Mary Mehitable (Palmer) Foss (1819 - 1898)

Born 12 Nov 1819 in Wakefield, Carroll, New Hampshire, USA

Ancestors

Wife of Joel Foss — married 8 Apr 1841 in Weston, Aroostook, Maine, United States

Descendants

Died 8 Jan 1898 at age 78 in Danforth, Washington, Maine, United States

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Biography

Descendant of John Tilley - Mayflower Pilgrim.

Descendant of John Howland - Mayflower Pilgrim.

Descendant of John Winthrop - Founder of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.

Descendant of Maj. Barnabas Palmer - Patriot.

Descendant of Col. Jonathan Palmer - Patriot.

When Mary M Palmer was born on 12 November 1819, in Wakefield, Carroll, New Hampshire, United States, her father, Jonathan Palmer, was 34 and her mother, Mary Mehitable Watson, was 33. She married Joel Foss on 22 March 1841, in Weston, Aroostook, Maine, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Weston, Aroostook, Maine, United States for about 20 years. She died on 18 January 1898, in Danforth, Washington, Maine, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Hilltop Cemetery, Danforth, Washington, Maine, United States.

• Fact: Residence (1850) Weston, Aroostook, Maine
• Fact: Residence (1860) Weston, Aroostook, Maine, United States
• Fact: Residence (1870) Weston, Aroostook, Maine, United States
• Fact: Burial (January 1898) Hilltop Cemetery, Danforth, Washington, Maine, United States

Sources

• Maine Marriages, 1771-1907", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4X3-TYL : 14 January 2020), Mary Palmer in entry for Joel Foss, 1841.[1]
• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 24 May 2021, 22:57), entry for Mary M Palmer (PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LC5P-K88 ); contributed by various users.
• "Maine, Faylene Hutton Cemetery Collection, ca. 1780-1990," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKMB-BYDJ : 16 April 2015), Mary M Foss, 1898; citing Burial, Danforth, Washington, Maine, United States, Maine State Library, Augusta; FHL microfilm 1,769,532.
• Mary M Foss: 1850 United States Federal Census; Birth: Circa 1819 - New Hampshire; Residence: 1850 - Maine; Schedule: Schedule; Husband (implied): Joel Children (implied): Joseph P. Foss and names of 3 more children.
• Maine, Death Records, 1617-1922 - Maine State Archives; Cultural Building, 84 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333-0084; 1892-1907 Vital Records; Roll Number: 20
• Find A Grave: Memorial #117154861