The Snoden/Snowden Families of England, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and North Carolina

THE SNODEN/SNOWDEN FAMILIES OF ENGLAND, PENNSYLVANIA, NEW JERSEY, AND NORTH CAROLINA by Patricia Law Hatcher, t'ASG ' Ocvcral English-born Snowdens arrived in Pennsylvania and New Jersey VJÿin the late seventeenth century. They were from the same area of Not¬ tinghamshire and Derbyshire as the Quaker minister Elizabeth (Snoden) Hooten,1 but the family connections to her have not been identified. ■ JOHN SNOWDEN is listed among the Freeholders and Inhabitants on the open¬ ing page of the separate four-page volume for 1680 for the Burlington [New Jersey] Court, dated 14 June 1680.1 He was the next-to-the-last of the one hun¬ dred and fifty-one men signing the “Concessions and Agreements of the Pro¬ prietors, Freeholders, and Inhabitants of the Province of West New-Jersey, in America,” which is dated 3 March 1676|/7|.< The lengthy document was drawn up in London and signed there by Edward Bylynge, the trustees, and proprie¬ tors, and later in America by the resident proprietors, freeholders, and other inhabitants. It is likely that the New Jersey signatures were not gathered on a single day; some may have been added much later, hence we date his arrival from the documented 1680 date. Ann Snowden was midwife at births 8 3rd month (May) 1681 near Pine Point for a child Samuel and Elizabeth Coles and 10 1st month [March] 1684/5 for a child of John and Frances Antrum and was present 17 1st month [March! 1682/3 for the birth of the first child of John and Ann (Barret) Snowden, recorded at Burlington Monthly Meeting.*’ She was almost surely ANNI; (SMITH) SNOWDEN, wife of proprietor William Snowden, and mother of John Snowden, although her presence in New Jersey has apparently not been previously rec¬ ognized. There is no evidence William came to America, but he may have died en route or shortly after arrival, especially as he shipped goods in 1677 (see¬ page 134). His wife Anne, his son John (above), his son William (below), and probably a daughter Ann (below) did immigrate. This is further supported by ’ ■ Patricia Law Hatcher is editor of the Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine \PGM\. See Patricia I.aw Hatcher, “Elizabeth Hooten, Quaker Minister” and “The Hooten/ Hooton Families of England, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey," PGM 45(2007):101-4, 105-21. “ II. Clay Reed and GeorgeJ. Miller, The Burlington Court Hook: A Record of Quaker Jurisprudence in West New Jersey 16X0-170) (Washington: American Historical Asso¬ ciation. 1944), 1. i New Jersey Archives, First Series, 1:270. 1 John E. Pomfret, The Province of West New Jersey, 1609-1702 (Princeton: Prince¬ ton University Press, 1956), 24. s Hannah Benner Roach, "Seventeenth Century Birth Records in the Delaware Val¬ ley,” PGM 27( 1 97 1 ):85, 86, 87. The original records were examined on Fi ll. #20,455. ‘ 132 Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine Vol. 46 (2009) The Snoden/Snowden Families 2009 ■ ■ ■ ■ 133 the 1686 will of Oliver Hooton, which mentions John, his mother |Anne| and his brother |William] (see page 136). ANN SNODON married John Pancoast soon after 2 8th month |October] 1682 (second intentions at Burlington Monthly Meeting).” She was probably a daughter of William and Ann. ELIZABETH SNOWDEN witnessed the will of Richard ap Thomas on 18 9th month [November] 168.3, apparently in Philadelphia." She has not been placed in the Snowden family, and there is nothing to indicate if she was a Snowden by birth or marriage. WILLIAM SNODEN, age 22, owned land in Philadelphia in 1684 (see page 139). lie was tlie son of William and Ann. CHRISTOPHER SNODEN was in New Jersey by 26 1st month | March] 1685/6 when he was on a jury,8 having been in England as late as 9 June 1684.9 THE FAMILY OF ELIZABETH (SNODEN) HOOTEN OF WORKSOP JOHN SNODEN was born by say 1 577 probably in or near Worksop, Not¬ tinghamshire. He married by say 1602, wife unknown. Child of John Snoden and Dorathe Withes ( illegitimate i. WILLIAM SNOWDEN, baptized January 23 1602[/3 ] at Worksop: Will’m baseson of Dorathe Wilkes by John Snowden. Children of John Snoden, baptized a I Worksop:1 1 ii. ELISABETH SNOWDEN, baptized 2 October 1603, daughter of John Snow¬ den; died about 8th month (October] or 9th month [November] 1671 in Jamaica;1- married 17 July 16.32 at Edwinstow, Nottinghamshire, OLIVER IIOOTON.13 iii. ANNE SNODEN, baptized 22 June 1606, daughter of John Snoden; married 21 February 1632[/3] at Worksop PAUL FISHER. iv. THOMAS SNODEN, baptized 10 March 1610f/l |, son of John Snoden; mar¬ ried by say 1639 ANNE ?