I am trying to find info on Silas SNOW,who was an ancestor of mine.Apparently he was a prisoner of the British during the Re.War,but no one can tell me anything about him! Can you tell me of any book I might get that would give me any info at all? Thank you, Marjory in SC

--- GPa1383407@aol.com wrote: > I am trying to find info on Silas SNOW,who was an > ancestor of mine.Apparently > he was a prisoner of the British during the > Re.War,but no one can tell me > anything about him! > Can you tell me of any book I might get that would > give me any info at all? > Thank you, > Marjory in SC According to the NEHGS Bible Records CD there was a Silas Snow b. 15 May 1760 to Lt. Silas Snow (the elder Silas would have served in the French and Indian Wars, and is noted as having done so in _Massachusetts Officers and Soldiers in the French and Indian Wars 1755-1756_(NEHGS 1985). The elder Silas was b. Lunenvurg, MA, which is in Worcester Co. not too far from the NH line, and the younger would have been old enough to serve. Bolton (Worcester Co.) VR has a Silas b. 13 Nov. 1753 to James and Persis, again old enough to serve if he lived that long. There's a Silas Snow listed in the a National Genealogical Society "Index of Revolutionary War Pension Applications" of Conn., file S14511, (a survivor application) You might want to check out Title........... Genealogical abstracts of Revolutionary War pension files. Author.......... White, Virgil D. Publisher....... Waynesboro, Tenn. : National Historical Pub. Co., Year............ 1990-1992 Edition......... 1st ed. Phys.descr...... 4 v. (5266 p.) The Family History Library has pension files on film for rent. The Family History online catalog shows 187 hits for the Snow surname, several of which are books having to do with Snows of Plymouth County and Snows who are Mayflower descendants. There's a website http://members.aol.com/bobmoor/Delaware.html which includes this,"The SNOW family owned many acres of land in Duck Creek Hundred. Lydia Snow MOOR m. John MAREE soon after Robert MOOR died in 1788. They had a daughter named Sarah MAREE who married Joseph SNOW the son of Silas SNOW of Revolutionary War fame," and if that sounds possible perhaps you could contact the person who posted it. It's not clear to me, but this may be a Snow descendant of Stephen Hopkins. If you could narrow down for us which Silas is your ancestor perhaps someone would have some helpful resources. __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com

Marjory, The Stephen Hopkins "Silver Book" lists a likely Silas Snow. "Silas Snow served in the Revolution from DE with rank of Lieutenant. He was captured as a prisoner of war 4 May 1778 and was billeted 12 Aug. 1778 at Flatbush, Long Island NY. He served as State Senator from Kent Co. DE in 1784 and as a member of the State House of Representatives in 1790." He was b. Duck Creek, Kent Co. DE ca. 1738; d. there 1793; m. Elizabeth Paxton, who predeceased him. His line of descent from Pilgrim Stephen Hopkins is: Stephen Hopkins & first wife > Constance Hopkins & Nicholas Snow > John Snow & Mary Smalley > Elisha Snow & Elizabeth Redman/Redmond/Radmond > Silas Snow. The book lists details about his family which I can provide if you'd like. To learn more about his life, though, you might want to try some Kent Co. Delaware resources. Good luck! Dianne Kenny > I am trying to find info on Silas SNOW,who was an ancestor of mine.Apparently > he was a prisoner of the British during the Re.War,but no one can tell me > anything about him! > Can you tell me of any book I might get that would give me any info at all? > Thank you, > Marjory in SC