Martin Palmer, of King William County

Not a known child of Thomas Palmer of Shirley Hundred Island & Joane Palmer.

Martin Palmer of King William County with wife Mary appear first in 1653 with Joseph Croshaw as patentee. Martin was born about 1625 in England. He soon became quite important in the colony and as patentee brought over a large number of persons. In 1658 he received a grant of 1300 acres in New Kent County and again other grants in 1661 and 1665 for transporting persons. His wife Mary died and he married three more times and died about 1702, leaving, as far as we can ascertain, one son, Martin Palmer Jr., whose birth is given as 1660.

Capt Martin Palmer was married four times.

1. His first wife was Mary, whom he married in England and who died sometime before Feb. 26, 1667/68.
2. His second wife was [NOT] Rachel Jones, whom he had married by Feb., 26, 1667/68, and she was the daughter of Rice (or Reece) Jones and widow of Capt. Richard Croshaw. [NO. The widow of Richard Croshaw and wife of Martin Palmer was called Elizabeth. It seems Rachel is more likely the daughter of Elizabeth [Unknown] and Richard Croshaw & that she married Rice Jones)
3. His third wife was the widow of Capt. William Cobbs (or Corben) [SIC: CORKER] whom he had married by Jan. 14, 1667/68.
4. His fourth wife was the widow of Dr. Thomas Robins, who he had married by Feb. 24, 1678/79.

biography

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Martin Palmer of King William County with wife Mary appear first in 1653 with Joseph Croshaw as patentee. Martin was born about 1625 in England. He soon became quite important in the colony and as patentee brought over a large number of persons. In 1658 he received a grant of 1300 acres in New Kent County and again other grants in 1661 and 1665 for transporting persons. His wife Mary died and he married three more times and died about 1702, leaving, as far as we can ascertain, one son, Martin Palmer Jr., whose birth is given as 1660. Martin Sr. was called Captain and later Major, and is first found in the records of York Co. , then Kent Co., and later in King William Co. bout probably resided all of the time in King William Co. as this county was taken from New Kent and New Kent from York Co.

Clark, OLD KING WILLIAM HOMES AND FAMILIES, p.

(14) The Palmer Plantation

In 1653 major Joseph Croshaw of York County was granted a tract of landing New Kent County which lay next to the Cheemockins along Black Creek, had the names of Martin Palmer and Mary, his wife, were named among those transported.

The Palmers and the Croshaws were, in many ways, connected by family tie sand by business relations. Marti Palmer married Elizabeth, widow of Richard Croshaw, for his second wife.

Major Martin Palmer was listed among the Military Officers in New Kent County in 1680. He was then probably living in Pamunkey Neck.

On April 20, 1682, Capt. Martin Palmer was granted 1500 acres of land in Romanock Neck, within the bounds of Major Croshaw's Dividend, which invested the area between the West Plantation , Chelsea, and Bull Swamp; the Mattapony River and the back line of Romanoke Dividend, which was then owned by Major William Claiborne, Jr.

Martin Palmer and Elizabeth, his wife, conveyed to John Quarles, in 170,100 acres of land lying in the fork between Bull Swamp and the Mattapony River. John Quarles had married Jane; daughter of Captain Roger Mallory.

This tract of land, which was conveyed to John Quarles, was found to be within the bounds of t he land given to Captain Nathaniel West by his family, Col. John West, and the Quarles family vacated the land and moved to a tract which had belonged to the Mallorys near Mattapony Indian Town.

Cap[tain Martin Palmer died before December 19, 1702, when his son, Martin Palmer Gent: Executor of Captain Marti Palmer, deceased brought suit against one William Knight. Elizabeth Palme r, wife of Captain Martin Palmer, gave power of attorney to Thomas West, to relinquish her fight of dower in the land.

Several generations of the Palmer family lived on this plantation and they maintained a seat , most likely, at the site of the present dwelling called "Kentuckie."

At some date before 1742, Martin Palmer and his brother, Roger Palmer, conveyed a part of the land to Col. Augustine Moore and, by the same record, it is known that James Richeson had established his home on that part called Kentuckie. These facts are written in the last will o f Col. Augustine Moore in 1742.

(14a) The Palmer Family.

Captain Martin Palmer, when he came to Virginia in 1653, hd a wife named Mary and a daughter , Mary.

After 1667, when Richard Croshaw died in York County, his widow, Elizabeth, who was born Eliabeth Mallory [NO] married for her second husband, Capt. martin Palmer.

The Palmers were established in Pamunkey Neck before 1680 when CaptainMartin Palmer was listed in the roll of the military in New Kent County.

[The 2nd] Captain Martin Palmer and Elizabeth, his wife, had seven children: Martin, Roger, Thomas, Char les, Jeffery, Elizabeth, who married first, Mr. Butler and second, Robert Chandler, and Lucy who married James Powers.

Capt. Martin Palmer was a prominent man in King William County. He was named in the First Commission of Justices for the County and had a son, Martin Palmer Junior who was a vestryman i n St. Johns Parish.

Captain Martin Palmer died in 1702 and his son, Martin Junior, was executor of his will. Hi s wife, Elizabeth Palmer, gave a power of attorney to Captain Thomas West, to relinquish her life interest in the land.

