 Abt 1615 - Aft 1665/66
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| Name |
Henry Palmer |
| Born |
Abt 1615 |
probably, England  [1] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
Aft 1665/66 |
| Notes |
- According to Stiles, "History of Ancient Wethersfield," Henry and William Palmer were settlers of Wethersfield before 1641. They came from Watertown, Massachusetts. They came to Watertown in 1635/1636. Henry Palmer was given land by the town on Oct. 22, 1655. Two parcels, 6 acres and 10 acres. (Vol. 26 Land Deeds). It seems Henry was a slow worker because on p. 223 he is mentioned in reference to the work on the meetinghouse dragging on:
"March 8, 1651/2 the town appointed Samual Smith to see that Hen. Palmer clapboards the meeting house betwixt this and the first of May next; and if he do not, having clapboard layd by him, the said Smith hath power to take a warand, and sew him, that he may force him to do the work."
Henry became freeman 1657. !Savage
John Wintrhop, Jr. records in his medical journal that he treated the family of Henry Palmer of Wethersfield
2 July 1657: "for his wife and for his child of 12 years" (Hannah)
17 Apr 1658: Deborah Palmer, age 15 years
19 April 1658: Henry Palmer
12 May 1658: Deborah Palmer
25 May 1658: Deborah Palmer
22 Mar 1658: Palmer, Hanna 13 years daugt. of Henry
24 Nov 1659: Jonathan Palmer, 2-1/2 years son of Henry
"The History and Descendants of John and Sarah Reynolds" gives a birthdate of about 1600 in Somerset.
Also recorded in; "Palmer Families in America, P 12" by Horace Wilbur Palmer. "Now in Mead's 'Ye Histories of Ye Town of Greenwich,' Henry Palmer of Wethersfield has been called the first American ancestor of the Greenwich Palmers. He first appears in Wethersfield as having a homestead on Broad Street by 1640-41 next to William Palmer, at about which time he was married, his wife being named Katherine. Four children are given on the Wethersfield records for Henry, their births being from 1643 to 1650. There is another Henry Palmer of Wethersfield, who is of a different family from Lieut. William (see the family of william Palmer of Westchester, NY). Henry appears on the Wethersfield records up to 1665-6. What became of him is not certain but he evidently did not go to Greenwich as there is no mention of his name on the Greenwich records. We believe he went to Newport, RI, as a Henry Palmer appeared there in 1668. The statement in Mead's history that he died in Greenwich in 1650 is certainly in error, for he was living in Wethersfield at this time with wife Katherine. Mead also says Henry married a second wife, Judith, by whom he had 5 children; John, James, Judith, William, and Joseph. Our Henry never married Judith, for his wife Katherin was living with him in Wethersfield at the very time that Mead gives as the births of these 5 children by Judith. The confusion is due to the fact that Henry of Wethersfield had a son Ephraim and Lieut. William and wife Judith also had a son named Ephraim. The greenwich Palmers were clearly the children of Lieut. William Palmer and Judiith feake... For further account of Henry Palmer of Wethersfield, see the William Palmer Family of Wethersfield or Westchester, NY."
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| Person ID |
I22557 |
Bryant |
| Last Modified |
21 Aug 2006 |
| Family |
Katherine, b. Abt 1621, probably, England , d. Aft 1663 |
| Married |
Abt 1641 |
probably, Watertown, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts |
| Children |
| | 1. Deborah Palmer, b. Abt 05 Feb 1643, Wethersfield, Hartford Co, Connecticut |
| | 2. Hannah Palmer, b. 14 Aug 1645, Wethersfield, Hartford Co, Connecticut , d. Bef 1690 |
| | 3. Ephraim Palmer, b. 05 Apr 1648, Wethersfield, Hartford Co, Connecticut |
| | 4. Dorcas Palmer, b. 07 Apr 1650, Wethersfield, Hartford Co, Connecticut |
| | 5. Jonathan Palmer, b. Abt May 1657, probably, Wethersfield, Hartford Co, Connecticut |
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| Family ID |
F1686 |
Group Sheet |
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