Born in Rehoboth, Plymouth Colony
Ancestors 
Daughter of Jonah Palmer Sr.
and Elizabeth (Griswold) Palmer
Sister of
Hannah (Palmer) French, Samuel Palmer, Jonas Palmer, Mary (Palmer) Daggett and Martha (Palmer) Titus
Wife of
James Carpenter
— married
15 Apr 1695 in Rehoboth, Bristol, MA
Descendants 
Mother of
Dorothy (Carpenter) Mansfield, Stephen Carpenter, Rachel Carpenter, Lydia (Carpenter) Willmarth, Gershom Carpenter, Ebenezer Carpenter and Joannah Carpenter
Died [date unknown]
[location unknown]
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| Created 22 Dec 2009
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Biography
Grace Palmer was born 1 Oct 1668 at the Rehoboth Plantation, which at that time was adjunct to the Plymouth Colony, not the Massachusetts Bay Colony. She was the sixth and final child of Elizabeth Griswold a.k.a. Grissell, the first wife of Jonah Palmer.
Her birth family were among the few English immigrants to North America who cleared and settled the wilderness areas of southeastern Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and eastern Connecticut. As such, they were pioneers who chose not to become part of the more comfortable, urbane life of the emerging Boston metropolis.
Grace Palmer married James Carpenter (his 2nd wife) 15 Apr 1695 at Rehoboth. They had at least 5, perhaps 7 children.
Sources
- New England Marriages to 1700. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015.
- Wheeler, Richard Anson. History of the Town of Stonington, County of New London, Connecticut; p. 509, no. 19: https://archive.org/stream/historyoftownofs00whee_1#page/n531/mode/1up
- Leavitt, Emily Wilder. Palmer Groups, John Melvin of Charlestown and Concord, Mass. (David Clapp & Son, Boston, 1901-1905) Page 43
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Grace 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 Grace:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Grace 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 Grace:
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~0.39%
David Willis
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23andMe, GEDmatch Z289085 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch Z289085 [compare], Ancestry member dwillis11
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch Z289085 [compare], FTDNA kit #8404
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MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch Z289085 [compare]
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~0.39%
Elaine (Maples) Brown :
AncestryDNA
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~0.39%
Richard Bronson :
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch WG3357734 [compare]
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