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Chapter two is arranged as an ancestor table for George Washington Palmer. That is, George Washington Palmer is number one. Each person’s father’s number is twice their own and each person’s mother’s number is twice their own plus one. The table covers only ancestors who were in New England. If an immigrant ancestor’s English ancestry is known, it is discussed in their entry, or in a file linked to their entry.
Names in parentheses after a person’s name indicate their paternal descent, as far as is known, from the immigrant ancestor. So that Ichabod Palmer (Gershom, Walter) indicates that Ichabod is the son of Gershom and the grandson of the immigrant Walter.
The following are addresses for websites that are frequently referred to:
AmericanAncestors: https://www.americanancestors.org
Ancestry: https://www.ancestry.com
Findagrave: https://www.findagrave.com
Fold3: https://www.fold3.com
The following are abbreviations for frequently used phrases:
NARA: National Archives and Records Administration
NEHGS: New England Historic and Genealogical Society
NEHGR: New England Historical and Genealogical Register
The following are abbreviations for frequently used references:
BFC: Spencer-Mounsey, Creighton, “The Billings Family of Connecticut,” NEHGR 81 (1927), 156–78.
CCR: “Connecticut, Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920,” database with images, Ancestry, citing Connecticut, Church Records Index, Connecticut State Library, Hartford, Connecticut.
CEN: “1790-1940 U.S. Federal Census,” databases with images, Ancestry, citing U.S. Censuses, 1790–1940, population schedule, various NARA microfilm.
CPR: “Connecticut, Wills and Probate Records, 1609–1999,” database with images, Ancestry, citing Connecticut county, district and probate courts.
CVR: “Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630–1870,” online database with images, AmericanAncestors, citing original transcripts, Lucius Barbour Collection, 1928.
DMM: Minor, Manasseh, The Diary of Manasseh Minor: Stonington, Conn., 1696–1720, n.p: published by Frank Denison Miner with the assistance of Hannah Miner, 1988.
DTM: Sydney H. Miner and George D. Stanton, Jr., The Diary of Thomas Minor, Stonington Connecticut, 1653 to 1684, New London: Press of the Day, 1899.
FCC: Wheeler, Richard A., History of the First Congregational Church, Stonington, Conn., 1674–1874 (Norwich, T.H. Davis and Co., 1875).
GMB: “Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620–1633, vols. I-III,” database with images, AmericanAncestors, 1382–3, citing Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620–1633, 3 vols., Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995.
HTS: Wheeler, Richard A., History of the Town of Stonington (New London: Press of the Day Publishing Company, 1900).
MVR: “Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1621–1850,” database with images, AmericanAncestors, citing town and other records.
NYCEN: Censuses of the State of New York, microfilms, New York State Archives, Albany, accessed as, “New York, State Census, various years,” databases with images, Ancestry.
NYPR: “New York, Wills and Probate Records, 1659–1999,” database with images, Ancestry, citing New York County, District and Probate Courts.
PFG: Leavitt, Emily Wilder, Palmer Family Groups: John Melvin of Charlestown and Concord, Mass., and some of his descendants, Boston, David Clapp & Son, 1901–1905.
PRC: Trumbull, J. Hammond, The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut, vols. 1–3, Hartford, various printers, 1850–9; Hoadley, Charles J., The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut, vols. 4–18, Hartford: Case, Lockwood & Brainard, 1868–1890.
