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About Abigail Palmer
Abigail was a descendant (great grand daughter) of Reverend John Robinson, pastor of the 1620 Mayflower Pilgrims at Leiden, Netherlands, and his wife Bridget White.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Robinson_(pastor)
Abigail Robinson, eldest dau. of Peter Robinson Sr. and second wife Experience Lumbert, b. Aug. 5, 1701 at Tisbury on Martha's Vineyard (Dukes County), Mass. She d. Dec. 29, 1765 at Windham, Conn.
On Sept. 30, 1725 at Windham, Conn., Abigail m. Elihu Palmer, b. Jan. 19, 1699/700 at Rehoboth, Mass., s. of Jonah Palmer, Jr. and Elizabeth Kendrick. He was the gr. grandson of Walter Palmer late of Stonington, Conn., the Palmer family's immigrant ancestor. Elihu d. July 22, 1764 at Windham.
Abigail Robinson and Elihu Palmer had seven children. By virtue of their marriage, a number of Palmer-Robinson marriages ensued at Windham in later generations either as a first marriage between cousins or after the first spouse died.
The children of Elihu Palmer and Abigail Robinson, b. of record at Windham, Conn.,
The children of Elihu Palmer and Abigail Robinson, b. of record at Windham, Conn., are:
• i. Amasa Palmer, b. July 13, 1726 (bapt. Aug. 28); d. Apr. 30, 1727 and is interred with his maternal gr.mother at Palmertown Cemetery at Scotland, Conn. (see his g.s.)
• ii. Elihu Palmer, Jr., b. Feb. 9, 1727/8 (bapt. Feb. 18); m. Lois Foster at Windham, Conn. on Aug. 11, 1752. Twelve children of the family.
• iii. Abigail Palmer, b. Jan. 9, 1729/30 (bapt. Jan. 11); d. young Mar. 12, 1729/30.
• iv. Capt. Jonah Palmer, b. July 23, 1731; d Apr. 12, 1802 at Windham; m. his 1st cousin Abiah Robinson at the Scotland Soc. Chh., then in Windham, Oct. 31, 1754, dau. of Ens. Thomas and Anna Robinson. Nine children of the family.
• v. Abigail Palmer, b. Mar. 25, 1733 (bapt. Apr. 1); d. Sept. 25, 1774 (see her g.s.); m. Nov. 13, 1755 at Windham her 1st cousin Peter Robinson, 3rd. Six children of the family.
• vi. Rhoda Palmer, b. Sept. 6, 1735 (bapt. Sept. 14); d. young in March 1736.
• vii. Amasa Palmer, b. Aug. 29, 1737 (bapt. Sept. 4); m. May 13, 1762 at Windham, Abigail Lasell, dau. of Capt James Lasell and Patience Delano, b. Apr. 5, 1732 at Tolland, Conn. Two known children of the family, but probably others not currently known to the memorialist.
Links
- https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/43473992/abigail-palmer
- https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/43712177/elihu-palmer
Abigail died a widow, her will is dated Jan. 13, 1772. She is not mentioned in her father's will.
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