
Steeple crowned hats, usually with a decorative band, were popular for both men and women in the early 17th century. It is a beaver hat, made in England, c.1615-1640. The Pilgrim Society displays one artifact that is attributed to Constance Hopkins. Before his death, Nicholas Snow wrote a will. Nicholas died in November 1676, Constance about a year later in October of 1677. He was a carpenter and also ran a family farm with the help of his sons and daughters.Ĭonstance and Nicholas Snow had 12 children. On the Cape (in Barnstable County), Nicholas served as surveyor, constable and selectman. The town was then renamed "Eastham" and still retains that name today, nearly 400 years later. The Snows moved from Plymouth to Nauset, on Cape Cod in 1643. Nicholas held various minor positions in Plymouth, such as highway surveyor. His inventory also included books, so he was most-likely literate. The inventory of Nicholas’ estate, taken at the time of his death, includes carpenter’s tools. Nicholas Snow had arrived in Plymouth on the Anne in 1623. Sometime before 1627, Constance Hopkins married Nicholas Snow. She journeyed with her father and stepmother, Stephen and Elizabeth Hopkins, her brother Giles, her half-sister Damaris and her half-brother Oceanus who was born during the voyage. Nicholas and Constance Hopkins Snow Constance Hopkins was a Mayflower passenger. The information just below is from: the Pilgrim Hall Museum. Instead, she later married the honorable Nicholas Snow, one of the founders of Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. The fair Miss Constance never married either swain. "They were quickly disarmed and haled before Governor Bradford, who ordered them strung up with head and heels tied together so they could cool off their hot blood." Governor Bradford said later that "Edward Doty retrieved his character by change from youthful folly." Rushing outside, they found Leister and Doty slashing away at each other in a duel.

On 18 June 1621, the colonists were awakened at dawn by the sound of the clash of cold steel. That first spring in the new land, the colonists looked on as the two young men, Edward Doty and Edward Leister, carried on a dual courtship for the hand of pretty Constance. Stephen Hopkins then remarried to Elizabeth Fisher. After having had 2 children: Constance and Giles, she died. He first married Constance’s mother, Mary (Kent) Hopkins, b: 1583 in Hampshire, England. Two other children accompanied them and Elizabeth had a baby during the voyage.Ĭonstance (Hopkins) Snow died about 15 October 1677 in Eastham, Plymouth Colony, and is buried in the Cove Burying Ground, Eastham, Cape Cod, near her late husband.Ĭonstance’s father, Stephen Hopkins, was born about 1580 in Hursley, Hampshire, England and was baptized in Upper Clatford, Hampshire. Constance was a Mayflower passenger, along with her father and stepmother, Elizabeth (Fisher) Hopkins. Her parents were Stephen Hopkins and Mary (Kent) Hopkins. Nicholas died in Eastham, Plymouth Colony, and is buried in the Cove Burying Ground, Eastham.Ĭonstance Hopkins was baptized at Hursley, Hampshire, England. He was a freeman, in Eastham in 1655, and served in many town offices. He and Constance were among the first settlers of Eastham, on Cape Cod, across Plymouth Bay, in 1644. He married before in Plymouth, Plymouth Colony, New England, to Constance Hopkins. He arrived in Plymouth on the “Anne” in 1623.
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