Ephraim Palmer, Sr.

Biography

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Palmer-1989

Ephraim was born in 1642.[citation needed] He was the son of William Palmer and Judith ____.

about 1668 Ephraim Palmer married Sarah Messenger [1][2]

"Sarah Messenger, b. say 1648; m. (1) ca. 1668 Ephraim Palmer of Greenwich, who d., prob. at Stratford, as the probate file for an Ephraim Palmer of Stratford contains an inventory saying he died 19 April 1684, leaving a widow Sarah, seven children, and land"[1][2]

Origins

William Palmer and Judith Feake had 7 children (1st 5 born at Yarmouth, Plymouth Colony; youngest 2 born at Middleboro (later Newtown) in Long Island, Province of New York):

Ephraim Palmer b: ABT 1642. Married Sarah Messenger.

References

1. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Palmer-1649 Shows Ephraim b 1648 at Wethersfield as son of Henry Palmer of Wethersfield
2. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Palmer-1989
   1. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 152. 1998. Page 363.
   2. Torrey, Clarence Almon. New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1985. Page 553.

Mead, Daniel M., A History of the Town of Greenwich, Fairfield County, Conn. (Baker & Godwin, New York, 1857) Page 66: "27 Proprietors of 1672"
Holman, Winifred Lovering. Palmer of Westchester, The American Genealogist (1950) Vol. 26, Page 184.

1. #"Genealogies of Long Island Families, From New York Genealogical & Biographical Record", Ancestry.com online (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1987), 1: 406-407. Rec. Date: 29 Jan 2016.
   1. "Genealogical Publishing Co.; Baltimore, MD, USA; Volume Title: New England Marriages Prior to 1700" [1]
   2. Connecticut State Library (Hartford, Connecticut); Probate Place: Hartford, Connecticut; Probate Packets, Osborn, Gershom-Penifield, J, 1648-1880