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321 CHARLES W., b. in 1855, d. Oct. 31, 1895, m. Lilian Hill.
Denison Noyes (No. 175), m. Hannah Russell Stanton (No. 392), on March 22, 1815. She was daughter of Hannah Russell and Samuel Stanton, son of Nathan and Elizabeth (Billings) Stanton, and granddaughter of Col. Giles Russell and Mrs. Pru- dence (Stanton) Coleman.
CHILDREN:
322 MARY R., b. Jan. 17, 1816, m. DanielCocks April, 1837, d. April, 1860.
323 BETSEY D., b. April 19, 1818, m. Frances Sheffield (No. 37), in Oct., 1824. 324 MARTHA W., b. Sept. 21, 1820, m. Lyman Paine Feb., 1846, d. Sept., 1848. 325 HARRIET S., b. Feb. 16, 1825, d. March, 1848.
326 MARIA H., b. Feb. 16, 1825, d. Aug., 1845.
497
NOYES FAMILY.
John Noyes (No. 177) m. Ist, Eunice Shearman March 8, 1786, and 2d, Mrs. Fanny Swan. She was formerly Fanny Palmer (No. 385), daughter of Amos and Ist wife, Phebe (Brown) Palmer, Oct. 16, 1827. He d. in 1846; left nine children.
James Noyes (No. 178) m. Anne Holbrook Jan. 22, 1789. He d. in 1844. He had fourteen children.
Nathaniel Noyes (No. 183) m. Mary Saunders Feb. 18, 1800. CHILDREN:
327 WILLIAM, b. Nov. 30, 1801, d. Dec. 29, 1872, m. Clementina Noyes (No. 340), Noyes family, Feb. 14, 1843.
328 ELIZA, b. Aug. 18, 1803, m. William Chesebro (No. 244), Nov. 25, 1830. 329 FRANKLIN, b. Nov. 2, 1805, d. April 15, 1892, m. Susan, daughter of
Capt. Paul and wife, Sabra Pendleton, of Westerly, R. I., June 14, 1829
330 MARY, b. July 3, 1808, m. Anderson Burdick, d. Dec. 2, 1834.
331 SALLY, b. April 9, 1810, m. Joseph Wilbur.
332 FANNY, b. Aug. 31, 1812, d. Aug. 4, 1851.
333 MATILDA, b. Sept. 27, 1814, m. William Walton, d. May 18, 1893.
334 MELINDA, b. Sept. 27, 1814, m. Denison Woodmansee.
Nathan Noyes (No. 196) m. Sally Spargo or Sparger ; she was sometimes called Sarah Belcher, as she lived with her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. John Belcher. She was daughter of Edward Sparger and Katharine Belcher, who were m. Dec. 26, 1769, by Rev. Gardiner Thurston, pastor of the Second Baptist Church of Newport, Rhode Island. It is said that Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Noyes, father and mother of this Nathan Noyes, were people of consumptive habits, and tradition says that they both d. the same day, comparatively young. Nathan Noyes (No. 196) m. Sally Spargo on Nov. 5, 1797.
CHILDREN:
335 MARY, b. March 27, 1799, m. George Green March 20, 1823.
336 NANCY, b. Aug. 7, 1801, m. Oliver Denison (No. 534), on Nov. 24, 1825. 337 NATHAN, b. April 15, 1804, m. 1st, Sarah Burrows (No. 44), and m. 2d, Esther Gallup, May 27, 1875.
338. ELIZA M. D., b. Aug. 31, 1807, m. Stephen Morgan (No. 30), on June 17, 1830.
339 FRANCIS B., b. Sept. 9, 1810, m. Maria Morgan (No. 28), on April 6, 1848. 340 CLEMENTINA, b. June 16, 1813, m. William Noyes Feb. 19, 1843 (No. 327).
341 LYDIA S., b. Oct. 20, 1816, m. Ebenezer Denison April 9, 1849 (No. 564). 342 FRANCES EMELINE, b. April 12, 1819, m. Benjamin Franklin Hancox (No. 38) of Hancox family on May 21, 1843.
