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• Birth	8 May 1745	Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	5 Apr 1776	Stonington, New London County, Connecticut   [2, 3]
  Person ID	I46494	Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish
  Last Modified	11 Sep 2003 00:00:00
  Father	Oliver HILLARD, b. 1708, Stonington, New London County, Connecticut
  Mother	Sarah WILBORE, b. 28 Feb 1712/1713, Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island
  Family ID	F4173	Group Sheet
  Family	Lois PALMER, b. 7 Sep 1751, Stonington, New London County, Connecticut
  Married	2 Jan 1771	Stonington, New London County, Connecticut   [2, 3]
  Notes	The Barbour Manuscript had only the first name of wife (Lois) and had no date of marriage. It did state that she married (2) John Chesebro.
  Family ID	F20709	Group Sheet

• Notes	The Palmer Family that he was killed in the Revolutionary War. Will witnessed by George Beebe, Benjamin Chesebro and Edward Hancox and mentions wife Lois. Adminstration date not mentioned, Inventory was 2 JUL 1776 by Daniel Fish and Elijah Palmer.

• Sources

  [S204] James N. Arnold, Arnold Collection, Vital Records of Rhode Island; 1636-1850 (Providence, RI: Narragansett Historical Pub. Volume 4, Newport County, Little Compton, page 128. [S538] Noyes F. Palmer, Groups of Palmer Families from Walter Palmer of Charlestown and Rehoboth, Mass., Stonington, Conn. (Bost, page 125. [S190] Lucius Barnes Barbour, Barbour Manuscripts - Hilliard (State Library (Hartford) of the Connecticut Genealogical Society.).