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Jonah Palmer, Sr.

Also Known As: "Jonas"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: of, London, Middlesex, England (United Kingdom)
Death: June 22, 1709 (91)
Rehoboth, Bristol County, Province of Massachusetts
Place of Burial: unknown
Immediate Family:

Son of Walter Palmer of Stonington and unknown Palmer
Husband of Elizabeth Palmer and Abigail Palmer
Father of Samuel Palmer; Jonah Palmer, Jr.; Mary Daggett; Martha Titus; Grace Carpenter and 2 others
Brother of Grace Minor; John Palmer, Immigrant; William Palmer; Gershom Palmer and Elizabeth Chapman
Half brother of Hannah Fish; George Palmer; Gov. Nehemiah Palmer; Moses Palmer, Sr.; Benjamin Palmer and 5 others

Managed by: Henn Sarv
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About Jonah Palmer, Sr.

Jonah Palmer (No. 5) came with his father to this country in 1628; lived in Charlestown until 1657, when he married Elizabeth Grissell, May 3, 1655. and moved soon after to Rehoboth, where he remained the rest of his life. He married 2d, Abigail Titus.

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. 508


https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Massachusetts_Bay_Colony The Massachusetts Bay Colony was an English settlement on the east coast of America in the 17th century around the Massachusetts Bay.

https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/950218/massachusetts-massachusetts-col... "Massachusetts Bay" vs "Massachusetts Bay Colony" or "Province of Massachusetts Bay”.


Jonah Palmer

  • Birth: unknown
  • Death: Jun. 22, 1709 Rehoboth Bristol County Massachusetts, USA

Family links:

  • Parents: Walter Palmer (1585 - 1661) & 1st wife Palmer (____ - 1633)
  • Spouses: 1) Elizabeth Griswold Palmer (1636 - 1691) 2) Abigail Carpenter Titus Palmer (1629 - 1710)
  • Children: Mary Palmer Daggett (1663 - 1757) Calculated relationship
  • Burial: Unknown Specifically: Unknown Edit Virtual Cemetery info [ ?]
  • Created by: Ed PoulinRecord added: Apr 25, 2010 Find A Grave Memorial# 51585981

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Jonah Palmer Memorial

Birth: Nov. 17, 1617, England Death: Jun. 22, 1709 Rehoboth Bristol County Massachusetts, USA

Family links:

Parents:

  • Walter Palmer (1585 - 1661)
  • Anna Elizabeth Horne Palmer (____ - 1633)

Spouses:

  • Elizabeth Grisell Palmer (1636 - 1692)
  • Abigail Carpenter Titus Palmer (1629 - 1710)*

Children:

  • Hannah Palmer French (1657 - 1736)*
  • Mary Palmer Daggett (1663 - 1757)*

Siblings:

  • John Palmer (____ - 1677)*
  • Grace Palmer Minor (1608 - 1690)*
  • Jonah Palmer (1617 - 1709)
  • Hannah Palmer Fish (1634 - 1681)**
  • Elihu Palmer (1635 - 1665)**
  • Nehemiah Palmer (1637 - 1717)**
  • Moses Palmer (1640 - 1701)**
  • Benjamin Palmer (1642 - 1716)**
  • Gershom Palmer (1644 - 1718)**
  • Rebecca Palmer Baldwin (1646 - 1713)**
  • Calculated relationship
    • Half-sibling

Burial: Unknown Specifically: Unknown

Created by: Ed Poulin Record added: Apr 25, 2010 Find A Grave Memorial# 51585981


GEDCOM Note

Puritan Great Migration

Biography

Jonah Palmer, son of Walter Palmer and his first wife (Unknown), wasprobably born in England about 1621. <ref name="GMB"/> He married first at Rehoboth, 3 May 1655 Elizabeth Grisell. <ref name="GMB"/> Jonah married 2nd at Rehoboth, 9 Nov 1692, Abigail (Carpenter) Titus, daughter of William Carpenter, and widow of John Titus. <ref name="GMB"/>

Name

Name: Jonah PALMER <ref name="GMB"/><ref name="Leavitt"/> <ref>Source: #S-2009482853 Ancestry Family Trees</ref>

Birth

Birth: "JONAH, b. say 1621" <ref name="GMB"/> This source goes on to say on page 283, that Jonah could have been born anytime in the nextyears.

