Nehemiah Palmer Sr. (1637 - abt. 1717)

Born 2 Nov 1637 in Charlestown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died about 17 Feb 1717 at about age 79 in Stonington, New London County, Connecticut

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Biography

Nehemiah Palmer was born Nov. 2, 1637 at what later became Charlestown, Massachusetts Bay Colony^[1][2][3][4]. He was the third child of Walter Palmer and his second wife, Rebecca Short Palmer.

He was christened 22 NOV 1637, at Charlestown, Massachusetts.

He migrated with his birth family from the Boston area through Rehoboth, Massachusetts, which at that time was adjunct to the Plymouth Colony, and governmentally separate from the Massachusetts Bay Colony. They continued their migration to Stonington, Connecticut, where they settled.

Nehemiah Palmer married 20 Nov 1662 Hannah Lord Stanton Palmer (1647 - 1727)^{[5][6][7] [8][9]}. They had 6 children:

1. Joseph Palmer (1663 - 1710)
2. Elihu Palmer, b. 12 Mar 1666; died young; - note potential confusion re. his birth date and baptismal date, 14 Dec 1674
3. Jonathan Palmer (7 Aug 1668 - 26 Aug 1726) - note potential confusion re. his birth date and baptismal date, 14 Dec 1674
4. Daniel Palmer (1672 - 1762)
5. Nehemiah Palmer (1677 - 1735)
6. Hannah Palmer (1680 - 1757)

The freeman's oath was administered to Nehemiah Palmer by the Court at Hartford, Connecticut, May 10, 1666. From this time, he took a prominent place in the management of civil affairs in Stonington; was first elected deputy of the General Court of Connecticut on My 15, 1668, and was re-elected to that important position for fifteen sessions. In May 1681 he was on of a committee appointed "for hearings on the Indian question and to buy land from the Indians." (Connecticut Colony Records, first 4 vols.)

December 11, 1683, he bought one hundred acres of land from his brother, Benjamin Palmer, at Shownoak (Stonington Land Records, vol. 2, page 291)

Nehemiah Palmer died Feb. 17, 1716/17 at Stonington New London County Connecticut^[10][11]. His remains are buried at Wequetequock Burial Ground, located northeast of Stonington, New London County, Connecticut, USA ^[12][1].

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S-1339191581ancestry.
2. ↑ Source: #S193
3. ↑ Source: #S-1760367276 "Ancestry."
4. ↑ Source: #S343 Page: pg 446-7
5. ↑ ancestry.
6. ↑ Source: #S291
7. ↑ Source: #S257
8. ↑ Stanton Genealogy p. 67
9. ↑ Source: #S-1760367276 ancestry. Birth date: 1637. Birth place: MA. Marriage date: 1662. Marriage place: CT
10. ↑ Source: #S-1339191581 ancestry.
11. ↑ Source: #S343 Page: pg 446-7
12. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (findagrave.com : accessed 08 December 2018), memorial page for Nehemiah Palmer (2 Nov 1637–17 Feb 1717), Find A Grave: Memorial #19886506 , citing Wequetequock Burial Ground, Stonington, New London County, Connecticut, USA ; Maintained by sue walkemeyer (contributor 46846112) .

• Rootsweb: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nanc/palmer/aqwg02.htm#1759

• THE NEW ENGLAND HISTORICAL & GENEALOGICAL REGISTER, Vol. XII, 1859, page 28. FIRST CHURCH CHARLESTOWN, MA, page 204 at 149, in the 1871 edition. Bpt. 23 Nove 1637

• Source S-1339191581. Connecticut Town Death Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection)

• Source S-1760367276. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Yates Publishing

• Wheeler, Richard Anson. History of the Town of Stonington, County of New London, Connecticut: p. 508, 509, no. 9: https://archive.org/stream/historyoftownofs00whee_1#page/n530/mode/1up

• Palmer Groups (1901-1905); Leavitt, E. W.; Palmer, L. M.; p. 25, no. 9: https://archive.org/details/palmergroupsjoh00leavgoog/page/n38/mode/1up

• Source: S257 Title: Sweetland18_2278.FTW

• Source: S291 World Family Tree Vol. 18, Ed. 1

• Source: S190 Title: New England Marriages Prior to 1700, pg 236

• Source: S193 Title: see Walter Palmer Notes

• Source: S343 Title: Genealogy of New England, Vol. 1

• Ancestry-Marsha. Nehemiah Palmer. 2 sources.

Acknowledgement

WikiTree profile Palmer-3817 created through the import of perry and plumb tree.ged on Aug 18, 2012 by Merry Kennedy.