Places in their life
Explore recorded events and connections, place by place.
Places will load as you reach this section.
Explore places & events
Town and regional markers represent an area. Each record describes the connection to that place.
The life of Elizabeth Smith Snow
Biography
Elizabeth Snow appears directly in the probate record of her husband, Lieutenant Jabez Snow. The estate was appraised on April 20, 1691. A published abstract of the Barnstable County probate records, covering Cape Cod in present-day Massachusetts, identifies Elizabeth as his widow and records her oath to the appraisal. A later family account gives the oath's date as April 22.
This was a formal act in the administration of the family property. Elizabeth was not merely named as a survivor: she attested to the inventory used in settling the estate. The later account dates the settlement to April 1695 and reports an allowance for her widow's thirds.
Their children included Jabez, born in 1670, and sons Edward and Thomas. The elder Jabez's death left Elizabeth with both her position as a widow entitled to a share of the property and a role in the proceedings through which the estate was described and divided.
Images & documents
No images or documents have been added yet. Have something to share?
Family relationships
Children with Jabez Snow (elder)
A life in dates
4 events
- Connection to this place
Probable widow’s property association — Historical Nauset / Eastham township, Cape Cod.
Historical Nauset / Eastham township, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, United States
Show on map → - Inventory Oath
A later family account dates Elizabeth’s oath to her husband Jabez Snow’s estate inventory to April 22; the published probate abstract confirms her role as widow.
Barnstable County, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, United States
Show on map → - Estate Settlement
The family account dates the estate settlement and allowance for Elizabeth’s widow’s thirds to April 1695.
- Connection to this place
Probable married household — Namskaket / Skaket, present Orleans, Massachusetts.
Namskaket / Skaket, present Orleans, Massachusetts
Show on map →
Notes & sources
Family records
- DNA consolidated biography and timeline evidence and decisions