Nicholas Snow (Y-DNA)

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Status summary

Completed as of October 1, 2020:

  • Recruiting additional direct male-line Nicholas Snow descendants for further SNP testing - anyone interested in submitting their DNA for testing should contact MayflowerDNA1620@gmail.com
  • Y-SNP predicted to fall under I1-M253>DF29>Z58>Z59>CTS8647>Z61>Z60

Still to do as of October 1, 2020

  • NGS/WGS test multiple descendants of Nicholas Snow to firmly place family clade as well as test descendants to discover any subclades unique to descendants lines

Biography

For more information see * Austin, John D., Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, vol. 6 Hopkins General Society of Mayflower Descendants, Plymouth, MA. 3rd edition 2001 as well as Pilgrim Hopkins Heritage Society Lineage database

First Generation

Nicholas Snow[1] was likely the son of Nicholas Snow baptized at St. Leonard's Snowditch, London on 25 Jan 1599/1600.[2] He died at Eastham on 15 Nov 1676. [3] He emigrated to New Plimouth Colony in 1623 aboard the Anne. He married sometime shortly before the 1627 Cattle Division to Constance Hopkins (daughter of Mayflower Passenger Stephen Hopkins).

Nicholas and Constance had a total of 12 children[4], the identity of only nine of them are currently known; four daughters and five sons (Mark, Joseph, Stephen, John and Jabez)

Second Generation

Mark Snow was born Plymouth 9 May 1628 and died Eastham 23 Nov 1694. He married twice, first Eastham 18 Jan 1654 Anne Cooke (d 15 Jul 1656) and had one daughter, Annah (1656). Mark married second, Eastham 2 Jan 1660 Jane Prence and they had eight children (born Eastham): Mary (1661), Nicholas (1663), Elizabeth (1666-1675), Thomas (1668), Sarah (1671), Prence (1674), Elizabeth (1676-1677/8) and Hannah (1679)

Joseph Snow was born Plymouth 1634 and died Eastham 3 Jan 1722/3. He married Mary poss. Higgins and they had eleven children (born Eastham): Joseph (1671), Benjamin (1673), Mary (1674), Sarah (1677), Ruth (1679), Stephen (1681), Lydia (1684), Rebecca (1686), James (1689-b1721 unm.), Jane (1692) and Josiah (1694).

Stephen Snow was born Plymouth 1636 and died Eastham 17 Dec 1705. He married twice, first Eastham 28 Oct 1663 Susanna DEANE Rogers and second aft 1701 Mary COTTLE Bickford. He only had children by his first wife (born Eastham): Bathshua (1664), Hannah (1666/7), Micajah (1669), Bethiah (1672), Mehitable (d 1706) and Ebenezer.

John Snow was born prob. Plymouth abt 1638 and died Eastham 4 Apr 1692. He married Eastham 19 Sep 1667 Mary Smalley[5] and they had nine children (born Eastham): Hannah (1670), Mary (1671/2), Abigail (1673), Rebecca (1676), John (1678), Isaac (1683), Lydia (1685), Elisha (1686/7) and Phebe (1689).

Jabez Snow was born prob. Eastham abt 1642 and died there 27 Dec 1690. He married Eastham 6 Sep 1670 Elizabeth Smith[6] and they had nine children (born Eastham): Jabez (1670), Edward (1672), Sarah (1673), Grace (1674/5), Thomas (d 1697), Elizabeth, Deborah, Rachel and Mercy.

Third Generation

Nicholas Snow was born Eastham 6 Dec 1663 and died Rochester about 1753. He married (either Eastham or Harwich) 4 Apr 1689 Lydia Shaw and they had eight children (born Harwich): Jonathan (1691/2 m Thankful Freeman), Mark (1695 poss. dsp), Nathaniel (1697 m Elizabeth Eldridge & poss. Abigail Dexter), Joshua (1700 m Bashua ____), Thankful (1701/2), Sarah (1703/4), Phebe (1705) and Prence (1707 m. Mary Sturtevant).

