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Introduction:<\/em><\/strong> In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry continues her series on Mayflower descendants, focusing again on the family lines of Hopkins descendant Kenneth Souder Snow Jr. Melissa is a genealogist who has a website, americana-archives.com<\/a>, and a Facebook group, New England Family Genealogy and History<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Today I continue with my series on \u201cMayflower Descendants: Who\u2019s Who,\u201d once again looking at the familial relations of Kenneth Souder Snow Jr. (1937-2008), a 12th generation lineal descendant of Mayflower<\/em> passengers Stephen Hopkins and his daughter Constance Hopkins.<\/p>\n

Here are some photos of (clockwise from upper left): Mayflower<\/em> passenger Stephen Hopkins\u2019 house at Plimoth Plantation, a reconstruction of Plymouth Colony; a reenactor as Stephen Hopkins standing outside the home; and a reenactment of Stephen Hopkins meeting with the colonists\u2019 Wampanoag Indian interpreter Hobbamock outside his home at Plimoth Plantation.<\/p>\n

\"Photos:
Photos: reenactors at Plymouth Colony featuring Stephen Hopkins. Courtesy of the Society of Mayflower Descendants in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Constance Hopkins married Nicholas Snow, who arrived in Plymouth on the ship Anne<\/a> in 1623.<\/p>\n

\"Photos:
Photos: grave marker for Constance (Hopkins) Snow. Credit: Mark Wentling.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

To recap: My last story (Part 1<\/a>) covered Kenneth Souder Snow Jr., one of the six children born to Kenneth Souder \u201cSnowbird\u201d Snow Sr. and Anne Mary (Lovett) Snow. Kenneth Snow Jr. was featured in a 1990 newspaper story entitled \u201cLike His Ancestors, He Travels the World.\u201d Snow\u2019s lineage can be viewed in Part 1<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Snow was a career Navy man who loved adventure, like his ancestor Stephen Hopkins. His retirement was spent sailing, scuba diving, and traveling the world \u2013 and he always lent a hand to assist in philanthropic causes.<\/p>\n

Below is a photo of Kenneth S. Snow Jr. from the Bridgeton Evening News<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\"An<\/a>
Bridgeton Evening News (Bridgeton, New Jersey), 27 June 1989, page 5<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This photo caption reads:<\/p>\n

Kenneth S. Snow Jr., right, chief executive officer of the New Jersey Veterans Memorial Home at Vineland, receives a check for $1000 from Karl H. Brandt, center, commander of Nabb-Leslie American Legion Post 82 of Millville [NJ] and Cliff Van Doren, left, the post\u2019s junior vice commander. The funds will go toward the Alzheimer\u2019s disease unit at the home. The Vineland facility, opened in 1899, is the oldest of [the] state\u2019s three veteran\u2019s nursing homes.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Other connections to this Snow line are Marblehead, Massachusetts, sea captains and merchants all found in Old Marblehead Sea Captains and the Ships in Which They Sailed<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

The first Snow to show up in Marblehead was Samuel, a soldier in the Revolutionary War who served in Captain William Blackler\u2019s company and Colonel John Glover\u2019s regiment.<\/p>\n

He married Mary White, and one son \u2013 Samuel Snow II (1767-1819), a mariner and fisherman \u2013 married widow Elizabeth (Hooper) Frost, daughter of Thomas and Mary (Tutt) Hooper. The Hooper family was one of the wealthiest families in Marblehead.<\/p>\n

Several scions can be traced from this marriage. I begin with one son, Joseph White Snow (1806-1858), a merchant marine sailor, fisherman, and later a shoe manufacturer. He was a noted abolitionist and a member of the Free-Soil Party.<\/p>\n

\"Photo:
Photo: Joseph White Snow. Credit: Michael Sabot.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

He married Mary Quiner (1805-1882), daughter of Henry Newcomb and Hannah B. (Newhall) Quiner.<\/p>\n

Below is a page from Old Marblehead Sea Captains and the Ships in Which They Sailed<\/em><\/a> featuring Quiner mariners, including Mary\u2019s father, Henry N. Quiner, and her grandfather, Captain Nicholas Quiner.<\/p>\n

\"Photo:
Photo: listing of Quiner mariners from \u201cOld Marblehead Sea Captains and the Ships in Which They Sailed.\u201d Credit: Marblehead Historical Society.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In 1835 Joseph White Snow and his wife must have had a spat, and Mary left the nest. He placed this notice in the newspaper.<\/p>\n

\"An<\/a>
Salem Gazette (Salem, Massachusetts), 1 May 1835, page 1<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This notice reads:<\/p>\n

Whereas my wife Mary has left my bed and board, this is to caution all persons against harboring or trusting her on my account, as I shall pay no debts of her contraction. Joseph W. Snow, Marblehead, April 24, 1835.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

A document<\/a> in the Marblehead archives reveals that Mary Snow ran into trouble with the law. The record states:<\/p>\n

Mary Snow, wife of Joseph W. Snow, June 4, 1847, on [the] complaint of Peter Bateman for being a \u201ccommon railer and brawler, and for making a great noise and disturbance on Marblehead streets, using profanity, making menacing speeches and committing divers other disorders and quarrels\u201d; committed to workhouse for 10 days. Joseph M. Rowell, Constable.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Whatever transpired between Mr. and Mrs. Snow they must have reconciled on and off, as more children were born. Mary would relocate to the Almshouse in town after their births.<\/p>\n

One daughter born to their marriage was Mary Ann Snow<\/a> (1833-1907), who married Jonathan Cole (1833-1903), son of Issiah and Sarah (Mayo) Cole. He was also a Mayflower<\/em> descendant through his maternal line.<\/p>\n

\"Photos:
Photos: Mary Ann and Jonathan Cole. Credit: Michael Sabot.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Jonathan Cole is a direct descendant of William and Mary Brewster through their daughter Patience, who married Gov. Thomas Prence. Their daughter Hannah married Nathaniel Mayo. Their son Samuel married Ruth Hopkins.<\/p>\n

Ruth Hopkins is the daughter of Giles and Katherine (Wheldon) Hopkins. Her father Giles traveled over on the Mayflower<\/em> when he was 12 years old with his father Stephen Hopkins.<\/p>\n

\"Photos:
Photos: Giles Hopkins monument located at Cove Burying Ground, Eastham, Massachusetts. Credit: Bruce Hunt.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Below is a photo of Jonathan Cole\u2019s mother Sarah, daughter of Heman and Lettice (Cole) Mayo. Sarah married Isiah Cole, son of Nathan and Anna (Snow) Cole.<\/p>\n

\"Photo:
Photo: Sarah (Mayo) Cole. Credit: Michael Sabot.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Jonathan Cole died on 12 May 1903, and his obituary was published in the Lowell Sun<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\"An<\/a>
Lowell Sun (Lowell, Massachusetts), 13 May 1903, page 2<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Stay tuned for more Snow Mayflower<\/em> lines with Bible records and more photos!<\/p>\n

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Note on the header image:<\/em><\/strong> \u201cMayflower in Plymouth Harbor,\u201d by William Halsall, 1882. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.<\/p>\n

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