— . Children of Thomas and Anne (—?—) Snowden, baptized at Worksop: 1. Mary Snowden, baptized 26 May 1640, daughter of Tho. Snowden & — Anne. 2. Saniueil Snoden, baptized 22 May 1642, son of Thomas Snoden & Anne. <’ Charlotte I). Mcldrum, harly Church Records of Hurlinglou County, New Jersey , 3 volumes (Westminster, Md.: Willow Bend Books, 1994-95), 1:66. “Philadelphia Administration Book A," PGM 1 9:265, abstracting A:2 1 5. 8 Reed and Miller, The Burlington Court Hook (note 2), 54. y Entries on Access to Archives (www.a2a.org.uk) describing records held at the Derbyshire Record Office, the Nottinghamshire Archives, and the Sheffield Archives. 1(1 George W. Marshall, the Registers of Worksop, co. Nottingham, / 55#- /77/ (Guild¬ ford: Billing and Sons, 1894) (Fill, #459,652). 11 Marshall. Worksop (note 10), multiple pages. 12 Rufus M. Jones, The Journal of George Fox (New York: Everyman’s Library, 1949), 181-82. D Edwinstow Bishop's Transcripts, 1609-1856 (Fill. #503,490, item 2). 134 Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine Vol. 46 Child of Samuell Snoden, wife unknown: a. Elizabeth Snoden, baptized 23 May 1668 at Worksop, daughter of Sam. I i Snowden, baptized 3 May 1644, son of Tho. Snowden & Tliomas 3. Anne; Thomas, son of Thomas Snowden, buried 14 December 1652. 4. |daughter| Snowden, baptized 1 February 1645|/6|, a daughter of Thomas Snowden & Anne. 5. John Snowden, baptized 20 August 1648 at Kdwinstow, son of Tho¬ mas Snowden & Anne;1”’ died young (see below). 6. John Snowden, baptized 2 i November 1652, son of Thomas Snow¬ den & Anne. v. JOHN SNODEN, baptized 2 July 1615, son of John Snoden. vi. SARA SNODEN, baptized 25 January 16171/8), daughter of John Snoden. vii. JUDITH SNODEN, baptized 25 April 1624, daughter of John Snoden; mar¬ 1(> ried 19 August 1646 at Edwinstow TIMOTHIE GARLAND. THE FAMILY OF WILLIAM SNOWDEN OF EDWINSTOW I. WII.I.IAMA SNOWDEN was born say 1629, probably in or near Edwin¬ stow, Nottinghamshire. William Snowden married 5 May 1654 tit Edwin¬ stow ANNE SMITH, both of Edwinstow. No burial record has been found for William in Edwinstow. ■ ■ 6/7 July 1677. Richard Mew of Ratcliffe, Co. of Middlesex, | England,) sold to William Snowden of Edwinsboro |.s7f|, Co. of Nottingham, yeoman, and John Hooton of Skcgby, same County. 1/6 share in West Jersey. 1 30 June 1677-17 October 1677. William Snowden was among those who shipped goods on the Willing Mind from London for New Jersey (and Vir¬ ginia).18 Children of William and Anne (Smith) Snowden:19 i. JOHN SNODF.N, born 18 February 1 654[/5 1, baptized at Edwinstow, son of 2 William and Ann; died between 3 May 1736 and I June 1736; married first 13 2nd month |April 1 1682 at Burlington Monthly Meeting ANNE BARRET; married second 11 August 1718 ELIZABETH (—?—) SWIFT. ii. RUTH SNODEN, born 19 December 1656, baptized at Edwinstow, daughter ofWillm and Amies. Ruth Snowden, daughter of Will. Snowden of Edwin¬ stow, husbandman, of Kimberley, parish of Greasley, spinster, age 19, and * 1 Marshall, Worksop (note 10), 192. 1 s George W. Marshall, The Registers of lidwinstow in the County of Nottingham, /6.34-/75# (Worksop: Robert White, 1891), 13 (Fill. #432,130). 1(1 Marshall, Edwinstow (note 15), 12. 17 Patents and Deeds and Other Party Records of New Jersey /66/- /76), in the New Jersey Archires |;V/.-l| (Paterson: State of New Jersey, 1899), 21:476, abstracting West Jersey Deeds 11:519. 