking this photograph.

Jabez Snow (1670-1850) and Elizabeth Treat (1686-1755) are my 7th great-grandparents.  They married in about 1695 in Eastham, Mass. and had eight children.  I am descended through their eldest child, Jabez Snow (1696-1760) who married Elizabeth Paine (1702-1772) in 1720 in Eastham.

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Amanuensis Monday - 1773 Probate Papers for Jabez Snow (1696-1760) Estate in Eastham, Mass.

This week's documents for Amanuensis Monday are the 1772/3 Account on Settlement of the Estate and dividend on Dower in the probate court records for the estate of Jabez Snow (1696-1760) late of Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts:

*  Volume 17, page 59 (image 37 of 392), starting at top of right-hand page:

The transcription of this document is:

Barnstable Ss The Account of Willard Knowles adm^r on ^the third part of^ the Estate of Jabez

Snow late of Eastham in the County of Barnstable Gen^n Deceas^d

which was set off to his Relict widow in Dower who is since

deces^d. Said estate Represented Insolvent.

Your said Accountant chargeth himself with the said Third ?????? Sold

att vendue by Licence from the Hom^e Justice of the Court of Comon Pleas for said

County viz.

The house and Clear Land	£ 44 – 14 - 2
The Meadow	17 – 14 - 8
The Woodland	29 – 12 - 4
The half pew in the meeting house	4 – 18 - 8
To hire of the Meadow before it was sold	0 – 16 - 0
	£ 97 - 15 - 10

And your Accountant prays for an Allowance

for the following paments and Charges viz:

To one day taking Aminis^n 4/ paid the Judge 4/6	£ 0 -   8 - 6
To the apprisers 6/7 paid the Justicve for Swearing them 2/	0 -   8 - 0
To attending the appraisers 2/8 To their Expences 2/	0 -   4 - 0
To Journey & Expence to Yarm^o Court Prob 9/ paid ye Judge 2/	0 - 10 - 0
To Expence at Court to get Liberty to Sell the Land	0 -   6 - 0
To the Vendue Master 6/ Expence att Vendue 4/4	0 - 10 - 4
To two days measuring the woodland @ 4/ pr Day	0 -   8 - 0
To Petiton for sale of Land Certifate & ^t Dues & attendance	0 - 18 - 8
To Sundrie Copies of the former proceedings & List of Debts	0 -   7 - 8
To two Journeys to Barnstable Including this Time & Expence	1 -   0 - 8
To paying off y^e Creditors & Drawing Acc^s &c	2 – 17 - 0
To the Judge ??? 7/4 To the Reg^r 15/8	1 -    3 - 0
To the Hom. James Otis Esq^r Judge	£ 9 -    2 - 6
Of Probate &c Barnstable March 9, 1773                                            Ballance	88 – 13 - 4
	£ 97 - 15 -10
Errors Excepted pr Willard Knowles

Barnstable Ss By the Hon^e James Otis Esq^r Judge of Prob &C

Willard Knowles Esq^r Admin^r on one third part of the Real Estate of Jabez Snow late of

Eastham Gen^n Dec^d represented Insolvent presented the foregoing and made Oath that

it Contains a Just and true Account of his admin^n thereon which is Accepted & allowed

March 9 1773.                                   Exam^d Da^d Gorham Reg^r James Otis

Barnstable Ss. By the Hon^e James Otis Esq^r Judge of Probate &c for said County.