343 JAMES S., b. Jan. 6, 1823, m. 1st, Jessie B. Page in 1867, and m. 2d, Mrs. Elizabeth S. Thresher Dec. 15, 1885.
John Noyes (No. 197) m. Susan Berry
344 SAMUEL, b. CHILDREN:
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John Noyes (No. 202) m. Elizabeth Stanton (No. 355), Stan- ton family.
CHILDREN:
345 LYDIA, b.
346 ELIZABETH, b. -, m. Asa Babcock, whose daughter Clara m. Amos Westcott; their son, Edward Noyes Westcott, was the author of "David Harum."
347 SAMUEL A., b. - (twin).
348 EDWARD A., b. -- (twin).
349 MARY S., b. April 17, 1796, m. Moses B. Butterfield.
350 PRUDENCE, b.
351 FANNY, b.
352 PHEBE, b.
353 LOIS, b.
354 JOHN, b. May 8, 1812, d. Jan. 22, 1876.
Edward Noyes (No. 212) m. Sally Avery,
CHILDREN:
355 JAMES A., b. - -, m. Eliza, daughter of Darius (No. 50) and Nancy (Hyde) Denison, Dec. 24, 1837.
356 EDWARD, b. - -- , d. unmarried.
357 EUNICE, b. Aug. 16, 1806, m. Paul Noyes (No. 265), Noyes family.
James Noyes (No. 214) m. Lois, daughter of William and wife Eunice (Palmer) Stanton (No. 426), in 1804. He was lost at sea Sept. 15, 1810. She d. March 3, 1857.
CHILDREN:
358 LOUISA S., b. May 22, 1808, m. Joseph Chesebrough (No. 373), on Jan. 18, 1831.
John D. Noyes (No. 217) m. Ist, Ann Collins (No. 8); had three children, and m. 2d, Hannah E. Sutton Oct. 31, 1852; had two daughters.
James Noyes (No. 224) m. Nancy Phelps (No. 49) on Jan. 10, I821.
CHILDREN:
359 THOMAS, b .--
360 FRANKLIN, b. -- , m. Hattie Thompson; 2d, Mrs. Harriet (Wilder) Palmer.
Joseph Noyes (No. 263) m. Grace Billings Denison (No. 539), of Denison family. He d. June 12, 1872. She d. June 29, 1888. CHILDREN:
361 PHEBE W., b. April 24, 1820, d. young.
362 CYRUS W., b. Jan. 27, 1822, m. Jane Harding, Dec. 13, 1848, d. July 2, 1853.
363 DENISON, b. Jan. 4, 1824, m. Mary Kemp Sept. 1, 1847, d. Dec. 13, 1859.
364 EDMUND S., b. Jan. 9, 1826, d. young.
365 LUCY A., b. Dec. 21, 1827, m. Richard A. Wheeler Nov. 5, 1856 (No. 429). 366 HANNAH D., b. Dec. 31, 1829, d. Sept. 16, 1873.
367 IRA HART, b. Jan. 9, 1832, d. Sept+ 25, 1872.
368 CHARLES S., b. April 5, 1834, m. Henrietta D. Wheeler Jan. 24, 1877.
369 EDMUND S., b. May 24, 1836, m. Eliza P. Brown Feb. 5, 1867, d. May 31, 1877.
370 JOSEPH, b. July 3, 1839, d. at Columbus, Ohio, July 17, 1858, aged 19 yrs. 371 AVERY W. D., b. April 27, 1842, d. March 31. 1894.
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NOYES FAMILY.
Thomas Noyes (No. 264) m. Eunice Denison (No. 541), Oct. 24, 1801. She d. Sept. 2, 1883.
CHILDREN:
372 MARTHA, b. Feb. 11, 1821, m. Noyes P. Brown (No. 397).
373 MARY, b. Nov. 4, 1828, m. Jesse D. Noyes (No. 309), Noyes family.
374 THOMAS W., b. Sept. 23, 1830, m. Phebe J. Kemp.
375 PHEBE, b. May 6, 1834, m. Enoch Chapman, son of (No. 83), Chapman family.
376 WILLIAM, b. May 6, 1836, m. Hannah Palmer.
377 ELIZA P., b. May 7, 1839, m. Seth Williams (No. 67), Groton Williams family.
378 JANE B., b. Feb. 3.
Paul W. Noyes (No. 265) m. Eunice Noyes (No. 357) on Feb. 27, 1834, by Rev. Joseph Ayer, Jr. He d. Feb. 2, 1879. She d. April 23, 1881.
