Jonathan Palmer Sr (1668 - 1726)

Born 7 Aug 1668 in Stonington, New London County, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Mercy (Mainwaring) Palmer — married 1 Dec 1706 in Stonington, New London County, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 26 Aug 1726 at age 58 in Stonington, New London County, Connecticut

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Biography

Jonathan Palmer was born on 7 August 1668 at Stonington, Connecticut.^[1] He was the third child of Nehemiah Palmer,^[1] who was married by Captain Denison at Stonington on 20 November 1662 to Hannah Stanton, the daughter of Thomas Stanton, Sr, and Nehemiah was the son of Walter Palmer.^[2]

Jonathan was the brother of :

1. Joseph Palmer, born 3 October 1663 at Stonington;^[1]
2. Daniel Palmer, born 12 November 1672 at Stonington;^[3]
3. Nehemiah Palmer, b. 8 Jul 1677; d. 1735
4. Hannah (Palmer) York, b. 11 Apr 1680; d. 19 Jul 1751

Jonathan married Mercy Mainwaring (also referred to as Marcy Mannering or Mary Manwarring) on 1 December 1706 at Stonington.^[1] They had 10 children during the ensuing timeframe through November 1724, all born at Stonington:

1. Judith Palmer, b. 6 Jan 1707/08
2. Mary Palmer, b. 27 Feb 1708/09
3. Hannah Palmer, born 2 December 1710/1 at Stonington, and was married there by Rev Ebenezer Rosseter to William York on 22 February 1729/30;^[4]
4. Anna Palmer, b. 15 May 1713
5. Irene Palmer, b. 26 Mar 1715
6. Love Palmer, b. 3 Mar 1716/17; d. 23 Jul 1796 @ Alstead, New Hampshire
7. Prudence Palmer, born 31 March 1718/9 at Stonington;^[5]; d. after 1780 @ Canaan, New York
8. Jonathan Palmer, born 23 December 1720 at Stonington;^[1] d. 5 Jul 1803 @ Stonington
9. Oliver Palmer, born 7 May 1722 at Stonington;^[2] d. 1781 @ Stonington
10. Elizabeth Palmer, b. 28 Nov 1724; d. about 1775 @ East Haddam, Connecticut

Jonathan Palmer died at Stonington on 26 August 1726.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5} Connecticut Vital Records to 1870 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.) From original typescripts, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, 1928. Vol Stonington,190, Subscription required : accessed 11 June 2016).
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Connecticut Vital Records to 1870 Vol Stonington,193, Subscription required : accessed 11 June 2016).
3. ↑ Connecticut Vital Records to 1870 Vol Stonington,185, Subscription required : accessed 11 June 2016).
4. ↑ Connecticut Vital Records to 1870 Vol Stonington,188, Subscription required : accessed 11 June 2016).
5. ↑ Connecticut Vital Records to 1870 Vol Stonington,194, Subscription required : accessed 11 June 2016).

• Source: S039451 Title: Olsen Family Records Author: Calvin L. Olsen Publication: 1998 Note: #NS394511 Note: #NS394512 Repository: Note: #NS394513 Call Number: Media: Letter

• Source: S039948 Title: Walter Palmer Society Author: Elmer Hall Palmer, Society Genealogist Publication: 1999 - 2007 Note: #NS399481 Note: #NS399482 Repository: Note: #NS399483 Call Number: Media: Letter

• Wheeler, Richard Anson. History of the Town of Stonington, County of New London, Connecticut; p. 509, 512, no. 22: https://archive.org/stream/historyoftownofs00whee_1#page/n534/mode/1up

• Palmer Groups (1901-1905); Leavitt, E. W.; Palmer, L. M.; p. 44, no. 37: https://archive.org/details/palmergroupsjoh00leavgoog/page/n57/mode/1up

• Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City, Utah: the author, 2013), Vol IV page 28.

Oliver Manwaring, married Hannah Raymond. They had two sons, and eight daughters including, Mercy (wife of Jonathan Palmer).