ENGSNEED

            OBSERVATIONS on the SNEED ENGLISH CONNECTION

                                        by Richard "Dick" Baldauf
                                          typed by Linda Starr
                                               JAN 1997

[I apologize to the group, and especially to Dick, for the  delay
in getting this out to you.  As in other things,  ideas  and  com
ments are Dick's; I get credit only for typos.    LSS]


In looking through the SNEED ancestral chart received from B.  W.
Sneed, we find a note to the right of the name Samuel SNEAD which 
reads:  "Descended from William SNEYD of Keel who died  in  1694,
through his second son. Ref. Burk's."  And on page 4 of the SNEYD 
pedigree chart we are given this descent:

                   Nathaniel SNEAD of Keele 1612

                      William SNEYD of Keele
              through his second son, grandfather of:

                           Samuel SNEAD 
         with wife Alice and son William born about 1626.

Grammatically  speaking,  we  are  being   told   that   William,
grandfather of Samuel, died in 1694.  A similar chart provided by 
cousin Frances Trader contains a similar statement. There  is  no
way that Samuel's grandfather could have died as late as 1694.

Cousin Frances Trader also provides  (1981)  a  SNEED  worksheet,
providing these items:  "Descended from  William  SNEYD  of  Keel
through his second son  Richard  SNEYD,  Sheriff  of  Derbyshire,
England who died in 1694 - Burke's Peerage, page ? "

Cousin Frances continues:
     "Samuel SNEAD d. - 1643. B - ?
        "     "    and wf. Alice & son William (b. about 1630)
came to 200 acres (land grant) at head of  Keath's  Creek,  James
River Co. VA in 1634 (35). Son William returned to England to  be
educated - married & died there. His 2 younger sons  returned  to
the Virginia Plantation of their grandmother (Alice SNEED).  
     Ref: St. Peter's & St. Paul's Parish Records in New Kent Co. 
VA."

Above information sent to F. M. Sneed of Chicago in 1929 by  Mrs.
Jennie T. Grayson, Genealogist of Richmond, VA -- Where  are  her
records?
     "A William SNEAD came to America in 1664
     A William SNEAD came to America in 1666
     A William SNEAD married Mary THOMAS in 1688 in Philadelphia.
Get Quaker records by Wm Hinshaw. Where?  royal line in England."


Is this our William?
     Our William was living in Hanover  Co.  VA  in  1740  (large
landowner).  Did he marry Eliz Harris?   Is  his  will  in  North
ampton Co. VA in 1798 or Henrico Co. in 1783?  Ref. Grayson  [for
following sons   LSS]

William SNEED had son (sic) Grayson:
     Benjamin (1730-1819)
     Alexander (1736)
     Zacharia (1737)
     Charles (1738)
     William (1734) Robert (1740)

Benjamin of Fancy Hill, Ref. _Virkus Compendium_  1925,  p.  834;
1937, pp. 461, 486
     
In a letter dated 7 September 1951,  cousin  Frances  says  this:
"For the SNEED line I have no proof of  any  kind  past  Isabella
Hope Batterton (Baldauf line), to _Burke's Landed Gentry of Great 
Britain_, Part 2, pp. 1742-43 - SNEYD of Keele Hall.  Burke drops 
us off at William SNEYDE, ancestor of the SNEYDS of Bishton,  Bel
mont, Ashcome, and Basford, Co. Stafford."

Cousin Frances, it seems, has somehow learned that  the  name  of
the second son of William SNEYD was Richard. Does  this  help  in
our age discrepancy?  Not really.  If William, son of Samuel, was 
born about 1630 and Sameul born, say in 1605, Richard would  have
to have been born about 1580, making him over a hundred years old 
in 1690.  If the death of Richard is pushed back to 1594, is  the
date realistic?  Possibly.  But Samuel would have to have had his 
first won William at about 36 years of age. Is the date wrong  or
is there something wrong with the line  of  descent?   There  are
lots of editions of _Burke's Peerage_, and most of them stay with 
the titled branches only.  In an older edition however, one might 
be able to discover the names of the siblings.















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