18 Peter Wilson Coklham, The Complete Hook of Emigrants, /667-/699 (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1990) , 286, from PRO: li 190/72/1, 80/1. |,; Marshall, Edwinstow (note 15), 12. 2009 3 The Snoden/Snoivden Families 135 MICHAEL WOODHOIISE, of Ollerton, butcher, bachelor, age 23, on 12 November 1675 received a Nottinghamshire license to marry.-0 iii. WILLIAM SNODEN, born 21 December 1659, baptized at Edwinstow, son of William and Ann. iv. possibly21 ANN SNODEN, born say 1661 (estimating marriage at 21); mar¬ ried JOHN PANCOAST soon after 2 8th month [ October| 1682 (second intentions at Burlington Monthly Meeting).22 2. JOHN SNOWDEN was baptized 18 February 1654[/5) at Edwinstow, the son of Will’m Snowden & Ann. He died between 3 May 1736 (will) and 1 June 1736 (probate). John Snowden of the Falls married 13 2nd month [April] 1682 at Burlington Monthly Meeting ANNE BARRET of Burling¬ ton.2'1 She died after 26 September 1698 (deed), lie married second 1 1 August 1718 ELIZABETH (— ?— ) SWIFT.21 Deeds and other records track John’s relocation from New Jersey to Pennsylvania. The church records for his children and their families indi¬ cate his change from Quakerism to Presbyterianism. 16 November 1680, New Jersey. A survey was made for John Snowden of 100 acres at the hilltop on Dcllaware River, along the roads between Snowden and John Hooton and between Snowden and William Beard. He is mentioned as having land in the marsh or swamp of Crosswick Creek; he made an agreement with John Hooton, William Beard, and Anthony Woodhouse to leave a common highway at the bottom of their lots.2£; • 21 October 1681, New Jersey. John Snowden bought 1/32 of a share in the ■ First Tenth from George Hutcheson.20 ■ 5/6 February 1681/2, New Jersey. Hannah Salter of Tawcony, Pennsylvania, widow; John Hooton of Mansfield, West Jersey, yeoman; and John Snowden of Mansfield, yeoman, son of William Snowden of Edwinsboro [s/c|, deceased, 20 Thomas M. Blagg and F. Arthur Wadsworth, Abstracts of Nottinghamshire Mar¬ riage Licences in volumes 58 and 59 of The Index Library (London: British Record Soci¬ ety, 1930), 58:301. The parish of Ollerton adjoins Edwinstow. The parish of Grcasley is some distance away; no likely reason for Ruth’s residence there is known. There were Woodhouse immigrants in New Jersey, but neither Michael nor Ruth has been found among them. 21 There is no baptismal record for Ann in Edwinstow, but she settled in the same Monthly Meeting with John and his mother Anne, and beginning in 1686 Ann (Snoden) Pancoast is recorded as a midwife, as Ann (Smith) Snowden had been (Roach, "Birth Records” [note 51 PGM 27:88, 89). 22 Meldrum, tarty Church Records of Burlington County ( note 6), 1 :66. 21 Meldrum, lutrly Church Records of Burlington County (note 6), 1 :49; 2:8. 24 No record of this marriage has been found, but the date is given in “Jennie Spur¬ way Snowden McKay,” John W. Jordan, Colonial Families of Philadelphia, 2 volumes (New York: Lewis Publishing, 1911), 1259, which contains errors. Although speculation has been made as to Elizabeth’s Swift father, it is much more likely that she was a widow, probably “my Dear Friend Elizabeth Swift of this city |Philadelphia! widow” given S,1 0 in the 1715 will of carpenter John liettle of Philadelphia (Philadelphia County Wills D:3 I -32 |MIC #2 1,722 1). 2'> Patents and Deeds (note 17), NfA, 21:348, abstracting Revel’s Surveys, 12, 13,1 t. 20 Patents and Deeds ( note 17), NJA, 2 1 :399, abstracting New Jersey Deeds B: 19. 136 ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine Vol. 46 sold 1/2 of the 1/6 share that William Snowden and John Hooton bought from Richard Mew in 1677 to John Cripps.2b August 1682, New Jersey. John Snowden made a deed in trust to Benjamin Seott and John Hooton for the benefit of his wife Anne, conveying 1/32 share that he bought from George Hutcheson, except for 100 acres reserved for him¬ self, which Hooton then deeded back to Snowden on the same day, who deeded it to Henry State on 17/18 October.-11 4th month |June| 1684, New Jersey. A survey was made for John Snowden of 1 12 acres adjoining his 100 acres. 