Joseph POWERS [Parents] [scrapbook] was born ¹ on 1 Dec 1692 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. He died ² on 18 Dec 1744 in Littleton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Joseph married ^{3, 4} Hannah [Powers] WHITCOMB ⁵ on 16 Mar 1713 in Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.

Hannah [Powers] WHITCOMB [scrapbook] ¹ was born about 6 Dec 1692 in Littleton, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. She died ² on 10 Jul 1785 in Hollis, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States. She was buried in Jul 1785 in Hollis, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States. Hannah married ^{3, 4} Joseph POWERS on 16 Mar 1713 in Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.

Hannah had a will ⁵ on 8 Jul 1783 in Hollis, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States. Her will was probated ⁶ on 16 Aug 1785 in Hollis, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States.

Other marriages:

FARR, Thomas Sr

Thomas Farr Sr. and Hannah and Thomas Farr Jr. and Hannah
By Tim Farr

Thomas Farr Sr. was born abt. 1688 to 1692 of Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts to Stephen Farr and Mary Taylor. Thomas Farr Sr. had seven children between the years of 1715 and 1730. All of the children’s birth records indicate that the mother’s name was Elizabeth.

Thomas Farr Jr. was born on 4 Nov 1719 in Littleton, Middlesex, Massachusetts to Thomas Farr Sr. and Elizabeth Powers. Thomas Farr Jr. had six children between the the years of 1742 and 1755. All of the children’s birth records indicate that the mother’s name was Hannah.

The only marriage records found to date are of Thomas Farr and Hannah Powers on 5 Aug 1758 and Thomas Farr to an Elizabeth Powers 16 Mar 1713/14. All publications attribute the children of Thomas Farr Jr. to Hannah Powers. Some indicate, including my own publications, that the marriage date must have been mis-transcribed and should read 5 Aug 1738.

Hannah Powers birth and death were never found and so the idea of the marriage date really being 1738 was fine at the time but I have uncovered new evidence to the contrary. I first discovered the headstone of a Hannah, widow of Mr Thomas Farr, located in the Congregational Church Burial Yard of Hollis, Hillsborough, New Hampshire.

This sparked my curiosity because Dr. Eakle and I have done so much research on Thomas Farrs that I knew it had to be the wife of Thomas Farr Jr. or the wife of Thomas Farr Sr. the grandson and son of our Stephen Farr the immigrant of Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts and Lidlington, Bedfordshire, England.

I first searched the cemetery records to see if any Farrs were buried there and I found none. I then found a number of Powers buried in the same cemetery so I looked in the “Hollis Family Album, The Folk Tales and Family Trees of the First Settlers of Hollis, New Hampshire” and found that Peter Powers was one of the first settlers in that town. Peter Powers is a son of Daniel Powers and Elizabeth Whitcomb making him a first cousin to Elisabeth Powers Farr the wife of Thomas Farr Sr.

At this point I needed to know if Hannah on the headstone was a Powers or not so I looked for a probate record of a Hannah Farr in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire. To my surprise Hannah did leave a will dated 8 Jul 1783 and probated on 16 Aug 1785 found on FHL Film #16070, p. 358. In the will Hannah states that she is the widow of Thomas Farr late of Hollis deceased. She then makes a bequeath to her son named “Thomas Powers” and also makes him executor of her will.

This find caused me to go back to the marriage bann shown previously and I then noticed that it listed Hannah as “Mrs. Hannah Powers” and Thomas as “Mr. Thomas Farr” which means that had both previously been married. This now tells us that the marriage date in the records of 5 Aug 1758 is correct and that Hannah Powers is not the mother of Thomas Farr Jr’s. children! Hannah Powers maiden name is now not known and the maiden name of Thomas’ first wife Hannah is also not known. But who was Mrs. Hannah Powers married to, Thomas Jr. or Thomas Sr.?

