Findagrave makes him the son of David Palmer, who was born in 1788, in Northumberland, Saratoga County, New York, and died on August 29, 1871, in Morristown, New York, and Eunice (Dayton Palmer), who was born on February 5, 1796, in Hadley, Saratoga County, New York, and died on October 13, 1866, in Edwardsville, St. Lawrence County, New York. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/26188659/david-dayton-palmer