Parents: Walter Palmer and Unknown

Marriages

He married Elizabeth Grisell 3 May 1655 at Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts.<ref name="GMB"/>: "PALMER Jona and -, May 3, 1655." <ref>Vital records of Rehoboth, 1642-1896, page 276</ref>:

Jonah and Elizabeth (Grissell) Palmer had seven children: Hannah, Samuel, Jonas, Mary, Elizabeth, Martha, and Grace.<ref name="Leavitt"/>

He married, 9 Nov 1692 at Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, Abigail Carpenter.<ref name="GMB"/>

"JONAH, b. say 1621; m. (1) Rehoboth 3 May 1655 Elizabeth Grisell (marriage record does not give bride's name [ReVR 276]; on 9 November 1655 "Jonas Palmer and Elizabeth Palmer of Rehoboth" sold to William Bullard, for a consideration part of which was to be paid to "Hannah Grissell daughter of Francis Grissell of Charlestown aforenamed deceased," land in Charlestown "by the last will and testament of the said Francis Grissell deceased given and bequeathed unto the said Elizabeth Palmer" [MLR 1:152-53; Wyman 447]); m. (2) Rehoboth 9 November 1692 Abigail (Carpenter) Titus [ReVR 276], daughter of William Carpenter and widow of John Titus [TAG 70:198-200, 204]. <ref name="GMB">The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-33, page 1382</ref>

Will

Jonah Palmer named all seven of his children in his will, and named some of his daughters by their married names of Grace Carpenter, Hannah French, and Mary Doggett<ref name="Leavitt"/>

He also named the following grandchildren: Samuel Palmer, son of Samuel, Jonathan and Joseph Titus, Stephen, Lydia and Gershom Carpenter.<ref name="Leavitt"/>

Death

Death: 22 Jun 1709, Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts <ref>Vital records of Rehoboth, 1642-1896, Deaths, page 858</ref><ref>Source: #S211 </ref><ref name="Leavitt">Groups of Palmer families from Walter Palmer of Charlestown and Rehoboth, Mass., Stonington, Conn, Leavitt and Palmer (1901), pages 22-24</ref>

Sources

  • The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010), (Originally Published as: New England Historic Genealogical Society. Robert Charles Anderson, The GreatMigration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III,3 vols., 1995). Walter Palmer, page 1379 - 1383
  • Groups of Palmer families from Walter Palmer of Charlestown and Rehoboth, Mass., Stonington, Conn, database online, atFamily History Books, by Emily Wilder Leavitt, and Noyes Fink Palmer, (Boston, David Clapp & son, 1901), published by TUTTLE ANTIQUARIAN BOOKS, INC., [excellent source, transcribed wills, etc], pages 22-24, 43
  • Source: S211 Buys, Doris Palmer, Walter Palmer of Charlestown and Rehoboth, Massachusetts and Stonington, Connecticut: A 400-Year (1585-1985) Family History, published for the author by Historical Publications of Orem, Utah, 1986, pages 91, 88, 1, 40, 44, 47. Cites "research manuscripts of Dr. Byron Smith Palmer".
  • Arnold, James N. Vital records of Rehoboth, 1642-1896. (Providence, Rhode Island: Narragansett Historical Publishing Co., 1897), page 276. Also page 858, Deaths. "PALMER, Jonah, Sr., (died) June 22, 1709."
  • Jonah Palmer and Elizabeth Griswold, database online, WeRelate.org
  • Source: S4 Author: Ancestry.com Title: PublicMember Trees Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006; Repository: #R1
  • Repository: R1 Name: www.ancestry.com
  • [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=51585981&ref=...| Find A Grave Memorial# 51585981]
  • Repository R15 Name: Personal files of Virginia Basken, Groveland, Massachusetts 01834 <!-- Please edit, add, or delete anything in this text, including thisnote. Be bold and experiment! If you make a mistake you can always see the previous version of the text on the Changes page. -->

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Jonah Palmer, Sr.'s Timeline

1617
November 16, 1617
London, England
November 17, 1617
of, London, Middlesex, England (United Kingdom)
1657
November 8, 1657
Rehoboth, Plymouth Colony
1659
November 22, 1659
Rehoboth, Plymouth Colony
1662
March 29, 1662
Rehoboth, Bristol County, Plymouth Colony, Colonial America
1663
February 23, 1663
Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, British Colonies in America
1664
1664
Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States
1666
July 6, 1666
Rehoboth, Plymouth Colony