Martin Palmer, Junior, died around 1720, and his son Roger Palmer, the third, appears to have been the grantor with his uncle Roger Palmer, in deeding the land to Col. Augustine Moore.

Roger Palmer, the son of Captain Martin and Elizabeth, his wife died in1758, and he had two sons: William Palmer and Jeffrey Palmer.
http://www.southern-style.com/PALMER.htm

From http://www.genealogy.com/ftm/m/a/r/Dianne-K-Martinez-OK/WEBSITE-000...

Martin Palmer (son of Thomas Palmer and Joane Jordan) was born September 12, 1625 in London England, and died 1702 in Pamunkey Neck, King William Co., VA.He married Mary Unknown.

• Marriage 1 Mary b: ABT 1625 in England Married: BEF 1653 in England
• Marriage 2 Rachel (Jones) Croshaw Married: bef Feb. 1667/1668
• Marriage 3 Corker Married: BEF 1677/1678 in York County, Virginia
• Marriage 4 Robins Married: 24 FEB 1678/1679 in York Co., Virginia

KATHRYN BROWN BOOK. "Also called Capt. Martin Palmer in earlier records. He came to America with his wife Mary _____ and daughter Mary, to York Co., Virginia in 1653, with Joseph Croshaw as patentee. York County had been formed as an original Shire in 1634. Major Palmer died about 1702 in King and Queen County or King William County, Virginia (County names were changing that year). He willed his land ("Kentuckie") to his son Martin Palmer Jr. (William and Mary Quarterly).

Children of Martin Palmer and Mary Unknown are:

1. Mary, married John Key
2. Martin Jr, married Elizabeth Mallory

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From http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~palmerpaths/pg6814.html

Martin was evidently married 4 times, as appears by the following records:

(1) On June 25, 1677, Capt. Martin Palmer was appointed administrator of the estate of Benjamin Croshaw, son of Capt. Richard Croshaw, deceased, in the right of said Martin Palmer's wife, Rachel, youngest daughter of Mr. Rice (or Reece) Jones and relict of said Capt. Richard Croshaw (Vol DW-6, p. 95). Evidently Benjamin Croshaw had died more than a year previous, for on Dec. 24 1675, Capt. Martin Palmer was ordered by the court not to remove any of the estate in the County of York "till such time as he shall have given security for the orphans of Benjamin Croshaw" (Vol. DW-6, p. 30) Martin's first wife Mary evidently had died shortly before this date.

(2) On January 14, 1667/8, Capt. Martin Palmer was appointed administrator of the estate of Capt. William Cobbs (or Corben), deceased, "as intermarrying with the relict of the said Capt. Cobbs," and Daniel Parke, Esq. was security on his bond (Vol. DW-6, p. 26)

(3) On February 24, 1678/9, Capt. Martin Palmer was a plaintiff against John Hallum in an action from which it appeared that Palmer had married the Administratrix of Dr. Thomas Robins and subsequent thereto (cont. on page 6820)

Page 6820(cont.)

His accounts as Administrator were examined by the court, "as marrying the Administratrix of Thomas Robins" (Vol. DW-6, pp. 45, 69,78).

His first wife was Mary, whom he married in England and who died sometime before Feb. 26, 1867/68. His second wife was Rachel Jones, whom he had married by Feb., 26, 1667/68, and she was the daughter of Rice (or Reece) Jones and widow of Capt. Richard Croshaw. His third wife was the widow of Capt. William Cobbs (or Corben), whom he had married by Jan. 14, 1667/68. His fourth wife was the widow of Dr. Thomas Robins, who he had married by Feb. 24, 1678/79.

From https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=37303067

Mary Palmer

• Father: Martin Palmer.
• Mother: Rachel Jones.
• Spouse: Martin Key Married: 1692 in Virginia

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from page 124 of Tyler's Quarterly Historical and Genealogical Magazine, Volumes 1-2 edited by Lyon Gardiner Tyler

Page 289. Palmer vs Word: Oct. Court, 1738.

In detinue for slaves upon a special verdict. The pltf's mother, when she married his father Martin Palmer deed, was possessed of Bridget and several other slaves &c. Palmer died before his wife in 1717 & by his will devised Bridget &c to his other children. The wife afterwards married the defendant, and in 1721 an action of detinue was brought in King and Queen Ct. in the name of the pit., his brothers and sisters, by their next friends Martin and Roger Palmer agts the defendant and his then wife as one of the extors of said testator, for Bridget and the other slaves devised to them. Verdict for defendant. Judgment in General Court for the defendant. (In the York Co. Records there is this entry: "December 10, 1676. It is the opinion of the Court about the estate of Benjamin Croshaw deed, sonne of Capt. Richard Croshaw dee'd. that Capt Martin Palmer as intermarrying with the relict of the said Capt. Croshaw deed to have administration in right of Rachel youngest daughter, & Mr. Rice Jones, in right of his wife, on the said Benjamin his estate." On January 14, 1677 (78) a commission of administration was granted to Capt. Martin Palmer "as intermarrying with the relict of Capt. Wm. Corker deed.")

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Birth seen as Birth: September 12, 1625 Knowstone, Devon, England (United Kingdom) without supporting evidence.

References

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