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Documentation
- Data:First Philadelphia Presbyterian Marriages for Snoddy
- person:John Snoddy (4)
- person:John Snoddy (7)
Background
In 1741 a John Snoddy married Agnes in the First Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia, PA. Agnes' last name is not given in the marriage record, but many genealogists trace their descent to this couple, and identifing him as person:John Snoddy (4), and her as "Agness Glasgow". According to these Researchers John and Agness soon moved to the Willis' River area within the James River watershed.[1]. At the time the area where they settled was in Albemarle County, but subsequent changes in country boundries placed them successively in Buckingham County, and then Cumberland County. (For convenience we will follow the convention of identifying this John Snoddy as "of Buckingham County".) Just before the Revolution John and Agness moved to southwest Virignia, settling near Abingdon in what is now Washington County. Here John became one of the first Justice of the Washington County. Some believe that he died here in 1784, while others show him moving on to Jefferson County TN, dying there in 1786. In either case "Agness Glasgow Snoddy" is said to have died in Jefferson County in 1791. (See Hamilton article above). Direct confirming evidence for John's death in either location at either date, has not been found. Nor has confirming evidence for Agnes' death in Jefferson County been found.
Issues
While many genealogists believe that the John Snoddy of Buckingham County is in fact the John Snoddy who married Agnes in Philadelphia in 1741, direct evidence for this has not been found. In this regard, the following is noted:
- No record has been found indicating that the wife of person:John Snoddy (4) was in fact an "Agnes", let alone "Agnes Glasgow".[2]
- Since the couple who married in 1741 did so in a Presbyterian Church, it can be assumed that they were in fact Presbyterian. Yet within a few years they are said to have moved to central Virginia, where the Anglican church was the established religion. Here, they would not have been allowed to practice their faith. This makes their relocation to Virginia seem less likely, though other presumed Scotch Irish did settle a bit further west, on the eastern slopes of the Blue Ridge.
- No record has been found that links John Snoddy to Pennsylvania. Though there are in fact "John Snoddy's" in Pennsylvania about this time, they either died before the 1741 marriage (person:John Snoddy (7)) or are known to have remained in Pennsylvania (Person:John Snoddy (1) until after John Snoddy (4) appears in Buckingham County in 1745.
While none of the above issues conclusively show that John (4) cannot be the John Snoddy who married Agnes in Philadelphia in 1741, they are sufficient to raise a question as to whether the "conventional view" of this marriage is correct.
Alternative
person:John Snoddy (7) and wife are said to have moved from the Old Chester area of Pennsylvania before 1755, along with his brother Samuel. Tax, and other records, show John, Samuel, and a William Snoddy in in London Brittain Township about 1750. By 1753 they appear in/near what is now Iredell County, NC. John died there about 1758, based on estate probate records. Those same records identify his wife as "Agnes". It seems likely that John Snoddy (7) is in fact the John Snoddy who married Agnes in 1741.
Supporting evidence, while not proof, is found in the facts that they settled in an area with an established Presbyterian Church, a point consistent with
- the fact the marriage of John Snoddy and Agnes in the the Philadelphia First Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia
- His brother Samuel appears on Sharp's map of the Congregation of the Fourth Creek Presbyterian Church
- They settled near other's (such as Person:Christopher Houston (2) who also had roots in Old Chester County, PA, and whose father Robert also married in the First Presbyterian Church of Philadelphia.
References
- ↑ See DataXXXXX, where a survey for 196 acres was recorded for John Snoddy in Albemarle County Virginia in 1745. Virginia Quarterly 27(2):124
- ↑ A family bible for John's son Robert Snoddy (1) who settled near Glasgow Kentucky, exists, and includes an entry for "John Snoddy and Agnes Glasgow", including their 1741 marriage date.
John Snoddy came front Ireland in 1740. He married Agnes Glasgow in the Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia, Penn., Oct. 7, 1741. Later he was Justice of Peace, Washington County, Va.
Unfortunately, this "Bible Record" is not contemporary with John Snoddy (1), and probably is not contemporary with Robert Snoddy. The Bible was printed in 1803, and the data it contains was inserted after that date, as late as 1905. While much of the data is probably correct for later family members, the references to the 1741 DOM probably represents the work of a much later author who has done some research into the line, and recorded it here. The last entry reads:
CHILDREN OF CAREY SNODDY AND RUTH HALL SNODDY
Married in Glasgow, Ky., Sept. 27, 1883.
Robert Cary Snoddy, born June 24, 1884, Barren County, Ky
Lytie Day Snoddy, born August 31, 1890, Barren County, Ky.
Hall Terry Snoddy, born March 18, 1899, Owensboro, Ky.
John Rogers Snoddy, born Dec. 8, 1900, Owensboro, Ky.
NOTE: My sons have changed the spelling of their names and it is now Snowday.
Lytie Day married E. M. Spiak, of Jacksonville, Ill., where she now lives.--Carey Snoddy.
This suggests thta the bible descended from Robert Snoddy to his descendant Carey, and that the record may have been largely written by Carey, around the turn of the century. The most recent entry in the bible is dated 1905. This well postdates the available of the Source:Egle and Linn, 1890 marriage transcriptions for the Philadelphia Presbyterian Church. It is possible that Carey saw this work and obtained the DOM from that source.
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