Person:Samuel Stow (3)

Name	Samuel Stow
Gender	Male
Birth^[1]	2 May 1680	Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage	19 Dec 1704	Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United Statesto Sarah Snow
Marriage	Aft 1728	to Lydia Minott
Marriage	Aft 26 Apr 1747	Acton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United StatesIntentions to Hephzibah Chandler
Death^[2]	13 Feb 1769	Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

References

↑ Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Marlborough, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849. (Worcester, Massachusetts: Franklin P. Rice, 1908)
175.

STOW, Samuel, s. Samuel and Elizabeth, May 2, 1680.
↑ Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Marlborough, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849. (Worcester, Massachusetts: Franklin P. Rice, 1908)
392.

Stow, Samuel, Feb. 13, 1769, in his 89th year. GS1
[Age 88, so born before 13 Feb 1681.]
Source:Hudson, Charles. History of the Town of Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, p. 451, tells a romantic story about how Samuel Stow m. 1704 Sarah Snow who d. 1762 after 58 years of marriage. No such death record has found, but records have been found to suggest Samuel had three wives: a gravestone of Lydia, wife of Samuel Stow, and intentions to Hephzibah (Chandler) (Jones) Fletcher. It appears Sarah was probably the mother of all the children, but must have died within a few years of the birth of the last one. Of course, as things go, the romantic story is what gets repeated by various uncritical copyists, such as Source:Crane, Ellery B. Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worcester County, Massachusetts, vol. 2, p. 230.