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Hannah Martha Palmer (Bowlby)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Springfield, Union County, New Jersey
Death: circa 1810 (71-80)
Rowan County, North Carolina, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of John M. Bowlby and Mary Bowlby
Wife of Edmund Palmer
Mother of Hannah Hart; Mary Daily; Betty Palmer; Phillip Palmer; Sarah Smith and 8 others
Sister of John Bowlby, Jr; Captain Samuel Bowlby; Thomas Bowlby; Sarah Coleman; Samuel Bowlby and 3 others
Half sister of Edward Bowlby; John Bowlby and Richard Bowlby

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Immediate Family

About Hannah Martha Palmer


In 1756 when Edmond Palmer was 21, he married Hannah Martha BOWLBY, daughter of John BOWLBY (bef 19 Dec 1703-between 7 Dec 1779 and 31 Dec 1782) & Mary Laning MERCER (1700-1779), in Springfield, Union Co., NJ. Born in 1734 in North Petherton, Somerset, England.3 At the age of 76, Hannah Martha died in Rowan Co, North Carolina aft 1810.

Edmond PALMER, Son. Born in 1735 in North Petherton, Somerset, England. At the age of 85, Edmond died in Rowan Co, North Carolina in Feb 1820.

His children were identified in his last will and testament:

  1. Hannah Palmer. Married James Briggs.
  2. Mary Palmer. Married William Daily.
  3. James Palmer
  4. John Palmer
  5. Sarah Palmer. Married Alexander Smith.
  6. Phillip Palmer
  7. Ruhannah Palmer. Married Abraham Pippenger.

Will: From "Our Bowlby Kin Vol. 1" by June Barekman: "Will of Edmond Palmer, Rowan County, North Carolina, Will Book H, p. 33

  • "In the name of God Amen! I, Edmond Palmer of Rowan County, of the State of North Carolina, being in good health of body and of perfect mind and memory and calling to mind the mortality of my body and knowing there is appointed unto all men once to die, do constitute this my last will and testament, principally and first of all, I give my soul into the hands of Almighty God, who gave it, my body to be intered at the discretion of my executors not doubting but at the general resurrection, I shall receive the form again by the mighty power of God - and so touching such worldly estate as it has pleased God to bless me in this life, which I give and devise and dispose of in the following maner and form, that is to say.
  • First: I give and bequeath my well beloved daughter, Hannah, the whole of my land, that I am possesed with.
  • "Second: I give and bequeath to my well beloved grandson, Edmond Palmer, and Bowlby Palmer, sons of James Palmer, Edmond Briggs, son of James Briggs, the sum of five dollars each to be raised off my goods and chattels.
  • "Third: I will and bequeath to my well beloved wife Hannah Martha Palmer, all and singular of my estate, real and personal during her natural life.
  • "Fourth: and lastly of all my will is that after the death of my wife, all the personal part of my estate, that is then remaining be sold and equally divided among my beloved children, namely Sarah, Phillip and Ruhanna, and Hannah, and John B.,
  • and my will is that my well beloved son James have his share
  • and likewise my will is that my beloved daughter Mary have forty shillings only for her dowry,
  • further I do hereby constitute and appoint my two sons James and John to be my executors,
  • so this my last will and testament, have all other former wills and testaments by me if made, ratifying and confirming this and no other to be my last will and testament whereof I have herewith set my hand and seal this fourth day of October, in the year of our Lord, One thousand eight hundred and ten,
  • Signed sealed in the presence of, Who in the presents of each other, have hereunto set our hands. Witnessed: John Dobbins Jacob Skiles (Signed) Edmond Palmer (Seal)

Rowan County February Sessions 1820 I hereby certify that the within will was duly proven in open Court by the oath of John Dobbins recorded registered in Book H. Page 33. [signature illegible].


Origins

Named in her father’s 1779 will:

http://www.bowlbyfamily.org/ancestor/d44.htm#P44

106. John M. BOWLBY Sr. (522)(6) (523) (7)(8) Photo was born before 19 Dec 1703 in probably Mansfield Woodhouse, Nottinghamshire, England. (524) He was christened on 19 Dec 1703 in Parish of Barlborough, County Derby, England.(525) He signed a will on 7 Dec 1779

I also will and order that my daughter Hanah Palmer's son Philip Palmer half an acre and I also order her daughter Mary Daley half an acre and also her daughter Sarah Palmer half an acre and also her daughter Ruhannah Palmer half and acre and I also order that my daughter Sarah Coleman's Mary Coleman half an acre and also my daughter Hannah Palmer's daughter Hannah Palmer half an acre.


References

  1. WikiTree contributors, "Hannah Martha (Bowlby) Palmer (abt.1736-abt.1810)," WikiTree: The Free Family Tree, (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Bowlby-19 : accessed 06 June 2024).
  2. WikiTree contributors, "Edmond Edward Palmer (abt.1731-1820)," WikiTree: The Free Family Tree, (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Palmer-1724 : accessed 06 June 2024).
  3. https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LV5G-DNN
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Hannah Martha Palmer's Timeline

1734
1734
Springfield, Union County, New Jersey
1755
1755
Hopewell, Hunterdon County, Province of New Jersey
1757
December 23, 1757
North Petherton, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
1759
1759
England, United Kingdom
1759
Probably Hopewell, Hunterdon County, Province of New Jersey
1761
1761
Probably Hopewell, Hunterdon County, Province of New Jersey
1762
1762
Probably Hopewell, Hunterdon County, Province of New Jersey
1764
1764
Probably Hopewell, Hunterdon County, Province of New Jersey
1766
1766
Probably Hopewell, Hunterdon County, Province of New Jersey