It appearing to me by the Account of Willard Knowles of Eastham Esq^r Administ^r

of that ^third^ part of the Estate of Jabez Snow late of said Estham Gen^n Dece^d which was Sett

off to his Relict widow ^in dower^ who is since deceas^d. That said Estate was Sold at Publick

Vendue by order from the Court of Comon Pleas with the use thereof for the Sum of

ninety seven pounds fifteen shillings & Ten pence, and the Charges of

Administr & Selling &c amounts to the Sum of Nine pounds two Shillings

and six pence and the Debts due to the Creditors to said Estate appears

by the Comiss Report amounts to the sum of two hundred Eighty pounds

and four pence and also it appears by the Records in the Probate Office

that the former Executor paid Creditors the Ballance of his Acc^o amounting

two hundred twelve pounds six shillings and Eleaven pence so that

there there Remains due to said Creditors Anno 1761 the Sum of Sixty

seven pounds thirteen shillings & five pence which Sum with the Interest

since added thereto amounts to the sum of One hundred and Twelve pounds so

that said Estate will bear to pay the said Creditors no more than the sum of Six shil-

lings and four pence upon the pound of their Respective Debts & Interest more than

thet have already had.

I Do therefore proportion said Ballance and remaining Estate among the Creditors

accordingly and order the said administrator to pay to the said Creditors Six Shillings

and four pound more of the Debts to them respectively owing as appears by the

Comissioners Report & List of Debts hereto Annexed.

Given under my hand & seal of office Dated att Barnstable March 9 1773    James Otis

                               Record & Compaired pr Da^d Gorham Reg^r

The source citation for this record is:

Massachusetts, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991, indexed database with digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com), Barnstable County, "Probate Records, Vol 17-18, 1769-1783,: Volume 17, page 59 (image 37 of 392), Jabez Snow, 1772/3 Account of Settlement and Dower Dividend.

Jabez Snow and Elizabeth Paine (1702-1772) married in 1720 in Eastham, Massachusetts, and resided there for the remainder of their lives.  They had six children alive at the time Jabez wrote his will on 31 July 1760.  He died on 6 September 1760 and his wife Elizabeth died in 1772.  Elizabeth and their six living children were named in the will of Jabez Snow; the only married daughter at the time was Eunice Horting [Horton].

The will and inventory were transcribed in  Amanuensis Monday - Post 319: Probate Records of Jabez Snow (1696-1760) of Eastham, Mass.  The will is very simple - one third to the wife and the rest bequeathed to the six children.  The will of Jabez Snow was proved in the Barnstable Probate Court on 17 March 1761, and the Inventory was filed and approved on 9 May 1761.  

The probate records in this post were available on Ancestry.com but were not indexed.  I recently checked the Probate Index for Barnstable County and found these records that explain a lot more of what happened to the estate.  In Amanuensis Monday - 1761 Probate Papers for Jabez Snow (1696-1760) Estate in Eastham, Mass., I transcribed the Dower document, and the widow's one third portion of the real estate was set off by the committee.  In the Insolvency Report, the commissioners listed the debts owed by Jabez Snow to his creditors, totaling £282 0s 4d..  In the Account, the executor listed the income collected (£282 5s 6d), including the real estate sold at auction.  He also listed the charges, fees and other expenses incurred during his administration (£69 18s 1d).  The remaining estate was thus £212 6s 11d payable to the creditors.  In the Dividend, the Probate Court Judge ordered that the creditors be paid 15 shillings and 2 pence on the pound (about 75% of that owed) from the remaining estate.

Note that the executor sold off the two-thirds of the real estate that was bequeathed by Jabez Snow to his heirs, and charged himself with the personal estate.  It is very likely that the executor and his siblings bought at least some of the real property and all of the personal property in order to keep the house lot and other lands in the family.  The widow received a portion of the dwelling house and other lands.

In the present document, when the wife of Jabez Snow died in 1772, her one-third of the real property had to be sold at auction and the creditors paid up to what they were owed.  The sale amount, less the administrator's charges and payments, amounted to £ 88 13s 4p.  The Probate Court ordered the administrator to pay off the creditors at the rate of 6 shillings 4 pence to the pound.  Thus, the estate file was completed.  The creditors took a small loss of the money they were owed by the estate.

Jabez and Elizabeth (Paine) Snow are my 6th great-grandparents.  Their eldest child, daughter Eunice (Snow) Horton, who married Nathaniel Horton in 1742, is my 5th great-grandmother.  