2. MAJOR GENERAL NOYES ELIAS PALMER (1771–1858) (Elias Sanford, Ichabod, Ichabod, Gershom, Walter)
3. ESTHER PALMER (1771–1813) (William, William, William, Gershom, Walter)
4. COLONEL ELIAS SANFORD PALMER(1742–1821) (Ichabod, Ichabod, Gershom, Walter)
5. PHEBE PALMER (1742–1793) (Joseph, George, Gershom, Walter)
6. WILLIAM PALMER (1731–1801) (William, William, Gershom, Walter)
7. PHEBE DARROW (1737–1829) (George, Christopher, George)
8. LIEUTENANT ICHABOD PALMER (1702–1749) (Ichabod, Gershom, Walter)
9. ELIZABETH SANFORD NOYES (1706–1760) (Thomas, James, James)
10. CAPTAIN JOSEPH PALMER (1717–1791) (George, Gershom, Walter)
11. ZIPPORAH BILLINGS (1715/6–1765/6) (James, Ebenezer, William)
12. WILLIAM PALMER (1704–after 1777) (William, Gershom, Walter)
13. ABIGAIL WYATT (bp. 1711–after 1777) (Jonathan, Nathaniel, Edward)
14. GEORGE DARROW (1711/2–after 1769) (Christopher, George)
15. PHEBE PALMER (1717–after 1769) (Joseph, Joseph, Nehemiah, Walter)
16. CAPTAIN ICHABOD PALMER (bp. 1677–1746/9) (Gershom, Walter)
17. HANNAH PALMER (bp. 1680–1757) (Nehemiah, Walter)
18. CAPTAIN THOMAS NOYES (1679–1755) (James, James)
19. ELIZABETH SANFORD (c. 1685–1762) (Peleg, John)
20. GEORGE PALMER (bp. 1681–1728) (Gershom, Walter)
21. HANNAH PALMER (1694–after 1735) (Joseph, Nehemiah, Walter)
22. ENSIGN JAMES BILLINGS (1688–1761) (Ebenezer, William)
23. MARY HEWITT (bp. 1694–1763) (Benjamin, Thomas)
24. WILLIAM PALMER (bp. 1678–after 1729) (Gershom, Walter)
25. GRACE MINOR (1683–after 1711) (Ephraim, Thomas)
26. JONATHAN WYATT (1677–after 1717) (Nathaniel, Edward)
27. MARTHA VOSE (1680–after 1717) (Edward)
28. CHRISTOPHER DARROW (bp. 1678–1757/9) (George)
29. ELIZABETH PACKER (1679–1758) (Thomas)
30. JOSEPH PALMER (1690–1789) (Joseph, Nehemiah, Walter)
31. MARY PALMER (1690–1777) (Gershom, Walter)
32. GERSHOM PALMER (say 1644–1718) (Walter)
33. ANN DENISON (bp. 1649–1706) (George, William)
34. NEHEMIAH PALMER (bp. 1637–1718) (Walter)
35. HANNAH STANTON (say 1645–1727) (Thomas)
36. REVEREND JAMES NOYES (1640–1719) (James)
37. DOROTHY STANTON (1650–1743) (Thomas)
38. GOVERNOR PELEG SANFORD (1639–c. 1701) (John)
39. MARY CODDINGTON (1654–after 1701) (William)
40. GERSHOM PALMER (same as 32)
41. ANN DENISON (same as 33)
42. LIEUTENANT JOSEPH PALMER (1663–1710) (Nehemiah, Walter)
43. FRANCES PRENTICE (1663–1710) (Nehemiah, Walter)
44. ENSIGN EBENEZER BILLINGS (c. 1661–1727) (William)
45. ANNE COMSTOCK (c. 1661–aft. 1726) (Daniel, William)
46. LIEUTENANT BENJAMIN HEWITT (c. 1664–1725) (Thomas)
47. MARY FANNING (1664–1743) (Edmund)
48. GERSHOM PALMER (same as 32)
49. ANN DENISON (same as 33)
50. EPHRAIM MINOR (bp. 1642–1724) (Thomas)
51. HANNAH AVERY (1644–1721) (James)
52. NATHANIEL WYATT (bp. 1648–by 1718) (Edward)
53. JOANNA SPURR (c. 1640–1688) (Robert)
54. EDWARD VOSE (c. 1636–1716) (Robert)
55. ABIGAIL SHARP (c. 1648–1712) (Richard)
56. GEORGE DARROW (say 1652–1704)
57. MARY UNKNOWN (say 1657–1698)
58. JOHN PACKER (1657–1701) (John)
59. LYDIA LATHAM (say 1658–by 1679) (Cary)
60. LIEUTENANT JOSEPH PALMER (same as 43)
61. FRANCES PRENTICE (same as 43)
62. GERSHOM PALMER (same as 32)
63. ANN DENISON (same as 33)
