Elijah Palmer (1766 - 1834)

Born 18 Mar 1766 in Stonington, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Grant) Palmer — married 14 Nov 1791 in Stonington, Connecticut

Died 22 May 1834 at age 68 in Columbus, New York

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Biography

Elijah Palmer, born 18 Mar 1766 @ Stonington, Connecticut, was the fourth child of Mary Chesebrough & Nehemiah Palmer.

He married 14 Nov 1791 @ Stonington, Connecticut, Mary Grant. They removed from Stonington to Columbus, then Brookfield, New York. There were several children of this family.

Elijah Palmer died about 22 May 1834 at Columbus, New York.

Sources

• Anna Chesebrough Wildey, Genealogy of the Descendants of William Chesebrough, Founder of Stonington, Ct., (New York: Press of T. A. Wright 1903), page 327. Source: Larry Chesebro'. http://chesebro.net

• National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution, Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage, (various by volume (1-152) to 1938, NSDAR, 1776 D. Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20006-5392), Volume 126, page 127, DAR ID Number: 125383. Source: Larry Chesebro'. http://chesebro.net

• Palmer Groups (1901-1905); Leavitt, E. W.; Palmer, L. M.; p. 123, no. 782: https://archive.org/details/palmergroupsjoh00leavgoog/page/n136/mode/1up

• Wheeler, Richard Anson. History of the Town of Stonington, County of New London, Connecticut, p. 402, no. 42: https://archive.org/stream/historyoftownofs00whee_1#page/n424/mode/1up

• The Grant Family (1898), p. 41: https://archive.org/details/grantfamilygenea00gran/page/n41/mode/1up