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NOTE:  Genea-blogger John Newmark (who writes the excellent  TransylvanianDutch blog) started a Monday blog theme years ago called "Amanuensis Monday."  John offers this definition for "amanuensis:"

"A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another."

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Amanuensis Monday - 1761 Probate Papers for Jabez Snow (1696-1760) Estate in Eastham, Mass.

This week's documents for Amanuensis Monday are the 1761/2 Dower, Insolvency Report, Account, and Dividend in the probate court records for the estate of Jabez Snow (1696-1760) late of Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts:

*  Volume 12, page 177 (image 106 of 321), starting about 30% down the right hand page:

The transcription of this record is:

1)  Dower

We the Subscribers Being Appointed by the Honourable

Silvanus Bourn Esq^r Judge of Probate of Wills for the County of

Barnstable to make a Division and partition of the Real Estate of

Capt^n Jabez Snow Late of Eastham in said County Deceas^d by Setting

off to Elisabeth Snow Relict Widow to said Deceased one third part

thereof by Meets and Bounds as her Right of Dower is Accord-

ingly this third Day of July Anno Domini 1761; Have set off

to the Said Widow by meets and Bounds as followeth (viz) –

The Land Bounded beginning at the Northwest Corner of the

Orchad thence Runing Southerly thirty Rods by the way to a Stone

in the fence allowing a way from the Road Down to the House

two Rods wide and from said Stone thence Easterly Twenty Eight Rods

to a Stone in the Ditch thence still Easterly as the fence now Stands

Thirty two Rods to a Stone In the fence and from thence Northerly to

the pond then westerly Thirty Rods in a Straight line to the Range

^of Capt John Atwoods Land then in the Range^

of said Atwoods Land to the first Bound Specified; the Great Room

Bedroom and Buttery with a Priviledge to Bake in the Oven;

the meadow in the Great meadow below the mill Bounded Begining

at Silvanus Snows SouthEast Corner bound thence Southerly

fourteen Rods by the Shore thence Westerly to the lower End then

Northerly Ten Rods to s^d Snows Bound and then in said Snows Range

to the first Bound; the Wood Lott that lieth near David Browns

Between Silvanus Snows Woodlot and Samuel Snows Wood Lott;

and one Half of the pew in the meeting House at the Northerly

End of s^d House.

Accepted & ordered to be } Recorded & Comp^d     Edward Knowles

Record^d Sept^r 17 1761  }     Da^d Gorham Reg^r Samuel Smith

                                                                                    Nathaniel Atwood

*  Volume 12, pages 178-9 (image 107 of 321), starting at the top of left-hand page:

The transcription of these records is:

2)  Insolvency Report

We the Subscribers Being Appointed by the Honourable

Silvanus Bourn Esq^r Judge of Probate for the County of Barnstable

to Receive and Examine the Claims of the Several Creditors to the

Estate of Jabez Snow late of Eastham Gentleman Deceased Proseeded

to the Same and approve of the following Demands:

To Silvanus Snow	£81 .15 . 5	To Elisha Linnel	£ 0 . 0 . 8
To Willard Knowles	22 . 1 . 9	To Bettey Mayo	0 . 8 . 5
To Malletiah Dillingham	21 . 3 . 9	To Jonathan Doane	1 . 0 . 7
To John Averey	16 . 3 . 0	To Widow Tabitha Mayo	1 . 8 . 0
To Joshua Atkins	13 . 6 . 8	To ye Estate of Benj^a Higgins	10 . 7 . 1 - 2
To Edward Snow	9 . 17 . 6	To John Mulford	0 . 3 . 11
To Nathaniel Atwood	4 . 16 . 0	To Halsel Nickerson	0 . 6 . 10
To Joseph Myrick	0 . 0 . 8	To Nathaniel Bacon	0 .13 . 3 - 2
To Joseph Mayo	0 . 4 . 0	To Samuel Sturges	5 . 8 . 9
To Thomas Brown	0 . 8 . 11	To Thankfull Harding	0 . 2 . 0
To Joseph Pepper	0 . 1 . 4	To Nathaniel Breed	2 .10 . 6
To Philip Higgins	0 . 1 . 8 - 2	To James Pitts	97 . 1 . 11
		To Levi Smith	0 . 6 . 10 - 2
Eastham October 30 1761			£280 . 0 . 4 - 0
		Soloman Pepper } Josiah Sears }	Comissioners
		Exam^d Da^d Gorham Reg^r

Barnstable SS The Accompt of Jabez Snow Sole Executor

to the Last Will of Cap^t Jabez Snow late of

Eastham in s^d County Gentleman Deceased

3)  Account

The said Accomptant Chargeth himself                   } with the Goods and Chattels of y^e Said Deceased } as Specified in an Inventory thereof Exhibited        } Into the Registry of the Court of Probate for said    } County May 9^th 1761 Amounting to                     }	£ 68 .   6 . 0
Also 32 bushels of Rye sold at vendu Not Inv^d	5 .   0 . 0
Also Sundry Small debts Reg^d as pr Scedule & Book	6 . 15 . 0
Also a Note of Hand Receiv^d	15 . 18 . 8
By two thirds of the Real Estate Sold at Publick Vendue by Order from the General Court	183 . 15 . 2
By 19 Bushels of Corn @ 2/8	2 . 10 . 8
	£282 .  5 . 6
And your Accomptant prays for an Allowance for the following Payments & Charges (viz)
Paid y^e funeral charges and Doctors Bill	£   7 .   0 . 10
Paid y^d Prisers 24/ paid for Srtting of y^e Widows Dower 25/1	2 .   9 .   4
Paid the Comiss^rs 24/ paid y^e Constable y^e Deceas^d Rates 50/9	£   3 . 14 .   9
Paid the widow Sundry allow^d ordered by the Judge	17 .   6 .   8
Paid Deacon Edw^d Knowles my Attorney as pr his Account	5 .  11 .   3
Paid for Nursing y^e Deceased & Attendance in his Last Sickness	2 .  16 .   0
Paid Edw^d Snow for Getting hay harvesting Grain to after y^d Decease of Father pr his Acc^o	10 .  15 .   0
Paid more he the Testator had as Treasurer &c	1 .    3 .   2
Paid for Witnesses to the Will the Travel and Expence	1 .    7 .   4
Paid for hay for y^e Stock before Sold 19/ p^d hay Pris^d 26/8	2 .    5 .   8
Paid for Petition of Gen^l Court for Sell Land &c	0 .    6 .   8
Paid for Sell Personal Estate at Vendue &c	1 .    6 .   8
Paid for Deed & Bonds agreable to s^d Petition & order	0 .    9 .   0
Paid for Judge of Prob^e 21/1 Reg^r 38/8 Including Coppies	2 .  19 .   8
The adm^r for time trouble & Expence in Administaring & Paying of Creditors as pr Scedule	9 .  17 .   3
To the Hon^e Silvanus Bourn Esq^r Barnstable January 5th 1762	£ 69 .  18 .   1
Errors Excepted	Jabez Snow

Barnstable SS: By the Hon^e Silvanus Bourn Esq Judge of Prob^te for s^d County

Jabez Snow Executor presented the foregoing and made Oath that it Contains

a Just and true Account of his Administration on the Estate of Jabez Snow late

of Eastham in said County Gent. Deceased Represented Insolvent so far as

he hath proceeded therein & Produced Receipts & Vouchers for y^e Several

payments therein Mentioned which is Accordingly Accepted and allowed

January 5, 1762                                                          Silvanus Bourn

