Abigail (Robinson) Palmer (1701 - 1765)

Born 5 Aug 1701 in Tisbury, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Wife of Elihu Palmer — married 30 Sep 1725 in Windham, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 29 Dec 1765 at age 64 in Windham, Connecticut

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Biography

Abigail Robinson, was born 5 Aug 1701 at Tisbury, Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts. She was a daughter of Peter Robinson and Experience Lombard (aka Lumbert), his second wife.

She married 30 Sep 1725 at Windham, Connecticut, Elihu Palmer. Elihu and Abigail (Robinson) Palmer had 7 children, three of whom died in infancy or early childhood:

1. Amasa Palmer (13 Jul 1726 - 30 Apr 1727)
2. Elihu Palmer, b. 9 Feb 1727/28
3. Abigail Palmer (9 Jun 1729/30 - 13 Mar 1730)
4. Jonah Palmer, b. 23 Jul 1731
5. Abigail Palmer, b. 26 Mar 1733; married 13 Nov 1755 Peter Robinson [b. 19 May 1730, son of Peter and Ruth (Fuller) Robinson]; d. 20 Sep 1774, age 42
6. Rhoda Palmer (6 Sep 1735 - 14 Feb 1736)
7. Amasa Palmer, b. 29 Aug 1737

Abigail (Robinson) Palmer died 29 Dec 1765 at Windham, Windham County, Connecticut. Her grave is at Old Scotland Cemetery (north), Windham County, Connecticut, USA: Find A Grave: Memorial #43473992

Sources

• Leavitt, Emily Wilder. Palmer Groups, John Melvin of Charlestown and Concord, Mass. (David Clapp & Son, Boston, 1901-1905), p. 67: https://books.google.com/books?id=H19BAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA67