Snook, Samuel, Dorchester, Dorset, u and appraiser (1755–93). Eldest son of Robert Snook snr. Free 1755 but as this was seven years after the death of his father he may not have been his immediate successor in business. Bankrupt, Gents Mag., November 1766, but re-established his business and in May 1785 drew up an inventory of the household goods of Joseph Hardy of Martinstown, Dorset. [D; Mayo & Gould, Municipal Records of … Dorchester, 1908, p. 432; The Antique Dealer and Collector's Guide, September 1978]