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Frances (Unknown) Palmer (1590 - bef. 1637)

Frances Palmer formerly [surname unknown] aka Blossom [uncertain]
Born in Parham, Somerset, , Englandmap
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of — married 1606 in Englandmap
Descendants descendants
Mother of , and
Died before before age 47 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colonymap
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Frances (Unknown) Palmer migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640).
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The Birth Date is a rough estimate. See the text for details.

Disputed Origins

Some say she was Frances Blossom, daughter of Thomas Blossom and Ann Palmer.

Anderson argues against the Blossom theory.[1]

Others have claimed she was Frances Poquott.[2] However, this source gives her mother's name as Frances Poquott, born 1598, eleven years before Ann Sarah's birth. This is a good reason to question undocumented sources![3]

Following wikitree guidelines, we are therefore detaching her from these speculative parents, and setting her last name at birth to Unknown. Please do NOT attach parents or change her last name without discussion first.

Biography

Frances married William Palmer. No record of this marriage has been found. Banks has stated "she was much younger than William".[citation needed]

Marriage 1610-1612, England [4]

Some believe she was second wife of William Palmer, but Anderson argues against an earlier, unknown wife.

William most likely was a passenger on the "Speedwell" along with Thomas Blossom. Due to unseaworthiness, the ship had to return and was later abandoned. William Palmer Sr. sailed on the "Fortune", the second ship after the "Mayflower", and arrived at Cape Cod on 19 November 1621. With him were William Palmer Jr. (8) and a servant, William Carvanyell. Frances would later go alone on the ship "Anne" in 1623.

Birth date estimated from estimated marriage.

Sources

  1. ↑ Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III, 3 vols., Boston, MA (1995): p 1602-1604
  2. ↑ Ancestry.com non-public tree. You must be a member of Ancestry.com to view this source
  3. ↑ Entered by Tom Bredehoft, 9/5/2013
  4. ↑ Source: New England Marriages Prior to 1700 by Clarence A. Torrey, Elizabeth Petty Bentley, pg 555

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Stone-2742 Joan (Stone) Jakubowski
Palmer-345 William Palmer of Stepney, London; nailer, passenger on ship Fortune 1621, Thomas Barton, Master, arrived Cape Cod November 9, with thirty five passengers, entire company settled at Plymouth; pp 50, 51, 52 Planters of the commonwealth and the ships that brought them 1620-1640 by Charles E Banks, private printing, copy #67 of 787 numbered copies; wife Mrs. Frances Palmer, wife of William (page 54) and son William Palmer, Jr. son of William Palmer of the Fortune (page 55) arrived 1623 on ship Anne, William Pierce, Master, brought 60 persons, entire company settled at Plymouth, pp 52, 53, 54, 55; Mrs. Barbara Standish wife of Myles, Patience and Fear Brewster also passengers page 55. Wife Frances was not alone on the ship Anne 1623.
posted by Joan (Stone) Jakubowski
Hill-11959 S (Hill) Willson
Robert Wakefield, writing in The Mayflower Quarterly, specifically says that Banks was incorrect in reporting that William Jr. arrived with Frances. William Sr was allotted two lots in 1623, one each, for him and his son, William Jr., in the Plymouth Land Division of 1623 which comprised people who were in the Fortune which landed in 1621. The article cites Mayflower Descendant 1:227-230; William Palmer received two shares in the first 1623 land division, as shown in MD. Mrs. Frances Palmer received one share in the later 1623 land division for passengers of the Anne and Little James. Robert A. Wakefield, "The 1623 Plymouth Land Division" The Mayflower Quarterly. Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1935-1985. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2019). Reference pages 55-62 (via Subscription at American Ancestors) (William Sr. and Junior on page 56; Mrs. Frances Palmer on page 61).
posted by S (Hill) Willson
edited by S (Hill) Willson
E. Logan
Unknown-198138 and Unknown-538870 appear to represent the same person because: Same husband, same first name.
posted on Unknown-538870 (merged) by E. Logan
Smith-32867 Jillaine Smith
Blossom-276 and Unknown-198138 appear to represent the same person because: The wife of William Palmer was Frances, surname Unknown. That she was a Blossom has not been proved.
posted by Jillaine Smith
Smith-62120 Ellen Smith
Anderson states that Frances "had died by 1637," when William married again. What is the source for the death date of 1635 that currently shows in the data fields for this profile?
posted by Ellen Smith
Billups-130 Cynthia (Billups) B
What evidence do we have that the wife, Frances, of William Palmer was the daughter of Thomas Blossom?

William C. Anderson does not call her "Blossom." Neither does Florence Harlow Barclay.

posted by Cynthia (Billups) B
Smith-32867 Jillaine Smith
NOTE: Clarence Palmer Jr (1988) claims that the Francis who was (probably second) wife of William Palmer was dau of Thomas Blossom, but provides no evidence for this identification. There is also no documentation that Francis, wife of William was mother of any of his children. See narrative at Palmer-345
posted by Jillaine Smith

Rejected matches › Jean J. (Hunter) Palmer › Frances Blossom (abt.1622-1625)

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