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Note: SNOW, NICHOLAS-Nicholas arrived on the Anne in 1623, and by the time of the 1627 division he was married to Mayflower passenger Constance Hopkins, daughter of Stephen. Banks wrote that he was of Hoxton, County Middlesex. He was a Purchaser and was on the 1633 freeman list. On 5January 1634/35, the servant of Nicholas Snow, unnamed, was willing toserve out his time with John Cooper, according to the terms of the indenture (PCR 1:33). Twyford West, whose indenture had been assigned by Edward Winslow to Nicholas Snow, complained to Winslow that he disliked being with Snow, and on 11 February 1635/36 voluntarily increased his indenture from six to seven years in consideration of Winslow reacquiringhis indenture from Snow (PCR 1:37). Snow served as highway surveyor, on the grand jury, and in other similar positions, and as a Purchaser heenjoyed various land grants. On 1 December 1640 he was one of several highway surveyors presented for not mending the highways (PCR 2;5). He was one of the Plymouth residents moving to Nauset in the 1640s, and he was a surveyor, deputy, tax collector, constable, and selectman there (PCR, passim). In 1664 he was among those allowed to bring liquors into Eastham (PCR 4:100). He died 15 November 1676, having made his will 14 November 1676, and he named his wife Constant and his sons Mark, Joseph,Stephen, John, and Jabez, and after his wife's death his livestock andmoveable estate would be divided among all his children (MD 3:167). Healso had married daughters Mary, Sarah, Elizabeth, and Ruth, and Bowman thought he had three other probably married daughters. For additionalinformation see Mrs. M. L. T. Alden, "The Snow Genealogy," NEHGR 47:81, 186, 341, 48:71, 188, 49:71, 202, 451, 51:204, 64:284, which should be used cautiously.
NICHOLAS' SNOW came in the Ann in 1623, and had share in the division of land in Plymouth, 1624; settled in Eastham in 1645; a man of much note. We find where he lived, and his neighbors, from Plymouth Colony Records, vol. 1, page 59. 11 A heigh waye " 11 from Plymouth to the Eele River. . . . The upper way to Thomas Clarkes still; the lower way from Ralph Wallens right out to Holman's Rock; allowed fourty foote on the west side, and so straight to Manesses Kempton's ground, whose fence is tobe removed twenty foote inward, and so passing betweene two rocks at the brooke, straight to Edward Banges, leaveing his house west, and so along, leaveing Nicholas Snowes house east & so to Mr. Hopkin's house, leaving it east, and so up the valley to Thomas Clarkes uper stile, the foote way to be continued from Mr. Hopkin's, in the old path, below Thomas Clarkes to the heigh way," etc. He was freeman 1633. He with six others, Mr. Thomas Prence, John Doane, Nicholas Snow, Josias Cook, RichardHiggins, John Smally, and Edward Bangs-seven families, in all forty-nine souls, began the settlement of Eastham at first called Nauset, earlyin 1645. It "is granted to be a township, and to have all the privileges of a township as other towns; within the government have " in 1646. "Thus recognized a meeting of the inhabitants, duly convened, elected Nicholas Snow Town clerk, Edward Banks town treasurer, & Josias Cooke town constable." Nicholas Snow was town clerk from 1646, sixteen years; was deputy from 1648, three years; was selectman from 1663, seven years. He and his son Mark signed the call to Rev. John Mayo to settle as theirminister in 1655. He was one of Gov. Thomas Prence's associates. We think he was born in England.
Source: The Snow Genealogy by Mrs. Charles L. Alden of Troy, NY
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