Thomas Snow was born Eastham 6 Aug 1668 and died prob. Eastham aft 1 May 1737. He married twice, first Eastham 8 Feb 1692/3 Hannah Sears and second Harwich 30 Sep 1706 Lydia SEARS Hamlin. By his first wife he had five children (born Harwich): Elizabeth (1693), Mary (1696), Josiah (1699 m Sarah Bellows), Ebenezer (1700/01-1758 m Lydia SMITH no ch.) and Hannah (1702/3). By his second wife Thomas had four more children (born Harwich): Lydia (1707), Thomas (1709 m Rachel Nickerson), Aaron (1710/1 m Hannah Gage) and Ruth (1712/3-1717).

Prence Snow was born Eastham 22 May 1674 and died Harwich 7 Jul 1742. He married abt 1698 Hannah Storrs and they had eight children (born Harwich): Jabez (1699 m Elizabeth Lewis), Hannah (1701), Samuel (1703 m Mary Hopkins), Mercy (1705), Prence (1707 m Jane Collins), Jonathan (twin 1709 m Sarah Bangs), David (twin 1709-b1740 unm.) and Mary (1712).


Joseph Snow (II) was born Eastham 24 Nov 1671 and died there 21 Jan 1705/6. He married Eastham 15 Dec 1690 Sarah Smith[7] and they had at least three children (born Eastham): Thankful (1692 prob. d.y.), Joseph (III) (c1697 m Mercy Knowles), Nathaniel (c1690 m Hannah Parslow) and poss. Deborah.

Benjamin Snow was born Eastham 9 Jun 1673 and died there abt 1749. He married Eastham 6 Jun 1700 Thankful Bowerman and they had ten children (born Eastham): Benjamin (1700/1 m Martha Eldridge), Elizabeth (1702), Mary (1704/5), Thomas (1706/7 m Sarah Young but only had 1 dau.), Susanna (1708), Rebecca (1710), Thankful (1712/3), Jane (1714/5) James (c1718 m Hannah Higgins & Ruth Higgins) and Seth (c1720 m Desire _____).

Stephen Snow was born Eastham 24 Feb 1681 and died there not long bef 8 Aug 1769. He married Eastham 12 Jul 1705 Margaret Elkins and they had ten children (born Eastham): Margaret (1706), Stephen (1708 m Rebecca Snow), Lydia (1710), Sarah (1712), Elkins (1713/4 m Susanna Walker), Jane (1716), Robert (1717/8 m Mercy Smith & Eunice Snow), John (1720-1764 m Phebe Hatch but no ch.), Mercy (1721/2) and Ruth (1725).

Josiah Snow was born Eastham 27 Nov 1694. He married there 20 Oct 1719 Elizabeth Snow (daughter of Thomas Snow) and they had three children (born Eastham): Elizabeth (1721), Josiah (1723) and Mary (1725).


Micajah Snow was born Eastham 22 Dec 1669 and died there abt 1754. He married Eastham 25 Nov 1697 Mercy Young and they had nine children (born Eastham): John (1700 m Hannah Merrick & Elizabeth Paine), Stephen (1702 m Mary Cole), Jonathan (1703/4 nfr), Phebe (1707), Jesse (1709 m Lois Freeman), David (1711 m Priscilla Sparrow), Mercy (1713), Micajah (1716 m Elizabeth Freeman) and Ruth (1717/8).

Ebenezer Snow was born Eastham abt 1672 and died Eastham 9 Apr 1725. He married Eastham 22 Dec 1698 Hopestill Horton and they had twelve children (born Eastham): Susanna (1699/1700), Thomas (1701/2 m Abigail Doane), Ebenezer (1703/4-b1725 unm), Nathaniel (1705/6 m Mary Doane), Henry (1707/8 m Rebecca Berry), Aaron (1707/8 m Sarah Gross), Samuel (1709/10-1728 unm), Thankful (1714), Elisha (1716 m Abigail Doane), Hope (1718), Hannah (1720) and Bathshuah (1723).


John Snow was born Eastham 3 May 1678 and died Duck Creek, DE in Oct 1738. He married twice, first Eastham 25 Feb 1700/1 Elizabeth Ridley and second Hannah ___. By his first wife he had twelve children (born Truro): Joshua (1701 m Hannah Paine), Ann (1703), Elizabeth (1705), John (twin 1706 nfr), Phineas (twin 1706-1706/7), Anthony (1709 m Sarah Paine), Elisha (1711 nfr), Isaac (1713/4 m Apphia Atwood), Mary (1716), Ambrose (1718/9 m Hannah Collins, Elizabeth Paine & Hannah RICH Rider), Amasa (1720/1 m Mary Collins) and David (1722/3-1727). By his second wife he had one child: David (unk if marr)

Isaac Snow was born Eastham 10 Aug 1683 and died Duck Creek, DE abt 1747. He married Alice ___ and they had at least two children: John (d 1757 m Sarah Whithart), William (bef 1723 m Hannah Hawkins & Martha ____), poss. Benjamin, poss. Isaac.

