Abial (Wilbor) Palmer (1707 - aft. 1753)

Born 27 May 1707 in Little Compton, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Wife of Thomas Palmer — married 5 Apr 1742 in Little Compton, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died after 29 Oct 1753 after age 46 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay

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Sources

• Little Compton Births and Deaths, in Arnold, James N. Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636–1850: First series, births, marriages and deaths. A family register for the people. (Narragansett Hist. Publ. Co., 1891), 182.

WILBOR, Abial, of Samuel, [born] May 27, 1707.

• RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project:They Came To Milton ID:I13952

Research Notes

Plymouth Colony was settled in 1620 by the Pilgrims. During the next 65 years all the portion of southeastern Massachusetts and western Rhode Island was known as Plymouth County.

In 1682, Sakonnet was incorporated by the Plymouth Colony and renamed Little Compton.

In 1685, when the division was made of Plymouth Colony, Bristol County had the towns of Taunton, Rehoboth, Dartmouth, Swansea, Bristol, Tiverton, Little Compton, Freetown and the plantations of Cumberland, Gore, and Attleboro.

Plymouth Colony was merged into the Province of Massachusetts Bay in the charter of 1691.

By 1747, Little Compton secured its own royal decree and was annexed to Newport County as a part of Rhode Island along with Tiverton and Bristol. Because Little Compton was once part of the Plymouth Colony, all probate and land records prior to 1746 can be found in Taunton and New Bedford.