CHILDREN:
379 PAUL A., b. , m. Susan York (No. 156), that family.
380 EUNICE, b. m. Alden Palmer (No 507), that family.
381 ANNA, b.
382 MARY A., b. , d.
George W. Noyes (No. 267) m. Hannah F. Denison on Sept. 2, 1827 ; she d. Sept. 5, 1829.
CHILDREN:
383 GEORGE D., b. March 23, 1829, d. March 4, 1854.
George W. Noyes (No. 267) m. 2d, Prudence D. Brown (No. 395), Lynn Brown family.
CHILDREN:
384 SARAH E., b. Nov. 24, 1835, d. March 5, 1836.
385 HENRY B., b. Jan. 15, 1837, m. Ellen Holmes, Jan. 10, 1870.
386 JOSEPH B., b. Nov. 26, 1838, d. July 30, 1869.
387 WILLIAM H., b. April 4, 1841, d. Sept. 24, 1858.
388 ELLEN E., b. July 27, 1846, m. John Gallup Oct. 5, 1870, son of (No. 232), Gallup family.
389 THEODORE, b. Aug. 25, 1847, d. Oct. 27, 1848.
390 EDWIN B., b. Jan. 27, 1849 m. Eliza Tift.
Mrs. Prudence Noyes d. Jan. 22, 1854, and Mr. George Noyes m. 3d, Emily F. Denison (No. 572) on Jan. 16, 1856.
CHILD:
391 G. FREDERICK, b. July 20, 1858.
Nathan S. Noyes (No. 268) m. Nancy Denison (No. 560) on Nov. 23, 1828. He d. Aug. 27, 1898. She d. Nov. 28, 1893. CHILDREN:
392 Son, b. and d. Sept., 1829.
393 Son, b. and d. Feb. 7, 1831.
394 NATHAN D., b. Jan. 20, 1832, m. Adelia M. Randall (No. 141), on Aug. 4, 1857.
395 WILLIAM H., b. March 19, 1834, d. Sept. 5, 1837.
396 ELISHA E., b. Feb. 7, 1836, d. Sept. 2, 1837.
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397 Daughter, b. and d. in 1838.
398 HARRIET E., b. Oct. 11, 1839.
399 A. LOUISA, b. March 19, 1842, m. B. F. Williams (No. 72).
400 FANNY S., b. May 11, 1844, m. David L. Gallup, son of (No. 240), Gallup family.
401 HENRY C., b. March 19, 1848, m. Sarah M. Heath.
William C. Noyes (No. 271) m. Jane Russell Keown Jan. 20, 1836.
CHILDREN:
402 WILLIAM RUSSELL, b. Oct. 20, 1836.
403 FRANCIS L., b. July 10, 1838.
404 ALFRED C., b. Aug. 25, 1840.
405 JANE C., b. Sept. 23, 1842.
406 JAMES W., b. in June, 1844.
407 CHARLES R., b. in June, 1846.
408 EDWARD H., b. Nov., 1848.
409 FREDERICK, b. Feb., 1853.
Gurdon W. Noyes (No. 274) m. Agnes McArthur Aug. 13, 1850.
CHILDREN:
410 LOUISE K., b. Oct. 22, 1851.
411 JAMES H., b. Oct. 14, 1853.
412 M. REGINE, b. June 24, 1879.
413 CARRIE C., b. Aug. 30, 1856.
414 EDWARD M., b. Oct. 12, 1858, m. July 3, 1884, Mary C. Simpson; she d. July 30, 1892.
415 FREDERICK F., b. Sept. 3, 1860, d. Aug. 12, 1862.
416 HERBERT L., b. Nov. 28, 1863, d. Nov. 9, 1888.
417 AGNES F., b. July 3, 1868.
418 ERNEST C., b. March 5, 1877.
Nathan Noyes (No. 182) m. Nancy Chapel in 1796. CHILDREN:
419 NATHAN, b. -, m. Elizabeth
420 JAMES, b. -, m. Mary Chapel.
421 BENJAMIN, b.
422 THOMAS, b. -
423 ERASTUS, b. , m. Martha Gould.
424 ALEXANDER, b. -, m. Susan Bennett.
425 AMANDA, b. in 1818, m. David Crowell in 1830, d. 1894.
Gershom Noyes (No. 292) m. Mary Stanton Feb. 2, 1790. CHILDREN:
426 POLLY, b. Sept. 22, 1791.
427 GERSHOM, b. May 13, 1792.
Oliver Noyes (No. 294) m. Ist, Thankful Clark. The descend- ants are nearly all located in Vermont.