19 March 1686. The will of Oliver Hooton of the Island of Barbados, merchant, mentions Jno. Snowden of West New Cierson |Jersey| (£5) and his mother and brother (SO shillings each); it was proved 4 November 1687.'° The exact fam¬ ily connection between Oliver Hooton, son of Elizabeth (Snoden) Hooton (John) and John Snoden ( William ) has not been identified. 9 9th month | November| 1690. Ollivcr Hooten signed his will at the falls of Delaware River in West Jersie. He mentioned Unckle Lambert and John Snow¬ den (executors, .£5) and cousin John Snowdon’s two'1 |unnamed | children (.£5 each); probated 17 4th month [June] 1692.'- Oliver was the son of Elizabeth (Snoden) Hooton s son . Oliver may have been using cousin to refer to a distant relation. 20 March 1694. John Snowden yeoman of White Hill, Burlington County, New Jersey, purchased for £160 from William and Elizabeth Beakes of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, .300 acres in Bucks County." 9 December 1695, Pennsylvania. John Snoden of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, yeoman, and wife Anne sold 210 acres on the Delaware River called White Hill above Sepassings Island, including 6 acres of meadow on Crosswicks Creek and 4 acres nearby to Richard Allison, late of Long Island, yeoman.'1 10 tilt month IJunej 1696, Pennsylvania. John Snowden failed to appear for jury duty in Bucks County and was fined five shillings. 35 1 Patents and Deeds (note 17), NJA, 2 1 :.396, 476, abstracting New Jersey Deeds B:6, 7, 5 1 9. I Iannah Salter was the widow of 1 lenry Salter, deceased, who had had a different share. Patents ant! Deeds (note 17), NJA, 2 1 :399, abstracting New Jersey Deeds B: 19, 20. -l) Patents and Deeds (note 17), NJA, 2 1 :358, abstracting Revel's Surveys, 57. 111 Joanne McRce Sanders, Barbados Records, Wills and Administrations, 3 volumes (Houston: Sanders Historical Publications, 1979-80), 2:179, abstracting RB6/40:516. The will is transcribed in full in the Hilborn Family Journal, #22(June 1984):20, copy in “Hooton," Milton Rubincam Collection, Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania (FHL # 1 ,685,990, item 2). 1 By this date John Snoden actually had three or four children. 32 Philadelphia County Wills A:208-9 (Fill. #21,721 ). 33 John David Davis, Backs County, Pennsylvania, Deed Records, /684-/76.1 (Bowie, Md.: Heritage Books, 1997), 31-33, abstracting Bucks County Deeds 1:29, 31, .35-38. 3 i Patents and Deeds (note 17), NJA, 21:495, abstracting West Jersey Deeds B:588, 646 (identifying in chain of title that this was the land surveyed in Revel, 57). Records of the Courts of Quarter Sessions and Common Pleas of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, /684-/706 (Meadville, Pa.: Colonial Society of Pennsylvania, 194.3), 295. ' " II ic Snoclen/Snowden Families 2009 ■ ■ ■ 1.37 26 September 1698, Pennsylvania. John Snoden of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, yeoman, and wife Anne sold 302 acres in the Yorkshire Tenth, Burlington County, plus another 1 0 1 2 acres, to Robert Pearson of Burlington County.''" 1712, Pennsylvania. John was elected a representative from Bucks County to the Pennsylvania Assembly. 22 April 172» William Snowdon yeoman of Makefield Township, Bucks County, sold to Mahlon Kirkbride the 300 acres, which John Snowdon of Makefield by deed conveyed to William Snowdon, his son.'8 ' The 3 May 1736 will of John Snowdon of the City of Philadelphia, yeo¬ man, names wife Elizabeth, children John, William, Ann, Margaret, and Mary, and mentions, but does not name, grandchildren and a great-grand¬ child; John Holmes (who renounced) and Elizabeth Snowdon were named executors.'9 Children of John' and Anne (Harret) Snowden:*0 i. ANN17 SNOWDEN, born ye 1 7th of ye first month |March] 1682/3: “Ann daughter of John & Ann Snowden of Mansfield | New Jersey] was borne ye 17th of ye first month |March] 1682/3, wittnesses Frances Woodhous, middwife; Ann Snowden, Catheren Beard," recorded at Burlington Monthly Meeting, 1 probably the Ann Snowden who married after 8 3rd month [May] 170‘S (intentions recorded at Falls Monthly Meeting) SAMIJEI. BURGES, *2 who was born about 1668 in Cheshire England, son of Samuel Burges, who also emigrated. Samuel died between 13 February 1715|?