Given the fact that the headstone of Hannah states that she was 92 years and 7 months old when she died on the 6 Jul 1785, puts her birth at abt. 6 Dec 1692. This makes her too old to be the one that married Thomas Farr Jr. Hannah’s will also states that she is the widow of Thomas Farr late of Hollis deceased. We know that Thomas jr died in Chesterfield, Cheshire, New Hampshire so this would indicate that Thomas Sr. is more likely her husband.

The headstone of Hannah ____ Powers Farr would never have been found if it were not for someone taking the time to photograph the headstones in that cemetery and posting them to the Internet. Until now, we’ve had no reason to look for Hannah in Hollis, New Hampshire. But it now makes sense why she was not found in Chesterfield, Cheshire, New Hampshire because she was not the mother of the Farr children.

We now need to find which Powers Hannah was married to before she married Thomas Farr Sr. so we can find her maiden name. We also need to re think who Hannah, the mother of Thomas Farr Jr’s children, really is!

After doing a search for Powers marrying a Hannah, I found Joseph Powers married Hannah Whitcomb in Groton, Massachusetts on the 16 Mar 1713 and they had their children in Littleton. Joseph died on 18 Dec 1744 in Littleton. The widow Hannah Powers  then married Thomas Farr Sr. in Hardwick on the 5 Aug 1758 and was listed as being from Littleton. Her son Thomas Powers listed in her will was the son of Joseph Powers and Hannah Whitcomb/Powers/Farr.

Joseph Powers is the brother of Thomas Farr's first wife Elizabeth Powers, so he married his sister in law Hannah Whitcomb Powers!

Hannah Farr's last will:

In the Name of God Amen
The Eighth Day of July 1783
I Hannah Farr of Holles in the County of Hillsborough, and State of Newhampshire Widow and Relict of Thomas Farr late of Holles deceased being aged and Infirm in Body but of sound mind and memory, thanks begiven unto God therefor and Calling to mind the mortality of my Body knowing that is it Appointed to all men once to die do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament. (Viz)

Imprimis, I will, and ordain that all my just Debts should be paid. Item, I give and Bequeath to my beloved Son Thomas Powers of Holles aforesaid all my household Furniture of all sorts and kinds to his use and dispose, and all my Cloathing, and I do Constitute and Appoint my said Son Thomas Powers to be sole executor of this my last will and Testament—In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal the day and year abovesaid.

Hannah Farr her mark

Signed, sealed, Published, pronounced and declared by the said Hannah Farr as her last Will and Testament in Presence of us the Subscribers

Thomas Wheeler
William Ball
Noah Worcester

DEATH: Headstone says 6 Jul 1785.

Kenelm WINSLOW [Parents] [scrapbook] ^{1, 2} was born ³ in 1636 in Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States. He died ⁴ on 11 Nov 1715 in Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States. Kenelm married ⁵ Mercy WORDEN ⁶ on 23 Sep 1667 in Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States.

Other marriages:

EAMES, Damaris

occ. purchaser of Rochester
edu. College of Yarmouth
KENELM, b. say 1635; m. (1) by 1668 Mercy Worden (eldest child b. Scituate 9 August 1668, father stated to be of Yarmouth; in her will of 6 March 1686[/7] Mary Worden, widow, of Yarmouth bequeathed to daughter Mercy Winslow [MD 3:201-02, citing BarnPR 1:12]); m. (2) by 1693 Damaris Eames, daughter of Mark Eames (in his will of 12 July 1693 Mark Eames of Marshfield bequeathed to "daughter Damaris Winslow" [Gen Adv 3:93-94, citing PPR 1:172]).

Mercy WORDEN [Parents] ¹ was born ² in 1640/1641 in of Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States. She died ^{3, 4} on 22 Sep 1688 in Dennis, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States. She was buried in 1688 in Winslow Cemetery, Dennis, Massachusetts, United States. Mercy married ⁵ Kenelm WINSLOW on 23 Sep 1667 in Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States.