Elisha Snow was born Eastham 10 Jan 1686/7 and died Duck Creek, DE abt 1750. He married twice, first _____ and second aft 20 Jul 1737 Elizabeth Redman. By his first wife he had four children (born Kent Co., DE): Elisha (c1713 m Mary), James (c1715 m Margaret Drayton), Joshua (c1717-1744 sp) and Jesse (c1719-p1745 unk if marr). By his second wife, Elisha had three more children: Silas (c1738 m Elizabeth Paxton), John (c1740-1761 sp) and Phebe (c1742).


Jabez Snow (II) was born Eastgan 6 Sep 1670 and died there 14 Oct 1750. He married abt 1695 Elizabeth Treat and they had eight children (born Eastham): Jabez (1696 m Elizabeth Paine), Joshua (1700-b1750 sp), Elizabeth (1702), Sylvanus (1704/5 m Hannah Cole, Mehitable Walker & Deborah Cook), Tabitha (1707), Samuel (1708/9 m Elizabeth Freeman), Edward (1711-b1750 sp) and Phebe.

Edward Snow was born Eastham 26 Mar 1672 and died prob. Harwich abt 1756. He married Sarah Freeman and they had seven children (bp. Harwich): Thomas (c1700-1732 sp), Jabez (c1703 m Thankful Baker), Rebecca (c1705), Martha (1707), Nathaniel (1709/10 m Thankful Gage), Nathan (1716-b1754 sp) and Joseph (1718 m Mary Sears & Phebe Snow).


  1. ↑ Pilgrim Hall Museum Nicholas and Constance Snow biography.
  2. ↑ TAG 14:229
  3. ↑ MD 6:203
  4. ↑ As reported by Gov. William Bradford's accounting of "Increasings & Decreasings" in the colony about 1651
  5. ↑ After John's death, Mary married Ephraim Doane.
  6. ↑ After Jabez's death, Elizabeth married William Merrick (II).
  7. ↑ After Joseph's death, Sarah married second Eastham 5 Aug 1708 Daniel Hamilton.

DNA results I-Z60

Previous Y-DNA testing

As of 21 June 2023, the Snow DNA Project Subgroup: "Lineage 1" lists 18 individuals whose STR match each other.[1] None of these individuals have done any Y-SNP testing, but three have tested 111 Y-STRs. FTDNA has predicted the family would fall under the I-M253 clade. Plugging in one of the 111 STR results into the Nevgen Haplogroup Prediction Tool gives a result that the haplogroup is not supported by the tool, but six of the top ten haplogroups listed fall somewhere under I1-M253>DF29>Z58>Z59>CTS8647>Z61>Z60.

Further needed testing

We need additional direct male-line descendants of Nicholas Snow to WGS/NGS test to both confirm this prediction as well as to refine the haplogroup further and delineate descendant clades.


Lineage of some Y-DNA testers

Two individuals claiming patrilineal (Y-DNA, direct male line) descent from Nicholas Snow have published their ancestry at wikitree.[2] 

 Nicholas Snow (1599-1676)
   Mark (1628-b1695)
     Thomas (1668-p1737)
       Thomas (1709-1778)
         Samuel (1733-c1779)
           Samuel (1767-1819)
             James H. (1808-1873)
               Horace Edwin (1857-1923)
                 Frank Edwin (1887-1970)
                   Frank Batchelder (1909-1994)
                     father of tester
                       tester
   John (1638-1692)
     Isaac (1683-1745)
       William (1719-c1783)
         Ebenezer (1758-1835)
           Solomon B. (1798-1852)
             Stephen Coe (1833-1865)
               Calvin Houston (1858-1935)
                 Walter Carroll (1888-1951)
                   father of tester
                     tester


  1. ↑ While only three of these individuals document Nicholas Snow as their MDKPA, it is clear most (and likely all) of these individuals descend from Nicholas, or a close relative of his.
  2. ↑ See wikitree profile of Nicholas Snow

References & External Links

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