Person:Sarah Jaquith (4)

1 JAMES² SNOW (Richard¹), born say 1643; died probably in Lancaster, Mass., between 28 January 1708/9 and 8 July 1709, the writing and proving of his will married there about 1670 SARAH² JAQUITH, born in the 1640s, living 1708/9 when she is named in her husband's will, daughter of ABRAHAM¹ and ANN (JORDAN) JAQUITH. Sarah received one eight part of her father's woodland in Woburn. James was also provided for in the will of his father, who bequeathed him three parcels of land and rights in timber ownership in Woburn. James died in his sixties less than a year after he wrote his will, suffering from "frailty and Infirmity."

Children... James named in will {Item I Give unto my eldest Son Namely James Snow one halfe of ye Rest of my Reall Estate after my sd wives Dower is Sett out to her (that is to Say) my Will is that my sd Son James Shall have ye New House where he now Dwelleth & that field next to his House In part of his Share & one halfe of ye barne & orcharding Pasture & Mowing ground So that his part in ye Lands may be equall to his other Brother for quantitie & quallitie: to Hezekiah my youngest Son I Give ye old Dwelling House where I Now Live & ye other halfe of my Barne orchard Pasture tillage & Mowing Land equall with his brother James [blot] help Hezekiah to Repaire ye old House So as to Make it Comfortable & Sutable to Live in Reserving to theire said Mother her Dower in ye Housing & well as in ye orcharding and all other my Lands & when my Said Wife Shall Decease then the said Dower to be equally Divided bet[w]eene my two Sons above Named as the other Part of ye Reall Estate the whole to be Divided so as may be most Convenient to both}

{Item I Give unto My Daughter Mary Snow five pounds to be paid her out of my personall estate: to my Daughter Abigail Laking I give fourty shillings; to my Daughter Lydia Butler I give thirty Shillings; to My Daughter Sarah Stow I give twenty Shillings all to be paid out of My personall estate}

i. JAMES³ Snow, cooper, born in Woburn, Mass., 10 October 1671; living 1723; married y 1707 MARY , born say 1687, living 1731. Children, surname Snow: 33
1) John, born say 1707
2) Mary, baptized at Lancaster First Church 15 January 1709/10
3) Abigail, baptized at Lancaster First Church 9 December 1711
4) Samuel, baptized at Lancaster First Church 28 August 1715
5) Joseph, baptized at Lancaster First Church 27 January 1716/7
6) Ebenezer, baptized at Lancaster First Church 1 September 1717
7) Sarah, baptized at Lancaster First Church 7 February 1 7 1 9/20
8) James, baptized at Lancaster First Church 13 January 1722/3

ii. ABIGAIL, born in Woburn, Mass., 2 May 1674; died after 1726; married say 1700 ABRAHAM LAKIN,

iii. LYDIA, born in Woburn, Mass., 7 November 1676; died in Lancaster, Mass., 11
October 1723; married as his first wife by 1698 JAMES BUTLER

iv. SARAH, born in Woburn, Mass., 18 April 1679, living 1721; married in Marlborough, Mass., 19 December 1704/5 [sic] 44 SAMUEL4 STOW

v. HEZEKIAH, born say 1681; died before 6 July 1747 "of Bolton" 47; married as her first husband in Lancaster, Mass. [ ] 1735 48 MARTHA CARLEY,

vi. MARY, born say 1683; living and unmarried in 1711 when she was an heir of her uncle Zechariah Snow

(The author published a complete transcript of the will)

Children of Abraham Jaquith and Ann Jordan:

v. Sarah born at Woburn, Massachusetts. She married James2 Snow, son of Richard 1 and Avis Snow of Woburn. He resided at Woburn but later removed to Lancaster, Massachusetts, where he was living at the time of his death in 1709. His will, dated 28 January 1709 and probated 8 July 1709, mentioned his wife Sarah, sons James and Hezekiah, and daughters Mary Snow, Abigail Lakin, Lydia Butler, and Sarah Stow. He requested that his sons James and Hezekiah care for his brother-in-law John Jaquith (Middlesex Probate, file 20816, first series).

The author treats each child of James Snow and Sarah Jaquith for at least two generations.