Samuel WINSLOW [Parents] was born ¹ in 1674 in Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States. He died on 18 Jun 1750 in Petersham, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. Samuel married ^{2, 3} Bethia HOLBROOK on 26 Sep 1700 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States.

Other marriages:

KING, Mary

Bethia HOLBROOK. Bethia married ^{1, 2} Samuel WINSLOW on 26 Sep 1700 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States.

Samuel WINSLOW [Parents] was born ¹ in 1674 in Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States. He died on 18 Jun 1750 in Petersham, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. Samuel married ² Mary KING on 11 Nov 1703 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States.

Other marriages:

HOLBROOK, Bethia

Mary KING [Parents] was born ¹ on 30 Mar 1679 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States. She died ² on 16 Feb 1733 in Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States. Mary married ³ Samuel WINSLOW on 11 Nov 1703 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States.

Thomas KING [Parents] ¹ was born ² on 21 Sep 1645 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States. He died ³ on 1 Dec 1711 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States. He was buried in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Thomas married ^{4, 5, 6} Elizabeth CLAPP ⁷ on 20 Apr 1669 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States.

Plymouth Colony Vital Records
[p. 22] Thomas King Marryed to Jane Hatch Widdow march the 31 1653

Elizabeth CLAPP [Parents] ¹ was born ² about 1649 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States. She died ³ on 18 Mar 1698 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States. Elizabeth married ^{4, 5, 6} Thomas KING ⁷ on 20 Apr 1669 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States.

James WHITCOMB. James married ¹ Mercy WINSLOW on 15 Aug 1721 in Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States.

Mercy WINSLOW [Parents] was born ¹ on 16 Aug 1705 in Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States. She died ² on 20 Sep 1726 in Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States. Mercy married ³ James WHITCOMB on 15 Aug 1721 in Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States.

Roland HAMMOND was born about 1703 in Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States. Roland married ¹ Ann WINSLOW on 1 May 1731 in Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States.

Ann WINSLOW [Parents] was born ¹ on 13 Feb 1708/1709 in Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States. She died on 4 Jul 1734 in Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States. Ann married ² Roland HAMMOND on 1 May 1731 in Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States.

Thomas WINSLOW [Parents] was born ¹ on 7 Jun 1711 in Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States. He died on 13 Mar 1782 in Pomfret, Windsor, Vermont, United States. He was buried in 1782. Thomas married ^{2, 3} Rebecca EWER on 27 Jun 1734 in Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States.

Marriage Intention Source: Barnstable, Mass., Vital Records p. 19 June 9, 1734 Marraige Source: Barnstable, Mass., Vital Records p. 169 also Barnstable, Mass., Vital Records
[p.352] Persons Married by David Crocker Justice peace Thomas Winslow of Rochester & Rebekah Ewer June 27 1735

Rebecca EWER [Parents] was born ¹ on 27 Apr 1715 in Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States. She died on 11 Oct 1787 in Pomfret, Windsor, Vermont, United States. She was buried in 1787 in Cushing Yard Cem, Pomfret, Windsor, Vermont. Rebecca married ^{2, 3} Thomas WINSLOW on 27 Jun 1734 in Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States.

Birth Source: FHL Film #947061

Kenelm WINSLOW [Parents] was born ¹ on 20 Feb 1712/1713 in Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States. He died in Petersham, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. Kenelm married ² Elizabeth CLAPP on 21 Jun 1734 in Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States.

Elizabeth CLAPP. Elizabeth married ¹ Kenelm WINSLOW on 21 Jun 1734 in Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States.

John SNOW [Parents] [scrapbook] ^{1, 2} was born ^{3, 4} in 1640 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. He died ^{5, 6} on 25 Nov 1706 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. John married ^{7, 8, 9, 10} Mary GREEN in 1666/1667 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.