/6| (will) and 6 March 1716 (inventory); the will of Samuel Burges of Makefield names wife Ann and daughters Margaret, Rebecka, and Ann.1* On 4 12th month [February] 17181/9] the marriage of Ann Burgis and WII.I.IAM BARRACLIFFE, from Chesterfield Monthly Meeting, was 36 Patents and Deeds! note 17), NJA, 21:520. abstracting West Jersey Deeds 15:663. .37 . ‘John Snowden," in Craig R. Horle et al, Lawmaking and Legislators in Pennsyl¬ vania: A Biographical Dictionary (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1997), 2:93 1 -33. This provides extensive information on his activities. I). Brown, Abstracts of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Land Records, 1711/749 (Westminster, Md.: Family Line Publications, 1998), 43. '9 Philadelphia County Wills E:369 (Fill. #21,722). 1(1 Meldrum, Party Church Records of Burlington County (note 6), 2:32. This brief family group lists John first, then Anne, giving her a birth date of 2 4th month |June| 1683, which is before John and in complete disagreement with the detailed birth rec¬ ord for her, then birth and death for Mary, then birth for Margaret, omitting William and the second Mary entirely. 11 See note 5. 12 Anna Miller Watring and F. Edward Wright, Bucks County Church Records of the Seventeenth & eighteenth Centuries, Volume 2, Quaker Records: Palls and Middletown Monthly Meetings ( Westminster, Md.: Family Line Publications, 1994), 64. 1.3 “Samuel Burges," in Horle, Lawmaking and Legislators (note 37), 2:238-40. He was elected to the assembly from Bucks County in 1711. " F. Edward Wright, Abstracts of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Wills, IbBS-IJBS (Westminster, Md.: Family Line Publications, 1995), 6, abstracting Bucks Wills 1:26. The inventory is mentioned in I Iorle, Lawmaking and Legislators ( note .37), 2:2.39. 'HJunc 13« Pennsy/t'cniia Genealogical Magazine Vol. 46 reported accomplished, with notice that care was to be taken that what is left to Ann’s child by her husband be secured, 16 SNOWDEN, born 21 12th month |February! 1684; died between 3 ii. February 1750/ 1 (will) and 28 March 1751 (probate);.47 married first 9 10th month [December] 1709 at First Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, MAUY TAYLOR; ,K Mary wife of John Snowden was baptized |adult bap¬ tism) 3 March 1714/3 at First Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia;. i«) mar3° Ruth wife of John Snowden, died 23 September rietl second RUTH 1780, age 83 years 3 months 8 days [born 17 April 1693], buried in Lawreneeville Presbyterian Cemetery, Mercer County.”’1 The will of John Snowden of the City of Philadelphia, tanner, names wife Ruth; children James (house on Walnut Street where James dwells), Jedediah (house and lots in Strawberry Alley), John (house on Market Street or Fligh Street where John dwells), and Isaac Snowden (half of a lot in Princetown), benjamin (deceased), and Mary Keen (various shares in property and .£23); sister Mary Wright (£3); and a grandchild; be owned considerable property. iii. WILLIAM" SNOWDEN, named in father’s will and in deed, born say 1686 (estimating marriage at 23); married 12 2nd month |April ] 1711 at First Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, ABIGAIL WOOI.EY;5'' lived in Philadel¬ phia and was the progenitor of many of the Pennsylvania Snowdens. iv. MARY" SNOWDEN, born 11 3th month [July 1 1688; died 12 7th month [September! 1689. v. MARGARET2 SNOWDEN, born 24 11th month [January] 1690; married 3 11th month [January] 1713 at First Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, JOHN2 — iS Mcldrum, Party Church Records of Burlington County (note 6), 2:47. They had children in 1720 and 1724, recorded at Falls Monthly Meeting (Waning and Wright, Fulls anil Middletown Monthly Meetings |note 421, 7 1 , 3). 