Generation four

Ichabod Palmer was born on 25 October 1702 in Stonington. He was baptized on 10 January 1703 in Stonington. He died on 9 November 1749 in Stonington and is buried in the Palmer Cemetery in Stonington. He married Elizabeth Sanford Noyes of Westerly on 29 April 1729 in Stonington. [1]

On 29 August 1727 his father gave Ichabod a deed of land at Puckhunganuck that had been given to him by his father Gershom Palmer in May 1718 together with land he had bought from his brother Walter. [2]

Ichabod and Elizabeth were admitted to the church in North Stonington on 1 April 1733. [3]

Ichabod was commissioned ensign of the third Stonington military company in October 1737. He was commissioned lieutenant of the fifth company in October 1739. [4]

Ichabod Palmer, gentleman of Stonington, being of perfect health of body and sound mind, wrote his will on 13 January 1748/9. He mentions his wife Elizabeth Palmer, whom he named his executrix; his four sons Thomas, Ichabod, Elias Sanford and Peleg Palmer; his two married daughters Prudence Shaw and Elizabeth Utley; his four unmarried daughters Hannah, Mary, Lucy and Bridget Palmer; and his brother-in-law Thomas Noyes. He instructed that his children be taught reading, writing and arithmetic. He said that his son Thomas had received his portion and that his other sons were under age. He left land, a sawmill and livestock. A witness testified on 28 November 1749. An inventory was taken of his household goods on 19[?] November 1749 and it amounted to about 472 pounds. An inventory was taken of his land, buildings and livestock on 20 November 1749 and it amounted to about 7,864 pounds. Ichabod’s debts amounted to about 3,931 pounds.[5]

Elizabeth Sanford Noyes was born on 11 October 1706 in Stonington. She was baptized on 22 December 1706 in Stonington. She died on 24 December 1760 in Stonington and is buried in the Palmer Cemetery in Stonington. [6] She married Lieutenant Ichabod Palmer.

Elizabeth, the wife of Ichabod, Jr. was admitted to communion on 3 September 1738 with the North or Second Church of Christ in Stonington. [7]

Children of Ichabod Palmer and Elizabeth Sanford Noyes, all births recorded in Stonington: [8]

i. Prudence Palmer was born on 28 February 1723/4. She was baptized on 1 April 1733 in North Stonington. She married Thomas Shaw, Jr. on 14 September 1741 in Stonington. Thomas, the son of Thomas Shaw and Keziah Crane, was born on 15 March 1719/20 in Stonington. He was baptized on 19 June 1720 in Stonington. [9]

Thomas, Jr. and his wife Prudence were admitted to the church in North Stonington on 17 August 1746. They were referred to as “now of Voluntown” when their daughter Elizabeth was baptized on 28 August 1763 in North Stonington. [11]

ii. Thomas Palmer was born on 27 January 1725/6. He was baptized on 1 April 1733 in North Stonington. He married Mary Wilbor of Stonington on 12 May 1748 in Little Compton. Mary, the daughter of William and Jane (Crandall) Wilbor, was born on 29 June 1723. [12]

iii. Elizabeth Palmer was born on 25 March 1728. She was baptized on 1 April 1733 in North Stonington. She may be the Elizabeth Palmer Utley who is said to have died on 10 August 1798 and is buried in the School House Hill Cemetery in Spencertown, Columbia County, New York. She married Samuel Utley on 2 July 1745 in Stonington. Samuel, the son of Samuel and Hannah (Frink) Utley, was born on 22 August 1723 in Stonington. Samuel might be the Samuel Utley who died on 18 May 1795, age 73, and is buried in the School House Hill Cemetery. [13]

Elizabeth, the daughter of Ichabod, was admitted to communion on 16 June 1742 in North Stonington. [14]

Samuel might be the Corporal Samuel Utley who was on a list of Captain M. John Kinstry’s Company of the 15th New York Regiment in September 1776. He might be the Samuel Utley who was a lieutenant in the First New York Regiment (New York Levies) in the Revolutionary War. This Samuel is on a September–October 1780 muster roll of Captain Thomas M. Kenstry’s [?] company in Colonel William Malcolm’s first regiment. [15]

Samuel might be the Samuel Utley who was on a jury in the Court of Common Pleas in Columbia County in May 1787. He might be the Samuel Utley who headed a household with two free white males over 16 and two free white females in Hillsdale, Columbia County in 1790. [16]

iv. Captain Ichabod Palmer was born on 8 August 1730. He was baptized on 1 April 1733 in North Stonington. He died on 7 February 1819 in Lenox, Madison County, New York. He is buried in the Cranson Cemetery in Clockville, Madison County. He married first Lydia Utley of Stonington on 11 April 17__. Lydia was probably the daughter of Samuel and Hannah (Frink) Utley, born on 12 August 1734 in Stonington. She died on 2 May 1760 in Stonington. Ichabod married second Mary Grant of Stonington on 24 September 1761. Mary, the daughter of Oliver and Silence (Williams) Grant, was born on 9 July 1737. She died on 24 August 1793 in Stonington. [17]

Ichabod is probably the Captain Ichabod Palmer who appears on the roll of the Eighth Regiment of Foot in the Connecticut Militia during the Revolutionary War. [18]

v. Hannah Palmer was born on 20 December 1733. She married Samuel Fish of Stonington on 22 January 1752 in Stonington. It is conceivable that Samuel is the son of Samuel and Sarah Fish, perhaps born between about 1716 and 1724.[20]

vi. Mary Palmer was born on 6 July 1736. She was baptized on 11 October 1736 in Stonington. She died on 6 July 1754 in Stonington.

