Born in Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island
Ancestors 
Daughter of John Palmer
and Alice (Shaw) Palmer
Sister of
Peleg Palmer, Judith (Palmer) Brown, Dudley Palmer, Alice Palmer, Elizabeth (Palmer) Brown, Alice Palmer, Benjamin Palmer, John Palmer and Perez Palmer
Wife of
Joseph D Head
— married
27 Nov 1737 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island
Descendants 
Mother of
Ruth Head, George Head, Jonathan Head Sr., Richard Head, Phebe (Head) Snell and Susannah B (Head) Dyer
Died about
at about age 72
in Rhode Island, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 27 Jan 2012
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Biography
Early Life
Bathsheba Palmer was born 04 June 1718, in Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, British Colonies. [1] Rhode Island was the first British colony in America to formally declare its independence, doing so on May 4, 1776, a full two months before the national Declaration of Independence.[2]
Family
She married Joseph Head on 27 November 1737, in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, United States.[3] They had a small family, with children named Phebe Head, Ruth Head, Jonathan Head and Richard Head.
Sources
- WikiTree profile Palmer-2814 created through the import of PaulAncestry.ged on Jan 26, 2012 by Joyce Rosnel. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Joyce and others.
- ↑ https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F87V-N35' Birth Record
- ↑ The North American Review, "Hunter's Oration," Published by Oliver Everett, 1826, Item notes: v.23(1826), pg.457
- ↑ https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8V1-DQJ
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Bathsheba by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Bathsheba:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Bathsheba by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Bathsheba:
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~0.78%
John Corn
:
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member corncrib157
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~0.39%
Jennifer (Garrett) Ziegelbauer :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A936125 [compare], Ancestry member Garrett_Jennifer
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~0.39%
Brenda (Thornburg) Baker :
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