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Title |
Deacon |
Suffix |
Sr. |
Birth |
14 Apr 1644 |
Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts [1] |
Gender |
Male |
Died |
27 Sep 1718 |
Stonington, New London, Connecticut [2] |
Buried |
30 Sep 1718 |
Wequetequock Burial Yard, Stonington, New London, Connecticut [2] |
Person ID |
I52513 |
Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish |
Last Modified |
21 Oct 2005 00:00:00 |
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Father |
Walter PALMER, b. ABT. 1585, England |
Mother |
Rebecca SHORT, b. Abt 1607, ,, England |
Family ID |
F240 |
Group Sheet |
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Father |
Walter PALMER, b. 1585, England |
Mother |
Rebecca SHORT |
Family ID |
F46343 |
Group Sheet |
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Family 1 |
Ann DENISON, b. 20 May 1649, Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts |
Married |
28 Nov 1667 |
Stonington, New London, Connecticut [3, 4] |
Children |
| 1. Mercy PALMER, b. 8 Sep 1670 |
| 2. Gershom PALMER, b. 2 Sep 1677 |
> | 3. Ichabod PALMER, b. 2 Sep 1677 |
> | 4. William PALMER, b. 25 Apr 1678, Stonington, New London, Connecticut |
| 5. George PALMER, b. 29 May 1680 |
| 6. Ann PALMER, b. ABT. 1681 |
| 7. Walter PALMER, c. 17 Jun 1685 |
| 8. Elihu PALMER, [child], c. 6 May 1688 |
| 9. Mary PALMER, c. 6 Jun 1690 |
| 10. Rebecca PALMER, c. 1 Jul 1694 |
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Family ID |
F3484 |
Group Sheet |
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Family 2 |
Elizabeth PECK |
Married |
1707 [1] |
Family ID |
F22812 |
Group Sheet |
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Married |
28 Nov 1667 |
Stonington,New London Co.,Connecticut |
Family ID |
F46352 |
Group Sheet |
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Notes |
- Gershom Palmer was about 9 years old when his parents and sibligsmoved from Rehoboth to Stonington. He was only 17 when his father died.He inherited half of his father's estate. He took the oath of freeman atHartford on 10 Oct. 1666.
Gershom Palmer had no will or administration and it is believed thathis property was distributed before his death.
HISTORY OF STONINGTON CT, by Wheeler, page 509.
WALTER PALMER OF CHARLESTOWN AND REHOBOTH, MA & STONINGTON CT, a 400-Year(1585-1985) Family History, Compiled, Edited, Typed and Partly Researchedby Doris Palmer Buys, pages 103-4.
Following the path of his parents, brothers and sisters, Gershom wasdevoutly religious and he and his wife, Ann, were admitted 19 Aug 1677 tothe First Congregational Church at Stonington (known as "The RoadChurch") according to the church records.
In 1675 Gershom Palmer, then aged theiry-one years, particiated inKing Philip's War and served as a lieutenant of a Stonington company. ThePyron Plamer typescript manuscripts, page 997, "His name appears as asoldier in that war on the records of the town of Voluntown, which townwas given by the General Court of Conn. to the soldiers of that war."
The comprehensive account of that conflict was written by GeorgeMadison Bodge, A.B. in his book entitled "Soldiers in King Philip's War"reprinted in 1976 by Genealogical Publishing Co., of Baltimore, Maryland.In a chapter headed "The Narraganset Townships, Grantees and Claimants"page 406, is recorded on 10th December 1675 a proclamation was made tothe soldiers, in the name of the Governor of the Mass. Colony that "ifthey took the fort and drove the enemy out of the Narraganset country, .. . they should have a gratuity of land, besides their wages."
On 4 June 1685 (ten years later) a petition was presented to theGeneral Court in session at Boston for the grant of land which had beenpromised byt many years passed before this was accomplished.
On 5 June 1684 Gershom received from his brothers Nehemiah, Mosesand Benjamin, 500 acres of land in Stonington as part of their father'sestate. (Town Records, Vol. 1, page 129).
ELDRED AND ASSOCIATED FAMILIES, Researched by: Catherine Matson & ClariceMcNiven, Compiled by: Carol & Susan Matson, pp. 102.
Gershom Palmer on 5 Jun 1684 received from his brothers, Nehemiah,Moses and Benjamin 500 acres of land in Stonington, CT as a part of theirpartent's estate. Also on 3 May 1693 was laid out to Lt. Gershom 50acres, then 100 acres, and then another 50 acres. On 23 Dec 1708, he havehis sons George and Walter all his farm, they to allow him, for the restof his natural life, one-third of the produce of the land, to dwell inthe east end of the new dwelling house, and they were to fulfill theagreement he made his new wife, Elizabeth, before their marriage. Thisagreement was drawn up 1 Nov 1707, but on 16 Jun 1718 he made anotherdeed, in which he states that he had, before marriage, agreed to give hiswife 20 pounds before his own deceased and that he had ordered his sonsto pay this, but since he had been boarding his wife's 2 daughters forsome time he had caused different arrangements to be made. Ann (Borodell)Denison's mother, Mrs. Ann Denison, was of a fine old family and fromher, young Ann inherited such stately and gracious manners that she wascommonly called "Lady Ann."
Researching this line is cscox@gci.net
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Sources |
- [S126] Walter Palmer of Charlestown and Rehoboth, Mass and Stonington, Connecticut, Doris Palmer Buys, (Historical Publications 1986), CS 71 P175 1986., p. 100.
- [S126] Walter Palmer of Charlestown and Rehoboth, Mass and Stonington, Connecticut, Doris Palmer Buys, (Historical Publications 1986), CS 71 P175 1986., p. 109.
- [S126] Walter Palmer of Charlestown and Rehoboth, Mass and Stonington, Connecticut, Doris Palmer Buys, (Historical Publications 1986), CS 71 P175 1986., Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts.
- [S125] New England Marriages before 1700, Torrey, Clarence A..
PALMER, Gershom (1645-1718, 1719) & 1/wf Ann DENISON (1649-1694); 28 Nov 1667; Stonington, Connecticut {McCormick-Hamilton 814; Snow-Estes 1:418, 421; Blake-Glidden 187; NYGBR 43:193; Reg. 13:27, 75, 50:485; Bordwell Anc. 23, 24; Crary-Hill 58; Bullard Anc. 228; Palmer (#2) 33; Brown (#1) 107; Winthrop-Babcock 161; Seeley-Vail 88, 141; Vose 30; Miner Anc. 141; Denison 1; Williams (#16) 83, 139, 241; Chesbrough 520, 527; Dixon-Williams 7, 10, 11; Frame-Dana 315; McIntire Anc. 322}
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