widow of William Corker

From page 169 of Southside Virginia Families, Volume 1 By John Bennett Boddie, Boddie

William Corker, (died 1678), son of William Corker (died 1677) and his second wife Elizabeth, widow of John White, married ?? who married Capt Martin Palmer second.

William Corker Jr. and his wife had daughters Sarah and Bessie.

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

Capt Martin Palmer married four times. 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. [NO: Elizabeth, widow of Richard Croshaw] His third wife was the widow of Capt. William Cobbs (or Corben) [SIC: CORKER], 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.
(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)

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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.")