vii. Lucy Palmer was born on 26 June 1739. She was baptized on 28 October 1739 in North Stonington. She married Stephen Minor, Jr. of Stonington, on 7 March 1757 in Stonington. Stephen was the son of Stephen (Ephraim, Ephraim, Thomas) and Hannah (Page) Minor. He was born on 24 November 1734 in Stonington. [21]

viii. Colonel Elias Sanford Palmer (#4) was born on 14 March 1742. He died on 6 June 1821, probably in Stonington. He married first Phebe Palmer. He married second Lucy Breed.

ix. Peleg Palmer was born on 17 June 1745. He was baptized on 23 May 1753 in North Stonington. He died on 30 May 1753 in Stonington.

x. Bridget Palmer was born on 29 January 1748. She was baptized on 29 April 1753 at Thomas Shaw’s house. She died on 20 April 1753[!] in Stonington.

1. Ichabod’s birth record as the son of Ichabod, his death record (Lieut. Ichabod) and his marriage record (Ichabod, Jr.) are in CVR, Stonington, 189. His baptism record as the son of Ichabod is in FCC, 204. “Lt. Ichabod Palmer, died Nov. 15 [!], 1749 age 48,” inscription, “Connecticut, Hale Collection,” Ancestry.

2. PFG, 86.

3. CCR, vol. 83 North Stonington, 51.

4. PRC, vol. 8, 120, 261.

5. CPR > Hartford > Probate Packets, Newbury–Palmer, Thomas, 1675–1850 > images 1167–80.

6. Elizabeth’s birth record as the daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth and her death record as Elizabeth, Wid., are in CVR, Stonington, 177,187. Her baptism record as the daughter of Thomas is in FCC, 206. “Elizabeth Palmer, wife of Lt. Ichabod, died Jan. 6, 1761, age 55,” inscription. “Connecticut, Hale Collection,” Ancestry.

7. CCR, 83 North Stonington, 51.

8. The births of their children are recorded in CVR, Stonington, 183–93. Prudence, Thomas and Bridget are recorded as children of Ichabod, Jr. & Elizabeth; Elizabeth and Lucy are recorded as the children of Ichabod; the others are recorded as children of Ichabod, Jr. The deaths of Mary and Peleg (as children of Lieut. Ichabod) and Bridget (as the child of Ichabod and Elizabeth) are also recorded there, as are the marriages of their first four children, Lucy and Elias. Except for Elias Sanford and Hannah, the baptisms of their children are recorded in CCR, 83, North Stonington, 51. The first four children were baptized together as the children of Ichabod, Jr. and Elizabeth. Mary and Lucy were baptized as the children of Ichabod and Elizabeth and Peleg and Bridget were baptized as the children of the widow Elizabeth. The marriage of Hannah, the daughter of the widow Elisabeth is also recorded there.

9. Thomas, s. Thomas, b. Mar. 15, 1719/20; Thomas, m. Keziah Crane, of Dorchester, Dec. 16, 1712. CVR, Stonington, 226–7. Prudence, m. Thomas Shaw, Jr., Sept. 14, 1741. CCR, vol. 83 North Stonington, 52. Thomas, s. Thomas, bp. 19 June 1720 in Stonington, CCR, vol. 79 New London, 372.

10. CCR, 83, North Stonington, 62–63.

11. CCR, 83, North Stonington, 62–63.

12. Mary’s parents and birth date in John R. Wilbor, The Wildbores in America (St. Paul, MN: John R. Wilbor, 1907).

13. Samuel’s birth record and his parents’ marriage record are in CVR, Stonington, 260. Elizabeth’s death date in “Elizabeth Palmer Utley,” Findagrave, #138463332. “In Memory of/Mr. Samuel/Utley who De/parted this life/May 18th 1795/in the 73 year /of his age,” digital image, “Olympus Digital Camera,” posted by Del_Rae in “Public Member Photos & Scanned Documents,” Ancestry.

14. CCR, 83 North Stonington, 51.

15. History of Columbia County, New York (Philadelphia: Everts & Ensign, 1878), 33. “Revolutionary War Service Records,” database with images, Fold3 > NY > First Regiment > individual > U > Utley, Samuel. “U.S. Revolutionary War Rolls, 1755–1783,” Ancestry > NY > 5th Reg, 1777–1780 (Folders 61–71) – Bradt’s Comp. of Rangers and Militia, 1776–1780 (Folder 81) > image 603, citing Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775–1783, NARA microfilm M246, RG 93, NARA, Washington, DC.

16. History of Columbia County, 58. CEN > 1790 > NY > Columbia > Hillsdale > image 5 (lines not numbered), entry for Samuel Utley. There is also an entry for Samuel Utley, Jr. in Hillsdale.

17. Lydia’s birth and death (as the wife of Ichabod) records and Mary’s death record (as the wife of Capt. Ichabod) are in CVR, Stonington, 189–91, 259. Ichabod’s burial place is in “Capt. Ichabod Palmer,” Findagrave, #39545255. Ichabod’s death date and place and Mary’s parents and birth date in PFG, 143.

18. “Revolutionary War Rolls,” Fold3 > CT > 8th Rgmt. of Militia (1780) > 177 > page 6.

19. PFG, 143.

20. Samuel Fish’s possible parents in HTS, 372.

21. Stephen’s birth record, his parents’ marriage record as his father’s birth (as the son of Lieut. Ephraim) record are in CVR, Stonington, 171, 731.