Sabra Palmer (1767 - abt. 1850)

Born 25 Apr 1767 in Stonington, New London County, Connecticut

Ancestors

Died about 20 Jul 1850 at about age 83 in LaFayette, Onondaga County, New York, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

This Sabra Palmer, born 25 Apr 1767, was a daughter of Elizabeth (Stephens/Stewart) & her second husband Joseph Palmer. See the profile of William Stewart for indication of her birth date.

Note NI007301. Sabra was a Mayflower descendant (John Howland and Elizabeth Tilley).

Note that this Sabra Palmer was not the same named person who was born 4 Aug 1765 [Palmer-3849], daughter of Marvin (Palmer) & Denison Palmer Sr., who lived contemporaneously, also in Stonington, and who became the wife of Asa Chesebrough.

Background information: William Stewart, Jr., m. Elizabeth Stephens Dec. 4, 1740. He was a pattern farmer of his day. He purchased of the Elliots what is now called Stewart Hill, and d. aged about 46 years, leaving Elizabeth widowed with nine children; she afterwards m. Joseph Palmer, a widower with nine children, and they had one daughter Sabra (this profile), making a family of nineteen children.

Sabra Palmer married 1 Jan 1792 @ Stonington, Connecticut, Rowland Palmer. This family moved from Stonington to Otsego, New York, during the late 1790s when that area was still a wilderness. There were 7 children of this family during the timespan through March 1811, the last 5 of whom were born at Otsego, and all except one of whom lived to adulthood. Sabra & Rowland then moved to Lafayette, Onondaga County, New York, where they lived out their lives.

Per the Miner-Avery online genealogy (unsourced, variable), Sabra (Palmer) Palmer died 20 Jul 1850 at Lafayette, New York.

Sources

• Connecticut Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection); Ancestry.com; Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006.

• Onondaga's Centennial: Gleanings of a Century, Volume 2. Dwight Hall Bruce, ed.; Boston History Company, 1896 - Onondaga County (N.Y.); p. 974: https://books.google.com/books?id=LCJEAQAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q=974&f=false

• S038796 Title: Genealogy of the Descendants of William Chesebrough, Founder of Stonington, Ct. Author: Anna Chesebrough Wildey Publication: New York: Press of T. A. Wright 1903

• Wheeler, Richard Anson. History of the Town of Stonington, County of New London, Connecticut; p. 517 #273: https://archive.org/stream/historyoftownofs00whee_1#page/n539/mode/1up

• S13 Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com.

• Palmer Groups (1901-1905); Leavitt, E. W.; Palmer, L. M.; p. 187, no. 1119: https://archive.org/details/palmergroupsjoh00leavgoog/page/n200/mode/1up

Acknowledgements

Thank you to Lawrence Chesebro' for creating WikiTree profile Palmer-5529 through the import of LarryChesebro'Denison.ged on Aug 12, 2013.