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Polly Atwood Snow[1]

Female 1785 - 1836  (50 years)


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  • Name Polly Atwood Snow  [2, 3]
    Birth 29 Jun 1785  Wellfleet, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Gender Female
    Residence May 1805  Wellfleet, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Death 12 May 1836  (unknown) Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 5] 
    Burial Aft 12 May 1836  Duck Creek Cemetery, Wellfleet, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Person ID I1145  Lindell-Herndon Genealogy
    Last Modified 11 Feb 2018

    Father Joseph Snow,   b. ?, (unknown) Find all individuals with events at this locationd. ?, (unknown) Find all individuals with events at this location
    Mother Rebecca Young,   b. 18 Oct 1756, Wellfleet, Barnstable County, Province of Massachusetts Bay Find all individuals with events at this locationd. ?, (unknown) Find all individuals with events at this location
    Marriage Intention 24 Jan 1775  Wellfleet, Barnstable County, Province of Massachusetts Bay Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Marriage 9 Feb 1775  Wellfleet, Barnstable County, Province of Massachusetts Bay Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Family ID F3697  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Daniel Cole,   b. 2 Aug 1783, Wellfleet, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Jan 1864, Truro, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)
    Marriage Intention 22 Feb 1805  Wellfleet, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Marriage 19 May 1805  Wellfleet, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Notes 
    • In the marriage intention recorded by the Clerk of Barnstable County, Polly Atwood is listed as “Polly Atwood Snow”. Due to her age at the time of her marriage to Daniel Cole, this would seem to cast doubt that her maiden name was actually Atwood. [2]
    Children 
     1. John Young Cole,   b. 27 Jan 1806, Wellfleet, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Feb 1807, Wellfleet, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 1 year)
     2. Mary Cole,   b. 30 Sep 1807, Wellfleet, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. ?, (unknown) Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Nehemiah Cole,   b. 31 May 1810, Wellfleet, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Jun 1856, Wellfleet, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 46 years)
     4. Joseph Snow Cole,   b. 18 Oct 1812, Wellfleet, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. ?, (unknown) Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Samuel Snow Cole,   b. 29 May 1816, Wellfleet, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. ?, (unknown) Find all individuals with events at this location
     6. Daniel Cole,   b. 18 Dec 1819, Wellfleet, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. ?, (unknown) Find all individuals with events at this location
     7. John Young Cole,   b. 10 Nov 1823, Wellfleet, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Feb 1836, Wellfleet, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 12 years)
    Family ID F816  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 26 Nov 2016

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 29 Jun 1785 - Wellfleet, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage Intention - 22 Feb 1805 - Wellfleet, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - May 1805 - Wellfleet, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 19 May 1805 - Wellfleet, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - Aft 12 May 1836 - Duck Creek Cemetery, Wellfleet, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • Notes 
    • Due mostly to the listing found in [Holbrook-1805a], this individual has been incorrectly identified as “Polly Atwood” by hundreds of researchers. But [Holbrook-1805b], the marriage intention filed by Daniel Cole and Polly in February of that same year, lists Polly’s full maiden name, as “Polly Atwood Snow”. Polly Atwood Snow was the daughter of Joseph and Rebecca (Young) Snow of Wellfleet, and there is ample additional evidence to indicate that Daniel Cole’s wife was, indeed, Polly Atwood Snow, rather than one of the many women from Cape Cod named Polly Atwood. First, two of their children were given the middle name “Snow” (Polly’s father’s side of the family). Second, one child was given the middle name “Young” (Polly’s mother’s side of the family). Third, Daniel Cole’s wife died in 1836 at the age of 51—putting her birth year near 1785, the same as our Ms. Snow. [9]

  • Reference  Herndon, William Robert. "Polly Atwood Snow", Lindell-Herndon Genealogy. [Online]. Available: https://lindell-herndon.org/getperson.php?personID=I1145&sitever=mobile&tree=LindellHerndon. [Accessed: 06-Jun-2026].

  • Sources 
    1. [S315] [Herndon-2025] Herndon, William Robert, Lindell-Herndon Genealogy, Wauwatosa, Wisconsin: By the author, 2025.

    2. [S1387] [Holbrook-1805b] Holbrook, Jay Mack and Delene, "Marriage Intention of Daniel Cole and Polly Atwood Snow," Massachusetts Vital and Town Records: Wellfleet Births, Marriages, Deaths 1763 - 1844, Volume 1 (Wellfleet Town Clerk Transcription, 1865), Provo, Utah: Holbrook Research Institute, 2011, page 346, entry 9.

    3. [S1388] [Holbrook-1775b] Holbrook, Jay Mack and Delene, "Record of the Children of Joseph Snow and Rebecca his Wife," Massachusetts Vital and Town Records: Wellfleet Births, Marriages, Deaths 1763 - 1844, Volume 1 (Wellfleet Town Clerk Transcription, 1865), Provo, Utah: Holbrook Research Institute, 2011, page 23.

    4. [S298] [Holbrook-1775a] Holbrook, Jay Mack and Delene, "Record of the Children of Daniel Cole and Susanna His Wife," Massachusetts Vital and Town Records: Wellfleet Births, Marriages, Deaths 1763 - 1844, Volume 1 (Wellfleet Town Clerk Transcription, 1865), Provo, Utah: Holbrook Research Institute, 2011, page 34.

    5. [S1026] [Duck-Creek-1836a] "Gravesite of Polly A. Cole," Interment Records of Duck Creek Cemetery, Find A Grave (findagrave.com), 2015.

    6. [S1390] [Holbrook-1775d] Holbrook, Jay Mack and Delene, "Marriage Intention of Joseph Snow and Rebecca Young," Massachusetts Vital and Town Records: Wellfleet Births, Marriages, Deaths 1763 - 1844, Volume 1 (Wellfleet Town Clerk Transcription, 1865), Provo, Utah: Holbrook Research Institute, 2011, page 312, entry 13.

    7. [S1389] [Holbrook-1775c] Holbrook, Jay Mack and Delene, "Marriage Entry for Joseph Snow and Rebecca Young," Massachusetts Vital and Town Records: Wellfleet Births, Marriages, Deaths 1763 - 1844, Volume 1 (Wellfleet Town Clerk Transcription, 1865), Provo, Utah: Holbrook Research Institute, 2011, page 528, entry 11.

    8. [S1386] [Holbrook-1805a] Holbrook, Jay Mack and Delene, "Marriage Entry for Daniel Cole and Polly Atwood," Massachusetts Vital and Town Records, Wellfleet Births, Marriages, Deaths 1763 - 1844, Volume 1 (Wellfleet Town Clerk Transcription, 1865), Provo, Utah: Holbrook Research Institute, 2011, page 556, entry 11.

    9. [S1386] [Holbrook-1805a] Holbrook, Jay Mack and Delene, "Marriage Entry for Daniel Cole and Polly Atwood," Massachusetts Vital and Town Records, Wellfleet Births, Marriages, Deaths 1763 - 1844, Volume 1 (Wellfleet Town Clerk Transcription, 1865), Provo, Utah: Holbrook Research Institute, 2011, page 556, entry 11.


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