64. WALTER PALMER (by c. 1589–1661) 65. REBECCA SHORT (say 1603–1671) 66. CAPTAIN GEORGE DENISON (bp. 1620 –1694) (William) 67. ANN BORODELL (say 1625–after 1694) 68. WALTER PALMER (same as 64) 69. REBECCA SHORT (same as 65) 70. THOMAS STANTON (c. 1615–1677) 71. ANNA LORD (bp. 1614–1688) (Thomas) 72. REVEREND JAMES NOYES (1608–1656) 73. SARAH BROWNE (say 1614–after 1664) 74. THOMAS STANTON (same as 70) 75. ANNA LORD (same as 71) 76. GOVERNOR JOHN SANFORD (1600/10–1653) 77. BRIDGET HUTCHINSON (bp. 1619–1696/8) (William) 78. GOVERNOR WILLIAM CODDINGTON (c. 1601–1678) 79. ANNE BRINLEY (c. 1628–1708) 84. WALTER PALMER (same as 64) 85. REBECCA SHORT (same as 65) 86. THOMAS PRENTICE (c. 1629–c. 1729) 87. REBECCA JACKSON (bp. 1638) (Edward) 88. WILLIAM BILLINGS (c. 1629–1713) 90. DANIEL COMSTOCK (c. 1645–by 1683) (William) 91. PALTIAH ELDERKIN (say 1650–after 1683) (John) 92. THOMAS HEWITT (say 1634–after 1662) 93. HANNAH PALMER (bp. 1634–after 1681) (Walter) 94. EDMUND FANNING (say 1625–1683) 96. WALTER PALMER (same as 64) 97. REBECCA SHORT (same as 65) 98. CAPTAIN GEORGE DENISON (same as 66) 99. ANN DENISON (same as 67) 100. LIEUTENANT THOMAS MINOR (bp. 1608–1690) 101. GRACE PALMER (c. 1614–after 1685) (Walter) 102. CAPTAIN JAMES AVERY (c. 1620–1700) (Christopher) 103. JOANNA GREENSLADE (say 1623–1697) 104. EDWARD WYATT (d. 1680) 106. ROBERT SPURR (c. 1610–1703) 108. ROBERT VOSE (c. 1599–1683) 109. JANE MOSS (say 1609–1675) 110. ROBERT SHARP (c. 1615–1654) 111. ABIGAIL WRIGHT (c. 1623–1702/7) (Richard) 116. JOHN PACKER (say 1631–probably after c. 1685) 118. CARY LATHAM (bp. 1613 –1685) 119. ELIZABETH MASTERS (John) 120. NEHEMIAH PALMER (same as 34) 121. HANNAH STANTON (same as 35) 122. THOMAS PRENTICE (same as 42) 123. REBECCA JACKSON (same as 43) 124. WALTER PALMER (same as 64) 125. REBECCA SHORT (same as 65) 126. CAPTAIN GEORGE DENISON (same as 66) 127. ANN BORODELL (same as 67) |
Introduction: Some Brief History of Stonington The towns of Hartford, Wethersfield and Windsor banded together to form Connecticut colony during the Pequot War of 1637. The coastal towns of New Haven, Milford and Guilford also joined to form New Haven Colony. In 1665 Connecticut Colony and New Haven Colony merged as a single Connecticut Colony. After the defeat of the Pequot Indians, the colony of Massachusetts claimed an interest in their territory on the grounds that it had furnished men and arms. It granted land to Captain John Mason in 1640 to 1642 and Mr. John Winthrop, Jr. settled at Pequot (later New London) as early as 1645 and in 1646 the Massachusetts General Court gave him a commission to settle a colony there. While settling in Pequot, John Winthrop became acquainted with William Chesebrough of Rehoboth and asked him to join him. William visited, but did not like the area. Instead, in 1649 he and his family became the first European settlers in Wequetequock (in what is now Stonington). He was summoned by the Connecticut authorities to explain what he was doing, settling outside any recognized town. William explained that he was acting in a law-abiding way and intended to attract other settlers and to establish a new town. The court permitted him to remain and the eastern boundary of New London was extended to the Pawcatuck River. In 1650 Thomas Stanton (#70) received a license to built a trading house at Pawcatuck. He did so immediately, but did not bring his family until 1658. Thomas Minor (#100) came to New London in 1645 and built a house. In 1652 he moved to land next to Wequetequock Cove. On 30 June 1652 New London granted 300 acres to Governor Haynes