John PALMER

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• Fact: Son of John Palmer and Elizabeth Richmond

Family/Spouse: Mary HILLIARD. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Elizabeth CHURCH on 12 Jul 1717 in Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island. Elizabeth (daughter of Joseph CHURCH and Grace SHAW) was born in Feb 1699 in Little Compton, Rhode Island; died after 2 Apr 1754. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Grace PALMER was born on 18 Jan 1720 in Little Compton, Rhode Island.

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His will, recorded inTaunton, made 10 April 1745 and proved 27 Nov 1752: "...To wife Sarah two Negroes and all household goods. To son John two 18 acre lots that he now lives on To sons Edward, Job, Aaron, William, Henry, 10 pounds each old tenor. To son Moses 40 acres of my homestead farm lying on north side near to Carr's land on the west side of highway. To son Simeon my executor, my now dwelling house and all land on the west side of the highway excepting 40 acres to son Moses, and two ten acre lots east of highway east from my house that I now live in. to daughters Sarah Wilbor and Elizabeth Southworth 10 pounds each..."

John married Elizabeth L. RICHMOND. Elizabeth (daughter of Capt Edward RICHMOND and Abigail DAVIS) was born on 06 Dec 1666 in Little Compton, Newport Co., Rhode Island; died on 09 Feb 1717 in Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island; was buried in Old Commons Cemetery, Little Compton, Rhode Island. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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William Palmer, born in Duxbury in 1638, married Susanna Cook, daughter of John Cook. residence: Dartmouth.

He was killed by the Indians when on his way home on Fort Street in Fairhaven, after visiting his father-in-law John Cook in the garrison there. He was buried under a pear tree in Fairhaven at the corner of Washington and Walnut Streets in the rear of the annex to the school. He left a will.

Thee is also record of a legal action taken by John Willis and his wife Elizabeth, in a complaint against Mr. William bradford, Mr. Edward Winslow and Mr. Thomas Prence, executors of the will f William Palmer Sr., deceased. They sought damages for 20 pounds for a lot of land which complainant pretended he had right to by the marriage of his wife, who had formerly been he wife of William Palmer the younger, son of said William the elder. The jury found for the defendants and gave them 12 pounds in damages and the charges of the court, according to Plymouth Colony records, Judicial Acts, page 7, 2 Jan. 1637/8.

William married Susanna COOKE. Susanna was born about 1656 in Plymouth, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts; died in 1704 in Plymouth, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Editor's Note: According to "Mayflower Families in Progress - Francis Cooke", John and Sarah did not have a daughter Susanna. Further research is needed before I disconnect Susanna from this family.

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Before coming to Little Compton, he owned a place in Newport, in that part now called Middletown. A gunsmith, he bought two great lots in Little Compton. He lived on the place known as the Father Richmond place, which is slightly north of the entrance to Meeting House Lane, on the other side of the West Main Road and is buried in this place, where his gravestone (the next to the oldest in town) may still be seen in the small Richmond cemetery. He was the first settler by the name of Richmond in Little Compton.

He was one of the incorporates of Little Compton in 1674.

Edward married Abigail DAVIS. Abigail was born on 31 Oct 1635 in Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: Daughter of William and Mary Davis of Boston.