My Father’s Cousin Joyce and Ancient Snell ThruLines

I have a pretty extensive DNA/Genealogy Chart for the Snell family already:

In this Blog, I’ll look at Joyce’s ThruLines through Samuel Snell born 1708 and Mary Head. Samuel Snell was a vintner and had a tavern for a while in Newport:

Joyce shows these Snell ThruLines:

My tree only includes brothers Anthony and Benjamin:

I’ll start in order:

These two should be easy. I alreaady have Charlotte’s sibling, so I can add her. O.T. lived not too far from me, so he should be easy also. I’ll start a floating tree for him. I used to teach Sunday School with O.T.’s daughter.

In 1910, the Tripp family lived on Rochester Road, Acushnet:

I knew the family on Perry Hill Road, so I wonder if the name of the Road changed.

Here is a marriage record for Frederick Tripp and Marcia Church Snell:

Her parents were Otis Snell and Mary Ann. That means that Otis Tripp’s name likely came from the Snell side. I realize that I already have O.T. in my Snell DNA/Genealogy Tree:

Our common ancestors are Otis Snell and Mary Ann Parker. This ThruLine is looking at a potential common ancestor three generations earlier. I am curious as to whether I am doubly related to O.T.

Frederick Tripp

What I need to find out is whether Mary Snell is the mother of Frederick Tripp:

Here is the marriage:

Apparently, Frederick who married Nancy was the son of William. It appeaers that he was also a Reverend:

findagrave.com has Frederick’s mother as Mary Snell:

It is beginning to look likely that the ThruLine back to Samuel Snell is correct. This shows the two ways that Joyce is related to Otis (O.T.):

I am one step down on this tree. So where Joyce is a third cousin to Otis, I am a third cousin once removed.

Joyce and Descendants of Pardon Snell

Joyce shows six matches to Pardon Snell descendants.

Joyce and Jane

Something seems off in my genealogy:

This shows Michael having children in his 60’s and 70’s.

I will start a floating tree for Jane. Jane has a tree with her two parents. I am looking at the paternal side based on her ThruLine. Here is the family in New Bedford in 1930:

The father, also Allen C. Ashley is a bus driver. However, ThruLines is directing me to Ida M. Here is Ida:

They get married in Portsmouth, NH. In Ida’s birth record, her father is said to be from Tiverton, R.I. That is a good sign.

The marriage record for Moses reveals that this was his second marriage:

Angles seems like a strange name. Having said that, genealogically speaking, it is a great name in that it is quite unique:

From Captain Angles’ death record, we get his parents names:

This appears to be Crawford’s burial record:

From this, it is not clear that Angle is a sone of Crawford and Sarah. However, he may just not be included in the list.

This list shows a Michael Crawford as the son of Pardon Snell.

Here I have merged the two Crawford Snells from my regular tree and my floating tree:

I started to delete the younger children. My guess is that I had the wrong Crawford married to Anna S. King. I’ll delete that family for now and add them back in later if I need to.

Next, I’ll add in the line to my Snell DNA/Genealogy Chart:

However, note that Jane’s father has Crapo as a middle name and Joyce and I also have Crapo ancestors. Further, Jane is said to have a DNA match on Joyce’s paternal side and I am related on Joyce’s maternal side. That makes this match off at least as proposed by the DNA. Nevertheless, the DNA assingment may also be off.

Regardless,, I think that the exercise has helped my straighten out the Snell genealogy some.

Summary and Conclusions

  • I started to udate the ThruLines through my father’s cousin Joyce going back to Samuel Snell born 1708 and his wife Mary Head
  • One relative was Otis who is also related on a closer line.
  • I spent some time connecting with Jane genealogically only to later realize that she shows as a DNA match on Joyce’s paternal side. I am related to Joyce on the maternal. Side. That means that the DNA match is either to a different connection, or the assignment of the DNA is incorrect.
  • I may further look at connections under Pardon Snell born 1747 and Job Snell in a subsequent Blog

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