Constance Hopkins Snow 1677

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CONSTANCE HOPKINS SNOW
1605 - 1677
MAYFLOWER PASSENGER
WIFE OF NICHOLAS SNOW, EASTHAM'S
FIRST TOWN CLERK 1646 - 1662
PLACED BY THEIR DESCENDANTS
1966

A bronze plaque is attached to a large stone approximately 30" W, 30" H and 10" D. The bottom photo taken a few years ago was supplied by Franklin Smith April 2011.

Constance Hopkins married Nicholas Snow in Plymouth probably before 1628. They had about twelve children. Nicholas Snow died in Eastham in 1676. He most likely is buried in Cove in an unmarked grave. A plaque in Eastham Town Hall memorializing Nicholas Snow reads as follows:

TO THE MEMORY OF
NICHOLAS SNOW
WHO ARRIVED AT PLYMOUTH ON THE
ANNE IN 1623 AND WAS AN ORIGINAL
PURCHASER AND ONE OF THE FIRST FOUNDERS
OF NAUSET IN 1644, AN INCORPORATOR
OF THE TOWN RENAMED EASTHAM IN 1651,
THE FIRST CLERK OF THE TOWN HOLDING
THAT OFFICE SEVENTEEN YEARS FROM 1646
TO 1662. DEPUTY TO THE GENERAL COURT
FROM 1648 TO 1652. SELECTMAN FROM 1663
TO 1670. ALSO SURVEYOR OF HIGHWAYS.

HE WAS BORN IN ENGLAND AND DIED
AT EASTHAM NOVEMBER 16, 1676. ABOUT
1625 HE MARRIED AT PLYMOUTH CONSTANCE
HOPKINS DAUGHTER OF STEPHEN HOPKINS
BOTH OF WHOM CAME ON THE MAYFLOWER
IN 1620. FROM THIS UNION CAME 12 CHILDREN.
HIS HOME WAS AT SKAKET NOW ORLEANS.

TO COMMEMORATE HIS STURDY MANHOOD
WITH THE ASSURANCE OF HIS FAITHFUL
SERVICE TO THE COMPANY OF PIONEERS
WITH WHICH HE WAS ASSOCIATED
THIS MEMORIAL IS ERECTED BY HIS
DESCENDANT IN FIVE LINES
ELBRIDGE GERRY SNOW
1916.

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