CHILDREN:
428 OLIVER, b. - , 1779. 429 BREED, b. 1786. 430 REBEKAH, b. Dec. 3, 1784.
431 DAVID, b. Feb. 4, 1790. 432 JOSEPH C., b. Oct. 9, 1794.
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Mr. Oliver Noyes m. 2d, Eunice Babcock. CHILDREN:
433 JESSE B., b. in Massachusetts, March 3, 1797. 434 GILBERT, b. Aug. 21, 1798, d. at Vermont May 2, 1851. 435 EUNICE, b. Aug. 17, 1800.
Avery D. Noyes (No. 302) m. Bathsheba Dickens, daughter of Capt. Jesse and wife, Bathsheba (Sheffield) Dickens. They were m. in Westerly, R. I., on Nov. 24, 1830, and lived in New Lon- don, Conn., about 40 years, and afterward in Pawcatuck, Conn., where he d. May 21, 1885.
CHILDREN:
436 JAMES D., b. Sept. 4, 1831, d. Sept. 18, 1831. 437 URSULA C., b. March 9, 1833, d. June 24, 1840.
438 AVERY D., b. Aug. 23, 1835, d. Jan. 10, 1837. 439 JAMES A., b. May 1, 1843, d. July 18, 1846.
440 CAROLINE A., b. Dec. 15, 1846, m. Jan. 16, 1868, Paul H. Hillard, son of William and wife, Lucy Morella (Dewey) Hillard.
PAGE FAMILY.
The emigrant ancestor of the Page family was John Page, who came in the fleet with Winthrop, was admitted freeman in Bos- ton May, 1631. He was from Dedham, Essex County, England. His wife was Phebe Paine, who d. Sept. 25, 1677, in her 87th year. He d. Dec., 1676, aged 90 years.
CHILDREN:
2 JOHN, brought from England.
3 SAMUEL, b. Aug. 20, 1633.
4 DANIEL, b. Aug. 10, 1634, d. young.
5 ELIZABETH.
6 MARY.
7 PHEBE, one of which was b. in England.
John Page (No. 2) married Faith Dunster, May 12th, 1664. Removed to Groton, Mass.
CHILDREN:
8 JOHN, b. Dec. 10, 1669.
9 SAMUEL, b. June 4, 1672.
10 MARY, b. June 9, 1675.
11 JONATHAN, b. June 24, 1677.
12 JOSEPH, b. Feb. ye last day, 1679-80.
On the Stonington town records is found this entry: "Joseph Page, son of John Page of Watertown, was born Feb. ye last day, 1679-80, at said Watertown. The above writing was en- tered into record att ye desire of sd. Joseph Page, this 7th day of Aug., 1707, by me, Elnathan Minor, T. Clerk."
Joseph Page (No. 12) m. widow Mary Minor, March 5, 1712. She was formerly Mary Saxton, daughter of Capt. Joseph Sax- ton, and she m. Benjamin Minor Nov. 15, 1697. Mrs. Mary d. Oct. 17, 1750, aged 70 years. Mr. Joseph Page m. 2d, Catharine Ranger, April 3, 1751.
CHILDREN OF JOSEPH AND WIFE, MARY PAGE:
13 HANNAH, b. Dec. 24, 1713, m. Stephen Minor (No. 71), that family.
14 ELIZABETH, b. Aug. 8, 1717, m. John Billings (No. 50), that family.
15 JOSEPH, b. Sept. 25, 1720.
16 PHEBE, b. May 4, 1724.
Joseph Page, Jr. (No. 15), m. Mary Hewitt (No. 58), of the Hewitt family, May 1, 1746, by Joseph Fish, pastor.
