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• Birth	ABT. 1585	England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	10 Nov 1661  [2, 3]
  Person ID	I52496	Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish
  Last Modified	27 Mar 2005 00:00:00
  Father	John PALMER
  Mother	Elizabeth VERNEY
  Family ID	F20133	Group Sheet
  Family 1	Elizabeth Ann Smith BREWSTER
  Married	Abt 1611	,, England   [2, 4]
  Children	> 1. Grace PALMER, b. 1608, England   2. John PALMER, b. ABT. 1617, England   3. William PALMER, b. ABT. 1619, England   4. Johah PALMER, b. ABT. 1620, England   5. Elizabeth PALMER, b. ABT. 1623
  Family ID	F22811	Group Sheet
  Family 2	Rebecca SHORT, b. Abt 1607, ,, England
  Married	1 Jun 1633	Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts   [4]
  Children	> 1. Hannah PALMER, b. Bef 15 Jun 1634, Charlestown, Boston, Suffolk County, Ma   2. Elihu PALMER, b. ABT. 24 Jan 1635/36, Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts > 3. Nehemiah PALMER, b. 23 Nov 1637, Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts > 4. Moses PALMER, b. ABT. 6 Apr 1640, Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts   5. Benjamin PALMER, b. ABT. 6 Jun 1642, Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts > 6. Gershom PALMER, Sr., b. 14 Apr 1644, Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts > 7. Rebecca PALMER, b. ABT. 1647, Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts
  Family ID	F240	Group Sheet

• Notes	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.

• Sources

  [S126] Walter Palmer of Charlestown and Rehoboth, Mass and Stonington, Connecticut, Doris Palmer Buys, (Historical Publications 1986), CS 71 P175 1986., p. 20. [S125] New England Marriages before 1700, Torrey, Clarence A.. PALMER, Walter (1585-1662, 1661?) & 2/wf Rebecca [SHORT] (-1671); by Jan or Jun 1633, by 1 Jun 1633, by 1 Jun 1632; Charlestown/ Roxbury/Stonington, Connecticut {Rice-Cottrell 29; McIntire Anc. 322; Gilbert (1953) 61; McCormick-Hamilton 230, 805, 864; Bullard Anc. 227; Chesbrough 475, 526; Blake-Glidden 186; Granberry 284; Reg. 50:223; Snow-Estes 1:414; NYGBR 43:193; Bordwell Anc. 22; Seeley-Vail 141; Miner Anc. 140; Blackman Anc. 142, 205; Williams (#16) 138; Brown (#1) 107; Cross Anc. 147, 151; Roxbury Rec. 77; Dixon-Williams 9; Winthrop-Babcock 374; Palmer (#2) 15; Williston 14, 83} [S138] Fish Genealogy, Menke, Phyllis M., (Manuscript - 27 Oct 2001). 10 nov 1661 [S126] Walter Palmer of Charlestown and Rehoboth, Mass and Stonington, Connecticut, Doris Palmer Buys, (Historical Publications 1986), CS 71 P175 1986., p. 34.