Born in Rehoboth, Plymouth Colony
Ancestors 
Daughter of Jonah Palmer Sr.
and Elizabeth (Griswold) Palmer
Sister of
Samuel Palmer, Jonas Palmer, Mary (Palmer) Daggett, Martha (Palmer) Titus and Grace (Palmer) Carpenter
Wife of
John French
— married
27 Nov 1675 in Rehoboth, Massachusetts
Descendants 
Mother of
Hannah (French) Carpenter, John French III, Mary (French) Hunt, Elizabeth French, Martha French, Samuel French, Jonathan French, Thomas French Sr. and Ephraim French
Died
at age 81
in Rehoboth, Massachusetts
Profile last modified
| Created 22 Mar 2013
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Biography
This Hannah Palmer was born 08 Nov 1657 at Rehoboth, which during that time was adjunct to the Plymouth Colony, not the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Hannah was the first child of Elizabeth Griswold (a.k.a. Grissell) & Jonah Palmer.
This Palmer family was one of the founding group of English immigrants at Rehoboth, as well as several other prospective towns in what is now southeastern Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and eastern Connecticut.
Hannah Palmer married John French, 27 Nov (1675 or 1676) at Rehoboth, Massachusetts. They had 9 children during the ensuing timeframe through January 1699, all born at Rehoboth.
Hannah (Palmer) French died 14 Feb 1738/39 at Rehoboth, Massachusetts.
Sources
- Records of Lemuel Allsobrook McCall Jr.
- Massachusetts, Vital Records, 1642-1896 Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.
- American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI); Godfrey Memorial Library, comp.; Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 1999. Repository #R-1958205582
- Source: S46 Author: Edmund West, comp. Title: Family Data Collection - Individual Records Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.; Repository: #R1
- Source: S62 Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com.
- Wheeler, Richard Anson. History of the Town of Stonington, County of New London, Connecticut, p. 508, no. 14: https://archive.org/stream/historyoftownofs00whee_1#page/n530/mode/1up
Acknowledgements
Thank you to Robert Cherry for creating WikiTree profile Palmer-4861 through the import of CherryOttosen_2013-03-19.ged on Mar 19, 2013.
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John French Ph.D.
Palmer-11220 and Palmer-4861 appear to represent the same person because: These are both describing the spouse of John French, and mother of Mary French (who is also duplicated and should be merged).
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[Living O'connor]
This looks like a duplicate to Hannah French formerly Palmer - Palmer-4861.
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