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CHILDREN:
17 JOSEPH, b. Jan. 31, 1747, m. Patience Wheeler. No children. (No. 350.) 18 MARY, b. Jan. 30, 1749, m. Thomas Minor (No. 146).
19 HANNAH, b. July 11, 1751; m. 1st, - Chesebrough; m. 2d, Eliphalet Hobart (No. 9), that family.
Mrs. Mary Page d., and Joseph Page, Jr., and Lucy Wheeler (No. 61), both of Stonington, Conn., were m. May 9, 1756. Jo- seph Page d. Nov. 21, 1810.
CHILDREN:
20 LUCY, b. Dec. 12, 1756.
21 PHEBE, b. July 30, 1758.
22 KATHARINE, b. March 23, 1760, m. Daniel Stanton (No. 368) Jan. 4, 1781.
23 BRIDGET, b. May 30, 1764.
24 ABIGAIL, b. June 30, 1766.
25 MARTHA, b. Aug. 31, 1768, m. Edward Stanton (No. 370), Jan. 14, 1798. 26 CYRUS, b. Feb. 3, 1771.
27 FANNY, b. June 18, 1773, m. William Chesebrough (No. 322).
28 PAUL, b. July 18, 1775.
29 SAXTON, b. Sept. 16, 1777, d. Sept. 5, 1778.
30 ISAAC, b. April 23, 1780.
31 THOMAS, b. Feb. 28, 1782, d. Aug. 21, 1807.
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PALMER FAMILY.
I. WALTER PALMER, the progenitor of the family of his name, who first settled in Stonington, Conn., came to New Eng- land as early as 1628, with his brother, Abraham Palmer, a mer- chant of London, England, and nine associates. They went from Salem, Mass., through a pathless wilderness to a place called by the Indians Mishawam, where they found a man by the name of Thomas Walford, a smith. Here they remained until the next year, when they were joined by nearly one hundred people, who came with Thomas Graves, from Salem and laid the foundation of the town, which they named Charlestown, in honor of King Charles the First, June 24, 1629. It is claimed that Walter Pal- mer built the first dwelling house in Charlestown after it was or- ganized as a township, on the two acres of land that were as- signed and set to him by the authority of the new town. Walter Palmer's inclinations tended to stock raising and farming, but he soon found his land was inadequate to his business, notwith- standing which he continued to reside in Charlestown until 1643. During his residence there he purchased additional real estate, which he improved in his line of business as best he could. While thus engaged he became acquainted with William Chesebrough, who lived at the time in Boston and Braintree, whose business pursuits were similar to those of Mr. Palmer, and after repeated interviews and consultations, they both decided to remove to the Plymouth Colony, and did so remove their families and with others, joined in the organization of the town of Rehoboth, as an independent township, which was continued as such until they should subject themselves to some other government. Such an organization, largely composed of strangers and situated in a re- mote part of the colony, was not very well calculated to secure their approval. It does not appear that they intended to estab- lish this new township wholly as an independent organization, for as soon as the preliminary steps necessary for its formation were taken, and after its organization was effected, they elected depu- ties to the General Court of Plymouth. Walter Palmer was a prominent man when he lived in Massachusetts, and was admit-
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ted a freeman there May 18, 1631, and held several local offices in that colony, and such was the estimation in which he was held by the first planters of Rehoboth and the confidence that they reposed in him, that his fellow townsmen elected him as their first representative to the General Court of Plymouth, and subse- quently re-elected him to that office and also conferred upon him repeatedly the office of selectman and other local offices. His friend Chesebrough, not relishing the way and manner in which he was treated by the General Court of the Plymouth Colony decided to look farther westward for a permanent place of abode. He visited the then new settlement of New London, by the ad- vice of Mr. John Winthrop, which after a thorough examination thereof, it did not answer his expectations, so he concluded to re- turn homeward, and on his way came through the town of Ston- ington, Conn., where he visited the beautiful valley of Wequete- quock, with which he was so well pleased that he decided to make it his future place of abode. When he reached home and de- scribed to his wife and family the situation and advantages of this valley, they all approved of it as a desirable place for their home. Mr. Chesebrough and sons immediately commenced oper- ations for the erection of a dwelling house, fixing its site on the west bank of Wequetequock Cove. The salt marsh lands adjoin- ing the cove furnished hay for the stock, and Mr. Chesebrough and Palmer and all the early settlers until they could clear up land and reduce it to cultivation by English grasses for their cattle. Mr. Chesebrough so far finished his house that he occupied it with his family during the year 1649, and so became the pioneer English planter of the new town now called Stonington.
