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married, January 27, 1742, Thankful
Kent, who was born in 1722, and died
March 9, 1746. Sergeant Asahel Holcomb,
son of Deacon Asahel and Thankful
(Kent) Holcomb, was born November
12, 1742, in East Granby, and married
in the Turkey Hills Church, February 3,
1764, Sarah Eno, who died June 1, 1815.
They were the parents of Asahel Holcomb,
born August 28, 1764, in East
Granby, whose wife's name was Martha,
and whose daughter, Sarah Holcomb,
became the wife of Harvey Alderman.
Their son, James Harvey Alderman, was
born January 3, 1825, in Chester, Massa-
chusetts, and was a lifelong resident of
East Granby. He married Sarah Jane
Snow, who was born January 24, 1831,
in Kingston, Canada, daughter of Charles
Snow, of that place.
Sarah Jane (Snow) Alderman was a
descendant of Richard Snow, who ap-
peared in Woburn, Massachusetts, as
early as 1645, bought a house and twenty
acres of land there in 1656, had several
grants of land from the town, and died
May 5, 1677. His eldest son, John Snow,
probably born in England, lived in
Woburn, and died there November 25,
1706. His eldest child, John Snow, born
May 13, 1668, in Woburn, removed to
Chelmsford, and Dunstable, Massachu-
setts. He' married, February 13, 1693,
Sarah Stevens, and their eldest son,
Joseph Snow, born May 6, 1697, in
Woburn, lived in the eastern part of Dunstable,
later known as Nottingham West,
now Hudson, New Hampshire, where he
was taxed in 1733. In 1734 he was selectman
of the town, in the same year was a
delegate to the General Court, and a lieu-
tenant of the military, and was moderator
in 1736, 1739. He died May 7, 1747. His
wife, Bridget, born in 1700, removed
with their children after his death to Plymouth,
New Hampshire, where she died
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December 3, 1773. Their third son,
Henry Snow, born November 17, 1725,
in Dunstable, was ensign of militia in
Nottingham West; selectman in 1760,
and after 1764 removed to Plymouth,
where he died May 11, 1820. His wife,
Miriam, died May 13, 1813. Their third
son, Nehemiah Snow, born May 4, 1759,
in Nottingham West, was a child when
the family removed to Plymouth. He
served in three enlistments on the frontier
under Colonel Bedel, during the Revolu-
tion ; was at Bennington under Colonel
Hobart and later a soldier of the Con-
tinental Army. In 1802 he removed to
Compton, Provence of Quebec, where
he was a captain of militia, and there hi^
death occurred. He married April 9,
1789, Miriam Harriman, born October
18, 1771, in Hampstead, New Hampshire,
died August 14, 1848, in Canada, daughter
of Thomas and Martha (Poole) Harriman,
descendant of Leonard Harriman,
who was at Rowley, Massachusetts, as
early as 1639. Charles Snow, son of
Nehemiah and Miriam (Harriman) Snow,
was born October 26, 1800, in Plymouth,
and lived in Kingston, Canada. He mar-
ried, March 2, 1829, Rhoda Sargent,
born October 23, 1806, in Amesbury,
Massachusetts, a descendant of William
Sargent, who was born June 28, 1606,
at Bath, England, son of Richard and
Catherine (Stevens) Sargent. The first
record of him in this country is found in
April, 1633, when he was a grantee of
land at Ipswich, Massachusetts. Six
years later he subscribed to the oath of
allegiance and fidelity. In 1635 he was
among the first settlers at Newberry, and
in 1638 was at Hampton, New Hampshire.
In 1639 he was a townsman and
commissioner of Salisbury, Massachu-
setts, and in December, 1650, paid taxes
of seven shillings and four pence. In
1655 he was residing in that part of Sal-