on the east side of Wequetequock Cove. Walter Palmer (#64)—an old friend of William Chesebrough’s—bought the land from Governor Hayes. It was discovered that this land included Thomas Minor’s land. It was decided that Walter would give Thomas 100 pounds and cattle from his stock, to be chosen by Governor Haynes. Thomas was to be allowed to remain in his house until he could build another at Mistuxet (later Quiambaug). The resulting contract is dated July 1653. Thomas built his new house in 1652 to 1653. Captain George Denison (#66) and his family joined the settlement in 1654, building a house near Pequotsepos Brook. Captain John Gallup and Robert Park came the next year. The settlement was at first referred to as Mystic and Pawcatuck and in 1654 the settlers applied to the Connecticut General Assembly to form a town. Opposed by New London, this was denied. The Reverend William Thompson came to reside and the first religious services were held at Walter Palmer’s house on 22 March 1657. In May 1658 the settlers turned to Massachusetts and William Chesebrough, Thomas Stanton and Walter Palmer petitioned the General Court to form a town. The court denied this, saying it was a matter for the United Colonies authorities to decide. In 1658 the United Colonies authorities ruled that all of the Pequot territory west of the Mystic River belonged to Connecticut and all to the east, including what is now Stonington and part of Westerly, belonged to Massachusetts. Massachusetts named the plantation between the Mystic and Pawcatuck Rivers Sotherton and appointed Captain George Denison to manage its prudential affairs. Walter Palmer was appointed constable. In 1659 to 1660 the settlers held several meetings to decide on the location and building of a meetinghouse. It was raised on 13 May 1661. Mr. James Noyes (#72) of Newbury was invited to preach and arrived in June 1664. On 22 April 1662 the eastern boundary of Connecticut was moved to the Pawcatuck River. Most of Sotherton was then in Connecticut, the area east of the river was in Rhode Island. In October 1664 the Connecticut General Assembly pardoned all of the settlers of Sotherton, except Captain George Denison, for their past offenses. In 1665 the name of the town was changed to Mystic and in May 1666 it became Stonington and George Denison was pardoned. In 1668 the town voted to contribute to a dwelling house for James Noyes and to pay him 50 pounds a year. In July 1667 the town established a town plot with lots allocated by lottery and in 1668 a census was taken of the heads of households:
During King Philips War Captain James Avery (#102) of New London commanded the friendly Pequots and Mohegans. Captain George Denison raised a large force of English and Indians. He was provost-marshall for New London County and Rhode Island and raised three expeditions. |
132. WILLIAM DENISON (bp. 1571–1654)
133. MARGARET CHANDLER (d. 1646)
142. THOMAS LORD (c. 1585–aft. 1644)
143. DOROTHY BIRD (bp. 1588–1670/5)
154. WILLIAM HUTCHINSON (bp. 1586–after 1641)
155. ANNE MARBURY (bp. 1591–1643)
174. EDWARD JACKSON (1602–1681)
180. WILLIAM COMSTOCK
182. JOHN ELDERKIN (c. 1616–1687)
202. WALTER PALMER (same as 64)
204. CHRISTOPHER AVERY (d. 1679)
222. RICHARD WRIGHT (by c. 1596–after 1668)
238. JOHN MASTERS
Last revised November 21, 2019
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