JOHN SNOW (Richard ) was born about 1640 at an unknown place and spent his life from early childhood until his death,2,8 on November 25, 1706, in Woburn.6 He married there by 1667 MARY GREENE (see Greene, P; 335) and in 1671 had occasion to sign a receipt to her uncle Capt. JOHN CARTER for her share of her father's estate.4 He had received during his father's life, and doubtless at the time of his marriage, land to live upon and meadow and this property was confirmed to him by his father's wills in January, 1676. He, in common with his three brothers, was bound to provide food and fuel for their mother. Search in published material has revealed no details of the life of JOHN . He, as well as his father, was evidently one of the pioneers who performed their daily work so unobtrusively that it attracted no comment,. did not stand out noticeably, yet such men were the back bone of the colony. So the only way we can approximate an understanding of the  conditions he faced is through study of the history of Woburn during the period of his life, with the addition of a few incidents.
Apparently the purveying of sensational tales, regardless of authenticity, is not exclusively, a modern fault for about 1660 it was reported17 in England

"That 18 Turksmen of war [on] the 24 of Jan y 1659-60 landed at a town [referring to Charlestown, mother of Woburn] three miles from Boston, killed 40, took Mr. Sims minister prisoner, wounded him, killed his wife and three of his little children, carried him-away with 57 more, burnt the Town, carried them to Argier (Algiers?I their loss amounting to 12,ooo pound __the Turk demanding 8,000 pound ransom to be paid within seven months".17

The only discrepancies18 in the above tale are that Turkish men of war did not raid or burn Charlestown, The Rev. Symmes and others were not kidnapped or

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held for ransom, none of his family were killed and his children were all adult by 1659-60 instead of being "little".18 When Josselyn visited the colony and reported this wild English tale to the pioneers it must have created a sensation!
The tragic losses by fire in those days, when every necessity, cost such a burden of effort, seem most appallingly heavy, and to our modern minds the methods of fighting fire seem needlessly crude. In this connection, we find a ruling of 1661 which would have had its bearing on every one of our Woburn families, for it was "Ordered that Thomas Brigden, sr., deliver the town buckets to any person upon notice of fire within the town; provided the said Brigden takes care for bringing them to the Meeting House again. And is to be satisfied for his pains and care therein".17 A home could have burned down while Brigden was searched for or awakened and the church visited.
In October, 1667, twenty-five citizens of Woburn petitioned the General Court "May it please this honorable court to vouchsafe some help to our town of Woburn in dividing a lump of this wilderness earth";17 and "The selectmen mette the 5. day of Octob. 1674, and agreed on the 15 day of this instant mo. to goe throo the Towne, and ecsarnin the familys about Catichisinge ".16
RICHARD  SNOW would have experienced the earlier anxieties over the threatened loss of their charter (see Appendix "B", p. 694) and JOHN would have felt the injustice of Andros'  regime in the greatly increased taxes, the threatened loss of their lands and other strictures.
About 1686 a farmer of Woburn was called to account for his wife's extravagance in dress. He answered, "That he thought it no sin for his wife to wear a silk hood and silk neck [neckerchief ?]; and he desired to see an example before him!"15,17 probably meaning that if it was to be considered a sin, he desired proof of the claim.
Kindly treatment of the aged or infirm is frequently seen in the Woburn records, in the remitting of taxes, in the restoration of land forfeited for non-payment of taxes, or in actual furnishing of food and clothing in cases of need.16
Of the seven children of JOHN  SNOW, at least four married and reared families of well behaved children. Ebenezer  died in young manhood; Nathaniel  was probably crippled or ailing for he received his small share of his father's property in money19 rather than in land which the other sons shared. At the age of fifty-one, Mary was still unmarried;³ the life of Timothy  was spent in Woburn, where he served the military company15 as sergeant from 1716 until 1737; HANNAH  with her husband had removed 4 about 1715 to Killingly, Connecticut, (where some of her Snow relatives later followed her)15 and the two older Sons removed to New Hampshire, John , who became an ensign, settling permanently in what is now Hudson in that state and becoming one of the most useful men of the town until his death in 1735. Zerubbabel evidently lived for a time near Concord, New Hampshire20 but apparently returned to Woburn before his death.
JOHN  SNOW died intestate in November, 1706, and on April iz, 1707, his widow