17 “Sara Patterson Snowden Mitchell,” Jordan, Philadelphia (note 22), 1649, which contains errors, gives his death date as 24 March 1731. Register of the First Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, 1702-1746 (FHL #468,374, item 3); the note at the beginning of the marriages indicates the number for the month 1(1 begins in March. 112 They had three children baptized there in 1716, one in 1717, and one in 17 18 (“A Register of baptisms 1701-1746, First Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia," PGM 19| 1934]: 28.4, 284). 50 John and Ruth had four children baptized at First Presbyterian Church, Philadel¬ phia between 1721 and 1734/3 (“baptisms, First Presbyterian” |note 491, PGM 19:282, 286, 288, 296, 299). The sketches in Jordan, Philadelphia (note 22), 1239, 1649, indi¬ cate the marriage was in 1720 and that she was the widow Ruth (FitzRandolph) Harri¬ son. The 172 4/3 will of carpenter William I lawkins of Philadelphia mentions wife Jane and names brother-in-law John Snowden of Philadelphia, tanner, as a trustee with his cousin Jacob Dubre (Philadelphia County Wills D:420-22 [Fill. #21,722]). 51 “Mercer < anility Gravestones,” Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey 3 1 ( 1 836):9. 52 Philadelphia County Wills 1:377-82 (FHL #21,724). '3 First Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia (note 48). 2009 The Snoden/Snowclen Families 139 JOHN PRIESTLY;54 Margaret Priestly wife of John was baptized [adult bap¬ tism] 30 August 1717 at First Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia.55 vi. probably RUTH2 SNOWDEN, born say 1692; died by 6 loth month [December] 1721 (husband remarried); married 5 3rd month [May| 1711 at First Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, THOMAS BAILY.56 vii. MARY2 SNOWDEN, named in father's will, born say 1 694;5 Mary Snowden daughter of John Snowden Senr was baptized [an adult baptism] 6 August 1725 at First Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia;58 Mary Snodcn married 8 6th month [August] 1726 at First Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, BENJAMIN WRIGHT 59 3. WILLIAM1 SNODEN was born 21 December 1659, son of William and Ann, and baptized at F.d wins tow. It is not certain that this William was the William of Philadelphia, but although there is a slight difference in age, Oliver llooten’s will does indicate that William immigrated. Nothing has been found related to wife or children. ■ ■ ■ 1684. Philadelphia. William Snowden Aged 22 yeare60 hath one hundred Ack¬ ers whearof thear is 12 Ackers Improved.61 1690, Philadelphia. William Snowden was paid A I for hauling timber to the Proprietor’s mill. In 1693 he was rated on an estate of £40. 31 6th month [August] 1695. William Snowden is mentioned in the will of John Loftus of Chester County and Philadelphia, planter.6-5 CHRISTOPHER SNODEN This branch of the Snoden family was from the parishes of Cuckney and Warsop, which adjoin each other on the western border of Nottingham¬ shire, and Bolsover, Derbyshire, part of which adjoins Cuckney. 5-t First Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia (note 48). 55 They had a child baptized the next day, two in 1726, and one in 1732/3 ( "Baptisms, First Presbyterian” (note 49], PGM 19:284, 290, 297). 56 First Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia (note 48). They had a child baptized in 1718 on the same day as a child of John and Mary (“Baptisms, First Presbyterian" |note 49], PGM 19:284, 297). 5 This would make her about 32 at marriage. They had children in 1728 and 1731, baptized at First Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia (“Baptisms, First Presbyterian" [note 49], PGM 19:292, 296). 58 “Baptisms, First Presbyterian” (note 49), PGM 19:289. 59 First Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia (note 48). 60 If this record belongs to William, son of William, he would have been 25 at the time, hut there is no other William who fits. 61 “Returns of Inhabitants and Lands Owned and Improved in Portions of Philadel¬ phia County in 1 684," Pennsylvania Magazine of History anti Biography 7( 1 883): 1 06. 