Born in Flushing, Queens, New York Province
Ancestors 
Daughter of John Palmer
and Bridget (Clarke) Palmer
Sister of
Alice Elsje (Baxter) Hunt [half], Thomas Baxter [half], Mary (Palmer) Doughty and Bridget (Palmer) Griffin
Wife of
Thomas Farrington
— married
about 1685 in Flushing, Long Island, New York Province
Wife of
James Clement
— married
about 1700 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Died after
after age 35
[location unknown]
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Biography
Birth
Abigail was born to John and Bridget Clarke Baxter Palmer in Newtown, Long Island in about 1667.
Marriages
Abigail Palmer married, first, Thomas Farrington in Newtown perhaps about 1685, certainly before 1692.[1]
Thomas died in 1699. In his will, dated 22 May 1699, proved 21 Sep 1699, Thomas Farrington of Flushing, NY, names wife Abigail, daughters Elizabeth, Bridget and Abigail. Son Thomas to have 60 acres with the house and orchard. To Son Benjamin 40 pounds when of age. Son Robert 48 acres at the side of the highway and he is to pay Benjamin 40 pounds. Probate . Abstracts of Early Wills of Queens County, New York, Recorded in Libers A and C of Deeds. [2]
Abigail Palmer Farrington then married James Clement, as his second wife, in Long Island. The couple declared their intentions on 3 Oct. 1700.[3]
Children
Abigail and Thomas Farrington had, in Flushing or Newtown:[4]
- Elizabeth
- Bridget
- Thomas
- Robert
- Benjamin b. after 1679
- Abigail, b. about 1683, m. Thomas Oakley before 1718
- The 1976 Farrington genealogy claims that Abigail married Thomas Hedger 22 Feb 1714.[5]
Abigail and James Clement had at least one child:
- Jane, b. 1702, married Thomas Haviland in 1733.
Name
- Abigail Palmer
Sources
- ↑ Torrey, Clarence, New England Marriages prior to 1700, .p. 259
- ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/48331/LongIslandSrcRec-001992-137/295736 Abstracts of Early Wills of Queens County, New York, Recorded in Libers A and C of Deeds.]
- ↑ Torrey, Clarence, New England Marriages prior to 1700, .p. 161
- ↑ per the will of Thomas, cited above
- ↑ The Farringtons, colonists and patriots; descendants of John of Dedham, Massachusetts, Edmund of Lynn, Massachusetts, Edward of Flushing, N.Y., (1976), p 134
- Holman, Winifred Lovering. Palmer of Westchester, The American Genealogist (1950) Vol. 26, Page 102.
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