Born in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts
Ancestors 
Daughter of Bezaliel Palmer
and Anna (Jones) Palmer
Sister of
Bezeleel Palmer, Nathaniel Palmer, Huldah (Palmer) Lincoln, Anna (Palmer) Josselyn, Benjamin Palmer and Benjamin Palmer
Wife of
Samuel Eells
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Samuel Eells
Died
at age 21
in Hanover, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony
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Biography
Priscilla, daughter of Bezeliell and Anna (Jones) Palmer, was born at Scituate, MA on February 22, 1742. She passed away in 1763.
In 1749, her mother, Anne was appointed to be her guardian after her father had died.[1]
In 1755, Elisha Tolman of Scituate was appointed to be her guardian.[2]
From Eells Family History in America, 1633-1952 by Rev Myron Eells, et al [3]
p. 64 – Samuel Eells mar. Priscilla Palmer of Hanover. She d. November 27, 1763. Children of Samuel and Priscilla, all baptized October 23, 1763:
- Samuel Eells, b. 29 Jun 1759 Hanover Plymouth Co MA
- Bezaleel, b. 9 Sep 1761 Hanover Plymouth Co MA, a shipwright, died in Maine, unmarried
- Benjamin Eells, b. 23 Oct 1763 Hanover Plymouth Co MA
- She is a descendant of Mayflower Passenger Richard Warren
Sources
- ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-897D-NNFL : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1748-1750 and 1841-1848 vol 11-11B > image 72 of 642; State Archives, Boston.
- ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G97D-68LH : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1751-1755 vol 13 > image 219 of 298; State Archives, Boston.
- ↑ [1]
- Robert S. Wakefield, FASG comp., John Bradley Arthaud, M.D., FASG, et. al., upds., Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Richard Warren, Volume 13, Part 2 of 3, (Plymouth: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2011), p. 157
- Vital Records of Scituate Massachusetts to the 1850, two volumes, (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1909), 1:286 (birth)
- Eells Family History in America, 1633-1952 by Rev Myron Eells, et al [2]
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