Holbrook line: The family of Richard Snow 1607ish to 1677

 Richard Snow is our immigrant ancestor to Massachusetts, and that is the first thing that is known about him for certain.  Various couples have been proposed as parents for him, but as far as I can tell, none have been proven.  He seems to have gone to Barbados about 1635, where he probably married Annis or Avis Barrat/Barrett.  It is most likely that their first two children were born there, and the last three in Woburn, Massachusetts, where they settled sometime in the early 1640s.  Annis's parentage is also unknown at this time.  Richard died in 1677 in Woburn; I have not found a death date for Annis.  The couple had five known children.

John was the first born, about 1640, likely in Barbados.  He married Mary Greene, the daughter of William and Hannah Carter Green.  Their children are John, Zerubabbel, Timothy, Hannah, Mary, and Ebenezer, and I will follow this family in my next post.  John died in 1706 in Woburn.

James was the next born, about 1642.  He married Sarah Jaquith, the daughter of Abraham and Annis Jordan Jaquith, who was of French Huguenot heritage.  Their children are James, Abigail, Lydia, Sarah, and Hezekiah.  James died in 1709 in Lancaster, Massachusetts, which was the scene of desperate fighting during King Philip's War.  If James was there in 1675, he either would have been in the military, fighting, or he would have taken his family to relative safety elsewhere.  I'd like to know his story!  

Daniel was the third born son, born in 1645 and died about 17 months later, in 1646.  Many of the families I've written about have suffered the loss of at least one child, but it still grabs my heart every time I have to write of this.  

Samuel was born in 1647 and died in 1717 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts.  He first married Sarah Wilson, the daughter of John and Hannah (maiden name possibly James) Wilson.  Their children are Samuel, Sarah, Daniel, Abigail, and Richard.  Sarah died, and Samuel married another Sarah-Sarah Parker, the daughter of John and Joanna Parker.  Their children are Deborah, Joanna, and Ebenezer.  

The last son is Zachariah, born in 1649 and died in 1711 in Woburn.  Little is known of his life, except that he was wounded in the Swamp Fight of 1675 during King Philip's War.  There has been no record found of a marriage or of children for him, so he is a bit of a mystery.  

These 4 surviving men probably were active in King Philip's War, and possibly in the later wars of the 1690s in the area of Maine and New Hampshire.  These early pioneers lived through more than we can possibly understand, and their names deserve to be remembered.