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30. JOSEPH PALMER (1690–1789) (Joseph, Nehemiah, Walter)

Joseph Palmer was born on 14 November 1690 in Stonington. He was baptized on 29 March 1691 in Stonington. He died on 12 June 1789 in Voluntown. He married first Mary Palmer on 2 April 1711 in Stonington. He married second Hannah Billings on 8 February 1778 in Voluntown. [1]

Joseph moved from Stonington to Voluntown about 1743.

Joseph was admitted to the first church in Stonington on 13 April 1712. He was chosen deacon on 3 July 1723. [2]

Joseph was a deputy from Stonington in 1736, 1738 to 1740 and 1742. [3] He was a justice of the peace for New London County in 1739 to 1743. [4]

On 5 December 1716 John and Mary Breed, Benjamin and Ann Hewitt, Joseph and Mary Palmer and Benjamin and Rebecca Palmer sold 400 acres in Stonington to John Stanton of Newport. On 2 January 1722/3 Joseph Palmer of Stonington and Benjamin Palmer of Coventry sold 100 acres at Pucklagonuck to Daniel Palmer of Stonington. On 11 August 1728 Joseph Palmer sold his dwelling house with 15 acres of salt marsh to William Bell. In 1746 Joseph sold 20 acres of land at Salt Cove and Mary and Frances Palmer witnessed the deed. On 28 June 1743 for “love of his son,” Joseph Palmer, Lieutenant Joseph Palmer sold him sixty (?) acres of land lying by land of Daniel, John and Moses Palmer. On 8 February 1744 Joseph Palmer of Voluntown sold four acres of land in Stonington to William Coats. On 19 March 1746 Joseph Palmer, Jr. of Voluntown traded one half of his father’s farm in Stonington for 60 acres in Stonington. [5]

31. MARY PALMER (1690–1777) (Gershom, Walter)

Mary Palmer was born on 14 March 1690 in Stonington. She died on 13 January 1777 in Voluntown. [6] She married Joseph Palmer.

Mary, the wife of Deacon Joseph, was admitted to the church in Stonington on 4 August 1723. [7]

Children of Joseph Palmer and Mary Palmer: [8]

i. Sarah Palmer was born on 17 January 1711/2 in Stonington. She was baptized on 13 April 1712 in Stonington. She might be the Sarah who married Amos Kinney on 15 November 1732 in Preston. [9]

Sarah is mentioned in the 3 February1726/7 will of her (paternal) uncle Jonathan Palmer. [10]

Amos and his wife Sarah owned the covenant at the church in Griswold on 14 April 1734. [11]

ii. Mary Palmer was born on 21 March 1713/4 in Stonington. She was baptized on 21 March 1714 in Stonington. She married Daniel Palmer on 6 January 1730/1 in Stonington.

Mary is mentioned in the 3 February 1726/7 will of her uncle Jonathan Palmer. [12]

Daniel and his wife Mary were admitted to the church in North Stonington on 18 February 1732/3. [13]

iii. Phebe Palmer (#15) was born on 24 November 1717 in Stonington. She died after 27 March 1769. She married George Darrow.

iv. Captain Joseph Palmer was born on 30 October 1719 in Stonington. He was baptized on 22 November 1719. He died on 26 May 1760. He married Katherine Coates on 7 October 1741 in Stonington. Katherine died between 2 May 1765, when she wrote her will, and 11 July 1765, when it was proved. [14]

Inventory of the estate of Joseph Palmer, who died on 26 May 1760, was taken on 14 June 1760. The probate court for the district of Plainfield distributed the real estate of Joseph Palmer, Jr., late of Voluntown, to his wife Catherine and his children on 13 May 1763. [15]

v. Frances Palmer was born on 27 October 1721 in Stonington. She was baptized on 26 April 1722 in Stonington. She might be the Frances of Stonington who married William Guile of Preston on 7 October 1744 in Preston. William, the son of Benjamin and Phebe (Denison) Guile, was born on 1722/3 or 1723/4 in Preston. [16]

vi. Amos Palmer was born on 11 April 1724 in Stonington. He died on 24 August 1745 at Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.

Amos is mentioned in the 3 February 1726/7 will of his uncle Jonathan Palmer. Joseph Palmer of Stonington posted a bond on of 50 pounds for the administration of the estate of Amos Palmer on 9 December 1745. [17]

On 28 June 1745 the French stronghold on Cape Breton Island surrendered to New England soldiers and British naval forces. Losses to the British in this operation—known as the Siege of Louisbourg—were light, but many, including probably Amos, died in the garrison afterwards of disease and cold.

vii. Moses Palmer was born on 13 April 1726 in Stonington. He was baptized on 17 April 1726 in Stonington. He died on 11 May 1726 in Stonington.

