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• Birth	13 Oct 1712	Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Died	Jun 1761	Dighton, Bristol County, Massachusetts   [2]
  Person ID	I78739	Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish
  Last Modified	11 Sep 2003 00:00:00
  Father	John PALMER, b. 24 Nov 1687, Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island
  Mother	Mary HILLARD, b. 3 Apr 1687, Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island
  Family ID	F33065	Group Sheet
  Family	Avis READ, b. 5 Sep 1720, Dighton, Bristol County, Massachusetts
  Married	18 Jan 1736/1737	Dighton, Bristol County, Massachusetts   [3]
  Children	1. Mary PALMER, b. 20 Jun 1738, Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts   2. John PALMER, b. 17 Feb 1739/1740, Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts > 3. Sarah PALMER, b. 30 Jan 1743/1744, Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts   4. Job PALMER, b. 12 Feb 1746/1747, Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts > 5. Avis PALMER, b. Abt 1749, Dighton, Bristol County, Massachusetts (possibly) > 6. Simeon PALMER, b. Abt 1751, Dighton, Bristol County, Massachusetts > 7. Lemuel PALMER, b. Abt 1753, Dighton, Bristol County, Massachusetts > 8. Permilia PALMER, b. Aft 1753, Dighton, Bristol County, Massachusetts
  Family ID	F34177	Group Sheet

• Notes	John went to Swansea, MA, in early life and was married in nearby town of Dighton and resided for a number of years in Swansea until 1749, when he was living in Dighton and continued to reside there until his death. He was a blacksmith by trade.

• Sources

  [S285] Benjamin Franklin Wilbour, Town of Little Compton, Rhode Island, Families (Little Compton, RI: Little Compton Historical, page 449. [S1074] Hon. Horace Wilbur Palmer, Ph.B., LL.B., Palmer Families in America, VOL. III: William Palmer of Plymouth and Duxbury, Ma, page 39-40. [S1149] Jay Mack Holbroke, Massachusetts Vital Records, Dighton, Massachusetts, Micrfiche F74/D45/M37 (Oxford, Mass., 1990), Fiche 4, Frame 156..