62 Hannah Benner Roach, “Philadelphia Business Directory, 1690," Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine, 23(1963 ): 1 29. 04 Philadelphia County Wills A:327-29 (Fill. #21,721). IK) Pennsyh'imia Genealogical Magazine Vol. 46 JAMES'' 1. SNODEN was born by say 1609 (estimating marriage at 25). He married by say 1634 MARY—?—. Children of James'1 and Mary (—?—) Snoden. baptized at Holsorcr, Derbyshire 1 i. CHRISTOPHERUS1 SNODEN, baptized 19 January 16351/61, son of Jacobi 2 Snowden and Mariae; married MARY—?—. ii. JANA SNODEN, baptized 19 January 16.361/71, daughter of Jacobi Snowden and Mariae. iii. ALICEA SNODEN, baptized 21 June 1640, daughter of Jacobi Snowden and Mariae. iv. THOMAS SNODEN, baptized 21 June 1640, son of Jacobi Snowden and Mariae. v. EMMOITA SNODEN, baptized .31 October 1641, daughter of Jacobi Snow¬ den and Mariae. vi ROBERTUS SNODEN, baptized 5 November 1643, son of Jacobi Snowden and Mariae. 2. CHRISTOPHER1 SNODEN was baptized 19 January l635[/6] at Bolsover, Derbyshire, son of Jacobi (James) and Mariae [Mary] Snowden, lie died between 19 December 1711 (will) and 24 December 171 I (inventory) in New Jersey.6S He married by 7 September 1678 (lease) or by say 1674 (if she was the mother of his son Thomas) MARY—?—.66 ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ 7 September 1678 and 9 June 1684, England. Christopher Snowden of Cock¬ ney gent, and his wife Maty appear in a number of leases and transactions in the area, including Warsop.<iÿ 2 November 1684, England. Jonathan Wood of Ewes, Parish of Maltby, Co. of Yorke, husbandman, sold to Christopher Snowden of Kuckney, Co. of Nottingham, yeoman, 1/2 of 1/32 of a share of West Jersey. 26 1st month |March) 1685/6, Burlington. Christopher Snoden was on a trav¬ erse jury.69 20 November 1686, Burlington, New Jersey. Christopher Snoden of Bur¬ lington, yeoman, sold to Godfrey Hancock senior of Steetley, West Jersey, yeo¬ man, land he had bought of Jonathan Wood of Maltby Parish, Co. of York, on 2 November 1 6847° 10 June 1699, Burlington. Joshua Ely of Hopewell Township, Burlington County, sold 400 acres in West Jersey to Christopher Snoden of Burlington, yeoman. 1 6 t Bolsover Parish Registers, 1603-1941 (Pill, #1,041,896). The marriage of James and Mary is not in the Bolsover register. 6S New Jersey Wills 1:340-41 (FHL #522,714). 66 Note, however, that this would make him in his forties at the birth of his first known child, so there may have been an earlier marriage and/or earlier children who died young. See note 9. 68 Patents and Deeds ( note 1 7), NJA, 2 1 :429, abstracting New Jersey Deeds B:248. 69 Reed and Miller, The liurlington Court Hook (note 2), 54. 7,1 Patents and Deeds (note 17), AJA, 21:456, abstracting West Jersey Deeds 11:437. 71 Patents and Deeds (now 17), NJA, 21:526, abstracting West Jersey Deeds 11:684. 2009 ■ The Snoden/Snowden Families 111 24 October 1700, New Jersey. A survey was made for Christopher Snoden of 400 acres within the Proprietor’s land along Great Shabbacunck Creek, between the Society’s land and Jasper Smith. J 1691-1690, bucks County, Pennsylvania. Christopher Snowden appears often in the Court of Quarter Sessions between 1691 and 1699, but he made a statement 16 7th month |Septcinbcr| 1698 that “they lived on the other side of the River |i.e., in New Jersey| and the River being frozen up that he cold not come over.-73 7 ■ The 19 December 1711 will of Christopher Snowden of Burlington instructs that all of his land and right in land in the province of New Jer¬ sey be sold, as well as the land surveyed and taken up at a place called by the natives Halakamaca in the west division of New Jersey, which in right of his English purchase he bought from the Indians, two hundred acres. Isaac De Cow of Burlington, butcher, to be executor, to sell all his real and personal property, and convey any left after debts to “my son Thomas Snowden at North Carolina,” and to said son Thomas a “debt of ninty two pounds due to me in Carolyna togeather with other goods pertaineing to me in Carolina aforesaid. Signed by mark.”7'* Children of Christopher1 and probably Mary (—?