Born about in Queens, New York
[uncertain]
[uncertain]Daughter of Andrew Messenger
and Rachel (Unknown) Messenger
[uncertain]
Sister of
Mary (Messenger) Benedict, Abigail (Messenger) Mills, Samuel Messenger and Andrew Messenger
Wife of
Ephraim Palmer
— married
1668 (to 1684) in Queens, New York
Wife of
John Gregory II
— married
15 Oct 1699 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Joanna Palmer, Sarah (Palmer) Vidito, Judith (Palmer) Raymond, Susannah (Palmer) Mills, Ephraim Palmer, Mary Palmer and John Palmer
Died after
after about age 54
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 6 Aug 2011
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Biography
Born about 1648 [1]
- "Sarah Messenger, b. say 1648; m. (1) ca. 1668 Ephraim Palmer of Greenwich, who d., prob. at Stratford, as the probate file for an Ephraim Palmer of Stratford contains an inventory saying he died 19 April 1684, leaving a widow Sarah, seven children, and land; m. (2) bef. 15 Oct. 1699, Gregory, prob. John, b. 1638-40, d. ca. 1720"[1][2]
about 1668 Ephraim Palmer married Sarah Messenger [1][2]
1684 widowed when Ephraim dies [1]
before 1699 Sarah (Messenger) Palmer married (prob. John) Gregory [1]
- "Palmer, John, son of Ephraim Palmer, Dec. 15, 1702, received from his mother, now Sarah Gregory, his share of his father's estate."[3]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 152. 1998. Page 363.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Torrey, Clarence Almon. New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1985. Page 553.
- ↑ Mead, Spencer Percival. Ye Historie of Ye Town of Greenwich, County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut. Greenwich, CT: Knickerbocker Press, 1911. Page 475.
- Holman, Winifred Lovering. Palmer of Westchester, The American Genealogist (1950) Vol. 26, Page 184.
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