Relationship to Ulysses Simpson Grant.
Thomas Miner( Minor) b 23 Apr 1608 married Grace Palmer
John Miner b 1636 brother to Joseph Miner b 1644
Grace (Miner) Grant b 1669 1st cousin of Benjamin Minor b 1673
Noah Grant b 1693 2ndcousin of Clement Miner b 1706
Noah Grant, Jr. b 1718 3rd cousin of Benjamin Miner b 1742
Noah Grant III, b 1748 4th cousin of William Bott Miner b 17
70
Jesse Grant b 1794 5th cousin of James Miner b 1805
Ulysses S.Grant b 1822 6th cousin of Helen (Miner) Wilder Sch
illing b 1882
Please not: As remarkable as it seems, when my great grandmothe
r Helen (Miner) Schilling was born, her father James Miner was 7
7 years old. Her grandfather, Benjamin fought in the American R
evolution (Sources Schilling/Miner family Bible. HIstory of St
onington, Ct. by Richard A. Wheeler

1. John MINOR b. 3 Aug 1635, Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts; c. 30 Aug 1635, Charlestown Ma. u.S.a.; d. 17 Sep 1719, Woodbury, Connecticut..
2. Clement MINOR b. 1638, Hingham, Ma; c. 4 Mar 1638, Hingham, Ma; d. 8 Oct 1700, New London, Connecticut..
3. Thomas MINOR b. ABT. 10 May 1640, Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts.
4. Ephraim MINOR b. ABT. 1 May 1642, Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts; c. 1 May 1642, Hingham, Ma; d. 16 May 1724, Stonington, New London, Connecticut; bur. Taugwonk, North Stonington, New London, Connecticut.
5. Thomas MINOR b. Abt 1642, Hingham,Ma; c. 1 May 1642, Hingham,Ma; d. Apr 1662, Narragansett,R.I..
6. Joseph MINOR b. 25 Aug 1644, Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts; c. 25 Aug 1644, Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, New England; d. 31 Jan 1711, Stonington, New London, Connecticut; bur. Stonington, New London, Connecticut, New England.
7. Manassah MINOR b. 28 Apr 1647, New London, Connecticut.; d. 29 Apr 1728, Stonington,New London,Ct..
8. Judah MINOR b. ABT. 1646, hingham, Ma.
9. Ann MINOR b. 28 Apr 1649, New London, Connecticut.; d. 13 Aug 1652.
10. Marie MINOR b. 4 May 1651; d. 24 Jan 1659/1660.
11. Samuel MINOR b. 4 May 1653, New London, Connecticut.; d. 1682.
12. Hannah MINOR b. 15 Sep 1655, Stonington, New London, Connecticut; d. ABT. 1692, Stonington, New London, Connecticut.
13. Eunice MINOR b. Abt 1651, New London, Connecticut..
14. Mary MINOR b. 5 May 1651, New London, Connecticut.; d. 24 Jan 1666, Stonington,New London,Ct..

Various descriptions of Walter have appeard in print ranging from aheight of six feed to 6'6" and in weight from 200 to 300 pounds. Walterarrived in Charlestown, Massachusetts abt 1631 the wife of Governor JohnWinthrop (Margaret). If his birth date is correct he would have been 48when he married Rebecca.
on 15 July 1653 Walter and his family moved to the house inStonington, Connecticut.

Rebecca Short came in the year 1632 and was probably a young personwhose parent died on the voyage to America. She married Walter Palmer agodly man of the Charlestown Currch.

1. 1. Grace PALMER b. 1608, England; d. 31 Dec 1690, Stonington, New London, Connecticut; bur. Wequetequock Burial Yard, Stonington, New London, Connecticut.
2. John PALMER b. ABT. 1617, England; d. 24 Aug 1677, Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts.
3. William PALMER b. ABT. 1619, England; d. 1697, Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut.
4. Johah PALMER b. ABT. 1620, England; d. 22 Jun 1709, Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts.
5. Elizabeth PALMER b. ABT. 1623.

1. 2. Walter PALMER b. ABT. 1585, England; d. 10 Nov 1661.