DAWES AND ALLIED FAMILIES

and children signed19 an agreement as to the disposition of his property. .At his death his estate owed £16 to his eldest son John and £12 to Timothy" as though they might have helped to maintain the family. JOHN  CUTLER signed the agreement in behalf of his wife HANNAH . By this document, the widow MARY was to use for life all the household stuff and one-third part of the other movables, housing and lands; John  was to retain the home and over twenty acres already in his hands on condition that he pay £12 to Timothy  and £3 to his sister, HANNAH CUTLER. In view of their payment of certain amounts to the other heirs, Zerubbabel and Timothy  were to divide between them, the remainder of the housing and lands, including the widow s third after her death.19 The description of land includes reference to the Hungry-plain field.

REFERENCES
1. New England Register, XIV, 358; Hotten's Emigrants, p.141, Barnstable [co. Devon, Eng.] Parish Register, Thos. Wainwright 1903, part I, P. 50
2. Savage, IV, 138-9; History of Woburn, S. Sewall, 1868,pp. 113, 115-9,640-1.
3. Manuscript Genealogy of the RICHARD SNOW Family cornpiled by G. B. Snow, Long Beach, Calif., deposited at Newberry Library, Chicago, pp. 3-17.
4. Woburn Historical Sites, W. R. Cutter, 1892, pp. 23-3, 37.
5. History of Middlesex Co., Mass., D. H. Hurd, 1890, I, 347-8; Massachusetts Historical Society Collections, Ser. 3, I, 38-45.
6. Vital Records of Woburn, Mass., I, 243; II, 180, pt. 2, pp.  29, 38; III, 259-60.
7. History of Philip s War, G. M. Bodge 1896, pp. 170-2, 434-6; Mss. Snow Genealogy; Hurd's Middlesex Co., I, 383, Sewall's Woburn, pp. 113, 115-8.
9. Vital Records of Chelmsford, Mass., p. 318; History of Hudson, New Hampshire, K. Webster, 1913, pp. 126-7.
10. Cutler Genealogy , N. S. Cutler, 1889, p. 21.
11. History of Lexington, C. Hudson, 1913, II, 142-3.
12. Pierce Genealogy, F. C. Pierce, 1882, p. 28.
13. History of Woodstock, Conn., C. W. Bowen, 1932, IV, 195.
14. Ibid., II, 258; Hudson's Lexington, II, 143; Putnam's Monthly Historical Magazine, 1895, III, 296.
15. Hurd's Middlesex, I, 350, 377, 383, 387-8.
16. Sewall's Woburn, pp. 49, 59-60, 66-8.
17. History of Charlestown, R. Frothingham, 1845, pp. 112-3, 210.
18. Savage, IV, 243-4; Pope's Pioneers, p. 444; Genealogies and Estates of Charlestown, G. B. Wyman, 1879, p.927.
19. Search of Middlesex Co., Mass., Records by E. L. Moffatt, Allston, Mass., Probate File No. 20820, Vol. XI, 190.
20. History of Concord, N. H., J. 0. Lyford, 1896, I, 138, 143-4; History of Concord, N H N. Bouton, 1856, pp.68, 78, 124, 139, 543; Concord, N. H. Town Records, 1894, App. p.543, History of Merrimack and Belknap Counties, N. H. D. H. Hurd, 1885, pp. 57, 61-2.
21. Genealogical Bulletin, 1903-4, I, 171; Hartwell Genealogy, L. W. Densmore, 1895, p. 35.
22. Snow-Estee Ancestry, N. E. Snow, comp. by M. M. Jillson, 1939, I, 1-6, 49.

Mary GREEN [Parents] was born ^{1, 2} on 20 Jan 1644 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. She died about 1712 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Mary married ^{3, 4, 5, 6} John SNOW ^{7, 8} in 1666/1667 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.