The Palmers
of Connecticut and Rhode Island
alter Palmer was the immigrant ancestor of my Palmer line. He was born about 1585 in Dorsetshire, England. New information indicates he was probably from Frampton, Dorset, England. On 5 April 1629, Walter Palmer embarked on the ship Four Sisters at Gravesend, England and sailed to Salem, Massachusetts, arriving in June. He was one of the founders of Stonington, Connecticut.
Both of my maternal grandmother's parents were descendants of Walter Palmer through his two wives, giving me five lines of descent from him through his children Grace (two lines through each great-grandparent), Nehemiah, Gershom, and Moses.
One of my most treasured family possessions is the huge and beautiful, but well-worn old bible of my fourth grandfather, Asher Palmer of Griswold, Connecticut and Exeter, Rhode Island. Asher was the fourth grandson of Walter Palmer of Stonington.
Inside the bible is a note written by my third great grandaunt, Sarah H. Palmer:
My Father's Bible
This bible was the property of Asher Palmer
the
son of Uriah & Elizabeth Newton Palmer
and a lineal descendent of
Walter Palmer,
who settled Stonington in 1653 and died there eight years
later.
Asher Palmer was born in Exeter RI May 7th 1795
Died in Griswold Conn. Dec. 25th 1851.
Sarah H. Palmer
Inside the bible, between Malachi and Apocrypha, were several pages of family records, inscribed over the years, with the births, marriages and deaths of the members of Asher's families from his two marriages. To view scans and transcriptions of these pages, click here.
My four lines of descent from Walter Palmer and his two wives, down to my maternal
great-grandparents, are as follows:
*bolded text
distinguishes the lines of descent.
From my great-grandmother:
Line 1
1 Walter PALMER (ca. 1585 - 1661) + ANN/ELIZABETH (ca. 1590 -
1622)
2 Grace PALMER (1608 - 1690) + Thomas MINER (1608 -
1690)
3 Ephraim MINER (ca. 1642 - 1687) + Hannah
AVERY (1644 - )
4 Grace MINOR (1683 - ) + William PALMER (ca. 1678 - 1729)
5 Wait PALMER (ca. 1708 - 1798) + Mary BROWN (1703 - 1793)
6 Amos
PALMER (1729 - 1797) + Mary YORK (1732 - Abt. 1820)
7 Uriah PALMER
(1760 - 1832) + Elizabeth NEWTON (1765 - 1842)
8 Asher PALMER (1795 -
1851) + Joanna P. EAMES (1802 - 1888)
9 Hannah E. PALMER (1825 -
1916) + William H. LARKHAM (1820 - 1884)
10 Carrie E. LARKHAM (1855 -
1933) + Levi N. CLARK (1863 - 1934)
11 Sarah H. CLARK (1884 - 1955)
Line 2
1 Walter PALMER (ca. 1585 - 1661) +
Rebecca SHORT (ca. 1610 - 1671)
2 Nehemiah PALMER (1637 -
1716/17) + Hannah L. STANTON (1644 - 1727)
3 Joseph PALMER
(1663 - 1709/10) + Frances PRENTICE (ca. 1665 - )
4 Hannah PALMER (1694 - 1738-1739) +
William YORK (1705 - )
5 Mary YORK (1732 - ca. 1820) + Amos PALMER
(1729 - 1797)
6 Uriah PALMER (1760 - 1832) + Elizabeth NEWTON (1765
- 1842)
7 Asher PALMER (1795 - 1851) + Joanna P. EAMES (1802 - 1888)
8 Hannah E. PALMER (1825 - 1916) + William H. LARKHAM (1820 - 1884)
9
Carrie E. LARKHAM (1855 - 1933) + Levi N. CLARK (1863 - 1934)
10
Sarah H. CLARK 1884 - 1955
Line 3
1 Walter
PALMER (ca. 1585 - 1661) + Rebecca SHORT (ca. 1610 - 1671)
2
Gershom PALMER (ca. 1644 - 1718) + Ann DENISON (1649 - 1706)
3 William PALMER (ca. 1678 - ca. 1729) + Grace MINOR (1683 - )
2 Wait PALMER (ca.
1708 - 1798) + Mary BROWN (1703 - 1793)
5 Amos PALMER (1729 - 1797) +
Mary YORK (1732 - ca. 1820)
6 Uriah PALMER (1760 - 1832) + Elizabeth
NEWTON 91765 - 1842)
7 Asher PALMER (1795 - 1851) + Joanna P. EAMES
(1802 - 1888)
8 Hannah E. PALMER (1825 - 1916) + William H. LARKHAM
(1820 - 1884)
9 Carrie E. LARKHAM (1855 - 1933) + Levi N. CLARK (1863
- 1934)
10 Sarah H. CLARK (1884 - 1955)
From my
great-grandfather:
Line 4
1
Walter PALMER (ca.1585 - 1661) + Ann/Elizabeth (ca. 1590 - 1622)
2 Grace PALMER (1608 - 1690) + Thomas MINER (1608 - 1690)
3 Hannah MINER (1655 - Abt. 1692) + Thomas AVERY (1651 -
1735/36)strong>
4 Samuel AVERY (1680 - 1749/50) + Elizabeth RANSFORD (ca. 1680 - 1761)
5 Alethea AVERY (?- 1776) + James ALLYN (1699/00 - 1776)
6 Lydia
ALLYN (1743/44 - 1774) + Silsby GEER (1742 - 1773)
7 Samuel GEER
(1770 - 1856) + Lucy TRACY (1771 - 1810)
8 Lydia GEER (1792 - 1851) +
Rowland BURDICK (1789 - Aft. 1870)
9 Abel BURDICK (1836 - 1926) +
Susan M. PHILLIPS (1846 - 1917)
10 Frank R. BURDICK (1885 - 1960)
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