The Connecticut General Court were not satisfied with his lo- cating himself in the wilderness so far away from any English settlement, so they ordered him to report his proceedings to Maj. John Mason, which resulted in a compromise later on between him and said court, wherein and by which he was to remain in his new habitation on condition that he would induce a reasona- ble number of creditable persons to unite with him in organizing a new township as hereinbefore stated more at large.
Thomas Stanton, the interpreter general of New England, was the first to join Mr. Chesebrough in the new settlement, and ob- tained a grant from the General Court in March, 1650, of six acres of planting ground on Pawcatuck River, with liberty to
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erect a trading house thereon, with feed and mowing of marsh land, according to his present occasions, giving him the exclu- sive trade of the river for three years next ensuing. Mr. Stan- ton located his six-acre grant on the west bank of Pawcatuck River, around a place known as Pawcatuck rock, upon which grant he erected his trading house; and subsequently built him a dwelling house thereon, to which he moved his family in 1651, establishing it as his permanent place of abode, where he lived the remainder of his days. (For further particulars see Stanton family). William Chesebrough, in pursuance of his arrangement with the General Court, invited his friend Walter Palmer, then living in Rehoboth, to come and join him here in the organiza- tion of another new township. While Mr. Palmer was consider- ing this proposition, Thomas Miner, who had married his daugh- ter Grace, and was then a resident of New London, was also in- vited to join the new settlement, which he did, by obtaining a limited grant of land of the town of New London, which he locat- ed on the east bank of Wequetequock Cove, and built him a dwelling house thereon, to which he moved his family in the year 1652. The town of New London at the time claimed jurisdiction of the town of Stonington and had granted large tracts of land to William Chesebrough and Thomas Miner, and being anxious to assist Mr. Chesebrough in his efforts to induce a suitable num- ber of prominent men to unite with him in settling a new town- ship here, induced Gov. Haynes to accept of a grant of land of three hundred acres, for a farm lying east and southeast of Chese- brough's land, on the east side of Wequetequock Cove. This grant bore date April 5, 1652. Walter Palmer, who was then prospecting for a tract of land suitable for farming, with salt marsh grass land for his stock, ascertained that Gov. Haynes's grant covered the land he wished to obtain, and so visited the governor, with his son-in-law, Thomas Miner, and his eldest son, John Miner, who had previously learned that the Haynes grant of land embraced in its boundaries his son-in-law's land. But after a friendly interview with the governor, Walter Palmer purchased his grant of land in Stonington, by a contract deed which was witnessed by Thomas and John Miner, agreeing to pay the gov- ernor one hundred pounds for the place, with such cattle as Mr. Haynes should select out of Walter Palmer's stock. If any dis- agreement should arise, as to the price of the stock, it should be
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decided by indifferent persons. Their contract recognized the title to the house and lands occupied by Mr. Miner, and was dated July 15, 1653. Thomas Miner, Sr., was selected to put Mr. Palmer in possession of the land purchased of Gov. Haynes, and did so by a written instrument, embodying therein a convey- ance of his own land, and dwelling house, included in the bound- aries of the Haynes land (to Mr. Palmer), reserving the right, however, to occupy his said house until he could build another at Mistuxet, now known as Quiambaug, in Stonington. So 1653 marks the time when Walter Palmer came to Stonington to reside. He and his friend Chesebrough lived within a stone's throw of each other, and after life's fitful fever was ended, departed this life, and both lie buried in the old Wequetequock burial place, with Thomas Stanton, the interpreter general of New England. Walter Palmer was a man well advanced in life when he came to Stonington to reside with his family. He was born in London, England, as early as 1585, and at the time of his settlement here had reached the rugged steep of life's decline. The rough expos- ure of pioneer life, with its deprivations, seriously affected his health, which was so much impaired that as the chill November days had come, "the saddest of the year," he was gathered not to his fathers, but laid to rest in the old Wequetequock burial place, dying Nov. 10, 1661. Of his family, it may be said that he married in England, long before he came to this country. The name of his first wife has never been recorded. He m. 2d, Re- becca Short, who came to this country in 1632. They were joined in marriage June 1, 1633.