viii. Hannah Palmer was born on 2 August 1727 in Stonington. She was baptized on 13 August 1727 in Stonington. She died on 21 May 1766 in Voluntown. She is probably the Hannah who married Andrew Elliot on 18 August 1745 in Voluntown. Andrew may be the son of Jacob and Hannah Elliot, born on 14 January 1721/2 in Preston. Andrew married second Bridget Harris on 25 March 1767 in Voluntown. [18]

ix. Jonathan Palmer was baptized on 22 March 1730 in Stonington. He died between 19 December 1764 and 4 August 1765. He married Freelove Herrick on 5 May 1749 in Voluntown. Freelove was the daughter of Stephen and Phebe (Guile), born on 22 February 1730/1 in Voluntown. Freelove Palmer of Voluntown married second Collings York of Stonington on 11 December 1766 in Stonington. [19]

Jonathan Palmer of Voluntown, “being infirm & weak,” made his will on 19 December 1764. His heirs were his wife Freelove, his parents and children of [his brother] Joseph Palmer of Voluntown, deceased. He referred to a lot he owned in Stonington in partnership with Gershom Palmer. Inventory on his estate, amounting to 300 pounds, was taken on 4 August 1765. [20]

x. Ann Palmer was baptized on 8 April 1733 in East Stonington.

xi. Asenath Palmer was baptized on 18 May 1735 in Stonington. Asenath Palmer of Voluntown who married Gideon Ray (Rea) of Preston on 24 December 1751 in Preston. Gideon, the son of John and Abigail (Herrick) Ray, was born on 10 March 1731 in Preston. [21]

Both Gideon and Asenath died before 7 December 1789 when Gideon’s heirs reached agreement on the division of Gideon’s estate. It appears that Asenath (assuming that she was Gideon’s sole wife) died after Gideon as she appears to have been originally included in the agreement. [22]

Endnotes

1. Joseph’s birth (son Joseph) and first marriage record are in CVR, Stonington, 190. His second (Joseph, Deac.) is in CVR, Voluntown, 71. His baptism (son of Joseph) record is in FCC, 198. Joseph’s birth and death dates and places in PFG, 44, 69.

2. FCC, 100,192.

3. PRC, vol. 8, 26, 52, 156, 189, 221, 285, 323, 445.

4. PRC, vol. 8, 224, 288. 368. 448. 515.

5. PFG, 68.

6. Mary’s birth and death dates and places in PFG, 69.

7. CCR, vol. 111 Stonington, 304.

8. The births of their first five children (children of Joseph) and the next three children (children of Deacon Joseph) are recorded in CVR, Stonington, 184–195. The baptism records of all of the children except Amos and Ann are in FCC, 209–239. Moses and the older children are referred to as children of Joseph, the others are children of Deacon Joseph. The baptism record for Ann (child of Deacon Joseph) is in CCR, 83 North Stonington, 50. Amos and Moses’s death records and Mary and Joseph, Jr.’s marriage records are in CVR, Stonington, 184, 192.

9. Sarah, m. Amos Kinni, Nov. 15, 1732. CVR, Preston, 149.

10. PRC> Hartford > Probate Packets, Newbury–Palmer, Thomas, 1675–1850 > images 1193–9 of 1397.

11. CCR, vol. 43 Griswold, 133.

12. PRC > Hartford > Probate Packets, Newbury–Palmer, Thomas, 1675–1850 > images 1193–9 of 1397.

13. CCR, 83 North Stonington, 51.

14. Nov. 1719: 22 “Joseph palmors son baptized,” in DMM, 149. CPR > Hartford > Probate Packets, Newbury–Palmer, Thomas, 1675–1850 > images 1229–30.

15. CPR > Hartford > Probate Packets, Morgan, I.–Parkis, P., 1747–1880 > images 904–16.

16. Frances’s marriage record, William’s birth record and his parents’ marriage record are in CVR Preston, 95–96, 147.

17. CPR > Hartford > Probate Packets, Newbury–Palmer, Thomas, 1675–1850 > images 1072–4, 1193–9.

18. Hannah’s marriage record, her death (wife Andrew) record and Andrew’s second marriage record are in CVR, Voluntown, 33, 71. Andrew’s birth record is in CVR, Preston, 70.

19. Freelove’s birth record and her parents’ marriage record are in CVR, Preston, 105, 107. Freelove and Jonathan’s marriage record is in CVR, Voluntown, 47. Freelove’ second marriage record is in CVR, Stonington, 188.

20. CPR > Windham > Probate Packets, vol. 5–7, 1762–1790 > image 209; path: Hartford > Probate Packets, Morgan, I–Parkis, P., 1747–1880 > images 900–3.

21. Asenath’s marriage record, Gideon’s birth record and his parents’ marriage record are in CVR, Preston, 147, 167.

22. CPR > Hartford > Probate Packes, Pope, Seth–Shepherd, John, 1747–1880 > images 336–51.

Revised November 9, 2019