Thomas Palmer of Shirley Hundred Island

Biography

http://familysearch.org/v1/LifeSketch From Genealogies of Virginia Families, Vol IV p. 66:

Thomas Palmer came to Virginia from England in the ship "Tiger" in 1621 with his wife Joane and daughter Priscilla, age 11. On February 16, 1623, these three are given as residing in Virginia at "Jordan's Journey," which is probably just below City Point. [They are listed in the Muster of 1624/5 on January 21, 1624 as residing at Jordan's Jorney and Chaplain Choice, arriving on the ship Tyger November 1621.] This Thomas was a member of the House of Burgesses of the Colony which assembled at Jamestown Oct. 16, 1629, and he represented Shirley Hundred Main. He was also a member again on Mar. 24 1629/30 from Shirley Hundred Main. He commanded a company of Shirley Hundred men and was called Captain. He was a Justice appointed in Mar. 1631./2 for the monthly courts for the upper parts of the counties of Charles City and Henrico. Jane and Priscilla appear in Charles City County in 1637 as head rights under John Baker as patentee. Whether Thomas had died by 1637 we do not know, nor do we know whether he had any other children. He could have had others, but none appear of record.

Thomas Palmer was one of a number of Virginia Planters listed on a petition dated the 15 July 1631 held by the National Archives, Kew (London). It was the 'Petition from planters of Virginia requesting bills of store without custom and impost for the tobacco which they had in England'. Only a few of the men have 'Mr.' in front of their names like 'Mr. Thomas Palmer', indicating higher than average social status.

Disputed Origins

not a known child of Sir John Palmer Disconnected August 2014

Disputed Death

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Palmer-229

Disputed death: He died about 1633,[3] before 1637;[2] 29 December 1629 in England.[1][5] He wrote a will on 9 Dec 1629, which was probated after his death in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury.[6]

Disputed children

The only known child of Thomas Palmer of Shirley Hundred Island & Joane Palmer looks to be Priscilla Baker.

http://www.southern-style.com/PALMER.htm Lists these additional children:

I am interested in the children of Thomas Palmer #17, namely John, under Generation 16. So far what I've seen regarding their children are references to Priscilla, daughter of Thomas and Joane, who arrived with her parents in 1621..and I see references to the land grants to John and Thomas (son) and indications that they might be Thomas' (1590-1629) sons. But, I have seen a listing for Thomas Palmer in Virginia Immigrants and Adventures, 1607-1635: A Bibliographical Dictionary that indicates he left a will and mentions sons but there is no mention of their names but it does mention the names of the daughters...Joan, Elizabeth, Dorothy, and Mary. It does say he left a "gold ring and some tobacco to his eldest son" and "some tobacco to his second and third sons and his daughters"...(named). …”. Research needed.

Evidence needed to support these profiles as parents of Edward Palmer; Thomas Palmer; Martin Palmer of King William County; Mary Palmer; or Samuel Palmer.

Links

• http://marginfamilytree.com/Palmer-Family.htm
• an JSTOR that refers to 'Thomas Palmer who came over from England in the ship 'Tiger' ['Tyger'] in 1621 with his wife Joane and daughter Priscilla, aged 11 years.' (This was published by the Omunundro Institute for Early American History and Culture.) So Priscilla would have been born 1619/20, depending on the month of her birth.
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Palmer-229 cites
• List of the Living and Dead in Virginia
• Jester, Annie Lash., Hiden, Martha Woodruff. 1883. Musters of the Inhabitants in Virginia 1624/1625, Adventurers of Purse and Person Virginia 1607-1625: FamilySearch International, Title No. 2058494, p.15.
• Stanard, William G. and Mary Newton Stanard. The Colonial Virginia Register. Albany, N. Y.: Joel Munsell's Sons, Publishers. 1902. Pages 54, 55
• McCartney, Martha W. Virginia Immigrants and Adventurers 1607-1635: A Biographical Dictionary; Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, MD, 2007, p. 531. image. No maiden name for Joan Palmer. Cites:
  • Will of Thomas Palmer, The National Archives; Kew, Surrey, England; Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Series PROB 11; Class: PROB 11; Piece: 157. Ancestry.com. England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013. Original data:Prerogative Court of Canterbury: Wills of Selected Famous Persons. Digitized images. Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Series PROB 1. The National Archives, Kew, England.Prerogative Court of Canterbury and Related Probate Jurisdictions: Will Registers. Digitized images. Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Series PROB 11. The National Archives, Kew, England. < AncestryImage > (this Thomas Palmer?)
• Mr. John West, 1500 acres, ccomack Co. VA 10 Aug 1664 p. 185 (75). S. side of Deep Creek bounded on West by land of Matilda Scarburgh, running Sly. toward Chucanesseks Creek. Trans. of 30 persons: ...Tho. Palmer.... (Cavaliers & Pioneers, p. 454) (a different Thomas Palmer?)
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eppes_Island Eppes Island, also known as Shirley Hundred Island, is an island and a historic home and archaeological site near Hopewell, Charles City County, Virginia. The island was originally settled as part of Shirley Hundred. The island contains five 17th century sites, two 18th century sites and one dwelling dated to about 1790.[3]

References

• https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I1370...