Gershom
Palmer
Born about in North Stonington, New London County, Connecticut
Ancestors 
Son of Joseph Palmer
and Zipporah (Billings) Palmer
Brother of
David Palmer, Ethel Palmer, Phebe Palmer, Joseph Palmer, Zipporah (Palmer) Coates, Content Palmer, Jemima (Palmer) Phillips, Eunice Palmer and Sabra Palmer [half]
Husband of
Zerviah Palmer
— married
1 Jan 1778 in Stonington, Connecticut
Descendants 
Father of
Gershom Palmer, Jairus Palmer, Julius Palmer, Zerviah Palmer, Jemima Palmer, Sylvia (Palmer) Breed and Abel Palmer
Died
at about age 76
in North Stonington, New London County, Connecticut, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 28 Mar 2018
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Biography
Gershom Palmer, born about 1755 @ Stonington, Connecticut, was a son of Zipporah Billings, the first wife of Joseph Palmer.
He married 01 Jan 1778, at Stonington, Connecticut, Zerviah Palmer. They had at least 7, perhaps 9 children; in addition to those profiled they may have included (birth dates not evident):
- Ruby Palmer
- Temperance Palmer
Gershom Palmer died 30 Apr 1831 @ North Stonington, Connecticut: Find A Grave: Memorial #20764959
Sources
- Wheeler, Richard Anson. History of the Town of Stonington, County of New London, Connecticut p. 517, no. 270 & no. 276: https://archive.org/stream/historyoftownofs00whee_1#page/n539/mode/1up
- Palmer Groups, John Melvin of Charlestown and Concord, Mass. And His Descendants, by Emily Wilder Leavitt, Printed by Press of David Clapp & Son, 1901-1905; p. 94, no. 527: https://archive.org/details/palmergroupsjoh00leavgoog/page/n107/mode/1up; p. 157, no. 514: https://archive.org/details/palmergroupsjoh00leavgoog/page/n170/mode/1up
- Ancestry-Williams: https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/89618842/person/200017298313/facts
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Gershom by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Gershom by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
- Steve Sparks
:
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test, haplogroup R-M269, FTDNA kit #B224118 - Keith Betts :
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 500 markers, haplogroup R-BY130185
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~0.78%
Cory Elliott :
23andMe
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~0.78%
~1.56%
DorothyAnne (Dermont) Harvey :
AncestryDNA
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