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Martha <I>Davis</I> Snodgrass

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Martha Davis Snodgrass

Birth
Pennsylvania, USA
Death
20 Dec 1828 (aged 68)
Burial
Grantville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
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James Snodgrass and Martha Davis of Bucks County; 5 Oct 1786; bond 200£; Bondsmen Wm Elephant, James Snodgrass, in Lancaster County, PA.. Baptismal and marriage records, Rev. John Waldschmidt (1724-1786), 1752-1786, by Luther R. Kelker translator, undated, p 306.

Martha Davis and James Snodgrass received a PA marriage licenses on 5 Oct 1786. Pennsylvania Marriage Licenses 1784 - 1786, Pennsylvania Archives 6th Series, Vol VI, edited by Thomas Lynch Montgomery, Harrisburg, PA, 1907, p 290.

Martha Davis of Philadelphia, was the first wife of Rev. James Snodgrass, born on 2 Nov 1760, dying on 20 Dec 1828. The History of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, Luther Reily Kelker, Vol. 3, p 101-102 gives data on the Snodgrass family.

Martha Snodgrass was born Nov. 12 (sic) 1760 and died 20 Dec 1828. The Historical Sketch of Old Hanover Church, by Rev. Thomas H. Robinson, D.D., published in 1878 by the Historical Society of Dauphin County, page 42.

James and Martha Snodgrass had a daughter Martha on 25 Nov 1791 and she was baptized on Jan 11th. Plus a son Benjamin, on 15 Aug 1789, baptized on Oct 17th. Benjamin married Ann Wilson on 9 Jun 1817. The Historical Sketch of Old Hanover Church by Rev. Thomas H. Robinson, D.D. (1828-1906) With a Notice of the Church at Conewago, by A. Boyd Hamilton, Harrisburg, PA: Dauphin County Historical Society, 1878, page 27, 28 and 30.

Notes and Queries, Chiefly Relating to Interior Pennsylvania, by Dr. Wm Henry Egle, Vol. 3, p 381, gives the same data, except born March (sic) 2d, 1760.

Gravestone says (using enlarged photo, 9-2006):
In
Memory of
MARTHA SNODGRASS
Consort of the
Revd. James Snodgrafs
who was born in Philadelphia,
Nov.r 2 1760 & died Dec 20 1828
in the 69th year of her age
Rev. 14, 13.
Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord

A consort is a wife. It looks to me like it says Nov.r 2nd. The little "r" was used at the top of the "v" in November. A rubbing may confirm it. There is no room for an additional 1 for the "12"th per above.
James Snodgrass and Martha Davis of Bucks County; 5 Oct 1786; bond 200£; Bondsmen Wm Elephant, James Snodgrass, in Lancaster County, PA.. Baptismal and marriage records, Rev. John Waldschmidt (1724-1786), 1752-1786, by Luther R. Kelker translator, undated, p 306.

Martha Davis and James Snodgrass received a PA marriage licenses on 5 Oct 1786. Pennsylvania Marriage Licenses 1784 - 1786, Pennsylvania Archives 6th Series, Vol VI, edited by Thomas Lynch Montgomery, Harrisburg, PA, 1907, p 290.

Martha Davis of Philadelphia, was the first wife of Rev. James Snodgrass, born on 2 Nov 1760, dying on 20 Dec 1828. The History of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, Luther Reily Kelker, Vol. 3, p 101-102 gives data on the Snodgrass family.

Martha Snodgrass was born Nov. 12 (sic) 1760 and died 20 Dec 1828. The Historical Sketch of Old Hanover Church, by Rev. Thomas H. Robinson, D.D., published in 1878 by the Historical Society of Dauphin County, page 42.

James and Martha Snodgrass had a daughter Martha on 25 Nov 1791 and she was baptized on Jan 11th. Plus a son Benjamin, on 15 Aug 1789, baptized on Oct 17th. Benjamin married Ann Wilson on 9 Jun 1817. The Historical Sketch of Old Hanover Church by Rev. Thomas H. Robinson, D.D. (1828-1906) With a Notice of the Church at Conewago, by A. Boyd Hamilton, Harrisburg, PA: Dauphin County Historical Society, 1878, page 27, 28 and 30.

Notes and Queries, Chiefly Relating to Interior Pennsylvania, by Dr. Wm Henry Egle, Vol. 3, p 381, gives the same data, except born March (sic) 2d, 1760.

Gravestone says (using enlarged photo, 9-2006):
In
Memory of
MARTHA SNODGRASS
Consort of the
Revd. James Snodgrafs
who was born in Philadelphia,
Nov.r 2 1760 & died Dec 20 1828
in the 69th year of her age
Rev. 14, 13.
Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord

A consort is a wife. It looks to me like it says Nov.r 2nd. The little "r" was used at the top of the "v" in November. A rubbing may confirm it. There is no room for an additional 1 for the "12"th per above.

Inscription

In
Memory of
MARTHA SNODGRASS
Consort of the
Revd. James Snodgrafs
who was born in Philadelphia,
Nov. 2 1760 & died Dec 20 1828
in the 69th year of her age

Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord
Rev. 14, 13.



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  • Added: Sep 22, 2006
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15857003/martha-snodgrass: accessed ), memorial page for Martha Davis Snodgrass (2 Nov 1760–20 Dec 1828), Find a Grave Memorial ID 15857003, citing Old Hanover Presbyterian Churchyard, Grantville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by LSP (contributor 46860931).