Jonathan Palmer (1753 - aft. 1811)

Born 1753 in Westchester Town, Westchester, New York Colony

Ancestors

Son of Philip Palmer and Sarah (Hunt) Palmer

Descendants

Died after 1811 after age 58 in Prince, Prince Edward Island

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Biography

Jonathan was born in 1753. He was a Loyalist, and was granted 100 Acres in Lot 19, Prince Edward Island.

In 1798, Jonathan was residing in Lot 19 - Bedeque Bay with a family consisting of 3 males under 16, 2 males 16-60, 2 females under 16, 1 female 16-60, total 8 in family.^[1]

According to An Island Refuge, he married (1) Sarah Jones and (2) Loretta Palmer.^{[2] [3]}

He passed away after 1810.

Sources

1. ↑ 1798 St. John's Island Heads of Household Census
2. ↑ An Island Refuge Loyalists and Disbanded Troops on the Island of Saint John, ed by Orlo Jones and Doris Haslam, Abegweit Branch of the United Empire Loyalists Association of Canada 1983 Mrs Sarah Palmer and Jonathan Palmer, pg 203
3. ↑ License Cash Books of the Colonial Secretary of Prince Edward Island, by Elizabeth Glen, PEIGS, pg 4

• Records in possession of H Greg Ross

• Unsourced family history entitled The Descendants of Jonathan Palmer on the Island Register website.

DNA Confirmation

• Paternal relationship is confirmed 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.