Philip Palmer (abt. 1710 - abt. 1785)

Born about 1710 in Yorktown, Westchester, New York Province

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Descendants

Died about 1785 at about age 75 in Westchester, New York

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Biography

Philip was born about 1710. He was the son of John Palmer and Rebecca Baxter.

He married 1729 in Westchester Co., New York, Sarah Hunt.

Philip died circa 1785.

Sarah, his widow, accompanied her son Jonathan to Shelburne, Nova Scotia and then to Bedeque Harbour, Prince Edward Island.

Children (All born Westchester Co., New York):

1. Philip, b. 1746
2. Gideon, b. 29 Oct 1749, m. Catherine Harper, d. 6 Oct 1824 in Saint John, New Brunswick.
3. Sarah, b. 1750.
4. Jonathan, b. 1753, m. Sarah Jones, d. after 1810 in Prince Co., Prince Edward Island.
5. John, b. 1756, mentioned in his maternal grandfather's will, remained in the USA to become a judge in the United States Supreme Court.
6. Elvin, b. 1760.
7. Thomas, b. 1762, m. Margaret Secord, d. 27 Nov 1844 in Hampton, Kings Co., New Brunswick.

Sources

• Holman, Winifred Lovering. Palmer of Westchester, The American Genealogist (1950) Vol. 26, Page 172.
• longislandsurnames
• FamilySearch
• The Palmer Brothers in the Chignecto, Helen M. Petchley.

DNA

• Paternal and Maternal relationships are both confident based on a triangulated group on GEDmatch who share a 19.3 cM segment on chromosome 7, consisting of Greg Ross, GEDmatch kit # M381357, and Christopher Sheridan, his 6th cousin 3x removed, GEDmatch kit # UY7157231, and BB, his 5th cousin 1x removed, GEDmatch kit # SG5551857. (Christopher and BB are 5th cousins 3x removed.) Their most-recent common ancestors are John Palmer and Rebecca Baxter, the 6x great grandparents of Henry Ross and 8x great grandparents of Christopher Sheridan and 5x great grandparents of BB.