—) Snoden: i. THOMAS" SNODEN, baptized IS January 167S|/6| at Cuckney, Nottingham¬ shire, son of Christopher Snoden;7*’ died between October 1713 (court appearance) and March 171 [3/]4 (estate mentioned in court) in North Carolina; 6 married by say 1702 CONSTANCE—?—, who by March 171 |S/|6 had married James Williamson. Thomas appeared as an attorney in the North Carolina courts as early as 28 July 1702 and frequently thereafter, including important positions.78 Children of Thomas and Constance Snowden :7>> 1. Joseph' Snowden, born 7 December 1703 in Berkeley |later Perqui¬ mans District), North Carolina, son of Thomas and wife Constance. 2. Rebecca' Snowden, born 23 November 1706, daughter of Thomas and wife Constance. ii. KEBEKAII SNODEN, baptized IS May 1677 at Cuckney, daught|e|r of Mr Christoph [e|r Snoden. 72 Patents and Deeds ( note 1 7), NJA, 1 1 :388, abstracting Revell’s Surveys, 1 49. 73 Courts of Quarter Sessions and Common I’leas of Rucks County ( note 35 ), 36 1 . 7-1 New Jersey Wills 1:340-41 (PHI. #522,714). ’ Cuckney Bishops Transcripts, 1627- 181 2 (PHI. #503,487, item 2); the years 16431662 and various individual years are missing. -(> William S. Price, Jr., North Carolina Higher-Court Records, 1709-1723 (Raleigh: Department of Cultural Resources, 1977), 68, 70. Price, North Carolina Court Records, / 709- 1 723 ( note 76), 9 1 -92. 8 Price, North Carolina Higher-Court Records, 1702- 170S (Raleigh: Department of Cultural Resources, 1974), 30-31; many other pages. Price, North Carolina Court Rec¬ ords, i 709- i 723 ( note 76), many pages. 79 R. B. Hathaway, “Births, Deaths, and Marriages in Berkeley,” North Carolina His¬ J. torical taut Genealogical Register \NCHGR\ 3( 1903):375, 377. 1 42 Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine Vol.46 Tin- OTHER THOMAS SNOWDEN OF NORTH CAROLINA There were two Thomas Snowdens in the same area of North Carolina. They were not, as has been stated, father and son,so hut were nearly the same age, having children at the same time. The one below [called Jr. in some records) lias not been placed in the Snowden family. THOMAS SNOWDEN was born after November 1672 (under twenty-one in November 1693), say 1680 (estimating marriage at 25), father unknown, mother married second Edmond Firkins.*1 Thomas Snowden married 18 July 1705 in Berkeley, North Carolina, TIIOMAZIN MERCER.*2 He was the Thomas Snoden left with Thomas Hassold by his father-in-law [step¬ father] Edmond Firkins, who was supposed to pay 600 pounds of tobacco per year for his “dyatt.” 'The November 1693 Albemarle, North Carolina, County Court ordered that Thomas serve Hassold until his father-in-law came for him or he arrived at the age of twenty-one. Thomas Hossold received a headl ight for having transported Thomas Snowden.*1 Children of Thomas and Tomsen (Mercer) Snowden, horn in Berkeley, North Carolina:* 1 i. JOHN SNOWDEN, born 29 July 1707, son of Thomas and wife Tomsen. ii. THOMAS SNODEN, born 18 April 1711, son of Thomas and wife Tomsen. iii. WILLIS SNODEN, born 24 December 1713, son of Thomas and wife 'Tom¬ sen. iv. JOSEPH SNODEN, born 24 January 1715/6, son of Thomas and wife 'Tom¬ sen. v. SAMUEI. SNODEN, born 6 February 1720/1, son of Thomas and wife Tom¬ sen. vi. LEMUEL SNODEN, born 26 February 1726/7, son of Thomas and wife Tomz.cn. Sll William S. Powell, Dictionary of North Carolina Biography (Chapel Hill: Univer¬ sity of North Carolina Press, 1994), 5:396, which assigns, incorrectly, the record con¬ cerning Thomas Hassold and Edmond Pirkins to the Thomas married to Constance, and gives Thomas and Constance a son Thomas. * Searches in North Carolina, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and England failed to find a likely Edmond Perkins. 82 Hathaway, “Berkeley” (note 79), NCHGK 3( 190.3): 410. 81 Mattie Erma Edwards Parker, North Carolina Higher-Court Records, 1670- /696 (Raleigh: State Department of Archives and History, 1968), 393, 406. 84 Hathaway, “Berkeley" (note 79), NCI ICR 3(1903): 377, 396-97.