Capt Ichabod Palmer, Sr.

Biography
Ichabod Palmer was the third child of Ann Denison & Gershom Palmer. According to the Palmer Groups reference source he and his brother Gershom both were baptized in Stonington, Connecticut, on the same day, however the date was 9 (not 2) September 1677. [1] The date of his birth is not certain.

Note: Though Ichabod and Gershom are often said to have been twins (possibly as an extrapolation from their coincident baptismal date), there is no reason to suppose that they were twins. The Palmer Groups reference states that Gershom was born in 1672, five years before his baptism. It was not particularly unusual for several siblings of various ages to be baptized at the same time. The record of the boys' baptisms by Rev. James Noyes, minister of the Stonington church from 1674 to 1719, fails to identify them as twins. In contrast, Rev. Noyes's baptisms of Elihu and Elisha Chesebrough (1694) and of Josiah and Joseph Witter (1698), are recorded such as to explicitly identify both pairs as twins (Richard Anson Wheeler, History of the First Congregational Church, Stonington, Conn., 1674–1874 [Norwich, Conn., 1875], 195, 199, 201).[1]

Ichabod Palmer married HANNAH PALMER, his first cousin, in Stonington, presumably not long after intentions were published 4 July 1697 [2]. They had six children, the last baptized in Stonington 15 May 1715.

On 12 May 1720, the Connecticut General Assembly confirmed Ichabod Palmer as captain of Stonington's 3rd militia company [3]

Ichabod Palmer died in Stonington not in 1752, as is so often repeated online, but between 8 May 1646 (the date of his will) and 8 May 1649 (when witnesses made oath authenticating it [that the dates are exactly three years apart is not a typo]) [4] His death most likely occurred in the latter year.

Sources
↑ Stonington First Congregational Church Records, 1:27 digitization of FHL film 5614 at FamilySearch.org
↑ The Diary of Manasseh Minor, Stonington, Conn., 1696–1720 n.p., 1915, p. 24, “July 1697 . . . 4 icabod palmor published"
↑ Charles J. Hoadly, ed., The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut, from May 1717 to October 1725 Hartford, 1872, VI: 174).
↑ New London District Probate, File 3910 digitization of FHL film 1025038 at FamilySearch.org
Wheeler, Richard Anson. History of the Town of Stonington, County of New London, Connecticut, p. 510, 513 no. 33: https://archive.org/stream/historyoftownofs00whee_1#page/n535/mode/1up
Palmer Groups (1901-1905); Leavitt, E. W.; Palmer, L. M.; p. 53, no. 50: https://archive.org/details/palmergroupsjoh00leavgoog/page/n66/mode...
Denison Genealogy: Ancestors and Descendants of Captain George Denison; E. Glenn Denison, Josephine M. Peck and Donald L. Jacobus; Gateway Press, Inc. Baltimore, MD 1993 [Originally published, Pequot Press 1963; Reprinted, Baltimore, MD 1978, 1982, 1993], no. 40: https://archive.org/details/denisongenealogy00deni/page/3/mode/1up

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Palmer-185

HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF STONINGTON, County of New London, Connecticut, from its first settlement in 1649 to 1900, by Richard Anson Wheeler, New London, CT, 1900, p. 510, 513

Wife is first cousin In Oct 1707, Ichabod Palmer was a deputy to the General Court from Stonington. He was confirmed a Lieutenant of the second company in Stonington in Oct 1715. In May 1720, he was confirmed Captain of the third company in Stonington.

It is interesting to note that:

Ichabod married his 1st cousin Hannah Palmer in Stonington, the daughter of Nehemiah Palmer and Anna 'Hannah' Lord (Stanton).

Both Ichabod and his wife shared the same grandfather = Walter Palmer born c. 1585.

Ichabod's father Gershom was Hannah's father's brother = Nehemiah.* Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Jun 22 2019, 16:05:07 UTC

GEDCOM Source

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GEDCOM Source

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