CHILDREN BY FIRST MARRIAGE:
2 GRACE, b. in England, of whom it is traditionally said that she was of the same age as her husband, Thomas Miner, born in 1608 (No. 11), Miner family.
3 WILLIAM, b. in England; the eldest son came with his father's family to New England, and lived with them in Charlestown, Mass. He re- mained with his brother John, in Charlestown, after his father re- moved to Plymouth, and continued to reside there until after his father's death. Soon after he sold the land his father gave him in Re- hoboth, and came to Stonington, and stayed with his brother-in-law, Thomas Miner, nearly a year, when he left here and went to Killing- worth, Conn., where he lived the remainder of his days. The time of his death in not known. His brother, Gershom Palmer, under date of March 27, 1697, entered on record the following instrument: "Know all men by these presents, that, whereas, my brother, William, now deceased, did give and bequeath unto me his house, and all his lands in Killingworth, forever, I settling one of my sons thereon, and in compliance with my deceased brother's will, I do order my eldest
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son, Gershom Palmer, Jr., to settle in said house upon said land. I, the said Gershom Palmer, Senior, do give and bequeath the afore- said house and lot, with all its privileges and appurtenances thereto belonging, to my eldest son, Gershom Palmer, to him forever, ac- cording to the tenor of the will of my brother, William Palmer, de- ceased." This will renders it certain that he left no wife or children. 4 JOHN, b. in England in 1615; came to this country in 1628. He was ad- mitted a freeman of Massachusetts Colony in 1639, and d. Aug. 24, 1677, aged 62 yrs. He left a will, giving the bulk of his property to his brother, Jonah and sister Elizabeth. He was never married.
5 JONAH, b. in England, m. Elizabeth Grissell.
6 ELIZABETH, b. in England, m. Thomas Sloan before 1663. He d. soon after, leaving no children of record. She m. for her 2d husband, William Chapman, Oct. 26, 1677. No children of record.
CHILDREN BY SECOND MARRIAGE:
7 HANNAH, b. in Charlestown, June 15, 1634. She came with her parents to Stonington, and m. 1st, Thomas Hewitt April 26, 1659 (No. 1), that family; m. 2d, Roger Sterry Dec. 27, 1671; m. 3d, John Fish, Aug. 25, 1681 (No. 1), Fish family. An interesting jointure between them is preserved in our old Stonington records.
8 ELIHU, bapt. (Charlestown church records), Jan. 25, 1636, and came to Stonington with his parents, via Rehoboth, and d. here Sept. 5, 1665. It is not probable that he ever married, for no children can be traced to him. He left a will in which he gave his property to his nephews. His will was lost in the burning of New London, Sept. 6, 1781, and the only knowledge we have of it, is from a deed on the Stonington records, where was set to his executor and vested in his nephews certain real estate in Stonington. If he had surviving children at the time of his death they would have been the subject of his bounty, but dying at the age of 29 years, and leaving such a will is proof positive that he had no offspring of his own.
9 NEHEMIAH, b. Nov. 2, 1637, m. Hannah Lord Stanton.
10 MOSES, b. April 6, 1640, m. Dorothy Gilbert.
11 BENJAMIN, b. May 30, 1642, in Charlestown, Mass., and came to Stoning- ton via Rehoboth with his father and family and joined the church and subsequently became a large land holder. He m. and brought his wife home Aug. 10, 1681. All that is now known about his marriage we learn from Thomas Miner's Diary. He does not give her name, nor where she lived, nor is there any known record of his children, if any there were. He d. April 10, 1716, aged 74 yrs. In February be- fore he died, he gave a deed of all his lands to two of his nephews, on condition that they should take good care of him during life and give him a Christian burial with headstones at his decease which care was administered, and the headstones mark his last resting place in the old Wequetequock burial ground.
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