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Zephaniah m. Lydia Conant 1773.—Jeremiah m. Mary Farr of Easton 1773.—Richard m. Rhoda Reed 1773.—Dorcas m. Wm. Shaw 1773.—Abigail of Roxbury m. Joshua Bowen 1782.—Isaac of Braintree m. Mary Conant 1783.—Chloe of Norton m. Nathan Kingman 1785.—Lydia of Walpole m. Roland Leonard 1786.—Judith of Pembroke m. Rev. Samuel Angier 1796.—Elijah m. Mary Beal 1802.—Becca m. Daniel T. Dickernan 1803.   John of Canton m. Hannah Edson 1804.—Submit m. William Curtis 1806.—Nabby m. Silas Leonard 1785.—Rachel m. Nathan Alger 2d 1809.   Priscilla of Mid'o. m. Daniel Allen 1717.—Bathsheba of Hanson m. Eleazar Carver, Jr., 1821.—Mary m. Benj. Souththworth 1763.—Rachel m. Jonathan Lawrence 1765.—Benaiah m. Mary Hill 1738.—Allen m. Sally Leach 1815.

   SNELL.—Thomas Snell (from England, nephew of Dea. Samuel Edson) settled in W. B. a. 1665.   He was probably the largest landholder in the town, and some portions of it still bear his name, as Snell's Plain, Snell's Meadows, &c.   He m. Martha, D. of Arthur Harris, and had Thomas 1671, Josiah [1674, Samuel 1676, Amos 1678, John 1680, Joseph 1683, Anna] 1685, Mary 1689, Martha 1692; his will 1724.—Ann m. Nicholas Byram 1708.—Mary m. first Nathaniel Reynolds, and then David Ames 1722.—Martha m. Ephraim Fobes 1714.

   2.   Thomas (s. of Thomas 1) had Thomas 1696, Joseph, Abigail 1703, Betty 1705.   He appeared to be in Mansfield 1726.—He d. 1379 [sic, 1739].—Betty m. Jonathan Copeland 1723.—Joseph was living with his grandfather 1721, who called him "the eldest surviving son of his son Thomas;" of course there had been other ss. who were dead, and also, it would seem, one other at least was living.   No further account of Joseph or Abigail is obtained.

   3.   Josiah (s. of Thomas 1) m. Anna, D. of Zechariah Alden of Duxbury 1699, and had Josiah 1701, Abigail 1702, Zechariah 1704; he d. 1753; she 1705.—Abigail m. Israel Sylvester of Duxbury 1734.

   4.   Samuel (s. of Thomas 1) went to Tiverton, and was in Newport 1726, called a Tanner.   He sold land in S. B., to Joseph Shaw 1705.

   5.   Amos (s. of Thomas 1) settled in S. B., m. Mary D. of Samuel Packard, Jr., 1700, and had Mary 1700, Jemima 1704, Susanna 1706, Amos 1709, Daniel 1711, Moses 1713, Martha 1716, Charity 1719, Keziah 1727; he d. 1769, æ. 91.—Mary m. Hugh Mehuren 1725.—Jemima m. Benjamin Snow 1722.—Susanna m. Richard Davenport, Jr.,—Martha m. Jonathan Benson 1740.—Charity m. Silvanus Blossom 1738.—Keziah m. Benjamin Benson 1745.

   6.   John (s. of Thomas 1) m. Susanna, D. of Samuel Packard, Jr., 1715, and had John 1715*, Nathan 1718*, Samuel 1720*, Zebulun 1721*, Samuel 1723*, Susanna 1725, Silence 1728; he d. 1767.—Susanna m. Samuel Willis 1747.—Silence m. Elijah

 

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