                              Exam^d pr Da^d Gorham Reg^r

4)  Dividend

Barnstable SS By the Honourable Silvanus bourn Esq Judge of

Probate &c for said county

It Appearing unto me by the Inventory and Accompt presented to by Jabez

Snow sole Executor to the Last Will and Testament of Jabez Snow late of

Eastham in said county Gentleman Deceased Represented Insolvent

that the Funeral Expences Charges of Administration and Necessary

Implements of Household allowed the widow being first Subducted

there Remains but two Hundred Twelve Pounds Six Shillings and

Eleven Pence, and the Claims of the Several Creditors thereto as

Reported by the Comittee appointed to Receive and Examine

y^e Same Amounts to Two Hundred Eighty Pounds and four Pence

So that the Estate att Present will bear to Pay to the said Creditors

no more than fifteen shillings & two pence on the Pound of their

Respective Debts. I Do therefore proportion the Surplussage

& Remaining Estate Among the Creditors accordingly and order the

s^d Adminis^r to pay to the said Creditors fifteen Shillings and Two pence ^on the pound^

of the Debts to Them Respectively Owing as appears by the Comiss^rs Report

or List of Debts hereto Annexed Saving to Each of the Creditors a propor-

tion of what more of the Estate Shall hereafter Appear upon the

further Accompt to be Rendered thereof.

Given under my Hand and Seal of the said court of Probate

this Seventh Day of January Anno Domini 1762 Silvanus Bourn

                                                 Exam^d pr Da^d Gorham Reg^r

The source citation for this record is:

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, 1761/2 Dower, Insolvency Report, Account and Dividend

Jabez Snow and Elizabeth Paine (1702-1772) married in 1720 in Eastham, Massachusetts, and resided there for the remainder of their lives.  They had six children alive at the time Jabez wrote his will on 31 July 1760.  He died on 6 September 1760 and his wife Elizabeth died in 1772.  Elizabeth and their six living children were named in the will of Jabez Snow; the only married daughter at the time was Eunice Horting [Horton].

The will and inventory were transcribed in  Amanuensis Monday - Post 319: Probate Records of Jabez Snow (1696-1760) of Eastham, Mass.  The will is very simple - one third to the wife and the rest bequeathed to the six children.  The will of Jabez Snow was proved in the Barnstable Probate Court on 17 March 1761, and the Inventory was filed and approved on 9 May 1761.  

The probate records in this post were available on Ancestry.com but were not indexed.  I recently checked the Probate Index for Barnstable County and found these records that explain a lot more of what happened to the estate.  In the Dower document, the widow's one third portion of the real estate was set off by the committee.  In the Insolvency Report, the commissioners listed the debts owed by Jabez Snow to his creditors, totaling £282 0s 4d..  In the Account, the executor listed the income collected (£282 5s 6d), including the real estate sold at auction.  He also listed the charges, fees and other expenses incurred during his administration (£69 18s 1d).  The remaining estate was thus £212 6s 11d payable to the creditors.  In the Dividend, the Probate Court Judge ordered that the creditors be paid 15 shillings and 2 pence on the pound (about 75% of that owed) from the remaining estate.

Note that the executor sold off the two-thirds of the real estate that was bequeathed by Jabez Snow to his heirs, and charged himself with the personal estate.  It is very likely that the executor and his siblings bought at least some of the real property and all of the personal property in order to keep the house lot and other lands in the family.  The widow received a portion of the dwelling house and other lands.

There is one more set of papers for this estate file.  When the wife of Jabez Snow died in 1772, her one-third of the real property had to be sold at auction and the creditors paid up to what they were owed.  I will transcribe those papers next week.

Jabez and Elizabeth (Paine) Snow are my 6th great-grandparents.  Their eldest child, daughter Eunice (Snow) Horton, who married Nathaniel Horton in 1742, is my 5th great-grandmother.  

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NOTE:  Genea-blogger John Newmark (who writes the excellent  TransylvanianDutch blog) started a Monday blog theme years ago called "Amanuensis Monday."  John offers this definition for "amanuensis:"

"A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another."

The URL for this post is:  http://www.geneamusings.com/2018/01/amanuensis-monday-1761-probate-papers.html

Copyright (c) 2018, Randall J. Seaver

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